Senior Manager, Finance - MI5 PRINT & DIGITAL - Mississauga, ON – Canada
(2017-05)
- Process daily invoice entry into the system, ensuring the invoice matches against the system PO and system receiving document, understanding purchasing holds, and guiding buyers and others on their resolution.
- Manages the approval process, routing the invoices to appropriate individuals for approval and following up to ensure invoices are paid within the desired time frame. Responsible for managing payment runs at least 3 times per month, ensuring all vendors are paid on their due dates if the invoices are approved.
- Manage any special payment runs to capture discounts or payments that are required to prevent operations issues (i.e., credit limit or service shutdown). Verify and process employee expense claims into the system, ensuring prompt payment.
- Supervise the preparation of working papers and financial statements, ensuring compliance with regulatory standards.
- Conduct research on complex accounting topics, providing strategic recommendations and solutions to vendors. Develop and nurture direct vendor relationships, providing exceptional service and addressing their payments compliance needs.
- Correspond with vendors and government agencies, resolving payments compliance issues and ensuring timely and accurate solving. Prepare comprehensive correspondence, technical reports, and client presentations outlining findings and engagement highlights.
- Supervise financial record preparation and reporting for Controllership vendors, ensuring accuracy and adherence to accounting standards. Stay updated with Canadian Income, Sales Tax, Assurance & Accounting standards, and maintaining professional competence.
- Execute set-up of new vendors and review processed vendor invoices accurately. Reconciling vendor's account statements when submitted to AP. Answering vendor-related questions on a timely basis.
- Monthly review of un-cashed cheques and un-invoiced receipts report from the finance team. Maintain filing and backup in an organized manner and manage storage filing once per year.
WFM Accounting Team Member - WHOLE FOODS MARKET - Oakville–Canada
(2012-10 - 2017-05)
Quality Control Analyst - S/M ENTERPRISES - Oakville – Canada
(2011-09 - 2012-10)
SAP Professional - MEDLINE Canada CO. - Oakville-Canada
(2011-04 - 2011-09)
SAP Consultant - LOBLAW, C.L. - Brampton - Canada
(2011-02 - 2011-04)
Project Manager, Finance - JANTESA - Caracas, DF – Venezuela
(2004-12 - 2010-10)
- Review financial statements and analyze revenues, costs, expenses, and tax rates for all EPCC company business units. Develop detailed spreadsheets to identify trends and develop forecasts. Consolidate and analyze monthly results and budgets. Create and deliver presentations, providing recommendations on short- and long-range ROI.
- Spearheaded due diligence for joint venture projects, identifying key risk factors and forecasting investment viability.
- Established a new forecasting tracking and reporting system to improve the availability and accuracy of financial data. Analyzed and reported financial information for assigned projects & regions. Facilitated client purchase order tracking & reconciliations. Generated client invoices addressing milestone actualization & forecasting. Monitored materials purchased and calculated tax applicable for proper Client invoicing adhering to contract terms.
- Coordinated closely with Regional Project Management, Project Controls, & Home Office Project Billing Specialist and provided information for cash flow forecasting. Identified and communicated monthly variances for both earnings & cash. Developed and maintained expense and vendor trend analysis and reported trends to management.
Senior Financial Analyst - BVPA, Inc. C. A. - Caracas, DF - Venezuela
(2004-03 - 2004-12)
- Conducted quantitative analysis of financial data to forecast revenue, identify future trends, and assess risk associated with capital expenditures, acquisitions, and joint-venture projects for large project investment firms. Compiled and reviewed complex data to assess multimillion-dollar accounts and business units. Developed comprehensive reports, abstracts, and charts to present data and guide investment strategies. Performed ad-hoc analysis and reporting.
- Integral in ensuring due diligence involving a $12-million acquisition.
- Improved operational efficiency of financial systems through streamlined data-management procedures implementation. Contributed to growth trends by developing strategic recommendations for management with long-range planning.
Financial Analyst - PDVSA - Caracas, DF – Venezuela
(1995-01 - 2003-02)
- Participated in or led the planning, communicating, reporting analysis, and integration of highly visible and strategically critical projects for the Oil Industry.
- As an expert in analyzing the units' key drivers, performance metrics and operational processes, provided comprehensive analyses and reporting enabling executive management to understand financial results, develop future expectations, and meet strategic goals. Developed business cases in support of specific business initiatives.
- Provided comprehensive support of and managed projects toward the identification, analysis, and implementation of financial plans. Developed the annual budget, quarterly forecast, and five-year strategic plan.
- Functional responsibilities included statistical analysis, financial modelling, business case development, management reporting, and strategic planning and project management.
