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Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Treasury: Responsible for treasury operations including cash management and investment, cash forecasting, global liquidity, working capital, foreign exchange, banking relationships, debt management & covenant compliance and financial risks (Foreign Exchange, Metal prices) hedging.• Managed global liquidity by effectively balancing cash needs between regions, optimizing working capital and executing debt repayments while monitoring covenant compliance• Executed +$50 million in annual currency purchases and administered +50 bank accounts resulting in the successful transfer of +$200 million annually to business units in North and South America• Played a key role in producing a Foreign Exchange and Metal Price Hedging Policy and executed +$250m in Foreign Exchange hedging and +$80m in Gold price hedgingGold Sales:Responsible for marketing of mining products (doré and concentrates), negotiating refineries, sales and logistics contracts to maximize NSR, managing logistics of products from end to end, and executing gold sales in spot market.• Managed relationships with refineries and trading partners, and executed +$200 million in annual sales of gold by monitoring market conditions and delivering on our sales strategy• Lead the year-end tender process for lead and zinc concentrates, resulting in two contracts awarded, with a combined value of +$30m• Improved contractual terms with refineries and freight contractors by identifying material value drivers and negotiating successfully, which lead to +$1 million in cost savings per yearFinancial modeling and FP&A:Responsible for producing and maintaining long-term cash flow models for the purpose of Strategic Business Plans (“SBPs”), M&A opportunities and Financing initiatives. Acting Manager, FP&A in the absence of Manager, FP&A.• Produced high impact consolidated financial models which were instrumental in defining key strategies to drive value and identifying Financing needs to invest and execute growth plan

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Treasury:•Prepared and reported weekly, a consolidated multi-currency 12-week rolling cash-flow forecast to executive team and Board to support timely strategic decision-making opportunities•Developed and executed short-term cash investment strategies, with +$50 million invested annually in term deposits and high interest savings accounts•Supported the VP Corporate Finance and Treasury in securing +$11 million prepayment facility, ensuring debt covenants compliance and coordinating +$20 million in debt repayments annually Gold Sales:•Managed relationships with refineries and trading partner, and supported the VP Corporate Finance & Treasury with +$200 million in annual sales of gold •Monitored gold market prices and advised the VP Corporate Finance & Treasury of key trends, by analyzing precious metals reports by CIBC, Refinitiv and WGC, which were instrumental in delivering excellent results in gold sales, under pre-defined strategy.Budgeting/Forecasting:•Lead the corporate head office budgeting and forecasting process, totaling +$10 million annually•Supported the Manager, FP&A with reviewing budget/forecast submissions by the business units through meticulous analysis, reconciliations, scenario analysis and updating the corporate model•Assisted the VP Corporate Finance and Treasury in refining and maintaining multiple financial models of operational budgets into long term strategic business plans.

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

•Managed the day-to-day gold commercial activities, including assay exchange, invoicing reviews, quality compliance controls and communications with refineries, trading partners and contractors.•Improved annual budgeting and re-forecasting practices by coordinating efforts between the site and corporate leaders, managing timelines, communicating expectations, performing variance analysis on the preliminary budget versions, and following up with budget owners.•Demonstrated competence and value-add from ad-hoc cash flow/valuation modeling of acquisition targets and managing investor data rooms with the use of Sharefile.•Supported the Treasury area with FX purchases and cash management through cross-training with the Manager, FP&A, including execution and documentation of transactions with third parties

Vancouver, Canada Area

•Analyzed and deconstructed complex business problems into manageable process improvement projects by performing routine analytics on business processes, constraints, cost drivers and performance measures, and by integrating them into site continuous improvement plans.•Lead formal analysis efforts to help identify operational inefficiencies in order to report and develop new ways of improving business efficiencies, including the analysis related to business case developments, project proposals, and other key strategic and transformative initiatives. •Provided strategic planning support and change management services by leading and performing feasibility studies, workload efficiency analyses, using formal data gathering techniques and analyzing, designing and implementing appropriate information management systems.•Analyzed process metrics and calculated costs of poor quality to develop baseline metrics of success to show project benefits to operations management.•Assisted site leaders with evaluating growth projects and capital investments, by developing technical and financial models, which provided the business case for decision making.

Master Of Business Administration - Mba

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