Passionate about the potential for business to make positive changes in our world, I am a finance and operations professional with 10+ years’ experience spanning multiple professional services lines and the civil society sector. My key strengths are my complementary abilities to i) distill information in complex, dynamic situations and ii) adopt a client-centric mindset when partnering internally and externally to drive change efforts forward. As Finance Partner at Mastercard Foundation, I oversee finance aspects for 25+ projects totaling $200 million+ and have sat on multiple cross-functional working groups as during my tenure, our organization has doubled in staff and expanded operations from Canada to Canada + seven African countries. I am highly skilled at working across continents and cultures to advance strategy and develop and oversee multi-year, multi-million-dollar investments.My unusual mix of education (BComm Accounting + CPA,CA + Master of Development Practice with focus on Sustainable Development) and professional background (Big 4 + NGO/Philanthropy) provides me a vantage point across sectors and perspectives that I leverage to address problems.Key strengths: Relationship Building and Management, Communicating, Driving Processes Forward, Financial Planning & Analysis, Process Analysis and Improvement, Valuation, Project Management.
Listed skills include Business Valuation, Corporate Finance, Internal Audit, Business Process Design, and 16 others.