Experience

Thyssen Mining

• Canada
• Mining
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Project Controls Coordinator

  • Sep 2022 - Present



DMC Mining Services

• Canada
• Mining
• 400 - 500 Employee

• Lead Project Controls Specialist

  • Oct 2020 - Sep 2022

  • Kick off all new projects and ensure controls are in place for hand off to project controls specialist• Train all new project controls specialists on DMC systems, processes, and procedures as well as client requirements and deliverables• Support a team of 6 project control specialists at various mines sites as well as liaise between site and head office.• Develop and built control templates based on DMC and client requirements• Assist the project controls team and other project departments in understanding the magnitude and drivers of budget variance.• Advise on opportunities for project controls process improvements and assists with procedural creation and reviews.• Support effective interfacing with other departments such as Construction, Contracts, Procurement and Finance.• Ensure that suitable procedures and systems for project planning and scheduling are followed and coordinate all aspects of the planning and scheduling functions • Ensure schedule assessment and analysis is performed and reported.• Ensure accuracy in the reporting of total project construction, procurement and engineering progress and productivity.

• Project Controls Specialist

  • Oct 2018 - Oct 2020

  • Coordinated and oversaw all aspects of the cost functions and associated reporting.• Prepared forecasts according to project and DMC requirements.• Ensured effective cost assessment and analysis are performed and reported.• Reviewed and verified contractors’ cost control systems and reporting.• Ensured accuracy in the reporting of total project construction, procurement and engineering progress and productivity. • Ensured project team members are aware of all change notification responsibilities, maximize mitigation opportunities for adverse changes and ensure that changes are properly analysed, reviewed, approved, and implemented.• Promoted the communication of change occurring at site and head office engineering and schedule change meetings appropriately• Ensured systems, processes and procedures are in place for early identification and appropriate communication of changes.• Collected, compiled, and ensured the quality of all change related reporting.• Attended and assisted with routine weekly and monthly meetings and associated reporting.• Maintained an awareness of client requirements and established effective working relationships at all levels.



Dynamitage Castonguay / Castonguay Blasting

• Canada
• Construction
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Administration Coordinator

  • Jul 2017 - Oct 2018

  Managed account receivables for all Ontario clientsAnalysed A/R control on a monthly basis and provided CFO with forecasting for my accountsCreated monthly aging reports highlighting receivablesStreamlined invoicing process and move toward electronic paperless processPlaced collection calls and worked to remedy past due accountsCreated invoicesPrinted invoices & statementsProvided requested documentation to clients such as partial release or final release of payment, statutory declarationResponsible for timekeeping and reviewing for accuracy for weekly payrollEntered employee expensesEntered bills of landing to capture movement of explosives and for job costingEntered, analysed and transferred monthly explosive magazines inventory countsReclassified journal entriesTrained new administration staffReconciled accounts receivable accounts, blasting damages, contracts folder (revenue/accruals)Ran all accounts receivable month end reports and reconcileCreated union due remittances and updated system to reflect current union ratesHandled monthly accrualsAnalysed monthly and year end inventory counts



Goodyear Canada Inc.

• Business Insights Analyst

  • May 2015 - Jul 2017

  Provided continuous detailed analyses and recommendations based on the state of the business as applicable to current circumstances.Supported management of sales channels to state operational metrics and AOP targets.Created, implemented and executed programs and projects as directed to meet AOP goals.Advised sales leadership of the risks and opportunities associated with recommended action plans.Designed and innovated improved structure, process and metrics to deliver insights and therefore business results.Completed and/or directed various administrative tasks associated with data management and business analytics.

