Gayathri Kannan

CANADIAN TAX & BOOKKEEPING PROFESSIONAL Gayathri Kannan Finance | Canadian Tax | Accounting ABOUT ME Finance and accounting professional with 13+ years of experience across reporting, tax and accounting. Currently supporting Canadian clients with QuickBooks Online bookkeeping, GST/HST reconciliation, tax-ready working papers, general ledger review and year-end accounting. Earlier experience includes IFRS 9 / ECL reporting, financial statement analysis, regulatory reporting and reconciliations. EXPERTISE Canadian Tax Compliance QuickBooks Online Bookkeeping GST/HST Reconciliation Year-End Working Papers General Ledger & Reconciliations Month-/Quarter-End Close IFRS 9 & ECL Reporting Advanced Excel EDUCATION & QUALIFICATION TECHNICAL SKILLS CHARTERED ACCOUNTANCY - INTERMEDIATE ICAI | May 2011 BACHELOR OF COMMERCE University of Kerala | Mar 2009 • QuickBooks Online • SAP | BPC | Axiom • Advanced Excel • Pivot Tables | XLOOKUP | VLOOKUP WORK EXPERIENCES CANADIAN TAX & BOOKKEEPING PROFESSIONAL APR 2026 - PRESENT Zillion Solutions | Canada • Perform full-cycle bookkeeping for Canadian client accounts in QuickBooks Online, including transaction coding, bank and credit-card reconciliations, accounts payable/receivable, and general ledger maintenance. • Prepare month-end and year-end working papers, trial balances, Profit & Loss statements, Balance Sheets, and supporting schedules for review and tax preparation. • Support Canadian tax compliance by organizing client source documents, reconciling accounts, and preparing tax-ready schedules and working papers. • Track and reconcile GST/HST transactions and maintain supporting records for filing and review. • Review client ledgers for uncategorized or misclassified transactions, investigate discrepancies, and prepare necessary adjusting entries. • Coordinate with clients to obtain missing records, resolve bookkeeping queries, and ensure files are complete for year-end and tax reporting. ZILLION SOLUTIONS GROUP

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE ASSOCIATE MANAGER - FINANCE & ACCOUNTS MAY 2023 - APR 2026 Standard Chartered Bank | India • Supported IFRS 9 accounting and reporting activities related to Expected Credit Loss (ECL), impairment reporting and financial disclosures. • Validated financial asset classifications under IFRS 9, including AC, FVOCI and FVTPL. • Performed reconciliations between source systems, IFRS 9 reporting outputs and General Ledger balances. • Conducted ECL variance analysis and investigated Stage 1, Stage 2 and Stage 3 exposure movements. • Prepared IFRS 9 disclosure tables, management reporting packs and presentation materials. • Facilitated month-end and quarter-end reporting activities for ECL and credit risk, coordinating with finance, risk, regulatory reporting and technology teams. EARLIER FINANCE, TAX & AUDIT EXPERIENCE SENIOR ANALYST - RECORD TO REPORT MAY 2021 - MAY 2023 Olam Information Services Private Ltd • Conducted general ledger analysis, balance sheet reviews, cash-flow forecasting, variance analysis, credit risk reporting, SAP reporting and reconciliations. TAX CONSULTANT MAR 2018 - APR 2021 Chartswood Business Solutions • Prepared tax returns for individual and corporate clients and conducted tax research to support regulatory compliance. SENIOR ANALYST MAY 2015 - FEB 2017 Olam Information Services Private Ltd • Played a key role in the Ghana Record to Report project migration and prepared Credit Risk, Position Risk, Overhead Analysis, Plant Costing, Debtors and Payables reports. ASSISTANT MANAGER JAN 2012 - JAN 2014 Muthoot Fincorp Ltd • Prepared bank and inter-branch reconciliation statements and handled vendor reconciliations and payment-dispute meetings. INTERN SEP 2007 - MAR 2011 ARSB & Associates, Chartered Accountants • Handled statutory and internal audit assignments, income tax and indirect tax filings, and preparation of books of accounts and financial statements. CORE STRENGTHS & LANGUAGES CORE STRENGTHS • Management & Regulatory Reporting • Financial Statement Analysis • General Ledger & Reconciliations • Variance Analysis & Data Validation LANGUAGES • English • Tamil • Malayalam PROFESSIONAL FOCUS Focused on strengthening Canadian tax, bookkeeping and year-end accounting capability while bringing a broader finance background in IFRS 9, ECL reporting, reconciliations, regulatory reporting and financial analysis. ZILLION SOLUTIONS GROUP