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Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Toronto, Canada Area

• Reporting to the President/CEO, led a 3-person finance team managing day-to-day financial requirements including cash management, A/P, A/R, FX and payroll.
• System implementation: co-lead a senior operations team to select, configure and implement a new ERP system -- “NetSuite”.
• Post-acquisition management: responsible for integrating the finance operations with a newly-acquired company.

Toronto, Canada Area

• Reporting to the Controller, mainly responsible for month-end preparation of project revenue & cost deferral/accrual, timesheet cost reallocation, intercompany reconciliations, etc.
• Developed and maintained 10+ financial reports and performed monthly analysis (i.e. variance, trend, ratio) to identify operational issues and control deficiencies.
• Redesigned annual financial budget and strategy plan of all BUs by incorporating new budgeting concepts and integrating with historical… Show more
• Redesigned annual financial budget and strategy plan of all BUs by incorporating new budgeting concepts and integrating with historical actual-vs-budget variances.
• Delivered comprehensive pricing and cost analysis for new business models to facilitate the decision making of acquiring new client business.
• Project team member in the implementation of new HCM/Payroll system -- “Ceridian Dayforce”. Collaborated with IT to resolve 10+ critical issues in finance-related modules, and designed Excel templates with automations.

Toronto, Canada Area

• Prepared weekly cash flow forecast report and sales forecast report by integrating with real-time financial updates in projects and opportunities in Salesforce.
• Served as System Administrator to carry out the implementation of new Accounting system -- “FinancialForce Accounting (FFA)”.
• Accomplished data migration of 50,000+ history transactions (18 months) from QuickBooks into FFA with 100% data accuracy and integrity.
• Designed and customized 30+ validation rules via Force.com… Show more
• Designed and customized 30+ validation rules via Force.com Apex code to achieve systematic verification for all transactions in FFA, reducing users’ error rate to almost 0%.
• Streamlined payroll processing procedures by creating various automation techniques, leading to 40% increase in efficiency.

Shanghai City, China

• Engaged in Group Reporting Audit for 3M China and 30+ financial statement audits for clients in various industries, with audit exposure of US GAAP and IFRS.
• Initiated GAAP mapping spreadsheets for 13 entities under 3M China and conducted SOX 404 assurance engagements for two consecutive years.
• Evaluated clients’ compliance to accounting practices. Presented audit findings to managers, and assisted in preparing audit reports and related materials for disclosure purpose.
• Assessed… Show more
• Assessed six core Internal Control cycles in a first-time audit engagement by executing 30+ walk-through tests and 800+ sampling tests, and identifying 10+ critical control deficiencies.
• Conducted payroll audit for a group company with 21 entities. Recalculated salary accrual of 700+ employees and identified understated liabilities of RMB 11M (CAD $2.2M).

Master Of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Accounting

• MBA/CMA Combined Program (Specialization: Accounting) • Student Chair of MBA Strategy Field Study (known as ‘601’ Project), Team Grade.

Bachelor Of Laws (Ll.B.), International Affairs