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Canada

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Guernsey, United Kingdom

Responsible for leading local and global teams through the activity of defining and adopting business processes by means of subject matter expertise and leadership skills.Development of current and future state process maps that provide a roadmap for business process and productivity improvements.Facilitating process improvements, producing effective and appropriate documentation for each improvement, including process maps and standard operating procedures and implementing this change with stakeholders.Working with a network of business change owners across the business to ensure that requirements are clearly understood and necessary information is available.

Guernsey, United Kingdom

- Accounting for a portfolio of international and domestic group companies.- Preparation of monthly balance sheet reports, profit and loss accounts and cash flows.- Management if Group company ledgers.- Detailed monthly analysis analysis of entity accounts, to assist in board reporting.- Management of the fixed asset registers for manufacturing labs and distribution warehouses.- Consistently meet the period-end closing timetable and related administration responsibilities.- Providing technical accounting expertise, coaching and support to other team members.- Ongoing review of team processes to ensure compliance with the latest internal and external guidelines.- Identifying risks that could adversely impact performance and highlight opportunities to improve results.- Leading the year end audit, meeting set deadlines both internally and externally, in order to meet budgeted targets.- Preparation of statutory financial statements under FRS102.

• Practical experience in auditing financial service institutions including Investment Funds (open-end and closed-end), insurance firms and banking institutions. These range from small entities to large international firms• Leading client meetings on topics such as internal controls, processes, budgeting and firm performance.• Answering client queries relating to the procedures and policies of their businesses. • Creating reports and analyzing the market trends to gather information on clients.• Helping in managing and assessing of the risk involved in the financial services industry.• Providing solutions to the companies and the clients in relation to their specific risks.• Carrying out market research and preparing an overall audit approach for client engagements.• Valuing investment holdings and looking at trend analysis.• Investigating and dealing with financial irregularities.• Leading audit engagements and supervising junior members of staff.• Preparing budgets and monitoring performance of engagements.