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Pointe-Claire, Qc, Ca

Pointe-Claire, Quebec, Canada

Contributes to the business strategy, financing and operations of the organization as a key member of the North American Management team. Works closely with the business unit managers and responsible for providing leadership and direction in all areas of project cost control, accounting, controlling, corporate reporting, compliance, treasury, human resources and IT.

Pointe-Claire, Quebec, Canada

Calgary, Canada Area

Manages project controls deliverables and provides mentoring and training to a team of project controls schedulers/planner and cost control analysts. Accountable for liaising with the client, engineering disciplines and providing guidance to the project team.

Calgary, Toronto, Montreal

Led business improvement initiatives in strategic areas of the Medium Voltage Products division. • Achieved 15% material cost reduction on modular substations by leading an engineering team in the development of detailed specifications, expanding the supplier base and negotiating with targeted suppliers. • Developed restructuring plan to reduce annual operating cost by $1 million in the Service business. • Stepped in as Interim Production Manager of the Brampton, Ontario Factory to ensure on time completion of major projects.

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Provided leadership for the skid mounted electrical buildings (“E-House”) division with accountability for Marketing, Business Development, Project Management, Engineering, Manufacturing, Supply Chain Management, Human Resources, Finance, Quality and OHS activities. • Improved the bottom line by $1.5 million a year through implementation of detailed bid review process, Project Management process improvement, increase of design accuracy and implementation of in-depth monthly project reviews.• Relocated the plant from an old and inefficient building to a state of the art facility in order to support a growing business. Required the creation of a strong business case to get internal funding approved ($3 million over 5 years) and development of a relocation plan to limit impacts during the transition period.• Grew the sales volume by 50% (from $25 million to $38 million) in 2 years by assembling dedicated capture teams for targeted projects and developing project specific strategies.• Outsourced the metal fabrication activities to reduce operating cost (400k), deliver projects faster (3 weeks) and reduce the business risks by identifying high quality cost effective suppliers, preparation of transition plan and reduction of internal footprint.• Certified the plant for ISO 9001 by effectively communicating the vision, aligning the team towards the objective and allocating resources to support the initiative.

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Coordinated and directed the accounting, financial reporting, budgeting and strategic planning. Identified risks and assured proper risk management procedures were in place. • Received an award for having negotiated a $4.6 million dollar change order with Shell Energy on the Scotford project.• Integrated the operations of Raffin Electric within ABB subsequent to its acquisition which included SAP deployment and process alignment. • Deployed bid approval tool with built-in risk assessment by defining the requirements, coordinating the development with IT and implementing within the division.• Reduced the month end closing and reporting process by 2 days through development of Excel based automated tools.

Brampton, Ontario, Canada

Supported the project management team with financial expertise and project cost control. Led the preparation of project bid risk review assessment documentation and assisted the Controller with budgeting, forecasting, internal controls and financial reporting.• Grew large project profitability and financial transparency by implementing a project change management tracking tool.• Increased business financial predictability and cost control by developing a procurement and resource planning tools.• Eliminated currency risks exposure by developing, implementing and maintaining a hedging program.

Montreal, Switzerland And France

Participated in ABB’s Global Trainee Program in 3 assignments of 6 months in 3 countries. • Montreal, CanadaDeveloped new standard tool used for customer credit analysis.Participated to the implementation of new consolidation software used for the monthly financial reporting.• Zurich, SwitzerlandBenchmarked financial performance and prepared analysis for the management team• Lyon, FranceImplemented analytical accounting and supported the monthly reporting process.

Master Of Science In Administration (M.Sc.), Finance

Bachelor In Business Administration (B.B.A), Finance