Sid Shah

Finance Manager (Fp & a) - CTO - Tech Investments @美国艺电公司

Vancouver, BC, CA

Finance Manager (FP & A) supporting CTO Investments.• Led financial management, budget allocation, and forecasting for 64 products across 7 pillars within the Central Technology Office focused on the Technology Investments• Standardized Capex reclasses, enhancing accuracy in labor capitalization for both internal and external resources• Acted as SME for capitalization policy like SOP98-1 (Capitalization of Internal Use Software) and ASU 2018-15(Cloud computing/SaaS implementation costs), consulting on a $60M CIP (Constuction in Progress) initiative and coaching other FP & A leads on CIP and projects• Automated Invest Portfolio Rollup, optimizing information flow for leadership decision-making• Directed a record OPEX reallocation with precise forecasting and agile decision-making• Managed shared resources, elevating service levels and support across CTO• Developed and implemented custom reporting tools, establishing key resources for CIO reviews• Designed and delivered an 8-week Power BI training course to enhance FP & A team skills• Enhanced new run processes and implemented AI solutions for VBA automation• Spearheaded Master Title remapping (Master Data Management) for integrated real estate views and scrubbed decade-long IT projects for integrated views.• Key Finance Partner for the costs and investment in AI costs for the company like AI Saas Licenses, Creation of custom Data and Insight Platforms, Custom GPTs etc• Created a Lakehouse and Semantic model using MS Fabric\'s DataFlow Gen 2 and Data Pipeline to automate template rollups, enhancing information flow for leadership decision-making and internal R&O identification.• Created and managed the HC ramp to understand upcoming risks from hiring speed. Key OWP partner/user.• Wrote VBA to create a pre and post close scenario record keeping automation in the templates for easy variance analysis.• Go-to finance expert in UAT for AI technologies at EA, offering key insights and addressing adoption concerns.

The Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment (The CISI)

CISI Charter

SYMBIOSIS INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY

Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA), Accounting and Finance, Corporate Management

CFA Institute

Passed Level 1 in 2014, Finance, General

University of Edinburgh Business School

Master of Science (MSc), Finance and Investment

Chartered Professional Accountants of Canada (CPA Canada)

CPA