Nikhil Rana

Finance Consultant at Ashani CPAs and Business Advisors
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(386) 825-5501
Location
Greater Toronto Area, Canada, CA

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Credentials

  • Analyzing and Visualizing Data with Microsoft Power BI
    LinkedIn
    May, 2023
    - Nov, 2024
  • Investment Funds in Canada (IFC)
    Canadian Securities Institute
    Dec, 2022
    - Nov, 2024

Experience

    • Canada
    • Accounting
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Finance Consultant
      • Apr 2023 - Present

    • India
    • Appliances, Electrical, and Electronics Manufacturing
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Financial Planning and Analysis Manager
      • Feb 2022 - Jun 2022

      • Taking care of IT cost center for Europe and UK region with portfolio equivalent to monthly 8.0mn USD • Forecasting of cost for both Infrastructure and Operational branches of IT basis usage, head counts or seat counts • Liaising with senior operations management of the sites present in different EU countries to gather data for forecasting and month end procedures • Providing variance commentaries for costs separately for each country on actual vs forecast • Performing full cycle month ends and preparation of P&L and other dashboards Show less

    • India
    • IT Services and IT Consulting
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Senior Financial Analyst
      • Feb 2020 - Feb 2022

      • Preparing budget and monthly forecasts for a contract of 3.5mn GBP based on trends and inputs from Business units • Performing timely month end close activities by organizing accrual workings and journal entries & performing financial analysis for actual vs forecasts/ budgets to provide variance commentaries to help decision making for the management • Drafting financial statements and dashboards to present to stakeholders • Managing Balance Sheet reconciliations and highlighting risk wherever applicable • Liaising with business units and other finance departments to gather data and understand risks & opportunities of business • Processing required documents and data for audit and related queries & other ad-hoc requests Accomplishments • Earned "Star of Business Award" for the period of H1, FY21 in recognition of efforts towards creating client value through business outcomes • Being able to self-learn and handle the business quickly despite of knowledge being transferred for less time period than normal • Providing training sessions to business unit stakeholders on finance tools to make them independent on accessing important information like P&L which saved 50 hours on yearly basis Show less

    • Assistant Manager Finance
      • Nov 2018 - Feb 2020

      • Taking care of 3 US & UK based contracts for a portfolio having monthly revenue of 5.0mn USD • Preparing budget and monthly forecasts for projects based on trends and inputs from operations • Performing monthly & Quarterly variance Analysis on Actual vs Forecast positions and providing commentaries • Performing month ends by organizing revenue and cost accrual workings and journal entries • Preparing financial statements in accordance with IFRS and presenting on finance reviews • Managing Ad hoc requirements Accomplishments: • Initiating the idea of encouraging employees to have conveyance allowance instead of company’s transport facility which gave a cost saving of monthly 10,000 USD • Being guiding buddy for fellow new joiners and mentoring 1 Intern for 3 months Show less

    • India
    • Technology, Information and Internet
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Financial Analyst
      • Nov 2017 - Oct 2018

      • Business Strategic Decision-making support through financial analysis • Budgeting and forecasting of incentive cost for the business vertical • Performing analysis on different criteria of incentive policies to finalize changes in policies • Preparing monthly Reports of Incentive & Performance Accomplishments: • Earned “Emerging star of the year award” for period of 2017-18 • Business Strategic Decision-making support through financial analysis • Budgeting and forecasting of incentive cost for the business vertical • Performing analysis on different criteria of incentive policies to finalize changes in policies • Preparing monthly Reports of Incentive & Performance Accomplishments: • Earned “Emerging star of the year award” for period of 2017-18

Education

  • Lambton College
    Master's degree, Financial Planning and Services
  • Lovely Professional University
    Master of Business Administration - MBA, Accounting and Finance
    2015 - 2017
  • Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar
    Bachelor of Commerce - BCom, Accounting and Business/Management
    2010 - 2013
  • The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India
    CA Finalist, Accounting and Finance

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