Ryan Trusler Email & Phone Number

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.

• 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.

Ba, Economics

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