Experience

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  Altis Professional Recruitment

  • Hull, Quebec

  • Auditor

    • Dec 2016 - Sep 2017
    • Hull, Quebec

    Under contract to Altis Professional, I audited the returns of Electoral District Associations at Elections Canada. Learned much about the administration of our democracy.

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  Dinecorp Hospitality Inc

  • Cash Planner/LAN Administrator

    • Jan 1997 - Apr 2007

    Dinecorp operated 29 corporate restaurants and managed three for two limited partnerships. In November, 2006, Dinecorp sold the 29 corporate restaurants, and purchased The Second Cup Ltd.Additional Responsibilities Administered the Novell 5 Local Area NetworkAdministered the Sage Accpac ERP system from the Winter 2002/2003Maintained and circulated the budget spreadsheets, coached restaurant managers, created the summary reports, and imported the budgets into AccpacCompleted the bank reconciliations, outstanding cheques lists, payroll journal entries, and combined operating statements from 2003AccomplishmentsCreated Excel 2003 Visual Basic programs to report cash transactions, import restaurant sales sheets, import expense reports, and create journal entries in 2006 Created Excel spreadsheets for financial statements, budgets, bank reconciliations, outstanding cheques lists, and the combined operating statementsInstructed and coached team mates in the use of the above spreadsheetsManaged projects like upgrading to Sage Accpac from the System 36, and rebuilding the LAN after the better half "walked"Converted Second Cup's JD Edwards accounting system to Accpac including mapping accounts, importing history and creating statements in the winter of 2006/2007Participated on the Accpac implementation team in the winter of 2002/2003

  • Cash Planner/PC Support

    • Jan 1993 - Jan 1997

    At its peak, Dinecorp, a private company with a staff of 25, managed 57 restaurants and the associated real estate for 15 limited partnerships and itself.Additional ResponsibilitiesManaged the PC systems and softwareLiaised with our computer support suppliers Coached team mates in the use of PC's and spreadsheetsAccomplishmentsCompleted a 5 year proforma financial model of a 50 restaurant company for a failed IPOConvinced management to purchase a LAN for $108,000 in 1997 to secure our data, implement e-mail, and harmonize our systems

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  Jamieson BEng MBA CMA

  • Toronto, Canada Area

  • Cash Planner

    • Dec 1988 - Jan 1993
    • Toronto, Canada Area

    Dinecorp's predecessor, a private company with a staff of 35, syndicated limited partnerships, developed plazas with restaurants and retail space, and then operated the plazas and restaurants. When I joined, we managed 40 Swiss Chalet and Harvey's for 8 limited partnerships and itself.ResponsibilitiesManaged the cash for all companies including creating weekly cash flow projections, managing shortfalls, informing management of expected shortfalls, making short term investments and monitoring actual performance versus budgetOperated and administered RBC's Balance and Transaction Reporting softwareCompleted day to day banking tasks and liaised with bankAudited the general ledger accounts for the cash flow guarantees and short term investmentsAccomplishmentsSuggested and implemented Royal Bank's EBB software and ID codes on deposits to improve the timeliness of our cash reporting, reduce the number of bank accounts, and reduce our bank charges by approximately $300 per monthCreated Lotus 123 macro's to report the account balances, cleared cheques and transactions by restaurant using data files from Royal Bank's Balance and Transaction ReportingAssisted with automating the outstanding cheques list to save the salary of a data entry clerk

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  NorArm Developments

  • Toronto, Canada Area

  • Real Estate Accountant

    • Jul 1987 - Sep 1988
    • Toronto, Canada Area

    I was responsible for the accounting for a small developer in Toronto. From A/P, to banking, to financial statements, I did it all.