Andre D. Wedderburn

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Director of Financial Planning & Analysis
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Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, Canada
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About Andre D. Wedderburn

It has been my career objective to ensure management decisions are supported (always) by timely financial reporting and insightful financial analyses. With over 20+ years working in the Finance department of established companies such as P&G, Diageo, CIBC, McDonald's, 3M, Cable & Wireless (UK telecoms), and more recently the PHSA, TIO Networks Corp and HSBC Bank in Vancouver, I have successfully led the development of annual budgets and complex forecasts, drafted company policies to strengthen internal controls, designed and mapped new business processes from end to end, prepared and presented monthly financial statements in accordance with Canadian GAAP and IFRS, and created business financial models in Excel that positioned companies for strategic long-term growth and profitability.Specialties: - Chartered Accountant - CPA (Delaware) Accredited- Over 20+ years experience leading Finance Teams- Compiling Monthly Financial Results and Latest Rolling Forecasts- Preparing Consolidated Financial Statements and Working Papers to External Auditors- Thorough understanding of Telecommunications business- Advanced skills designing financial models and KPI Scorecards- Expert Microsoft Excel user (including Pivot tables and Macros)- Ability to extract insightful information from large scale data-sets- Designed End-to-End Business Process workflows for ERP Implementation- Rewrote all company policies to strengthened business controls- Provided Recommendations to improve SAP FICO Reporting

