GUNJAN M. SHAH
Ahmedabad
Summary
Performance-driven Vice President with 18 years of experience aligning systems with business requirements, policies, and regulatory requirements. Passionate about applying excellent organization and communication skills to manage and lead teams. Results-oriented individual well-versed in interfacing and consulting on business processes to drive results based on sound overall business judgment.
Overview
18
18
years of professional experience
Work History
VP Finance
Commerce Pundit Technologies Pvt Ltd
Ahmedabad, India
03.2021 - Current
- Act as VP Finance and strategic business partner to senior executive leadership team
- Assess and evaluate financial performance of organization regarding long-term operational goals, budgets, and forecasts
- Provide insight and recommendations to both short-term and long-term growth plan of organization
- Identify, acquire, and implement systems and software to provide critical financial and operational information
- Evaluate departments and make suggestions for automating processes and increasing working efficiency
- Communicate, engage, and interact with Board of Directors, CEO, COO and Executive Leadership Team
- Create and establish yearly financial objectives that align with company's plan for growth and expansion
- Serve as key member of executive leadership team and round table discussion panel
- Interact with and bring department into line with Board of Directors' plans, initiatives, and recommendations
- Prepare and present monthly financial budgeting reports including monthly profit and loss by division, forecast vs Actuals
- Develop and maintain monthly operating budget and annual company operating budget
- Review all month-end closing activities including general ledger accounts, balance sheet accounts and overhead cost allocation
- Serve as key point of contact for external auditors; Manage preparation and support of all external audits
- Maintain outstanding banking relationships and strategic alliances with vendors and business partners
- Represent company to banks, financial partners, institutions, investors, public auditors, and officials
- Spearheaded cross-functional initiatives across departments to achieve business goals for bottom-line profits
- Increased company growth through collaboration with sales and marketing departments
- Mitigated financial discrepancies by managing budget and payroll operations
- Increased business profits 15 % by streamlining processes and trimming unnecessary positions.
Management Consultant
CPA Firm
Ahmedabad, INDIA
07.2019 - 01.2021
- Help them to manage accounting and tax planning services for their clients
- Evaluate short-term or long-term projects, addressing range of issues and needs
- Collaborate with management or other staff to learn about their goals and requirements
- Understand situational interpretations and analyze data to identify and understand challenges
- Provide advice or suggestions for improvements that meet objectives
- Formulate plans for implementation of recommendations
- Saved $150,000 by implementing cost-saving initiatives that addressed long-standing problems
- Compiled research data and gave professional presentations highlighting finds and recommended optimizations
- Evaluated diverse organizational systems to identify workflow, communication and resource utilization issues.
Finance Manager
Azilen Technologies Pvt. Ltd
Ahmedabad, India
09.2017 - 05.2019
- Was Responsible for overall Finance & Accounts Functions of Organization
- Responsible for Preparing Standalone as well as Consolidated Financial Statement for yearly as well as quarterly and got finalized / Limited Review it with statutory auditors
- Financial Planning, Modelling & Viability analysis of new projects and existing operations and present to management for their informed decision making
- Was responsible for all MIS, Budget, Costing, business plans and forecasts, Benchmarking with competitor/ Industry
- Treasury management, documentation of short-term loan/Commercial paper, Letter of Credit, bank Guarantee & Working Capital Limits
- Was responsible for Direct and GST matters which include Advance tax, Tax Audits, appearance before Tax authorities for Regular assessment as well as for appeal Purpose, Matters related to TP & IT etc
- Oversee cash flow planning and ensure availability of funds as needed
- Review all month-end closing activities including general ledger maintenance, reconciliations, and overhead cost allocation for Costing
- Designed internal controls & checks and up gradation of system and procedure
- Build relationship with client for strategic business development
- Created organizational structures to improve accounting and finance functions.
