Michael Mcgowan Bsc, Acma, Cgma Email & Phone Number

Toronto, ON, CA

Toronto, Ontario, CA

Toronto, ON, CA

• Member of the Finance Leadership Team reporting to the CFO. Leader of global treasury operations function, managing a team of fifteen across six countries (Canada, Switzerland, Costa Rica, Argentina, India, Poland).
• Built a world class treasury team, including the design and implementation of new processes and controls.
• Provide strategic guidance, governance, resource allocation, and tactical oversight to ensure the group efficiently and effectively manages the company’s cash, banking structures, bank account services, online banking.
• Manage bank relationships to ensure the company is receiving a robust product offering, provision of excellent customer service and a competitive fee structure.
• Manage treasury M&A due diligence and subsequent integration processes.
• Responsible for the functions counterparty exposure reporting, SOX controls, treasury policies as well as the company’s temporary overdraft and credit lines.

Toronto, ON, CA

Toronto, ON, CA

Toronto, ON, CA

Zurich, Zurich, CH

• Reporting to ZTS Chief Financial Officer:Managing the accounting & reporting for an external debt raising entity:
• Manage a balance sheet of over $3 billion in debt.
• Prepare & book hedge accounting entries for the entity.
• Confirmed Bond, Swap, Loan, Guarantee Fees & Tax payments
• Financial planning & analysis.
• Liaise with Tax (USA) with respect to Tax entries on a monthly basis.

Zurich, Zurich, CH

• Reporting to ZTS Chief Financial Officer: 12 month project launched to identify & explain all causes of FX exposure, improve the reporting & effectiveness of the FX hedging process & bookings, & ensure end-to-end FX.
• Supervision of the foreign currency hedging process of Zurich Switzerland (ZHCH).
• Review & challenge reinsurance, investment & treasury sub-ledger postings & processes.
• Explanation of Balance Sheet FX exposure, drivers of exposure, & P&L FX volatility.
• Investigate the effectiveness of hedges & the hedging process.
• Develop, test & embed new processes & controls in the European Accounting Centre.

Cupertino, California, US

• Reporting to the Record to Report consolidations manager:
• Approval of direct reports timesheets, holidays & performing the yearly performance review.
• Approving Treasury Accounting journals, cashpool & investment reconciliations.
• Ensuring all month end deadlines are met while constantly striving for further process improvements.
• Further project exposure with Electronic Bank Statements & its integration to SAP.

Cupertino, California, US

• Reporting to the Treasury Accounting Manager. Key responsibilities included:
• Substantial interaction with Treasury Operations, Accounts Payable, Payroll & all EMEA leads.
• Responsible for treasury related accounting activities for the EMIEA region including:General ledger postings, balance sheet reconciliations for bank & loans, FX & Investment accounts, review all FX, cash flow & money.
• Preparation & presentation of quarter on quarter bank movement reports to senior management.
• Creation of multiple monthly journal vouchers, compliant with Sarbanes-Oxley standards, to reflect bank account / cash in transit movements.
• Dealing with all ad-hoc treasury queries from a finance department of over 180 employees.

Cupertino, California, US

• Reporting to the inter-company manager key responsibilities included:
• Completion of journal postings upon presentation of appropriate back-up & approvals.
• Responsibility for all inter-company recharges with respect to various divisions.
• Reconciliation of inter-company balances & resolution of out-of-balance errors on a daily & monthly basis within very tight month-end deadlines.
• Liaising with Apple Austin general ledger team & Asia Pac inter-company team.
• Accurate reporting of inter-company templates, ageing & Apple own use accounting.

Bethesda, MD, US

• Reporting to the Team Manager, key responsibilities included:
• Preparation of Monthly EFT payments to the sites to cover maintenance costs.
• Preparation & posting period-end journals linked to interest receivable & maintenance fees receivable.
• Monthly cash reconciliations and forecasting.

Education record

Education record

Bsc Finance

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