Senior Finance professional with over 15 years of Canadian and 23 years of international experience, specializing in financial planning, taxation, costing, equipment finance, human resource management, and project management. Expertise in managing finance function with both regulatory and statutory requirements. Well versed in IT function management including ERP system conversions and implementation. Proven analytical skills and the ability to work well with all key cross-functional groups.Skills: - Business and Financial model development and analysis: annual forecasting, capital budgeting and monitoring, product costing and pricing, cost control and cash flow analysis- Full cycle Financial Accounting and Payroll function including all government remittances (source deductions, HST and WSIB)- Corporate Tax Return preparation using Profile software- Software: Sage-Accpac, Simply Accounting, QuickBooks, Infor Visual ERP, JDA ERP, Microsoft Office SuiteMajor Achievements:- Accelerated the annual audit readiness timeframe from 60 days to 30 days after the year end and the month-end closing process to the tenth day of every month (2012)- Improved the working capital requirement by reducing the Accounts Receivables days from over 90 days to below 60 days on average (2011)- Leveraged good past payment performance with suppliers to get early payment discounts of up to 2% 10 days and 75 days’ payment terms (2014)- Setup strict inventory controls and implemented just-in-time (JIT) order delivery system (2015)- Reduced Payroll processing time from 4 days to 1 day (2013)- Maintained flat premiums on employee benefits plan year after year by negotiating with service providers (2016-17)
