David Fast Email & Phone Number

Toronto, ON, CA

Toronto & Montreal

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Toronto, Canada Area

Toronto

• Vice President, CFO/COO – North American RegionsFinance and business lead for business unit exceeding $300 million in revenues. Head of finance, IT, Purchasing and Facilities for both the North American business unit.
• Successfully reorganized the enterprise finance organization, consolidating finance functions in Canada and leading numerous business transformation and restructuring initiatives.
• Led the SAP 6 implementation in North America and LATAM to integrate enterprise IT systems with global SAP platform.
• Recognized company-wide as a top people leader and outstanding team manager

Toronto, Canada Area

• Key Achievements
• Led the implementation of internal controls, including SOX.
• Leader of change management initiatives and process improvement in areas including price increases, returns policy, G & A reductions and moving underperforming business units into positions of profitability.
• Created innovative Profitability Analyses, including strategic pricing models and financial frameworks for customer negotiations.
• Led all Capital investment decision making.
• Reduced month-end close process timeline by 50%.

London, United Kingdom; Atlanta, USA; Toronto, Canada

• Director of Finance, International – G.P Consumer Products 2004 – 2007London, U.K.Led the European Planning and Analysis department and was a key architect of the comprehensive strategic planning initiative that set.
• Change Management: Led the transformation of a transactional “pricing” department into a value-added, analysis-driven Revenue Management department.
• Business Improvement Process (BIP) Customer Team Lead; Worked with McKinsey & Co. and led a team which identified $10MM in profit improvement initiatives taking a “customer back” approach. The team was comprised of.

Winnipeg, Canada Area

13 years experience in the Printing Industry