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New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada

• Hired and built a full finance team after carefully selecting and interviewing candidates. Continue Developing and coaching team members to ensure they have sufficient skills to perform the tasks and meet objectives..
• Manage and Lead ERP system implementation projects for various business areas. Initiate and prioritize ERP system improvements by working closely with internal and external ERP specialists
• Resolved large overdue accounts receivable by thinking creatively and through communicating with various parties involved
• Partner with operating units domestically and overseas to support and provide guidance to their business activities. Present monthly finance reports to all operating units and help them understand their performance
• Develop the divisions’ internal controls and financial structure as the division grows and develops. Directly Work with internal/external auditors to ensure all internal control requirements are met and financial are.

• Performed the daily, monthly and quarterly accounting procedures and ensured procedures were followed properly and on time
• Prepared supporting working papers and assisted with internal and external annual audits
• Managed Media, Advertising and Promotion (MAP) and trade related spend by monitoring expenses, carefully calculating and processing accruals and performing variance analysis, ensuring the integrity of the financial.
• Partnered with Marketing department by working collaboratively with the team in setting, managing their monthly forecast and annual budget, resulting in improved reporting and forecasting accuracy
• Accelerated MAP month end closing process by approximately 3 hours by streamlining work processes with marketing team and finding new way of efficient access to financial information in the accounting system
• Updated and sent various sales reports to wholesale customers on loyalty rebate by defined deadlines, enabling customers to review their performance in a timely manner

• Actively involved in quarterly Sarbanes Oxley (SOX) testing and development by questioning and challenging the areas of confusion, resulting in 2 areas being identified that did not meet requirements for assigned.
• Developed and implemented a division accounting policy, resulting in expenses being captured and reported to tax office accurately
• Completed and reported quarterly and yearly financial report analysis for Balance Sheet items; coordinated with team members and consolidated report pack, ensuring completed report submitted on time
• reconciliations, resulting in on time delivery to company Chief Accountant for review
• Performed all fixed asset related tasks, including updating work-in-progress invoice register, monthly meeting with engineers, capitalising and processing fixed asset journals, updating Fixed Asset Register.
• Reconciled and reported all intercompany accounts by examining charges, ensuring accurate and correctness of the cross-charges

Management Excellent Certificate

Cga Designation

Cpa Designation

Master In Commerce, Finance

Bachelor Of Commerce (B.Com.), Accounting And Information Systems