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Calgary, Canada Area

Calgary, Alberta

Divisional financial lead responsible for planning, organizing and directing the accounting and financial reporting to US Parent Company and managing all financial operations in Alberta. - Lead the financial team and implemented changes in process to improve efficiencies.- Discovered Material expenses that were unrecorded due to poor expense management.- Developed and implemented new Standard Operating Procedures for expense Accruals and Purchase Orders.- Responsible for reconciling all GL Balances and approving transactions in SAP - Created financial models to predict customer profitability and forecast results using excel.- Managed budget and strategy development in producing the annual financial plan to present to the board.

Calgary, Canada Area

Executive oversight of all financial and human resource functions for a group of twelve companies. Responsible for financial budgeting, forecasting and reporting for internal and external stakeholders as well as leading process improvements to allow for simplified work flow and scalability. Primary industry focus was technology (software and hardware development) for Aware360 and manguard security services for Scarlet Group of Companies. - Restructured and aligned accounting processes within Sage Accounting for all manufacturing related activities saving hours of effort to produce accurate reports. - Created budgets in alignment with corporate strategy to provide vision into expected results and allow comparison to actual results for internal control purposes. - Developed relationships with financial institutions and built financial models that were the basis of requests to refinance current loans. - Wrote new employment agreements for all new hires to ensure compliance with employment standards and best practices.

Worked with a company to perform due diligence and financial analysis on a potential acquisition. Reviewed and critiqued draft pay philosophy and incentive plan for a privately owned professional services firm. Acted as treasurer on an office condominium board representing owners position.

Calgary, Alberta

Directly managed financial and accounting functions and was executive leader for Information Technology. Accountability extended to financial statements and reporting, strategy development and implementation, budgeting and forecasts, risk and insurance, compensation and benefits, health and safety, privacy, banking and legal matters. BOWEN is a privately owned recruiting and contingent workforce management company. - Increased accuracy and timeliness of financial reporting by improving controls and accountability through goal setting and proper accounting structure. - Improved financial awareness of shareholders and management by restructuring how financial information was presented leading to better decisions and insight into operations. - Built a budget process that included management input and gained trust, understanding and commitment to the targets set. - Reduced employee turnover in accounting and finance team to virtually none from approx. 65% by assessing team strengths, training and team building. - Managed change during period of rapid growth - revenue more than doubled in four years. - Reduced costs during economic downturn by implementing work-sharing measures that meant savings while having zero reduction in staff. - Saved company 50% on accounting fees and improved service by aligning the needs of the company with a suitable accounting firm. - Negotiated bank structure that meant increased earnings of approx. $50,000 - Designed employee compensation program to align with strategy of client facing tams. - Ensured continual improvement of group health and dental plans for employees and implemented subsidized group benefits for contractors by working with insurance companies.

Calgary, Canada Area

Directly managed the financial aspects of eleven operating companies focused primarily on financial reporting, business planning, insurance and risk management, acquisitions, and human resources. Penny Lane Entertainment operates a number of entertainment and dining venues. - Provided useful, accurate and comparative financial information to end users by redesigning the financial reporting. - Created a business planning process by developing a budgeting system for all operating companies. - Negotiated the close of an acquisition of one new operating company by working closely with lawyers and management. - Saved companies over $150,000 annually by renegotiating several vendor agreements. - Reduced insurance premiums by 35% by evaluating and correcting coverage. - Corrected group benefits to ensure that team members had proper coverage. - Set up a captive insurance system for the group of companies.

Calgary, Canada Area

Directed and led the accounting, finance and administration functions. Bridge Brand Food Services was purchased by Gordon Food Services in 2002. Gordon Food Services has revenues in excess of $4 billion in providing foodservice products and solutions to its customers. - Increased gross margin by evaluating and monitoring product line business performance and working with managers to uncover opportunities for improvement. - Maintained strong working capital through prudent strategic planning and execution on all capital and operating budgets. - Managed change during period of rapid growth - revenue increased 65% ($240 million). - Managed relationships with auditors, lawyers, bankers, landlords and insurers. - Reduced time to complete monthly financial reports from 25 days to 10 days by implementing necessary process changes. - Saved over $100,000 annually by restructuring use of operating lines. - Led due diligence process for sale of Bridge Brand Food Services to GFS Holdings. - Assessed merits of a strategic acquisition for GFS Canada by leading a multi-national due diligence team. - Led development and implementation of many GFS Canada national initiatives including benchmarking, common reporting, IT Conversion and best practices. - Implemented self insurance program on behalf of GFS Enterprise Risk Management.