Experience

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  Department Of National Defence

  • Canada
  • Armed Forces
  • 700 & Above Employee

  • Assistant Deputy Minister Review Services

    • May 2023 - Present
    • Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

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  Communications Security Establishment (cse) | Centre De La Sécurité Des Télécommunications (cst)

  • Canada
  • Government Administration
  • 100 - 200 Employee

  • Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and Assistant Deputy Minister Corporate Services

    • Feb 2019 - May 2023
    • Ottawa, Canada Area

    ● Transformed Human Resources, Finance, Security, and Facilities to optimize service excellence and empower employees ● Spearheaded implementation of fully integrated SaaS Solution to achieve accurate business intelligence to inform people and financial management across the organization ● Negotiated with Global SaaS Provider to enhance Cyber Security Controls ● Championed advocacy for neurodiverse individuals, raising self-declaration of persons with disabilities by 5% in a 3 month period ● Advanced negotiation to enhance effectiveness of 30 year, $4.2B Public Private Partnership ● Led Corporate Services in innovative, agile service delivery in support of pivot to remote work due to the pandemic CSE has an annual appropriation of $800M and 3200 Employees, and continues to experience growth of about 25% every 3 years.

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  Canada Border Services Agency | Agence Des Services Frontaliers Du Canada

  • Canada
  • Government Administration
  • 700 & Above Employee

  • Deputy Chief Financial Officer

    • May 2017 - Feb 2019
    • Ottawa, Canada Area

    ● Achieved permanent increase in annual appropriation for the Agency as approved by Treasury Board through mobilizing business lines in the alignment of performance goals and resource (people and financial) allocation ● Promulgated greater transparency in budgeting and forecasting to support decision making ● Strengthened capacity for effective governance of transformational projects CBSA has an annual appropriation of $2.2B and 14,475 Employees.

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  Treasury Board Of Canada Secretariat | Secrétariat Du Conseil Du Trésor Du Canada

  • Canada
  • Government Administration
  • 700 & Above Employee

  • Executive Director

    • Jan 2015 - May 2017
    • Ottawa, Canada Area

    ● Strengthened Cabinet decision-making by enhancing policy, resource, and oversight recommendations for Government funded programs and initiatives ● Championed relationships to bolster advice for 30 varied Crown Corporations on strengthening analysis to meet Treasury Board submission requirements ● Augmented the effectiveness of management and governance for transformational projects

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  Immigration, Refugees And Citizenship Canada / Immigration, Réfugiés Et Citoyenneté Canada

  • Government Administration
  • 700 & Above Employee

  • Chief Audit Executive

    • Apr 2012 - Dec 2014
    • Ottawa, Canada Area

    I led the Young Professionals Network through a Government-wide program of Blueprint 2020 - an effort to find ideas to make improvement in the Government of Canada. I was responsible to report on over a dozen internal audits annually and collaborate with external auditors. I was the Senior Officer for Disclosure of Wrongdoing and protected the anonymity of whistle-blowers.

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  Treasury Board Of Canada Secretariat | Secrétariat Du Conseil Du Trésor Du Canada

  • Canada
  • Government Administration
  • 700 & Above Employee

  • Executive Director

    • Feb 2008 - Apr 2012
    • Ottawa, Canada

    I was accountable to implement an internal audit function to serve all small departments and agencies as well as a horizontal audit function across all large departments for a global view of challenges and strengths.

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  Office Of The Auditor General Of Canada / Bureau Du Vérificateur Général Du Canada

  • Canada
  • Government Administration
  • 700 & Above Employee

  • Director

    • Mar 2004 - Feb 2008
    • Ottawa, Canada

    I led a Performance Audit of the Government Wide management of Grants and Contributions. I developed a National Audit Practices office to support the Federal and all Provincial Auditor General offices. I also contributed to reviews of other National Audit Offices in the United States and Denmark.

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  PricewaterhouseCoopers

  • Ontario, Canada

  • Manager

    • Feb 1997 - Mar 2004
    • Ontario, Canada

    I was involved in the preparation of Securities Exchange Offerings - Initial Public Offerings and Mergers and Acquisitions, in the United States, United Kingdom, and in Canada. I consulted on Global Risk Management and Business Process Re-Engineering. I performed audits of large public companies and small and medium sized enterprises.