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Director of Financial Planning & Analysis
Andre D. Wedderburn Work Experience Details
  • Hsbc
    Senior Manager Financial Planning Analysis
    Hsbc Jan 2015 - Dec 2015
    Vancouver, Canada Area
    Prepared analysis and provided commentary on non-interest fee revenues, working alongside back-office staff in the Shared Service Centre (India) and the global business finance teams in Canada.Reviewed and challenged forecasts provided by Global teams during the 2016 Annual Operating Plan, also supported the process to stress-test HSBC's 5-Year Plan as directed by OSFI and PRA. Extensive use of BPM tools Hyperion (Smart View), Oracle (FTP Essbase) and IBM (TM1) Cognos to… Show more Prepared analysis and provided commentary on non-interest fee revenues, working alongside back-office staff in the Shared Service Centre (India) and the global business finance teams in Canada.Reviewed and challenged forecasts provided by Global teams during the 2016 Annual Operating Plan, also supported the process to stress-test HSBC's 5-Year Plan as directed by OSFI and PRA. Extensive use of BPM tools Hyperion (Smart View), Oracle (FTP Essbase) and IBM (TM1) Cognos to prepare monthly, quarterly and other ad-hoc reports for CFO review and CEO Board presentation Show less
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  • Tio Networks Corp
    Director Of Finance
    Tio Networks Corp Jan 2013 - Sep 2014
    Vancouver, Canada Area
    Managed the Accounting Operations and Financial Reporting, prepared in accordance with IFRS; driving the month-end close process, payroll administration and strengthening internal controls.Championed business process re-engineering initiatives for Finance, and re-wrote company policies to support the new SAP ERP system implementation.Coordinated the Annual Operation Budget and 5-Year long-term Strategic Plan; including providing weekly and monthly updates on Finance KPIs to… Show more Managed the Accounting Operations and Financial Reporting, prepared in accordance with IFRS; driving the month-end close process, payroll administration and strengthening internal controls.Championed business process re-engineering initiatives for Finance, and re-wrote company policies to support the new SAP ERP system implementation.Coordinated the Annual Operation Budget and 5-Year long-term Strategic Plan; including providing weekly and monthly updates on Finance KPIs to Leadership team. Show less
  • Provincial Health Services Authority (Bc Transplant Society)
    Senior Financial Analyst
    Provincial Health Services Authority (Bc Transplant Society) Feb 2012 - Oct 2012
    Vancouver, Canada Area
    Assisted Director of Business Planning to develop operating budgets, latest forecasts, and review financial reports prepared in accordance with GAAP.Utilized Cognos (IBM) TM1 Analysis Studio for multi-dimensional data analysis to understand trends and anomalies impacting the PHSA agency monthly financial performance.Prepared the BC Transplant Society (a PHSA agency) for Year-End External Audit; generating lead-sheet schedules (actual vs. budget vs. prior year) with their… Show more Assisted Director of Business Planning to develop operating budgets, latest forecasts, and review financial reports prepared in accordance with GAAP.Utilized Cognos (IBM) TM1 Analysis Studio for multi-dimensional data analysis to understand trends and anomalies impacting the PHSA agency monthly financial performance.Prepared the BC Transplant Society (a PHSA agency) for Year-End External Audit; generating lead-sheet schedules (actual vs. budget vs. prior year) with their relevant supporting schedules. Show less
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  • Cable & Wireless (Now Trading As Lime)
    Sap Process & Applications Manager
    Cable & Wireless (Now Trading As Lime) May 2009 - Apr 2011
    Led team of 8 SAP Functional Consultants on the Finance Transformation Programme to implement SAP/ECC across the 13 Islands of the Caribbean.Co-ordinated Functional support throughout the sta-bilization period; working with end users to raise confidence levels, enabling effective work practices. Developed the Financial Reporting work-stream; designed best practices around monthly TM1 report submis-sions (BPM tool similar to Hyperion) and analysis.Responsible for… Show more Led team of 8 SAP Functional Consultants on the Finance Transformation Programme to implement SAP/ECC across the 13 Islands of the Caribbean.Co-ordinated Functional support throughout the sta-bilization period; working with end users to raise confidence levels, enabling effective work practices. Developed the Financial Reporting work-stream; designed best practices around monthly TM1 report submis-sions (BPM tool similar to Hyperion) and analysis.Responsible for deliverables relating to the design, build, realization, end-user testing, cutover, support and training of the SAP Controlling (COPA) Area. Show less
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  • Cable & Wireless (Now Trading As Lime)
    Head Of Financial Planning & Analysis
    Cable & Wireless (Now Trading As Lime) Apr 2007 - Mar 2008
    Managed the overall C&W Jamaica 5-year Strategic Plan and the Current Year Annual Operating Plan (AOP); Annual revenues of £90M from all segments.Managed a team of 10 business analysts ensuring adherence across multiple Cost Centres and providing analytical financial support to Lines of Business.Designed and implemented predictive models that provided insight into new business plans (including CAPEX) proposed, and products being introduced.Provided strategic analysis and… Show more Managed the overall C&W Jamaica 5-year Strategic Plan and the Current Year Annual Operating Plan (AOP); Annual revenues of £90M from all segments.Managed a team of 10 business analysts ensuring adherence across multiple Cost Centres and providing analytical financial support to Lines of Business.Designed and implemented predictive models that provided insight into new business plans (including CAPEX) proposed, and products being introduced.Provided strategic analysis and guidance to both the local C&W Executive and Regional teams, extracting insightful information (KPIs) from large datasets. Show less
