Experience

TurnerMoore LLP Chartered Professional Accountants | Licensed Public Accountants

• Canada
• Accounting
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Partner

  • Jul 2018 - Present

  A Chartered Professional Accountant with over three decades of experience in providing Tax Advisory and Business Consulting to business owners and high net-worth individuals with Wealth Preservation Strategies through efficient Estate Planning and Tax saving techniques. Business owners, in today’s highly regulated and ever-changing economy, face numerous challenges every day. My out-of-the-box thinking and excellent change management skills will assist you in navigating your company through difficult phases such as Tax Audits, Mergers & Acquisitions, restructuring, downsizing, expansions, etc. Show less



PROFIT Consulting Group

• Richmond Hill, Ontario

• Founder

  • Oct 1991 - Present

  Shahram Sayahi Established PROFIT Accounting in 1991 and since then the company has provided small and medium size businesses and individuals with quality accounting services, sound business advice and efficient tax saving strategies. Since 2008 Shahram decided to dedicate all his time and energy in developing his public practice. Today, PROFIT Accounting once a home based business, has 6 offices in Ontario serving more than a thousand businesses and individuals. It employs qualified and dedicated associates and continues to grow. Show less



DSV - Global Transport and Logistics

• Denmark
• Transportation, Logistics, Supply Chain and Storage
• 700 & Above Employee

• Chief Financial Officer

  • Jul 2005 - Apr 2008

  Multinational freight forwarding and customs Brokerage Company. Strategic financial and business advisor to the company President. Member of board of directors of the Canadian subsidiary. Directing the Operations, Finance, HR, IT and Administration departments. Directing and finalizing the merger between JH Bachmann Canada Inc. and FCI Fisker Cargo Inc. into DFDS Transport (Canada) Inc. Consolidation of financial records, software, production systems, databases and staff of the above mentioned entities. Corporate restructuring in form of outsourcing the warehousing activities, custom brokerage activities and divesting the less profitable other activities. Significant reduction in head count and overhead expenses and achieving higher than expected EBITA levels in the second half year of 2006. Implementation of efficient credit control and aggressive collection strategies resulting in significantly less outstanding amounts over 60 days and credit losses. Efficient management of DSO and DPO in order to improve the Net Working Capital (NWC). Re engineering of accounting software and production system to produce efficient credit control, operational control and detailed P&L profitability drilled down to geographical trade lanes, branch, transportation mode and operators' performance. Overall responsibility for all corporate internal & external financial reporting IFRS & GAAP. IT-environment: Excel, MS Office, Power Point, IBM Director, SAP, ACCPAC, PASSPORT, CARGO 3000 etc. Show less



FCL Fisker Customs & Logistics

• Canada
• Transportation, Logistics, Supply Chain and Storage
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Chief Financial Officer

  • Jan 2002 - Jun 2005

  Canadian freight forwarding and customs Brokerage Company. Strategic financial and business advisor to the company President and owner. Directing the Operation, Finance, IT and Administration departments. Overall responsibility for all corporate internal and external financial reporting and analysis. In depth analysis of financial information, KPI and other statistics. Managed several Six Sigma business process improvement projects. Planed and implemented a complete corporate re-structuring resulting in over $1,500,000 documented savings over a 2 year period. Implemented several IT projects such as, electronic data transfers, system conversions, database/Server consolidations, systems integrations. Playing a significant role in negotiating and selling the company's activities to DFDS Transport (Canada) Inc. IT-environment: Excel, MS Office, Power Point, IBM Director, ACCPAC, PASSPORT, CARGO 3000 etc. Show less



Cat Financial

• United States
• Financial Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• ACCOUNTANT / PROJECT MANAGER

  • Jan 2000 - Dec 2001

  B2B Company focusing on Caterpillar earth moving equipment leasing and financing. Responsible for providing support in the development of accounting processes and reports, maintaining account activities, preparing monthly, quarterly and annual financial statements, consolidations and documentations according to the local and U.S. GAAP. Cooperation with auditors and provide them with auditable documents. Responsible for reconciliation of treasury accounts and international inter company transactions including foreign exchange issues, contract funding and terminations. Responsible for reporting to the Central Bank, Internal Revenue Services and VAT in Sweden, Denmark, Norway and Finland. Controlling inventory/fixed asset and accounts receivable, supervising a team of three. Project manager for implementing direct debit in all the Nordic countries. Resulted in human resources cost savings over 350K US$/ yr. and increased employee & customer satisfaction. IT-environment: Excel, MS Office, MS Project, Access, Power Point, Oracle Financial, Infolease, People Soft and Cognos Power Play. SÖRAB (Sweden Show less



SÖRAB

• Sweden
• Environmental Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• ACCOUNTING CONSULTANT

  • Oct 1998 - Dec 1999

  Municipal waste management company. Responsible for preparation of different financial statements and management reports. Reconciliation of balance sheet accounts, year-end closings and preparation of trial balance and income statement. Communication and cooperation with auditors. Financial analysis, cost and revenue calculations of various activities (ABC Costing). Reconciliation of GL accounts, supervision of billing and cash applications. Reporting of income tax and VAT to the tax authorities. Employee benefit and expense account administration. Supervision of account activities, A/P, A/R and pay rolls. IT-environment: Excel, MS Office, Access, Power Point, SPCS, Pyramid, SAP and XOR. Show less