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Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Richmond, British Columbia, Canada

Accelerate360 is a distribution, sales, marketing and media conglomerate that provides customized solutions for retailers and consumer product brands across each of our lines of business. With over 100 years of legacy experience, the company has a proven track record in Direct Store Delivery (DSD) and Direct to Consumer (DTC) fulfillment as well as sourcing, retail program development, marketing, sales, category management and media solutions. Accelerate360 is also the largest magazine wholesaler in the US and owns over 30 media brands including US Weekly and Men’s Journal. The company’s internal brand and marketing studio manages proprietary brand development and marketing services throughout the ecosystem. Responsible for external financial reporting, implementation of consistent accounting policies, maintenance of internal control safeguards and managing / monitoring all accounts, ledgers and reporting systems to ensure compliance with appropriate GAAP standards.

Surrey, British Columbia, Canada

At Coast I lead a team of 11 professionals and was responsible for producing external financial statements, internal monthly reporting and managing the external auditors, tax filings as well as the accounts payable team.Achievements:• Implemented a new accounting standard to appropriately account for the credit union’s leased premises (IFRS 16) through effective cross functional project management.• Reduced work and time spent on testing Internal Controls over Financial Reporting (ICFR) by migrating to a risk-based audit approach.• Produced best-in-class annual report 2019 by implementing a SaaS reporting tool (Certent CDM).

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

At Smythe I was responsible for ensuring that the firm’s services were delivered in a way that met professional auditing, accounting and regulatory standards. This included supporting audit teams by advising how to account for complex client transactions applying IFRS, ASPE and accounting standards for not-for-profit organizations.Achievements:• Rewrote and implemented the firm’s quality control manual applying best-in-class practices.• Implemented the firm’s privacy and anti-money laundering program by developing policies and procedures, training staff and monitoring compliance.• Ensured professional staff remained up to date with changes in accounting and assurance standards by developing and delivering in-house training.

Hsbc Bank (Canada), Head Office, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

In this role I was the leading authority advising how to account for complex business transactions and the leader in implementing new or changed accounting standards. In addition, I oversaw the preparation of Management's Discussion and Analysis and News Releases.Achievements:• Lead the implementation of the replacement accounting standard on how to account for financial instruments (IFRS 9).• Reduced the preparation time of Management’s Discussion by a third through implementing an advance preparation methodology.

In this role I directed all aspects of corporate accounting including the preparation of internal and external reporting and the development of team members through coaching and performance management.

I lead the successful adoption of IFRS for Canadian financial reporting purposes bringing the various business functions together to work as a team.

Bachelor Of Commerce (B.Com.), Accounting And Finance

Bachelor Of Commerce - Honours (B.Compt. Hons.), Accounting And Finance