John M. Email & Phone Number

Coquitlam, Bc, Ca

#110 - 273 E. 1St Avenue, Vancouver, Bc, V5T 1A7

Cantrav Services Inc (reporting to the President)Cantrav Services Inc is a leading destination management company ‘DMC’ in Canada, located in Vancouver with offices in Montreal, Toronto, Canmore, Kelowna and Whistler. Cantrav delivers programs for the corporate and public service clients.The initial responsibility included the restructuring of the various companies within the group. Followed by improving our internal procedures to manage large volume of credit cart payments, banking… Show more Cantrav Services Inc (reporting to the President)Cantrav Services Inc is a leading destination management company ‘DMC’ in Canada, located in Vancouver with offices in Montreal, Toronto, Canmore, Kelowna and Whistler. Cantrav delivers programs for the corporate and public service clients.The initial responsibility included the restructuring of the various companies within the group. Followed by improving our internal procedures to manage large volume of credit cart payments, banking information, and upgrade of the payroll processes. Show less

Meadowfresh Dairy Corp (reporting to the President/VP)Meadowfresh Dairy Corp is a privately held company located in the Port Coquitlam area. Meadowfresh’s success stems from its ability to process, co-pack and distribute dairy related products to its clients in the Metro Vancouver area.Reporting to the President/VP, my main responsibilities included the preparation of financial reports; liaise with lending groups, and preparing necessary pro-forma and budgetary reports for the… Show more Meadowfresh Dairy Corp (reporting to the President/VP)Meadowfresh Dairy Corp is a privately held company located in the Port Coquitlam area. Meadowfresh’s success stems from its ability to process, co-pack and distribute dairy related products to its clients in the Metro Vancouver area.Reporting to the President/VP, my main responsibilities included the preparation of financial reports; liaise with lending groups, and preparing necessary pro-forma and budgetary reports for the board. My day to day responsibilities included monitoring daily sales, approve sales proposals, respond to personnel challenges, prepare and review project analysis, find solutions to network problems, assist with major client challenges, file third party reports, and assisted in the preparation of reports to the industry agencies, to name a few.Accomplishments:• Advised and set corporate goals to ensure current and long-term initiatives meet necessary debt and current ratios;• Implemented customer services protocols;• Prepared and reviewed various co-pack agreements;• Successfully created, setup and implemented a general ledger structure;• Strengthen lending reporting by creating necessary data warehouses to provide the ability to prepare current and two years forward comparative P&L, B/S, changes in cash;• Prepare monthly rolling financial reports and set policy to action requirements to ensure compliance with EBITDA and funding goals;• Developed a master cost program to improve EBITDA maximization when preparing long term sales proposals;• Maintained and improved the IT infrastructure;• Prepared monthly working paper files – my practice policy every month is a year-end process.• Continued to train CSR’s on better processes practices;• Successfully assisted in the fling T2s and related SH&ED claims; Show less

Whitefish Group (formerly known as Snowbean Coffee Company trading under the name Seattle’s Best. Reporting to the CFO and President)Whitefish Group was a privately-held brand management group of companies based in Vancouver with satellite offices in in Calgary and Toronto. The company concentrated in the distribution of food and spirits across Canada. Formerly, the main operation included the distribution of the Seattle Best brand across Canada.As controller of finance for the… Show more Whitefish Group (formerly known as Snowbean Coffee Company trading under the name Seattle’s Best. Reporting to the CFO and President)Whitefish Group was a privately-held brand management group of companies based in Vancouver with satellite offices in in Calgary and Toronto. The company concentrated in the distribution of food and spirits across Canada. Formerly, the main operation included the distribution of the Seattle Best brand across Canada.As controller of finance for the Group of companies and reporting directly to the President and Director of Finance, I was directly responsible for the monthly preparation of financial reports, government filings, payroll management, setting up systems and procedures, and developing the skills of the finance team. Accomplishments:• In addition to training the corporate teams in the use of Great Plains, I successfully advised on necessary actions to manage Great Plain batch and posting challenges;• Successfully trained the respective team on best credit and collection procedures to mitigate exposure to the group of companies;• Successfully developed a four-year monthly report of product distribution for effective marketing evaluation.• Supervised and trained accounting team on effective reporting GST, HST, PST and ITC;• Effectively managed the payroll processes including staff taxable benefits and bonuses;• Successfully completed the due diligence package for the disposal of real property;As controller of operations (Oct 2008 to Oct 2009) and directly reporting to the President, I was responsible for the operations team, warehousing of product, purchasing controls, customer service decisions, and general staff support to service the organizational structure. Accomplishments:• Effectively developed inventory controls and reduced product write-offs by training teams in consolidating shipments and ensuring adequate expiry programs;• Successfully introduced a program to improved the facility capacity by 50%; Show less