International management controller

Director of Finance
•	As a member of the Senior Management Team, I am involved in every major decision affecting the company and the employees’ well-being.
•	Driving the Corporate Strategic and Financial direction of the company
•	Monitor the Financial Performance of the company
•	Maintain and establish financial policies, procedures, controls, and reporting systems
•	Management of financing, banking requirements, and cultivate healthy relationships with our lenders
•	Compile and analyze monthly, quarterly, and annual financial reporting packages
•	Collect and analyze weekly and monthly operational key performance indicators
•	Prepare annual operating budgets – track and analyze variances
•	Responsible for making sure the company complies with government and regulatory reporting
•	Support special projects by collecting, analyzing, and summarizing data, information, and trends
•	Providing leadership and support for credit, accounts receivable, accounts payable, inventory accounting, payroll
•	Administration of our company benefits (including Profit Sharing, RPP, Group Health) 
•	Further educate our Management Team - so they can get a better understanding of how we can improve from a Financial and Operational perspective

Accounting Manager
•	Managed the team through the month-end and year-end activities
•	Direct supervision of six direct reports, and two indirect reports, including their mid-year and year end reviews
•	Lead the steering committee in charge with developing and implementing the company’s Ethics and Anti-Fraud Policy.
•	Applied modern leadership concepts, and I am continuously looking to leverage my reports’ own individual strengths.
•	Managed the cash flow and bank reconciliations for nine different bank accounts and four different currencies
•	Worked together with the Controller and CEO on the annual budget for all companies
•	Worked close with the external auditors for the annual financial audit

Senior Accountant
•	Managed the process of preparation of monthly, quarterly, and annual financial reports. 
•	Under my leadership, my team reduced the delivery of monthly financials from over one month, to only two weeks after month’s end. This was done through increased efficiencies, better team collaboration, and increased self-responsibilities for my team
•	Responsible for direct supervision of four direct reports, and four indirect reports, including their mid-year and year end reviews. 
•	Managed the monthly financial analysis on KPI’s and significant variances from the budget – and took immediate action to address the issues, including programming errors in the ERP system

Accountant
•	As a member of the implementation team for our new ERP system, I had an active role in designing the requirements for the accounting team, specifically for the system’s ability to provide accurate and complex reports for Senior Managers, and Project Managers.
•	Responsible for all the General Ledger transactions, leading up to financial statements, including reconciliations of major accounts, analysis of complex transactions, bank reconciliations. This resulted in more timely and accurate information for Senior Management

Controller (contract)
•	Lead the monthly reporting process and prepared monthly financial statements and reporting to Owners
•	Managed the annual budget, from creation to assessing variances to budget
•	Managed the entire accounting cycle, supervised the accountant in place

Financial Controller
•	Monitored and managed all elements affecting revenue and costs, recommended, and implemented required changes
•	Supervised the accountant in place, provided required training and mentoring
•	Weekly, Monthly, Quarterly, and Annual reporting for Senior Management

Financial Analyst
•	Managed the maintenance renewal billing process for Fortune 500 clients with a great retention rate
•	Managed the cash operations for more than ten different bank accounts, and four different foreign currencies
•	Performed analytical work on the financial statements, before their public release

Honours Bachelor of Commerce (H.B. Com)

Diploma with Honours - Accounting & Finance Program