John P. Email & Phone Number

Winnipeg, Canada Area

• Responsible for the accounting and administrative functions of multiple operating, holding and investment companies• Provide continual feedback and mentorship to managed staff and complete annual performance reviews and recommendation for salary increases and bonus payments• Manage all treasury activities; secure financing when required as well as utilizing various cash management strategies to ensure positive cash balances; transact in USD as required• Collaborate with internal and external resources to mitigate legal and insurance risk• Communicate with insurance company to ensure bond availability required for project bid• Review of various contracts (typically CCDC) as well as review, reconcile and advise on legal issues and settlements• Monthly completion and analysis of financial statements of 5 operating companies with periodic board presentation• Monthly review and analysis of project profitability to determine project deferral and recognition of profit through percentage of completion accounting• Prepare year end working papers for all related companies and liaise with auditors to complete external statements and review and approve corporate tax• Prepare annual budgets and maintain periodic forecast with commentary on variance• Accurate completion of all statutory remittances and work with external auditors where necessary• Tax preparation and submission for multiple partnerships and investments• Provide guidance on the application of inter-provincial taxes related to project finance• Various ad hoc reporting as required by various managing partners• Assist with IT requests and support where practical

Winnipeg, Canada Area

• Managed an operating line of $5.0MM CAD and $2.00MM USD; purchase US funds when required• Completion of month ends which included reporting to financial institutions and covenant calculations• Created a budget tool which compared against actual performance for purposes of quarterly bonus payout• Managed directly the release of AP and AR collection for purposes of managing and forecasting cash flow

Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

• Manage regional finance team across two provinces (MB and ON) and function, ensuring completion of day to day tasks and various other projects• Responsible for the accurate completion of all period reporting in a matrix hierarchy • Facilitate and direct project based accounting in CAD and USD as well as inter-divisional and inter-company project accounting in both CAD and USD• Create and review period end MD&A reports• Manage and report period detailed project forecasting (both revenue and expenses) and area overhead for service line/region with analysis against actual• Manage and report yearly budget function with period analysis against actual• Liaise and support project management, procurement and operations groups during the quotation process and life cycle of the project• Support the Project Management group in analysis against bid and general support and reporting of ongoing and active projects, including all finance and tax related issues• Create business cases for capital purchase (typically equipment capex), which would include IRR, Investment Multiple and Payback analysis’• Liaise and report on outstanding accounts receivables, including resolution of issues and collection when required• Perform annual goal setting for finance team and periodic performance reviews which assists in determining annual bonus and annual salary increase percentage• Support to Corporate office (Calgary) other Regional Controllers and other regional offices• Creation and maintenance of ad-hoc reports which include pivot tables and charts

Winnipeg, Manitoba

• Ensure accurate completion of Segregated Fund Financial Statements for external reporting.• Ensure accurate completion of MD&A and supporting binders.• Responsible for external reporting to various regulatory bodies, i.e. OSFI.• Ensure completion of reports for Statistics Canada.• Various projects regarding reporting efficiency.

Business Accountancy, Accounting And Finance

Business Accountancy program

10 - 12