Wayne Lamming Cpa, Ca Email & Phone Number

Calgary Alberta

Calgary, Canada Area

• Brought extensive oilsands project knowledge into the Tax Department to coordinate, review, and deliver tax query responses with particular emphasis on educating external auditors and advancing dispute resolutions for the Company and the project partners.• Resolved high external/internal staff turnover by developing and maintaining strong working relationships with the Canadian Revenue Agency (CRA) auditors and Suncor's internal function/business units.• Built the foundations of project understanding for CRA, and provided the relevant tax information to concurrently commence several successive year tax reviews.

Calgary, Canada Area

• Implementation of FP&A department processes for a new Suncor business unit set-up to administer oilsands growth assets (projects) under operated and non-operated strategic partnership arrangements. • Reporting consisted of:• Coordination, review and delivery of the presentations for yearly budget, forecast updates and long range strategic planning. • Maintain and improve excel based financial modelling tools, translating results into meaningful presentations to management.• Provide recommendation and support of external guidance and investor relations reporting.• Key performance measure development, reporting and support for the business unit.• Financial analysis of external reserve assessments in support of Reserves Committee yearly review.

Calgary, Canada Area

• Managed the accounting, budgeting, reporting and administration matters for a multi-billion dollar Fort Hills oilsands partnership development project including financial reporting to partners, audit of the partnership, and the internal reporting of Suncor’s share as the project operator. • Administer compliance with partnership operating agreement, including deferred equity funding arrangements, and responding to partner financial issues.• Coordinate external audit of partnership financial statements, present and participate in quarterly Audit Committee meetings.