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Région De Montréal, Canada

Analyze, control, manage complete division operations. In process to implement AX 2012 R2 in business units.

Planning, organizing, managing, controlling financial activities in accordance with company objectives, strategies and vision.

 Review monthly reporting, financial statement, weekly cash flow report and management, cost accounting and work in progress reports. Prepare all monthly reporting to Head Office in Alberta. Review all payroll reporting. Follow up with auditor on year end file and support documentation.. Annual budget, monthly financial statements and analysis. Supervised accounting staff. Prepared grant reports and R&D credit review.

Montreal

Mandate analyzing company retail and distribution operations to identify efficiency problems and take measure to improve production and lower costs.Review corporate accounting structure and recommend actions to improve use of AS400 system imports of financial information to produce monthly and quarterly statements. Merge all accounting activities into one department reporting to the controller and define new responsibilities. Review existing procedure and manual processes. Prepare year end file and work with auditors to complete financial audit in compliance with reporting rules and regulations. Support Toronto office and upper management.

Lead the Division administration, financials and operations. Member of management strategic committee, analyze and participate in planning for growth and profitability. Involve in managing distribution and production department, with staff of 2 managers and 37 employees, including finance department staff of 17 people. Participate and contribute to system implementations and revisions for information, finance, distribution and production applications. Surpassed objectives through elaboration and analysis of detailed processes to increase efficiency for annual revenues $35MM and accrued gross margins. CONTRIBUTIONS: Participate in complete merger of 3 Quebec operations involving; distribution, production, administration and financial technologies. Integrate 3 accounting and reporting systems for over 64 products into 1 singular plate-form; simpler, more effective and reliable. Identify major deficiencies and provide recommendations. This merger has provided the company with important savings over 3 years. Manage accounting software development; identifying errors, weaknesses and proposing solutions and modifications to improve efficiency in processes, reducing the number of hour in each performed task, producing reduction of employees representing savings of.... These changes enable reduction in information delays and increased overall net performance. Develop internal reporting tools to improve decision making on local level. These drivers analyze the weekly performance and eased the decision process to correct operational trend. Improve timing from quarterly – to monthly to - weekly reporting of financial information.

Laval

Responsible to implement, control and manage administrative and financial activities and processes of the company. Oversee financing projects and of ISO 9000 audit standards. Participate in analysis and implementation of an ink jet printing facility by incorporating computerized technologies into the exiting processes. CONTRIBUTION: Involve in putting forward an employee coop which purchased a 20% stake into the company worth $400k. This important step allowed the employee to secure position and ensure the management to reduced turnover of key personnel. Previously turnaround was at 24% and this measure reduced the rate below 10% over 2 years. Direct integration and implementation of a computerized environment for a new ink jet printing system to ensure data base management files for clients. This initiative guaranteed the signature of major new contracts in a market where the company was not present. Value of the contracts enabled the company to growth 15% the first year representing $1M.

Montreal

Manage business operations. Insure adequate controls were in place and validated financial information. As a member of the management team, participated in decision process for sales, production and operations. Implement ISO 9001 procedures and processes.CONTRIBUTION: Own the analysis and evaluation of business processes for admissibility to research and development tax credits. This Government approved qualification became an important part of the company development in technologies with income tax credits over $550k. Implement cost accounting system within the operation for gross margins on the various products. Participate in acquisition and merger of a company in a competing market.

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