Sahilpreet Singh, CPA
Surrey,BC | Linkedin.com/sahilpreet21
Summary
Dynamic Senior Accountant with extensive experience at Doane Grant Thornton LLP, excelling in tax return preparation and financial statement reviews. Proficient in CaseWare and Taxprep, I deliver exceptional client service while mentoring junior staff. Recognized for enhancing compliance accuracy and providing strategic financial solutions across diverse industries.
Overview
5
5
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Senior Accountant
Doane Grant Thornton LLP
Vancouver, Canada
01.2024 - Current
- Leading the T3 pool, including reviewing T3 files and preparing complex T3 trust returns
- Reviewing T2 corporate tax returns and compilation files, ensuring accuracy and compliance
- Collaborating with colleagues to deliver exceptional service to clients under varying reporting frameworks across different industries and sectors
- Planning, preparing, and executing financial statement reviews and compilations, including budget and resource requirement planning
- Providing solutions to clients on current business and financial conditions
- Preparing various types of tax returns (personal, trust, and corporate) and responding to CRA requests for information
- Bookkeeping and investment accounting for corporations
- Mentoring, coaching and providing timely feedback to junior colleague
- Reviewing work from junior colleague
Accountant
Grant Thornton LLP
Vancouver, Canada
10.2022 - 12.2023
- Bookkeeping preparation and posting of client transactions
- Planning and execution of compilation and review engagements
- Preparing adjusting journal entries
- Performing reconciliations of bank accounts, accounts payable and accounts receivable
- Preparing personal and corporate tax returns, partnership returns, trust returns and GST returns (T1, T2s, T3s, T4s, T5s, GST/HST)
- Working for clients under varying reporting frameworks across different industries and sectors
- Working closely with colleagues and providing exceptional client service
Accountant, Co-op
Vohora LLP
Vancouver, Canada
01.2022 - 08.2022
- Preparing Notice to Reader financial statements, including preparation of T2 Corporate tax returns
- Assisting with bookkeeping services
- Communicating with Canada Revenue Agency
- Developed a thorough understanding of Vohora LLP's services and accounting practice
- Helping staff & managers where needed
- Recording day to day financial transactions
- Maintained documentations for all accounting transactions
Tax Volunteer
Community Volunteer Income Tax Program
01.2022 - 04.2022
Tax Volunteer
SFU Accounting Student Association
01.2022 - 04.2022
Internal Events Coordinator
SFU Accounting Student Association
05.2021 - 12.2021
Education
Bachelor of Business Administration (B.B.A) - Accounting
Simon Fraser University
Burnaby, BC08.2022
Diploma in Commerce and Business Administration -
Douglas College
New Westminster, BC08.2020
Skills
- 4 years of Public Practice experience
- 389 GPA in core accounting courses at SFU
- Received CPA designation in 09/25
- 2300 hours on Compilations and 1950 hours on review engagements
- CaseWare
- Tax Prep forms
- Sage 50
- QuickBooks
- NetSuite
- Preparing T1, T2, T3, T4, T5, T1134, T1135, T106, NR4, T1044, T5013, T3010 GST/HST and WCB returns
- Bookkeeping
- Compilations
- Year-Ends including Corporate returns
- Review engagements
Community Volunteer
- Internal Events Coordinator, SFU Accounting Student Association, 05/21, 12/21
- Tax Volunteer, Community Volunteer Income Tax Program, 01/22, 04/22
- Tax Volunteer, SFU Accounting Student Association, 01/22, 04/22
Languages
English
Native/ Bilingual
Hindi
Native/ Bilingual
Punjabi
Native/ Bilingual
Bengali
Elementary
Spanish
Elementary
Certification
Chartered Professional Accountant
Timeline
Senior Accountant
Doane Grant Thornton LLP
01.2024 - Current
Accountant
Grant Thornton LLP
10.2022 - 12.2023
Accountant, Co-op
Vohora LLP
01.2022 - 08.2022
Tax Volunteer
Community Volunteer Income Tax Program
01.2022 - 04.2022
Tax Volunteer
SFU Accounting Student Association
01.2022 - 04.2022
Internal Events Coordinator
SFU Accounting Student Association
05.2021 - 12.2021
Bachelor of Business Administration (B.B.A) - Accounting
Simon Fraser University
Diploma in Commerce and Business Administration -
Douglas College