• Managing the Company’s accounting and reporting functions including the year-end review, tax compliance and regulatory compliance requirements across all companies (Canada and USA).• Providing accurate and timely financial information to the senior leadership team – focused on job costing, quarterly & annual financial reports.• Ensuring accurate processing of transactions related to accounts payable, accounts receivable, payroll, cash management, bank reconciliations, and general ledger functions. • Working closely with Senior leadership to document project costs and report analysis on project basis.• Management of AR and AP functions across business entities.• Providing financial analysis and support to business stake holders by addressing concerns, financial reporting issues, and variance explanations.

• Working with the full accounting cycle, including bank reconciliation, journal entries, general ledger, accounts payable and accounts receivable, year-end process.• Ensuring timely production of monthly financial statements, financial reporting including balance sheet, income statement, monthly variance analysis and balance sheet analysis for Management & Owners.• Preparing year-end audit package and producing entity financial statements for external auditors.• Ensuring all financial reporting procedures and processes are in accordance with mandated schedules, owner requirements and customized approaches as mandated by stake owners.

• Produce accurate and reliable financial reporting packages in strict adherence to the set procedures and deadlines for a portfolio of assigned properties.• Ensure timely producing of monthly financial statements including balance sheet, income statement and balance sheet analysis for assigned properties in the region.• Actively involved in the preparation of annual budget, month-end files and reports, month-end accruals, journal entries, reconciliations, year-end audit files, year-end operating cost adjustments, and ad-hoc business analysis.• Review Balance Sheet and Income Statement per property to verify account balances, and ensure reasonable revenue and expense amounts are in line with budgets.• Provide financial analysis and support to business stake holders by addressing concerns, financial reporting issues, and variance explanations.• Provide support to Property Managers with reviewing annual budgets, property agreements, addressing audit queries, and ad-hoc financial accounting matters as required.

• Responsibilities included preparing, reviewing & distribution of monthly and quarterly performance reporting, management reporting packages, analysis of KPI’s & trend analysis for costs related to Distribution Centers/Depots located across Eastern & Western Canada.• Analyzed performance versus annual business plan, current forecasts, prior year results and did commentary with deep dive.• Actively involved in the preparation and creation of annual budget, monthly forecasts updates, monthly business performance, month end journals & ad-hoc business analysis.• Produced business reports and provided analysis on new projects, tracking business initiatives, and capital investments process.• Driving weekly meetings, producing reports, communicating analysis, recommendations, risks and opportunities to business partners to drive better business decisions

Finance & Accounting Manager for Terrapinn Middle East Fz, Dubai. Specific responsibilities• Strategic Management – created and added value by providing financial input and analysis to management decisions for strategy development, implementation, and execution. • Financial Management – responsibilities included planning, modeling, forecasting, coordinating the budgetary process, finance and accounting control, trend analysis, and financial reporting activities of the company in the Middle East and North Africa region. This includes producing of the month-end financials, key account variance analysis, reconciliations on balance sheet accounts, and liaising with the Head Office in the UK on all financial matters. • Accounting Management - managed the processing of transactions related to accounts payable, accounts receivable, monthly payroll, reconciliation of inter-company transactions and balances, bank reconciliations, and general ledger functions. • Customer Service Management - driving the customer service managers to ensure optimum revenue collection, rendering good customer service, and ensuring the continuation of the good business relationship. • Cash Management - focused on building a strong discipline of working capital and cash management function based on weekly and 18-month rolling cash forecast model. • Salesforce/FinancialForce/SAP – ensured timely, accurate, and insightful financial reporting, which is used to drive improved commercial management and meets Terrapinn’s internal deadlines and global information requirements. • Payroll Management - ensured the accurate and timely preparation of the monthly payroll with adherence to employment contracts, sales commissions, bonus, and profit share schemes.• Internal Regulatory & Controls - ensured all aspects of operations are in compliance with rules, regulations, and protocols established by head office and the traditionally restrictive regulations in the region’s business landscape.

Accounting Manager for MEED (Middle East Economic Digest), DubaiSpecific responsibilities• Enforced and ensured compliance with corporate policies, procedures, and accounting principles.• Ensured accurate processing of financial transactions related to accounts payable, accounts receivable, monthly payroll, cash management, and general ledger functions. • Produced the timely reporting of weekly cash flows and monthly management accounts.• Responsibilities included purchasing, office administration, and facilities management.• Managed debt collection, and credit control in the Middle East.• Liaised with external customers such as auditors, bankers, vendors, suppliers, and customers to ensure the business requirements are met.