Mike Mcalary, Cpa Email & Phone Number

Vaughan, On, Ca

As VP Finance & Administration my duties include:Participate as a Leader with the management team in executing the Purpose, Guiding Principles, and Performance Management Process for Kisko Products.Timely preparation of financial statements for the Senior Leadership Team, to identify and recommend solutions to issues, opportunities, and troublesome trends. Development of pro-forma financial reports to support the evaluation of capital, new product and business investments, as well as preparation of margin costing information so that the Leadership Team and Department Heads may factually evaluate development and process improvements.Manage the finance and administration functions incorporating Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Information Technology, and Administrative ServicesManage the financial supply partners; Office system support, IT, Audit and Human Resource Professionals. Manage all financial audit process with both internal and external regulatory bodies.

• Planned, co-ordinated, and executed the budget process, converted from a pure finance process to a Sales / Operations / Finance process, facilitating business literacy for non-financial managers.• Co-ordinated external audit, financial statement presentation and taxation compliance. Negotiated a three year freeze on audit and tax return costs.• Member of a Management team that successfully renegotiated 3 separate 3 year labour contracts with the UFCW. Developed benchmarks to establish a range for potential increases. Facilitated decision process by preparing a working template to assess cost of potential terms. • Led cultural change of management group to a teamwork oriented customer centric mentality. This improved customer satisfaction, through improved order fulfillment rates.• Developed Pricing committee procedures to educate and illustrate customer profitability. Set target GM levels by market and category to facilitate profitable sales growth.• Managed cash flow and operating line availability, worked with team to establish required inputs, reported weekly on requirements and availability which drove results to meet the requirements.• As CFO participated in company strategy through attendance at Board Meetings while documenting minutes. Nominated as a Director June 2012.• Transitioned from traditional bank operating loan financing to an asset based operating loan facility. This facilitated working capital management through faster access to borrowing margin in a seasonal and capacity restricted business.• Negotiated increased seasonal borrowing limit, facilitating company's 30% growth plan. • Identified business requirement to implement an ERP system. Evaluated potential ERP systems using a structured RFP and recommended system to install. Installed system and consolidated disparate mission critical business needs, thereby improving quality and timeliness of operational and financial reporting.

• Recommended and implemented consolidation of Finance and Administration department. This saved 10 FTE.• Member of company Y2K Committee, pre-proved system for Y2K compliance. Successful conversion at Jan 1, 2000.• Member of Business Continuity Planning Committee, developed disaster recovery strategies which ensured business continuity. • Member of Computer Conversion Committee and oversaw parent’s business interests transfer from parent company computer platform to Armstrong computer platform.

• Through addressing accrual management, reduced monthly reporting from 9 to 5 business days while maintaining quality and accuracy of financial information reported.• Presented written analysis report of expected year-end position compared with budget and prior year to CEO of parent company. Commended for the content and detail of presentation by CFO of parent company, report was issued worldwide as one of the 3 best examples to be used as a template.• Key member of management group that facilitated sale of company. Assisted with preparation of Confidential Investment Memorandum, accumulation of all information for due diligence process and presented finance portion of management presentation to investors. Sale of Company was completed. Resulted in offer of employment from purchaser.

Chartered Accountant

B. Comm., Commerce, Ecconomics

Ontario Scholar Secondary School Graduate, General High School Degree

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