Raymond Williams, Cpa, Cma Email & Phone Number

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Local 183 is the largest construction union in North America with over 74,000 members strong and office locations in Toronto, Vaughan, Barrie, Cobourg, Kingston and Cambridge.

Toronto, Canada Area

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

• A group of companies in the construction, project management and real estate development industries that experienced exponential growth and created its own unique brand of custom homes & commercial spaces.
• Member of senior management team focusing on strategic direction, driving performance and success of company goals
• Responsible for communication of financial & operational results to investors and senior management
• Designing annual corporate & departmental budgets for multiple corporations
• Manage financing and funding relationships with banks for corporation & real estate requirements
• Manage and mentor six direct reports in the finance and administration departments

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

• Inherited head finance role in the company experiencing rapid growth with no prior controller in place which demonstrated my ability to react quickly to changes and setup systems efficiently
• Re-coded the general ledger and redesigned the financial statements to meet requirements for more thorough financial and operation analysis for multiple companies
• Complete redesign of the finance and accounting department including organizational policies, procedures and controls to increase productivity, safeguard against risk and standardize all policies, procedures and.
• Facilitated the implementation, migration and integration of an ERP system, CMIC Hikuu, with no previous integrated system in place, while additionally managing the administration and training of all users for multiple.
• Establish guidelines for the creation of the company’s first corporate budget and performing monthly actual to budgeted variance analysis
• A full review of controls and practices with regards to revenue recognition, customer deposits, accruals, prepaids and GL accounts

Mississauga, Ontario

• A Marketing and Promotional agency that provides full cycle services from creative and design, account management, procurement to the logistics and setup of advertising campaigns.
• Performed in-depth analysis of month and year-end financial and operational data and presented findings to members of senior management
• Recoded the general ledger and redesigned the financial statements to include 20 schedules
• Designed a weekly cash flow model to assist in improving cash forecasting and take proactive measures to prevent cash shortfalls which had troubled the company for more than a year
• Implemented and conducted bi-weekly billing meetings with account managers and finance personnel to improve timeliness and accuracy of the company billing practices while improving cash flow
• Set up new collection processes as well as extended payment terms with suppliers to aid company liquidity

Brampton, Ontario

• A sub-contracting construction company providing security fencing solutions for major construction firms in the Greater Toronto Area
• Facilitated the implementation and integration of an ERP system with no previous integrated system in place, while additionally managing the administration and training of all users
• Supervised and trained administration team, led meetings, assessed and resolved internal issues and conflicts
• Leverage analysis to drive strategic recommendations and optimize company cash flow
• Main driver for internal policy and designing internal control systems to improve efficiency and profitability, while monitoring, maintaining and enforcing these policies and systems
• Oversaw the administration of project management to ensure accuracy in budgets and billings

London, United Kingdom

• An employment staffing agency providing the UK and Europe with temporary, contract and permanent staffing services with 13 regional offices
• Development of credit control processes for a division with annual sales of £17 million, while coordinating the entire divisional billings, collections & monthly reporting
• Successfully developed and administered the implementation of integrating the divisions billing software system over a 6-month period which lead to a more efficient, accurate and user-friendly process
• Developed and implemented credit control procedures that led to attaining the company’s goal of reducing days sales outstanding to below 40, moving from a DSO of 51 to 37 over a 4 month period
• Developed accurate monthly reports for analysis in improving the goal of debt reduction and increase cash flows

Croydon, United Kingdom

Facilitated & managed government accounts while simultaneously generating new business; Managed customer service, discounts, credits and invoicing of government accounts; Marketed products and services to government department heads.

Chartered Professional Accountants Ontario (Cpa, Cma), Accounting

Honours Business Administration (Bba), Finance

Activities and Societies: Icebreaker (Orientation), Undergraduate Business Games

Accounting, Cma

Accounting And Finance