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BusinessAnalyst

Kiran Paudel

Cambridge,ON

Summary

  • Experienced finance business analyst with a decade of success in optimizing grant portfolio funding-administration solutions.
  • Strong background in financial business analysis and business intelligence dedicated to continuous process improvement.
  • Expertise in budgeting, revenue forecasting, financial analysis, budget monitoring, and reporting.
  • Committed to maintaining robust internal controls and compliance standards including revenue recognition, closing procedure and audit-support.
  • Skilled in process mapping of financial-operational procedures for project management.
  • Collaborative and initiative-driven, focused on achieving financial precision and delivering exceptional value.
  • Proficient in developing innovative and cutting-edge tools like Restricted Fund Tracking System, Budgeting, Reporting & Documentation Mechanism, & Procurement Monitoring Model.
  • Successful in managing over 30 high-volume grants while ensuring compliance through harmonizing controls and utilizing advanced modeling for comprehensive tracking.
  • Holds an E-MBA in Finance, a Post-Graduate degree in IT (IT Solutions-Database)
  • Achieved certifications in Artificial Intelligence Practitioner (AWS), Portfolio Management (Oracle Cloud ERP-Primavera), Agile Project Management (Google-Coursera), Discipline Agile Scrum (PMI-expired), Lean Six Sigma (SSGI), SAP General Ledger Module(Michael Management, & Generative AI (Databricks)
  • Currently pursuing cloud & artificial intelligence certification.

Overview

13
13
years of professional experience
3
3
Certificate
4
4
years of post-secondary education

Work History

Business Analyst (Financials)

NPower Canada
04.2022 - 02.2025
  • Performed gap analysis by collaborating closely via stakeholder engagement, for existing systems or processes and desired state, identifying areas for process improvement by designing various models to streamline for increased efficiency through innovative methodology transformation
  • Assessed and gathered business requirements of over 30 fund sources to forecast annual operational costs
  • Developed and revised business cases of complex portfolio project budgets based on requirements across funding categories addressing strategic planning & KPI
  • Increased efficiency in resource utilization via allocation by building robust frameworks for checking deficits and surpluses for optimized resource management & control
  • Generated standard customized reports to provide insights into business performance against metrics

Project Finance Officer

IDI, Humber
07.2021 - 04.2022
  • Prepared quarterly project reconciliations and took corrective actions to zero out deviations by 100%
  • Generated financial forecasts and operational reports to assist management with business strategy
  • Collaborated with team leaders to define standards, policies, and procedures to meet company revenue goals
  • Reviewed internal project financial documents and analyzed combined partnership financial statements against forecasts to prepare high-level performance and variance analysis by addressing pertinent issues
  • Reduced process discrepancies through measured implementation of performance reporting and data systems

Tax Pro

H&R Block Scarborough
01.2018 - 04.2018
  • Assessed tax situations & prepared over 100 income taxes of individual clients and submitted to CRA through DTMAX/TPS software by coordinating & communicating with CRA in the time of issues

Accounting Practicum (Intern)

Small Business Accountants
01.2017 - 03.2017
  • Performed data entry of financial transactions (Banks/Credit card statements) of over 20 small business companies and reconciled accounts receivables, payables & related ledgers under team lead’s guidance

Admin-Finance Expert Consultant

NRREP
03.2015 - 02.2016
  • Demonstrated efficient leadership in umbrella program finance and mentored team for the financial management of a complex multi-partnered program fund
  • Reviewed & processed financial data into Microsoft Dynamics Nav. to ensure financial integrity and accuracy for reporting daily and presented it to the compliance departments
  • Reconciled statutory tax filing, deposits and withdrawals of 5+ funding agencies' memos and 8+ bank statements to track up-to-date business transactions periodically
  • Effectively generated and presented software-based monthly financial statements to management to make decisions regarding integrations in program planning, budgeting, and funding

Contract Database Consultant (Part-time & Task-based)

MSFP
07.2014 - 11.2015
  • Updated and customized compliance monitoring database using Excel for prompt status reporting
  • Prepared relevant formats & templates by consulting with stakeholders to track fund sources & applications for 100+ projects

Admin-Finance Associate

MEDEP Nepal
01.2013 - 08.2013
  • Prepared, tracked, and maintained consolidate financial records to increase efficiency in financial reporting
  • Monitored, trained, and supervised 4 regional financial operations partners to use different tools and techniques for effective utilization of disbursed funds and to meet set targets by maintaining productivity & proper control

