Brian Atherton Email & Phone Number

Carp, Ontario

Experienced with:• Financial statements, Notes and Management Discussion and Analysis preparation • Annual budgeting and midyear reforecasting exercise• Debt to equity conversion• Export Financing• Cash flow management• Proposal costing and contract review• Revenue recognition on large fixed price contracts • Daily finance operations

•Responsible for all corporate financial management including ensuring accurate and timely results reporting to bank and parent company, cash management, budgeting, vendor relations and liaising with external accountants on tax and other reporting issues. •Improved management decision making through development and analysis of various operating metrics.•Extensively involved in recent acquisition including satisfying due diligence requirements, and providing regular health check updates to purchaser. Also worked directly with legal counsel for both parties preparing extensive representation and warranties schedules as part of the purchase and sale agreement.

Working as a financial management resource dedicated to a complex multi-million dollar, multi-year IT outsourcing contract, was responsible for preparing and presenting consolidated project results and analysis by several delivering business units to senior management. Also managed the consolidation of the jointly owned entity involved in the delivery of services under the contract and provided financial decision making analysis and support to the Ottawa business unit sales and delivery team on the contract. In addition, as a member of the Ottawa finance team, was involved in the overall Ottawa business unit month end close, results reporting and analysis, budget and forecast development and proposal support.

Five years of experience with the country’s privatized air traffic services provider. Worked initially in the internal audit group and moved progressively to Finance Manager supporting the VP of the Technical Operations group.

Ottawa

Working first in Taxation audit and then moving progressively to audits under the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).• Planned and conducted audits of a variety of small private businesses and professional practices to ensure compliance with the Canadian Income Tax Act.• Conducted audits of a variety of large manufacturing enterprises in the US to review product costing to ensure qualification for the preferential duty rates under NAFTA

• Planned, supervised and executed financial statement audits of small and medium sized companies including manufacturing, not-for-profit, financial and professional practices and organizations. Including a secondment to an office in New Zealand for 15 months. • Reviewed, documented and evaluated controls over client computerized accounting and financial reporting systems.• Supervised and evaluated staff performance on audit engagements.• Worked with the insolvency group securing, operating and selling assets of entities in receivership to maximize recovery for the secured lender.