Priya Paul

A Finance professional who has Accounting and FPA experience across, restaurant, retail and most recently Tech industry. Special skills include SQL coding, various Accounting systems exposure and a people person!

Nov/19 -

Jan/23

Toronto

Manager, Financial Planning and Analysis (Growth & Revenue)

Shopify Canada

Successfully allocated a growth budget of $300(M) yearly, to help drive Merchant leads, and conversions to add bottom line revenues

Owned the Growth & Revenue team’s planning and reporting, while implementing scalable process improvements to simplify, align, and drive accountability, partnering with our Corporate Finance, Business Operations, and Data Science teams

Built and used large SQL data sets to find inefficiencies in spends and targets thus proposing alternative uses to partner’s

Assisted with forward-thinking special projects, such as creating a Pause Plan for Merchants to help with 2020 pandemic hardships, that in turn improved the company’s churn metrics

Prepared and made informed recommendations on financial reporting packages to leadership, including revenue flash reporting, product adoption metrics, variance analysis, and other KPIs

Lead, coached, and developed a high performing team and built business partnerships that lead to key decision making

May/14 -Nov/19

Toronto

Finance Manager, Financial Planning and Analysis 

Nando’s restaurant Canada (Head Office)

Forecasted all lines of the P&L with minimal variances, to work closely with Operations and Marketing departments to increase sales and achieve EBITDA targets for 50+ restaurants

Lead the project implementation of a new accounting system (GP) that saved 2 business days on close timelines and allowed for quicker decision making

Compiled and analyzed gaps to provide monthly analytical reports designed to reveal opportunities to optimize sales and labor management, reduce COGS and operating costs, etc.

Advised Operations & Supply chain teams on increasing efficiencies relating to the approval, tracking and reporting processes for inventory and sales; monitor and report on developed performance and budget projections for national promotions and campaigns

Leveraged Business Intelligence tools to help segment and drive the business more by channel as well as assist the Food Team in making menu and pricing decisions.

Well versed in IFRS/GAAP Principles and liaised with external audit teams 5 years in a row, ensuring accuracy and mitigating any company exposures

Spent time across the country in the 50 restaurants to assess the needs of the business and report up to VP level to help drive decision making

Nov/13-May/14

Sr. Business Analyst 

Indigo Books & Music (Head Office)

Sep/09-

Nov/13

Financial Analyst 

HMV Canada (Head Office)

EDUCATION Sep 2013

Certified Management Accountant (CMA/CPA)

Successfully Completed 2-year Certified Management Program

June 2009

Master of Business Administration (MBA) – Brock University (St. Catharines, ON)

Specializations: Management Accounting, Financial Statement Analysis, Corporate Finance and Strategy

June 2007

Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) – Brock University (St. Catharines, ON)

Graduated with Honours