Amrinder Sidhu
Toronto
Summary
Seasoned and experienced result driven Finance Professional with more than 10+ years of progressive experience in Finance; Demonstrated strong financial, modelling and reporting skills to facilitate executive level decision making and supported business operations through key performance indicators and trends. Dynamic Director oversees every facet of Financials with strong project management and decision-making skills. Brings comprehensive knowledge of Finances, planning and project management. Skilled at coordinating production plans and personnel resources to complete work under tight deadlines.
Overview
20
20
years of professional experience
Work History
Director - Finance, Corporate CFO
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce
05.2022 - Current
- Delivered annual financial plans (~$250MM/yr.) for Chief Security Office (CSO) business partners and successfully supported business partners to meet or exceed Fiscal Plan
- Lead team that delivered business partner financial planning, management reporting, financial analysis, and informative delivery of forward-looking information to assist Business leadership team in decision making, financial viability and risk for both base and projects for Chief Security Office portfolio
- Provided financial leadership to CIBC Tech Transformation initiatives executed/being executed by Tech & CSO business partners through guidance, review and reporting to support investment and business case objectives
- Demonstrated excellent analytical and leadership skills while leading investment analysis of business cases and initiatives across CIBC Technology Operations
- Supported initiatives, business cases, contracts through CIBC’s financial and executive approval process.
Senior Consultant (Sr. Manager), Financial Analytics Group
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce
10.2015 - 04.2019
- Demonstrated excellent analytical and leadership skills while leading investment analysis of business cases and initiatives across CIBC Technology Operations
- Supported initiatives and business cases through CIBC’s financial and executive approval process
- Led impact analysis of proposed, approved and in-flight initiatives on base and project budgets
- Developed standard templates for Business Cases and Options comparison and in process of developing engagement process for Financial Analytics Group
- Preformed normalization and comparative analysis of multiple vendors offers.
Senior Financial Analyst, Investor Relations
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce
10.2014 - 10.2015
- Performed competitive analysis which included producing financial results summaries of several financial institutions across North America
- Analyzed and interpreted results as well as provided value-added insight to assess relative performance and identify any issues for senior level management
- Involved in developing, analyzing and updating financial models to support key decisions made by senior management
- (For e.g., analysis of operational efficiencies, stock splits/buybacks/special dividends and impact of interest rate change on bank’s earnings etc.)
- Researched and analyzed data to support key message development by IR leadership team
- Assisted with the production of a Q&A document to be used by the CFO and the IR leadership team for the Quarterly Webcasts and meetings with analysts and institutional shareholders.
Senior Financial Analyst, TO Finance
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce
08.2011 - 09.2014
- Performed month end variance analysis for “Infrastructure Business services” including compilation and review of financial plans and budgets, taking into consideration actual performance, previous expenditures and estimated expenses
- Prepared financial analysis for Design Support Framework (DSF), strategic initiatives with 1X spend less than $1MM, and supported client in decision making
- Built and maintained yearly and quarterly financial forecast
- Closed books on monthly basis, making sure that all expenses, not in GL, are accrued for (this includes depreciation on DLM procured gear and amortization of installation resources).
Financial Analyst
Euroglobal Capital Partners Corp.
09.2010 - 08.2011
Equity Trader – Summer Internship
Swifttrade Inc.
05.2010 - 08.2010
Project Engineer
Lanmark Engineering Inc.
11.2008 - 01.2009
Project Engineer
Lurgi India Limited
10.2007 - 10.2008
Project Engineer
Larsen and Toubro Limited
06.2004 - 10.2007
Education
Master of Business Administration - Finance & Accounting
DeGroote School of Business, McMaster University
Hamilton, ON04.2011
Bachelor of Engineering - Mechanical
Punjab Engineering College, Punjab University
Chandigarh, India06.2004
Skills
- Planning/ Budgeting/ Forecasting
- Business Case Analysis
- Financial Statement Analysis
- Financial Modelling
- Analytical Software Tools
- Project Management
Accomplishments
- 24 Hr Business Case Competition, University of Calgary – Placed 2nd out of 16 teams 2011
- Sustainability Case Competition, HEC Montreal – Placed 3rd out of 8 teams 2010
Languages
English
Full Professional
Timeline
Director - Finance, Corporate CFO
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce
05.2022 - Current
Senior Consultant (Sr. Manager), Financial Analytics Group
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce
10.2015 - 04.2019
Senior Financial Analyst, Investor Relations
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce
10.2014 - 10.2015
Senior Financial Analyst, TO Finance
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce
08.2011 - 09.2014
Financial Analyst
Euroglobal Capital Partners Corp.
09.2010 - 08.2011
Equity Trader – Summer Internship
Swifttrade Inc.
05.2010 - 08.2010
Project Engineer
Lanmark Engineering Inc.
11.2008 - 01.2009
Project Engineer
Lurgi India Limited
10.2007 - 10.2008
Project Engineer
Larsen and Toubro Limited
06.2004 - 10.2007
Master of Business Administration - Finance & Accounting
DeGroote School of Business, McMaster University
Bachelor of Engineering - Mechanical
Punjab Engineering College, Punjab University
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