• Bilingual Pricing Analyst

  • Oct 2012 - May 2015

  Implemented North American Tire marketing programs and policies in Canada in both official languagesAssisted the sales force with the creation, routing and implementation of rebates that are specific to individual customers (Type 1 Rebates)Support the sales force regarding policy exceptions relative to assisting with Tactical Pricing System requests and approval routingRouted requests to the appropriate staff for approval and followed the request through the approval process in case further requirements are neededCoordinated year end Tactical Pricing System requests (Type 1 rebates, competitive chained, competitive allowance and as well as Consumer Tire Volume Allowance, Annual Volume Bonus, discount exceptions, redistribution allowances) with salesProperly documented all approved requests for SOX purposes in both the tracking system and the pricing systemAnalysed all competitive requests submitted by the sales force against pricing in the market place to determine whether they are competitiveAnalysed base pricing, MSRP pricing and national account pricing for the consumer division to ensure they are competitive in the market placeAnalysed base prices changes to determine the effect on retail dealers and wholesale dealersSubmitted new Canadian consumer base prices to head office to have loaded into system and testedHandled consumer Tactical Pricing System request all for Wholesale, Large Regional Retailer, as well as all Corporate accounts Handled all National and Government account TPS requests relative to consumer pricingTracked all pricing approvals monthly to ensure pricing is in place to avoid billing errorsTrained staff on TPS pricing systemCreated and documented procedures for consumer division Coordinated efforts with head office to establish and implement general customer rebates (Type 3 rebates) and process payouts of those rebatesCreated financial impact business analysis for new marketing programs

• Bilingual Billing Coordinator

  • Dec 2010 - Oct 2012

  Responsible for coordinating the implementation of all price files for all car companies by closely working with sales, marketing, IT and the customer Analyzed all car company invoices billed by our dealers that are caught in our system due to missing requirementsInvestigated invoices in billing dispute due to quantity or product and took required necesssary actionResearched cause of billing errors by analyzing invoices against the market supports and corrected the errorInputted self-service tickets for system issues with Corporate Head office, inputted system access request and IT requestsAssessed all Eastern region pending documents and decided whether to release or void the documentAssessed US National account billings and followed-up with dealers for information when needed Manage table which put accounts on a billing hold when necessaryResponsible for prepayment billings for OTR transactionsResponsible for Covisint billings for customer Assisted all Eastern region dealers with billing enquiries and helped them with billings on Tire-HQ systemResponsible for all Tire-HQ publications for Billing and Credit departmentRolled over all existing marketing supports from mainframe into TPS (new pricing system)Trained all sales representative nationwide on new pricing system that was implemented in 2011Prior to training, inputted all market supports for sales representatives once signed off by marketingCreated binders for each car company outlining the requirements and particularities of each account

• Senior Bilingual Credit Representative

  • Aug 2010 - Dec 2010

  Managed 4 million $ portfolioAnalyzed monthly reports and provided finance with forecasting for my accountsCompleted accounts reviews by reassessing the credit limit and updated customer files with legal documentation Placed collection calls and worked closely with sales to remedy past due accountsPrinted invoicesAnalyzed and submitted invoices that were billed incorrectlyPlaced accounts on hold when necessaryCreated monthly reports highlighting my customers payables



Starkey Canada

• Canada
• Medical Device
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Bilingual Credit Administrator

  • Nov 2008 - Aug 2010

  Opened customer accounts, verified information and trade referencesPrepared long term and short term A/R reportsProcessed invoices and credits pertaining to equipment & trade accountsProcess, print, courier and file creditsPrinted statements each cycleAnalyzed, collected and prepared cycle-end reports for loan accounts and trade accountsMaintained and reconciled all trade accounts.Calculated and processed quantity discountsResponsible for collections and cash applicationProcessed cheque requisitionsTrained new staff on computer system and job responsibilities



General Electric Canada Equipment Finance G.P.

• Bilingual Accounts Receivable Clerk

  • Dec 2006 - Nov 2008

  Processed lien discharges (full and partial discharges)Opened received chequesRecorded and balanced incoming deposits as well as applied to accountsTerminated leases and sales contracts with funds Verified registrations and contracts to make sure proper information on all documentsWrote up wire and cheque requisitions if overage on payments and payoutsIndexed information into documentation programBought back NSFS and stopped payments that returned from bank and reversed payment off of customer’s account and charged the appropriate fee when necessaryKept in contact with collections team regarding payment application and history



RBC Insurance

• Canada
• Insurance
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Bilingual Customer Service Representative

  • Nov 2000 - Mar 2002

  Answered calls in an in-bound call centerInformed clients on insurance benefits available with various Royal Bank credit cards and explained benefits, limitations and exclusions with regards to each policyIssued travel insurance to clients and explained benefits, limitations and exclusions within the policiesFiled insurance applicationsOpened claims for clients as well as explained needed documentation and claim proceduresDocumented all calls and relevant information in AS400Photocopied and faxed documents to clients