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Sarnia

• Provide financial and accounting leadership in the key areas of financial control and reporting, capital and business planning, inventory controls, cost management reporting and financial modeling. • Contribute to and develop financial, operational and business strategies including metrics, control and monitoring reports.• Main contact and liaison for all bank, audit, insurance, investor and creditor requirements

Sarnia

Responsible for the overall operations and of Hiawatha including a staff of up to 120 full and part time team members.•Liaise with all banking, audit, legal and insurance providers maximizing performance for Hiawatha Horse Park’s interests.•Developed and created monthly and annual operational and financial procedures to ensure effective and accurate reporting.•Develop transitional strategies and business development plans to increase revenue streams.•Oversee and provide leadership to team of up to 120 members for finance, human resources, food and beverage and seasonal operations.

Managed Canadian finance staff of up to 13 team members. Responsible for financial reporting on actual, forecast and budget results. •Led Canadian Finance Team through a North American regionalization/reorganization which streamlined workflows and improved efficiencies.•Prepared monthly and year end statements, reports and developed yearly budgets and forecasts for a $750 million company.•Streamlined month-end procedures leading to a reduction of 1.5 days in closing process.•Finance team lead for Canadian SAP upgrade installation which reduced costs and enhanced operations by standardizing systems on a global platform.•Improved morale by living the core values of safety, straight talk, accountability, customer focus and continuous improvement.•Liaise with internal and external auditors in conducting financial and operational audits ensuring successful completion of all audits.

•Established and implemented internal controls and operational policies and procedures.•Developed and maintained effective continuous improvement processes resulting in efficiency gains in month-end closing.•Streamlined general ledger structure to facilitate improved report analysis and consistency.•Managed and oversaw the operation of the finance, purchasing and IT departments.•Coordination and preparation of government filings and remittances.•Prepared statements, budgets and audit files for month end, quarterly and annual packages for multi-department organizations.

•Consistently achieved Gold Audit Binder status for 4 years while at Woodbridge Foam.•Enhanced financial operations by travelling to other plants and assisting with problem resolution and trouble shooting.

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