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Sidhant Sharma

5030, Ash Street, Oakridge,Vancouver,BC

Summary

Seasoned and Aspiring CPA Canada, auditing & accounting professional knowledgeable about bookkeeping, GAAP, risk aversion strategies, cost reduction options, and financial processes. Decisive and persuasive communicator with proven problem-solving, leadership, and planning abilities.

Overview

5
5
years of professional experience

Work History

Associate

Acuity Knowledge Partners
09.2021 - 12.2022

Achievement's-

  • Fastest promotion amongst 15 Associates; promoted to active client management role within 9 months vs average of 1 year.
  • Received Highest performer rating of "exceptional", the only associate to receive theaward.
  • Added a revenue of $ 250K by onboarding 2 new clients through active business development.

Work Experience-

  • Led KSA-based market transaction including Financial modeling, Growth drivers, and competitive analysis for ~ $ 27 Mn —JV of an Australia-based thematic leisure and entertainment infrastructure company (Sanderson Group)
  • As a member of the M&A India Team , conducted a sensitivity analysis to re-negotiate 30 IT vendor contracts that resulted in CAD 30K savings on behalf of the client.
  • Assisted in providing sell-side support to an Indian company in the real estate segment to a large —Japanese player (Krishna Group & Sumitomo)
  • Improved client feedback rating by 25% by streamlining theprocess, digitalization of process by reducing the steps and human error

Sr. Accountant

Goodhope Financial Services
03.2018 - 04.2021

Achievement's:

  • Transitioned myself from Intern to Sr. Accountant in a span of 2.5 Years with excellent performance in all accounting and audit domain.
  • Secured repeat annual revenue of ~CAD 12500/ ₹ 8,50,000 from a Navratna PSU by flawless execution of it's first Internal Audit assignment


Work Experience:

  • Managed company and client accounts and helped to recognize a fraudulent order that could have led to a loss of CAD 245,614/ ₹1,52,83,360 .
  • Led a team of 4 Junior accountants to perform due diligence on third-party businesses (Raheja Group, a real estate group), which helped to avoid forming partnerships with two highly unreliable companies in 2021.
  • Conducted Statutory Audit for GMR Infrastructure Limited (Public Listed Company) a subsidiary of GMR group- Including GMR Delhi International Airport - for FY 18-19, also assisted in Tax Audit audit for AY 18-18, which was reviewed by board of directors.
  • Conducted Tax audit for AY 18-19. 19-20 , Statutory Audit for Tecusmeh Products India's Pvt limited (TPIPL) under US GAAP and Indian GAAP expect for Sarbanes Oxley (SOX) Audit
  • Discovered a tax calculation error that could lead to a penalty of CAD472,643/ ₹2,94,20,250
  • Lead a team of 4 and for Internal Audit of Srinivasa resort ltd. (A hotel of ITC group) and discovered discrepancies during the auditing process, resulting in over $200,000 in annual savings.

Audit Analyst

KPMG
  • Preparation of financial reports as per Indian GAAP
  • Assisted in XBRL filling of European-based clients

Education

MBA -

University of Canada West
Vancouver, BC
03.2024

Chartered Accountancy- Final -

Institute of Chartered Accountants of India
India
01.2024

Bachelor's of Commerce -

University of Delhi

Skills

  • SOX Compliance
  • Account Reconciliation
  • Annual Reports
  • GAAP Principles
  • Corporate Finance
  • Microsoft Office
  • Cap IQ
  • Bloomberg
  • Tally
  • SAP Fico
  • Contract Compliance
  • Payroll Auditing
  • Journal Entries
  • Prepare Budgets
  • Due Diligence
  • Information Memorandums
  • Tablue

Timeline

Associate

Acuity Knowledge Partners
09.2021 - 12.2022

Sr. Accountant

Goodhope Financial Services
03.2018 - 04.2021

Audit Analyst

KPMG

MBA -

University of Canada West

Chartered Accountancy- Final -

Institute of Chartered Accountants of India

Bachelor's of Commerce -

University of Delhi
Sidhant Sharma