- Managed tracking of 6 offices and headquarters expenses
- Mitigated process gaps and managed financial operational functions
Finance Controller
Revitas Inc
Ahmedabad, INDIA
11.2011 - 07.2016
- Worked on development of annual budget for CAPEX and OPEX internal planning
- Provided accurate cash-flow projections to Finance Sub-Committee
- Provided monthly budget reports to company and to budget holders, working closely with them to enable them to make accurate decisions
- Prepared variance analysis and recommend changes to Management
- Close books on Monthly, Quarterly and Yearly Reconciliation of Fixed Assets with IT and operation staff
- Prepared Vendor aging analysis and Customer Aging analysis on Monthly basis
- Prepared and publish timely monthly, quarterly, and annual financial statements
- Leaded on any recommendations that are suggested in audit report or management letter
- Oversee payroll provident fund, pension, and tax contribution payments, in conjunction with company's payroll bureau, pension funds
- Supported company's fundraising efforts through provision of information for reporting purposes
- Developed and maintained thorough financial procedures for organization including staff payroll, TDS, Provident funds and pension systems, invoice/payments, Service Tax etc
- Ensured to fulfill all legal compliances on time like ROC returns, RBI Guidelines, Income Tax Returns, GST returns and Transfer pricing regulations
- Ensured all finance records are kept accurately and securely and in line with legislative requirements
- Attended supervision, team meetings, training and other meetings as required
- Managed member of staff in line with company's policies, procedures, and ethos
- Maintained effective working relationships with company's external partners (Stakeholders)
- Managed payroll data entry and processing for 1500 employees to comply with predetermined company guidelines.
Sr. ACCOUNTS/FINANCE EXECUTIVE
ENNOVATE GROUP INC
Ahmedabad, India
05.2006 - 02.2011
- Preparation of MIS Reports for USA clients and giant corporation companies
- Maintained online and offline book of accounts for certain Corporate and S-Corp register corps of USA
- Maintained year end, monthly, weekly, and daily base accounting for different clients of CPA in different accounting applications (QuickBooks, MYOB, Peachtree)
- Tax return preparation for Individual (1040), Corporate (1120), S-Corp (1120S), NGO (1040 and 990) tax returns in US Tax applications (Pro-series, Lacerate)
- Finalization of accounts for Corporate, S-Corp and partnership firms
- Analyzed financial statements against forecasts to prepare high-level variance analysis.
Account Executive
SAP Info-Tech Pvt. Ltd
Ahmedabad, INDIA
05.2005 - 04.2006
- Prospected new clientele through networking, cold calling, canvassing and referrals
- Maintained year end, monthly, weekly, and daily base accounting for different clients of ACCA in different accounting applications (Sage, QuickBooks, IRIS)
- Finalization of Accounts with Audit report and compiled Financial Statements
- Prepared MIS Reports for most of financial institutions of UK.
TAX CONSULTANT
ASST. INCOME, CHINUBHAI R SHAH
Ahmedabad, INDIA
07.2004 - 04.2005
- Co-ordinate with clients regarding to account audits, Prepared Account books and MIS Reports, Finalization of accounts for different clients and Filled up tax returns (TDS returns)
Education
MBA - Finance, Marketing
Institute of Management, Nirma University
Ahmedabad03.2012
Executive Diploma in Finance Management - Finance Management, Finance Management
Institute of Management, Nirma University
Ahmedabad05.2008
Master of Commerce (M.Com) - Cost Accounting
Gujarat University
Ahmedabad04.2008
Bachelor of Commerce (B.Com) - Advance Accountancy & Auditing
Gujarat University, HK Commerce Collage
04.2004
Skills
- Effective Communicator and Public Speaker
- Complex Problem Solving
- Financial Management
- Judgement and Decision Making
- Stakeholder Management
- Strategic Planning and Execution
- Leadership and People Development
- Regulatory Compliance
- Budget Planning
- Executive Leadership
- Portfolio Management
- Annual Planning
- Managerial finance
Timeline
VP Finance
Commerce Pundit Technologies Pvt Ltd
03.2021 - Current
Management Consultant
CPA Firm
07.2019 - 01.2021
Finance Manager
Azilen Technologies Pvt. Ltd
09.2017 - 05.2019
Finance Controller
Revitas Inc
11.2011 - 07.2016
Sr. ACCOUNTS/FINANCE EXECUTIVE
ENNOVATE GROUP INC
05.2006 - 02.2011
Account Executive
SAP Info-Tech Pvt. Ltd
05.2005 - 04.2006
TAX CONSULTANT
ASST. INCOME, CHINUBHAI R SHAH
07.2004 - 04.2005
MBA - Finance, Marketing
Institute of Management, Nirma University
Executive Diploma in Finance Management - Finance Management, Finance Management
Institute of Management, Nirma University
Master of Commerce (M.Com) - Cost Accounting
Gujarat University
Bachelor of Commerce (B.Com) - Advance Accountancy & Auditing
Gujarat University, HK Commerce Collage
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