"You are the most "un-accountant", accountant I've ever met........ and you can take that as a compliment." "In 20 years at this company that's the best course I've ever taken"Two pieces of feedback that stand out in my memory.I am a experienced professional accountant that brings a dynamic, engaging, personality directed towards solving challenges with diverse customer groups. I approach work with a collaborative, professional demeanor, and hold a strong sense of responsibility and initiative. Over my career I have experienced the fruits of building trusted relationships. My passion is to help companies move from "good enough" decisions, to "awesome" decisions. At the moment I am seeking my next opportunity. While I have worked predominately in the transportation, logistics, and utilities industries, my skillsets are applicable to essentially any industry. Easiest to reach me though LinkedIn or via email at alpinetiger@shaw.ca.Among my core competencies are the following: Facilitation / Coaching: I have a reputation for facilitating powerful workshops in multiple disciplines: project management, process development, and driving high quality decision making. I have co-created and was lead instructor for multiple in-house management training courses. I developed governance processes to determine actual value realization for board approved projects. Capital Effectiveness: I have specialized training in Strategic Decision Making and Risk Management that focusses on problem definition, alignment of value metrics, incorporating uncertainty and project planning. My strong modelling skills are used for advanced financial analysis, that incorporate understanding of risk and range of potential outcomes. Budget / Forecast Management – I am highly proficient in managing complex financial reporting structures within a multi-national matrix-based organization. My advanced Excel skills help showcase ability to align multiple company reporting into consolidated communication for senior management / board of directors. Wherever I work I develop deep domain knowledge in analyzing financial results and trends to provide valuable information to aid decision making.Accounting – Proven ability applying accounting knowledge and training. Previous roles have included managing the end to end accounting processes for a logistics division. I have been recognized as an internal expert for costing and profitability analysis within the transportation industry. I have implemented new cost allocations that lead to improved behavior.