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Winnipeg, MB, CA

Winnipeg, Manitoba, CA

Farmers Edge Inc., an Agri-Tech Startup leader in digital agriculture, aiming to create a comprehensive digital platform to connect and empower stakeholders.The company focuses on sustainable farming, using innovative technologies to enhance productivity and transparency in the agricultural supply chain.Strategic Business Planning: Cost Savings Project.

- Team Building Instructor for International Students- Short term Leadership courses

North America, CA

Angel Investor | Investment Committee Member-Due Diligence on New DealsWomen's Equity Lab’s (WEL) Manitoba is a collaborative and empowering way for women-led startups to engage in early-stage investing in tech start-ups.

Toronto, Ontario, CA

✔️ Business Mentor for EntrepRISEing Youth Plus, an 8-week entrepreneurship training program, resulting in a pitch deck of business proposals and grant funding for a cohort of 20 youth✔️ One-on-one Business Mentoring for a Founder of an award-winning Tech business driven on social purpose to help launch the business through social and digital marketing

Winnipeg, Manitoba, CA

• Back-filled a crucial role in the Accounting team to steer the year-end closing process, resulting in timely closing with no significant findings from auditors
• Identified bottlenecks in the closing process that could be automated by the IT department, resulting in efficiency improvements by up to 2-3 days per month
• Identified improvements in the documentation of Finance processes to embed best practices in statutory reporting and drive consistency in reporting

Kotokan is an award-winning maths problem-solving platform for teachers of 7 to 13 years old students, funded by Impact EDTech of European Union. Kotokan aims to foster the 4 C’s of 21st Century

✔️ Advised SME in planning and executing business strategies to improve efficiency in operation and financial management✔️ Implemented rebranding strategies for marketing and communication activities to incorporate corporate social responsibility, ✔️ Collaborated with learning institutions and Edu- Tech startups to design children's workshop experiences.

• Established the Corporate Office’s core Finance functions of Transaction Processing, Financial Reporting, and Budgeting to produce information for Management for timely and relevant decision making
• Managed the 5-year Strategic Business Planning of Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul Units
• Led the Merger & Acquisition Finance-related activities of EDIC Group ~17 Companies such as business valuation, purchase price allocations and goodwill impairment testing,
• Managed the Group Controllership Team > 70 staff to submit deliverables to Shareholders within tight deadlines to aid relevant business decision-making through detailed planning, proper delegation of responsibilities.
• Implemented VAT Reporting & Compliance in 2018 for EDIC Group by leveraging in-house expertise translating into financial savings of the Company

Abu Dhabi, AE

• Led high-performing teams to execute internal reporting for business decision making at C-Suite/ Board Level and annual publication of IFRS Financial statements
• Provided Business Support on external reporting such as Management Discussion & Analysis (MDA) for Bond Prospectus, information from the Debt Management Office and Anti-Trust Filing resulting in timely reporting and.
• Implemented Oracle Hyperion Financial Management Consolidation system for > 50 companies by collaborating across multi-functional teams resulting in improved efficiency and strengthened analytical capabilities
• Mentored junior UAE Nationals to foster their career development plan towards leadership roles

• Managed a Team to deliver Sarbane Oaxley (Sox 404) audit for a publicly listed client in USA
• Executed financial audit engagements of multi-national industries in Manufacturing, Hospitality and Healthcare, resulting to high satisfaction from clients

Applied Business Management

Masters In International Development

Cambridge Sustainability Management, Business Sustainability

Strategic Cfo Program 2017, Finance Strategic Leadership

Bachelor'S Of Science In Accountancy