Accounts Officer

SNC Project, Ministry of Environment
07.2011 - 12.2012
  • Recorded income and expenses on general ledger to ensure fund accountability and control by resolving backlogs of 2 years
  • Prepared financial reports, performance and variance analysis as per Generally Accepted Accounting Principle (GAAP) for Ministry of Environment and UN Environment Program
  • Reviewed procurement documents & budget in a spreadsheet, and updated budget and expenditure sheets in collaboration with program team to support operational efficiency and stewardship

Finance and Administration Officer

WWF Nepal
02.2007 - 02.2011
  • Recorded income and expenses of 8+ funds in QuickBooks/Tally software for stewardship and control to generate customized financial statements
  • Verified and presented periodic fund accountability statements, reconciliations, and donor-wide variance reports to executive committees/boards on tight deadlines
  • Maintained and reconciled accounts receivables and payables and corrected discrepancies on time
  • Established customer rapport in handling contract negotiations and resolved stakeholder complaints
  • Advised project implementation partners regarding financial health and internal control.

Education

Master of Science - Information Technology Solutions

Humber College
Toronto, ON
09.2018 - 04.2020

No Degree - Intermediate Accounting & Taxation (CPA Accred.)

SAIT/Centre For Newcomers
Calgary, AB
08.2016 - 03.2017

MBA - Finance

Ace Institute of Management, Pokhara University
Kathmandu
05.2011 - 06.2013

Skills

  • Financial Management: MS Dynamics Nav, QuickBooks, Tally ERP, Next-Gen ERP, procurement SEPA, SAP, Banner FIS, attention to detail, stakeholder communication, time management
  • Project management: Trello, Jira, MS Teams, Asana, Slack, OneDrive, Salesforce, SharePoint, Google WS, critical thinking, work independently, liaison
  • Data Analysis: Macro-VBA automation, data quality assurance, app-scripting, advanced Excel, Pivot Tables, Google Sheets, Look up,Index-Match, Charting, What-If (Solver, Scenario, Goal-Seek), Conditional Formatting, Data, Formulas, Functions, Statistical Tools
  • Database Management & Cloud: SQL Server, MSSQL, MySQL, SSMS, Oracle DB, SSIS, SSRS, Oracle BIEE, AWS SageMaker
  • Business Analysis & Intelligence: Power Query, Power Pivot, Power BI, Tableau, Oracle BI, Lucid Chart, drawio, Process Mapping,Manuals, functional specifications, process flow diagrams

Certification

· Portfolio Management (Oracle - Primavera)

· AWS Cloud AI Practitioner

· Databricks Generative AI

· Agile Project Management, Coursera - Google - Oct. - Nov. 2022

https://www.coursera.org/account/accomplishments/verify/EQ2YPXQR26F8

· SAP GL Accounting, Michael Management Corp. - June - July 2022

https://www.michaelmanagement.com/authenticate.php?certid=166197

· Lean Six Sigma GB, SSGI - Apr. - June 2022

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Work Availability

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Timeline

Business Analyst (Financials)

NPower Canada
04.2022 - 02.2025

Project Finance Officer

IDI, Humber
07.2021 - 04.2022

Master of Science - Information Technology Solutions

Humber College
09.2018 - 04.2020

Tax Pro

H&R Block Scarborough
01.2018 - 04.2018

Accounting Practicum (Intern)

Small Business Accountants
01.2017 - 03.2017

No Degree - Intermediate Accounting & Taxation (CPA Accred.)

SAIT/Centre For Newcomers
08.2016 - 03.2017

Admin-Finance Expert Consultant

NRREP
03.2015 - 02.2016

Contract Database Consultant (Part-time & Task-based)

MSFP
07.2014 - 11.2015

Admin-Finance Associate

MEDEP Nepal
01.2013 - 08.2013

Accounts Officer

SNC Project, Ministry of Environment
07.2011 - 12.2012

MBA - Finance

Ace Institute of Management, Pokhara University
05.2011 - 06.2013

Finance and Administration Officer

WWF Nepal
02.2007 - 02.2011

Software

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Accomplishments

  • Led program finance team of three to meet the organizational objective of streamlining financial business processes and identifying areas for improvement.
  • Developed financial operations guideline for World Bank project stakeholder community.
  • Led change management for implementing new financial & reporting system and successfully accomplished the goal in 3 months.
  • Designed the restricted fund tracking spreadsheet that automates the workflow in monitoring and tracking fund accountability & resulted the variances to 0 within a quarter.

Work Preference

Work Type

Full TimeContract Work

Work Location

RemoteHybrid

Important To Me

Work-life balanceFlexible work hoursCareer advancementPersonal development programsWork from home option

Languages

English
Advanced (C1)
Hindi
Intermediate (B1)

Interests

Financial Planning & Modelling

Data & Artificial Intelligence

Cloud ERP

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