Saaim Shaikh

Finance and data professional who bridges the gap between accounting rigour and analytical horsepower. Hands-on experience across 25+ corporate accounts in Canadian tax compliance (T1/T2), general ledger management, month-end close, and MIS reporting paired with production-grade skills in Power BI, Tableau, Python, and ML. Published quantitative research on SSRN (PCA + Random Forest applied to equity returns) and built automated market analysis platforms that cut reporting effort by 60%.

Equally comfortable owning a Balance Sheet Reconciliation and building a predictive model from scratch.

Seeking

Canadian tax, accounting, FP&A, or BI Analyst roles where both sides of this skill set create measurable impact.

Associate Accountant at Datamatics Business Solutions (2025-06 – 2025-12)

Managed T1/T2 tax returns and general ledger for 25+ corporate accounts with 100% CRA compliance. Executed full month-end close cycle and built MIS dashboards. Streamlined GIFI mapping and year-end procedures.

• Managed T1/T2 tax returns and general ledger for 25+ corporate accounts using CaseWare, CCH iFirm, and TaxPrep 100% CRA compliance maintained.
• Executed full month-end close cycle: journal entries, trial balance adjustments, and Balance Sheet Reconciliations (BSR), producing audit-ready financial statements.
• Built MIS dashboards tracking filing progress and compliance metrics across 23 teams; presented variance analysis to senior management.
• Streamlined GIFI mapping and year-end procedures cut filing turnaround by 20% and manual errors by 30%.
• Supported P&L analysis and working capital reviews, flagging material variances to senior accountants for action.

Tax Intern at Datamatics Business Solutions (2025-01 – 2025-04)

Prepared 50+ Canadian T2 Corporate Tax Returns and completed T1 returns with 100% on-time CRA filing rate. Coordinated with 50+ clients for documentation and built Excel-based tracking tools.

• Prepared 50+ Canadian T2 Corporate Tax Returns with one-week turnaround per return, achieving 100% on-time CRA filing rate.
• Completed T1 returns covering self-employment (T2125), rental property (T776), income adjustments, and capital cost allowance schedules.
• Coordinated with 50+ clients to gather documentation, validate data against CRA requirements, and resolve pre-audit discrepancies.
• Built Excel-based tracking tools for filing status and completion milestones, improving team visibility on deliverable timelines.

Data Science Intern at Null Class (2024-11 – 2024-12)

Developed ML models for image and video analysis and designed performance dashboards communicating model accuracy metrics to non-technical stakeholders.

• Developed ML models for image and video analysis; designed performance dashboards communicating model accuracy metrics to non-technical stakeholders.

Data Analyst Intern at Dappify Technologies (2024-09 – 2024-11)

Built predictive analytics models to forecast business trends and improved forecast accuracy by 18%. Presented cost-optimisation insights to client stakeholders.

• Built predictive analytics models to forecast business trends, improving forecast accuracy by 18%; presented cost-optimisation insights to client stakeholders.

Bachelor of Commerce in Commerce – Burhani College of Commerce, Mumbai (2020 – 2023)