Mark Brown Email & Phone Number

Calgary, AB, CA

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Working with clients to discover solutions through intelligent design, configuration, integration of platforms, and streamlining processes.Organizations need to run lean; so when your ERP Systems are failing to meet operational or reporting needs, internal resources are unavailable. Get someone in your corner with years of operational industry experience.

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

United States

Implementation: - MRI (real estate software platform) and Nexus (payables platform) with multiple ancillary applications integration. - Created detailed design documents incorporating decisions, process flows, SOP, and recommendations. Configuration: - Advised client on best practices, format, and function for chart of account (COA) complete redesign to.

Calgary, Canada Area

Implementation: - Managed clients through Core configuration from project commencement through go-live and subsequent support. - Coordinated with Yardi consultants to ensure clients’ business requirements successfully realized. - Guided client through CRP (conference room pilot), and UAT (user acceptance training). Configuration Analysis: - Analyzed key.

Toronto, Canada Area

• Current State analysis/documentation:
• Interviewed principals regarding processes and reports.
• Constructed and mapped process flows.
• Identified process gaps and formulated change-management strategies to streamline functionality and efficiency.
• Charted current system and externally generated reports identifying needs of responsible producers and end-users.
• Formulated proposed alternative replacement standardized Voyager reports & analytics, customized account trees & reports, and evaluated need for Yardi customization to streamline reporting process.

Calgary, Canada Area

• Initial Set-Up & Implementation:
• Accounts & Options – Environment, Security, International, Resident, Payable, Essential, and Receivable Accounts.
• Commercial System Configuration – rentable areas, lease & clauses, customer types & statuses, lease asset types, reason for termination.
• Commercial Retail Configuration – sales groups, categories, & types; percent (overage) rents.
• Accounts Payable & Receivable Configuration – customized transaction display types, A/R charge codes, bank & custom cheque configuration.
• Intercompany Set-up – parent configuration, general ledger segmentation.

Calgary, Canada Area

• Prepared quarterly consolidated financial statements for 12 entities.
• Completed monthly, quarterly, and annual financial statement packages, analyses, and account reconciliations for up to nine management corporations, land development & housing limited partnerships and not-for-profit.
• Prepared annual budgets, monthly cashflows, and T2 & T5013 federal income tax returns.
• Super-user for Reflex: system maintenance, management, and implementations. Liaised with developers to trouble-shoot issues and oversee development of accounting for WolfPack. Assisted with implementation of NewStar.
• Reviewed and approved team’s monthly, quarterly, & annual financial packages, bank reconciliations, and GST returns.
• Developed and implemented accounting policy and procedures.

Calgary, Canada Area

• Coordinated, trained, and supervised team of six consultants for system conversion of national property management company as a system super-user.
• Directed and verified the input of financial lease amendment data, property space configurations, banking, and general ledger set-up (including intercompany) & data, budgets and worksheets.
• Regulated staffing levels to reduce contractor project costs.
• Updated training manuals to conform to system specifics and company policies.

Calgary, Canada Area

• Managed financial aspects of remote manufacturing division of public corporation located in Carlyle SK:  Produced monthly, quarterly, & yearly financial statements and analysis.  Managed all administrative staff from.
• Monitored and adjusted standard costs as necessitated by commodity price fluctuations.
• Maintained and analyzed AFE’s.
• Consolidated manufacturing division into LP.
• Produced monthly and yearly production reports.
• Calculated monthly sales commissions and payouts.

Calgary, Canada Area

• Financial statement preparation and analysis including detailed labour and construction job close-out reports.
• Calculated project costs incorporating labour and material rates for monthly billings. Liaised with Construction Managers and trades to settle billing issues for projects averaging $100-200 thousand dollars. Reported.
• JDE job cost super-user: implemented and maintained job cost system module.
• Managed cash-flows and vendor relationships.
• Customized construction budget estimator tool.
• Recruited, trained, and mentored support staff.

Calgary, Canada Area

• Calculated and analyzed monthly producer payments for three midstream CO2 plants. Confirmed compliance of calculations to contractual agreements.
• Developed specialized financial reporting statements and cost centre allocation tables.
• Maintained and monitored all capital projects (AFE’s) and transportation assets including analysis, continuity schedule, and accruals.
• Analyzed and reported on monthly revenue and expense variances.
• Prepared monthly provincial and state sales tax returns, and power consumption and price analysis.
• Successes/Achievements:  Created policy and procedural manuals for accounting department. Streamlined analyses to reduce month-end processing times.

Calgary, Canada Area

• Recruited and evaluated accounting candidates suitability to client needs based upon resume presentation, interviewing skills, third party verification, and skills evaluation. Successfully matched candidates with.
• Assessed client requirements and advised upon experience and compensation levels for candidates.
• Actively marketed to potential clients highlighting the value and benefits of recruiting services.

Bachelor Of Commerce (B.Com.), Accounting

Activities and Societies: Commerce Students'​ Society

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Psychology