Stephanie Bird, Cpa Ca Icd.D Email & Phone Number

Toronto, On, Ca

Aylmer, Ontario, Ca

Sitting member of the Board of Directors; participating on the Audit and Governance Committees

New York, New York, Us

Kitchener, Ontario, Ca

In charge of all financial matters and corporate secretarial work for this exciting start up/scale up organization including but not limited to:- RTO preparation and filing- strategy and direction setting- process and controls implementation - ERP planning

• Leadership team member that is actively involved in setting, operationalizing and driving strategy• Identified and solutioned operational gaps in bringing acquired company capabilities to overall company alignment. • Driver in bringing capabilities to move from an agent to a principle relationship with the end customers in its B2B2C relationships including 3rd party partners, required internal reporting and systems changes including selection and implementation of an ERP & a mid/back office system for travel bookings• Point for the development and roll out of the organization’s Enterprise Risk Management program• Driver in establishing the world wide transfer pricing tax structure of this complex organization

Toronto, Ontario, Ca

• Leadership of the Global Finance function including financing, budgeting, reporting, taxation and all related special projects of this multinational $500M revenue business. • Key member of 8 member senior management team reporting directly to the Founder• Led the placement of a second term syndicated debt facility as well as successful license and purchase negotiations for the first major acquisition of the organization in December 2016; completed in 3 weeks• Implemented first banking debt syndicate for buyout of convertible debt in July 2015; responsible for continuing compliance • Responsible for treasury planning and processes including cash flow management and foreign exchange (14 selling currencies and 46 payment currencies)• Key team member for negotiation and implementation of other significant initiatives (second ship, central services)• Responsible for complex tax structure with in excess of 20 companies domiciled on 6 continents• Led the budget process together with related and required approvals including implementation of modernized system.• Identification and implementation of process improvements in each year with the company; each initiative has resulted in >$1M per annum savings• Also responsible for insurance, legal and corporate governance matters for the organization.

Houston, Texas, Us

•Development and maintenance the Risk Management Policy of the organization, including revisions thereto to accommodate business changes, monitoring compliance and investigating further implementation of best practices. Derivative portfolio was $2.5B in notional value.•Subject matter expert for fair value and hedge accounting implementations as standards changed under CDN GAAP and transition to IFRS including transition to new upcoming IFRS rules•Subject matter expert for OTC rules under Dodd Frank and upcoming Canadian Securities equivalents•Responsible for internal audit and Bill 198/SOX initiatives including actively developing and co-ordinating internal corporate governance guidelines and monitoring activities; identifying and collaboratively incorporating process improvements identified in operational audits is an integral value added corporate service•Key team member for due diligence activities and subsequent integration including the acquisitions of Universal ($401M), Hudson ($305M) and Fulcrum ($100M); led 8 advanced investigations between June and November 2012 that did not pass requirements to advance to completion •Responsible for Quality Assurance within the organization including identifying opportunities for improvement and influencing continuous improvement change•Responsible for the complete insurance program of the organization with premiums in excess of $300K

Bba, Business Administration - Accounting

Cpa, Ca

Edp, Organizational Leadership

Executive Leadership Program