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Toronto, ON, CA

Greater Toronto Area, Canada

• Developed & Led Financial Planning and Analysis department with implementation of internal reporting, monthly variance, forecast, and business review processes, including KPIs and financial modelling to provide.
• Managed internal Financial Planning and Analysis system and Business Intelligence platform, and lead and developed Data Analyst team to ensure data integrity and consistency across systems and timely… Show more.
• Managed internal Financial Planning and Analysis system and Business Intelligence platform, and lead and developed Data Analyst team to ensure data integrity and consistency across systems and timely execution of.
• Developed KPI dashboards and implemented Monthly Business Reviews with executive team to minimize operational risk to strategic objectives and modelled and implemented bonus structures to reward and incentivize.

Greater Toronto Area, Canada

• Drove double digit Global Service orders and revenue growth, controlled operating expenses, and expanded operating profits, while managing price realization through influence of regional General Managers, and in.
• Developed financial valuation models in partnership with Product Management to support strategic business cases used by stakeholders making critical decisions to continue… Show more Drove double digit Global Service.
• Developed financial valuation models in partnership with Product Management to support strategic business cases used by stakeholders making critical decisions to continue, pause, or cancel projects.
• Built resource funnel through hiring and development of new associates to ensure successful knowledge transfer including integrity of Project Accounting system and financial management of Research & Development.

Greater Toronto Area, Canada

• Delivered operating expense results within 1.5% of annual budget through improved forecast integrity, managing to monthly and quarterly targets, and driving open communication of risks and opportunities between.
• Reduced incorrect Royalty payments by 30% taking the lead finance role during a process improvement Kaizen to create and implement future state process and obtain stakeholder buy-in and establish ownership.
• Improved execution of… Show more Delivered operating expense results within 1.5% of annual budget through improved forecast integrity, managing to monthly and quarterly targets, and driving open communication of risks.
• Improved execution of budgeted capital requests by 70% through positive influence, by creating return on investment models to support requests and by implementing visual management with regular status reviews. Show less

Greater Toronto Area, Canada

• Managed R&D expenses and project accounting system, analytics and data integrity and robustness, including variance and forecast process implementation and improvement to make SCIEX the benchmark Danaher Operating.
• Slashed monthly project overhead rate by more than 30% by identifying root cause, implementing countermeasures, and using visual management for sustainment.
• Improved unexpected Research & Development material expenses by more than 20%… Show more Managed R&D expenses and project accounting system, analytics and data integrity and robustness, including variance and forecast.
• Improved unexpected Research & Development material expenses by more than 20% through creation, implementation, and continuous improvement of monthly Hardware forecast and variance analysis process. Show less

Greater Toronto Area, Canada

• Project accounting and integration superuser, responsible for resource database maintenance and account generation for timesheet submission to ensure accurate reporting of project labour, consulting, material, and.
• Drove initiative with R&D Managers to improve resource forecasts for capacity analysis and maintained weekly visual management to address resource gaps impacting project critical paths.
• Actively coordinated, and communicated with Project Managers and… Show more Project accounting and integration superuser, responsible for resource database maintenance and account generation for timesheet submission to.
• Actively coordinated, and communicated with Project Managers and stakeholders to build bottoms up fiscal project and resource budget.
• Communicated month end cycle to Project Managers for accruals and root cause analysis, and provided ongoing support to understand project labour and financial variances.
• Maintained project phase gate meeting process to approve project continuation into next phase. Show less

Oshawa, Ontario, Canada

• Conducted research and analysis into the procedure for acquisition, storage, and consent for the processing and disclosure of personal health information with mobile devices.
• Composed research reports regarding e-privacy and security of personal health information in Canada, U.S.A., and Hong Kong.
• Presented research findings at IEEE Congress on Services Conference (Salt Lake City, UT) and in collaboration with Boeing Phantom Works at Fudan University (Shanghai, China).
• … Show more Conducted research and analysis into the procedure for acquisition, storage, and consent for the processing and disclosure of personal health information with mobile devices.
• Composed Business plan for Hong Kong startup company to implement mobile devices in home health care. Show less

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