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Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

The Bissell Centre aims to eliminate poverty in the Edmonton community and bring everyone to social, economic, and cultural prosperity. While on the Financial Empowerment team, we delivered five critical financial interventions to the people we serve, through front-line staff. Financial Empowerment is proven to increase the success of other programs and services.

Utrecht, Netherlands

International development organization working with multiple private and public stakeholders to develop environmentally and socially sustainable agribusinesses•Developed methodology, conducted interviews with investors and task force, and performed desk research to create 11 case studies on what support makes SGBs (small, growing businesses) investment ready•Evaluated business case for investing in SGBs in emerging economies; identifying main challenges for investors and possible solutions•Aggregated data from multiple sources about business environment in emerging economies and identified possible regions for launch of financial investment platform and business accelerator•Gave recommendations to Impact Investment Task Force about best practices for creating sustainable economic growth through use of business accelerators| Impact Investing | Responsible Investing | Social Sustainability | Management Reporting | Financial Reporting | Stakeholder Management | Environmental Sustainability | ESGs | Gender Equality | Program Management | Project Management | Agriculture | Cocoa | Chocolate |

Tarapoto, Peru

International development project working towards a more environmentally and socially sustainable supply chain for cocoa farmers in Peru’s Amazon region•Researched innovative methodologies and technologies about increasing rural people’s participation in the formal financial sector, which is an integral part of supporting a sustainable business environment•Led teams that brought together subject matter experts and other stakeholders to expand reach and maximize effectiveness of interventions•Coordinated internal stakeholders, local banks, and rural women leaders to increase the number of women in the formal financial sector •Managed team that implemented and monitored financial education project•Established effective linkages with internal and external stakeholders in order to expand reach| Impact Investing | Responsible Investing | Social Sustainability | Management Reporting | Financial Reporting | Stakeholder Management | Environmental Sustainability | ESGs | Gender Equality | Program Management | Project Management | Agriculture | Cocoa | Chocolate |

Lima, Peru

International development project which aims to increase work opportunities for youth in Lima's marginalized districts•Initiated and completed project which calculated yearly expenses of each program offered by centre, which was then replicated in sister project in Cusco and used to successfully apply for future funding| Impact Investing | Responsible Investing | Social Sustainability | Management Reporting | Financial Reporting | Stakeholder Management | Environmental Sustainability | ESGs |

Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

•Created routine and ad-hoc reports analyzing financial and statistical data, using them to advise management on cost reduction and budget allocation•Maintained database containing 250 grant funds worth over a million dollars and liaised among public authorities in managing these funds•Created effective lines of communication with multidisciplinary teams to accurately maintain financial records•Aggregated financial data from several databases into straightforward reports to aid in management decisions•Developed standardized financial reports which were replicated across finance department| Financial Analysis | Excel | Management Reporting | Financial Reporting | Stakeholder Management | Oracle | Database Management |

Mba Candidate

Core Courses: Business of Sustainability / Financial Management / Human Resources Management / Management Science / Managerial Accounting.

Bachelor Of Commerce - Bcom, Accounting