Michael J. Smith Email & Phone Number

Toronto, On, Ca

Toronto, Canada Area

• Provides strategic financial policy advice, expertise and leadership on corporate finance issues, including developing and implementing policy options and identifying fiscal implications. Supports the development and implementation of government initiatives.• Leads/manages projects to achieve government objectives in obtaining optimum financing outcomes for provincial and broader public sector investments, the development and application of financing policy with respect to loan guarantees, business case analysis of requests for provincial financial assistance, review of provincial investments and transactions with significant fiscal and policy implications for the Province.• Negotiates complex transactions and applies expert judgement in financing methods, financial markets, capital procurement structures, financing agreements, and risk analysis in the evaluation of proposals.• Reviews business case analysis, sensitivity analysis, cash flow analysis, lease financing analysis and other quantitative evaluative methods in assessing complex government and external proposals.• Develops financial policies and provides expert financial advisory services to ministries, agencies and broader public sector entities.

Queen'S Park

• Successfully spearheaded and worked over many years to install a dignified statue of Queen Elizabeth II on the grounds of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario at Queen’s Park in Toronto to commemorate the late Queen's 70 years of service on the throne as Canada's head of state.

Toronto, Canada Area

• Provided expert financial advice and due diligence to the Minister of Finance on government corporate finance projects and financial transactions across the broader public sector, including provincial loan guarantees, postsecondary borrowings, hospital financings, capital leases and Crown agency debenture issues.• Reviewed, analyzed and developed options with respect to the policy/financial implications of complex government, Crown agency and broader public sector financing proposals and makes final recommendations.• Applied expert judgement in financing methods, financial markets, capital procurement structures, financing agreements, and risk analysis in the evaluation of proposals.• Conducted business case analysis, sensitivity analysis, cash flow analysis, lease financing analysis and other quantitative evaluative methods in assessing complex government and external proposals.• Developed financial policies and provides expert financial advice to ministries, agencies and broader public sector entities.

Toronto, Canada Area

• Delivered effective operational support, policy advice and process coordination to the CEO across all business divisions of the OFA, including capital markets, treasury, risk control, retail markets and corporate finance. • Ensured proper information flow to the CEO on all corporate activities concerning the Province’s ongoing borrowing program, investments, debt management, risk policies, credit rating, investor relations, retail banking and savings bond program, accounting, cash management and financial advice to the broader public sector.• Acted as key liaison for the OFA with the offices of the Minister of Finance, Deputy Minister of Finance, other senior officials, central agencies, ministries and Crown corporations.

Toronto, Canada Area

Provided effective financial policy support, business assessment, financial analysis and financial advice to the Minister of Finance, the Deputy Minister and senior staff of the Ministry of Finance, other central agencies, ministries and Crown agencies in the overall context of the financial/accounting/fiscal impact of government initiatives and decisions to restructure, downsize or utilize alternate service delivery modes.

Brussels Area, Belgium

• Developed an enterprise-wide performance management tool that scorecards comparative strategy-based financial and business achievement across the company’s regional organizations in Europe.• Employed strong research, analytical and spreadsheet modeling skills identifying, measuring and mapping the company’s major relevant performance business indicators onto a balanced scoreboard.• Conducted financial and performance benchmarking analysis, including productivity and ratio analysis reviewing business achievement relative to corporate and strategic objectives.

• Repeatedly received the delegated authority from the Commanding Officer to assume full charge and control of Her Majesty’s Canadian Ship—directed the combined operational activities of seven departments and exercised command over 220 personnel as the bridge watch keeper and Officer of the Watch.• Accountable for the safe and proactive execution of the ship’s operational program requiring the effective management of the ship’s movements, navigation, sensors, communications, weapons, helicopter and tactical operations, engineering and combat systems, logistics, administration, daily training and routine evolutions.• Learned to cope effectively with high levels of work-related stress demanding energetic and proactive leadership, the efficient management of continuous information, and the ability to perform and prioritize a multiplicity of concurrent activities in a pressure-cooked environment.

Master Of Business Administration (Mba)

Bachelor Of Science (Bsc)

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