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  • Cable & Wireless (Now Trading As Lime)
    Senior Business Analyst
    Cable & Wireless (Now Trading As Lime) Jun 2005 - Mar 2007
    Designed scorecard for the Product Development and Marketing teams to track / manage the financial performance of selected Products and Services. Developed financial model to implement an optimal Single National Rate for daily Fixed Voice peak and off-peak calls; improving ARPUs; simplifying billings.Prepared monthly TM1 Financial and KPI submissions to the UK. Also provided strategic analysis to the Fixed Voice team on CAPEX build-out projects.
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  • 3M
    Senior Business Analyst
    3M Oct 2003 - Mar 2005
    Designed worksheet models that provided Managers with accurate, complete, and timely analyses of the key business performance indicators (KPIs).Compiled Monthly Financial Statements for transmission to Head Office. Also prepared the Annual Operating Budget (AOP) and Strategic 3-Year Plan.Green Belt trained Six Sigma employee, led the Six Sigma Project team to address the timely reporting and transmission of financial data at the month-end.
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  • Mcdonalds
    Financial Controller
    Mcdonalds Jan 2001 - Dec 2002
    Directed the Financial and Accounting operations, managed team of 5 to develop internal controls and processes that improved stores fiscal management.Prepared monthly analysis on Marketing and Operations for promotional strategies undertaken, includ-ing reviews of monthly Product Sales Mix and Cost.Compiled Monthly Financial Statements of all 13 restaurant locations within Jamaica for consolidation and transmission to the Head Office in Puerto Rico.
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  • Cibc
    Senior Financial Analyst
    Cibc Sep 1996 - Mar 2000
    Led the Jamaican Finance Team on the implementation of ICBS, the Integrated Comprehensive Bank-ing System for real time, daily on-line transactions.Designed Variance (Yield) Analysis financial model that improved profitability analysis; also designed schedules for efficient external and regulatory audit.Prepared the Consolidated Financial Statements each month, the Annual Operating Budget and 5-Year Plan for the all 13 CIBC entities in Jamaica.Created Financial… Show more Led the Jamaican Finance Team on the implementation of ICBS, the Integrated Comprehensive Bank-ing System for real time, daily on-line transactions.Designed Variance (Yield) Analysis financial model that improved profitability analysis; also designed schedules for efficient external and regulatory audit.Prepared the Consolidated Financial Statements each month, the Annual Operating Budget and 5-Year Plan for the all 13 CIBC entities in Jamaica.Created Financial Investment (Excel) model that enabled the Bank’s Treasury team to better manage large portfolio of GOJ Repo Instruments and Bonds. Show less
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  • Diageo (Red Stripe Beer)
    Financial Analyst
    Diageo (Red Stripe Beer) May 1994 - Jun 1995
    Prepared monthly detailed Financial Analysis on all CAPEX Projects proposed, for review and final approval from the Capital Expenditure Committee.Provided analytical support on Budgets and Latest Estimates to Overhead Managers, including variance analysis on the brewing and bottling of Beers.Created numerous models (in Excel) that improved the Annual Budgeting process; supported Accounting team on compiling the monthly financial results.
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  • P&G
    Financial Analyst
    P&G Jul 1990 - Feb 1994
    Designed working Material Requirements Planning (MRP) model (in Excel) for all P&G SKUs produced locally, resulting in efficient stock management.Prepared Variance Analysis, both on monthly sales SKU performance, and to support production at the newly opened Vicks and Olay Manufacturing Plant.Created Flexible Pricing model (in Excel) for imported P&G goods that significantly improved their local competitiveness and distribution in the market.
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Andre D. Wedderburn Skills

Sap Financial Analysis Analysis Strategy Management Business Analysis Financial Reporting Business Process Budgets Finance Project Management Financial Modeling Strategic Planning Business Strategy Change Management Project Planning Team Leadership Business Process Improvement Telecommunications Accounting Forecasting Process Improvement Training Business Planning Variance Analysis Managerial Finance Financial Accounting Ifrs Internal Controls Financial Audits Microsoft Excel Cash Flow Forecasting General Ledger Data Analysis Microsoft Office Microsoft Word Financial Planning

Andre D. Wedderburn Education Details

  • Aicpa - Dover, Delaware Cpa
    Aicpa - Dover, Delaware Cpa
    Financial Accouting, Auditing, Taxation, And Business Law
  • Institute Of Chartered Accountants Of Jamaica
    Institute Of Chartered Accountants Of Jamaica
    Associate Chartered Member
  • University Of The West Indies (Uwi)
    University Of The West Indies (Uwi)
    Accounting
  • University Of The West Indies (Uwi)
    University Of The West Indies (Uwi)
    Accounting

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Andre D. Wedderburn attended Aicpa - Dover, Delaware Cpa, Institute Of Chartered Accountants Of Jamaica, University Of The West Indies (Uwi), University Of The West Indies (Uwi).

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