Sharon Olmstead, Cpa, Ca, Mba, B. Comm. (Hons.), Cpgm Email & Phone Number

A short-term, full-time contract position with a great risk management team, providing leadership, coaching, and formal training. Working with business partners on several projects, including enhancing internal controls and mitigating operational risks in a software application implemented by the Actuarial team.

Enjoyed working on my golf game, traveling and curling.

Toronto, Ontario, Ca

Senior Manager, Enterprise Risk Management, Data Governance and PrivacyReporting to the CFO, responsible for the design, implementation, and ongoing management of the COC’s Enterprise Risk Management program, providing leadership and guidance on the COC’s risk profile and risk environment, implementing risk mitigation actions, embedding a risk culture, and supporting the Senior Leadership Team (SLT), the Audit, Finance and Risk Management Committee, and the Board of Directors in carrying out their risk governance responsibilities. Manage the Insurance Program for COC and Canadian Olympic Foundation.

Toronto, Ontario, Ca

Responsible for planning and execution of operational audits of strategic projects and initiatives, providing senior leadership with insightful audit report findings and observations.

Toronto, Ontario, Ca

Responsible for execution the operational risk program for over 25 subunit teams in the corporate office, which includes: annual risk assessments, identification, analysis, and reporting of operational loss events, facilitation and support for risk and control self-assessments (RCAs), monitoring and reporting of risk mitigation actions, conducting risk oversight on all significant Group Function initiatives/projects and assessing and reporting the project’s “risk health”, providing training and coaching to project managers and designated Risk Champions on effective risk management, development of KRIs, defining risk appetite within an enterprise-wide context, internal control recommendations, liaising with other second lines of defense, and promoting a risk culture.

Toronto, Ontario, Ca

Project managed the implementation of four Shared Service Centers (SSC) across multiple Finance functions. Developed Service Level Agreements, and supported the SSC management in the implementation of efficiency and effectiveness initiatives to achieve targeted savings.

Client engagement:* Retained by a global testing company to write 5-year strategic plans and prepare pro-forma P&Ls for 35 testing labs across North America, operating in nine industry sectors.

Vancouver, British Columbia, Ca

NovaGold is a publicly traded precious metals company engaged in the exploration and development of mineral properties in North America. Reporting to the COO, the position was responsible for all aspects of financial management and administration at the mine site in Nome, Alaska, and providing business decision support to the CEO, COO, and VP Mining.

London, Gb

Consulting work focused on improving business performance through process redesign, organization review and redesign, shared services and outsourcing solutions, internal control assessment and remediation, material weakness elimination, financial statement close process improvement, enterprise risk management, Sox 404 and corporate governance. Acted as the Coordinator of the Vancouver office's Professional Womens' Network.

Client engagements included: managing the strategic planning process, enhancing the accuracy and timeliness of month-end financial reporting, created tool to manage various contract scenarios during labor negotiations, business decision modelling for offshore vs. domestic production decisions, prepared a comprehensive business plan for a golf course, identified financial recoveries over $800,000 due to the Ontario Ministry of Health through operations audits, designed, developed, marketed and successfully executed one-day golf events for women ("Women on the Tee")

Designed and implemented monthly financial reporting and analysis package, annual budgets, and cash flow forecasts for investors and bankers to continue to fund the company, which was subsequently sold to a third party.

Responsible for all Finance functions. Re-engineered all accounting and administrative processes to meet CCAA requirements and allow the business to run while under court protection. Introduced an internal Customer Service program in the Finance department to improve the quality of business support to the operations teams. Developed a customized daily cash management and forecasting system, achieving cash targets required.

Charlotte, North Carolina, Us

Provided financial support to CBG offices across Canada including: budgeting, sales forecasting, and monthly reporting and analysis. Negotiated and implemented a third-party leasing program, which allowed the division to triple the design/build revenue. Developed a revenue forecasting and order/backlog tracking model, which provided a early warning system for revenue projections and improved the reliability and accuracy of forecasts.

Mba

B. Commerce (Hons)

Certificate In Professional Golf Management, Sports