Faisal Visram Email & Phone Number

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

-Worked on a 119 acre commercial development project in Red Deer. Role involved being very entrepreneurial and using multi-tasking skills to adapt to different functions as needed, primarily accounting and financial, but also including business development, networking and administration. -Worked closely with Team Lead in analyzing overall business. Performed financial accounting, financial modelling, created corporate documents for funding and managed relationships with key partners.-Assisted with accounting tasks such as processing AP/AR and creating journal entries.-Built initial draft of GL and real-time running Balance Sheet, Income Statement and Equity Statement.-Created purpose-built financial models for each fund raising effort including a complex model used in a particular deal showcasing overall investor returns over multiple revenue streams for a period of 25 years.

• Built supportive relationships with 15 clients experiencing homelessness, addiction, and/or mental health concerns currently living in Sober Community Housing. • Acknowledged by manager at yearly review for building strong relationships and making significant progress with some of the most challenging clients.• Supported clients in a variety of ways including: counselling, housing assistance, goal setting, crisis intervention and teaching of basic life skills. • Performed crisis interventions in client homes to diffuse potential violence, substance use and suicide risks.

• Provided counselling and managed environment in a youth crisis program focused on suicidal ideation and self-harm.• Conducted family counselling sessions with youth and their families experiencing domestic violence, mental health concerns, and trauma.• Managed multiple crises including: suicidal intentions, youth running from program, threats of violence and acts of vandalism.

Calgary

-Worked in a high pressure professional environment performing financial statement audits on a variety of organizations ranging from large billion dollar energy companies to non-profits.-Audited primarily cash, AP, AR and payroll systems. Ensured compliance to Canadian or US GAAP, appropriate accounting framework (IFRS or ASPE) and also audited for errors/fraud. -Developed highly accurate data entry skills and Microsoft Office skills in order to meet tight deadlines. In particular developed highly advanced abilities in Microsoft Excel including complex formulas, pivot tables, hotkeys and many more skills. -Gained the opportunity to understand and critically analyze a wide variety of businesses in-depth from the inside out. Utilized strong attention to detail and accuracy to discover a $10M material error on a particular audit. -Developed strong customer service ability in order to professionally engage with the client’s accounting staff who were not always co-operative and accepting of auditors questioning their work. -Developed strong teamwork skills working within a new audit team every 2-4 weeks, adapting to new team members and interpersonal styles.

• Secured residential painting contracts through cold calling and networking.• Organized multiple activities including labour schedules, production plans, and sales activities; effective organization resulted in continuous work for top employees.• Performed sales presentations in client’s homes. Ranked within top 10 in Calgary and area for conversion percentage of presentations to actual signed contracts.

• Developed an in-depth understanding of bank products including RRSP’s, TFSA’s, and VISA products leading to sales results that consistently ranked among the top 3 in the branch.• Utilized technical knowledge and interpersonal skills to provide service. Acknowledged for excellent customer service by head office staff on visit to the branch.

• Gained a foundational understanding in communicating with others including building rapport and listening attentively. • Learned to work within a team to achieve common objectives. Worked to ensure all customers were taken care of and that sales floor and stock room was well-organized in order to maximize sales for all staff.

Bachelor'S Degree, Accounting, Gpa: 3.44/4

Activities and Societies:

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Psychology, Gpa: 3.49/4