Lisa Young

Director of Finance and Business Operations at Granify
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Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, CA

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Experience

    • Canada
    • Information Technology & Services
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Director of Finance and Business Operations
      • Jun 2023 - Present

      ● Drive awareness, accountability, and operational excellence with detailed monthly financial, KPI, goal progress, and operational performance reports while providing strategic insights. ● Lead the entire grant lifecycle, including identifying available grants, leading grant preparation, optimizing use of available grants, and overseeing all ongoing claims and program deliverables. ● Oversee all tax management, including responsibility for managing tax presence (sales, employment taxes, etc.) in multiple states and countries. ● Oversee budget and expense management, including setting and approving expenses within a framework and identifying costs savings that don’t impact performance. Show less

    • Canada
    • Hospitals and Health Care
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Chief Strategy Officer
      • Jun 2021 - May 2023

      ● Launched growth and risk mitigation strategies with executive team, including new products, pricing structures, and key market opportunities, contributing to company growth in revenue, production output, and market share. ● Designed and orchestrated total rewards program connecting OKR with rewards to encourage accountability. ● Supporting ISO13485:2016 certification on quality management system for medical devices. ● Attained medical device registration in multiple countries and territories. Show less

    • CFO
      • Jul 2015 - May 2021

      ● Maintained a robust financial position and maximizing operation performance with clean financial statements and in-depth trend and ratio analysis.● Provided leadership, direction and management of the finance and accounting team.● Implemented strategies for cash flow management (eg. FX, capital raising, working capital management).● Monitored internal progress reports to ensure compliance with external grant programs.● Established a procurement department that works with production teams on vendor sourcing and inventory management to ensure uninterrupted manufacturing capacity.● Identified market shifts and strategic risks, and executed joint ventures and strategic partnership opportunities. Show less

    • COO
      • Sep 2010 - Jun 2015

      ● Orchestrated managers to build an effective onboarding process, including creating Standard Operating Procedures and training programs with weekly check-in , leading to a sustainable expansion ● Identified objectives to achieve (OKR) through discussions with CEO and delegated managers on steps and key performance indicators to help achieve designated objectives.● Pioneered the business development department, resulting in distribution network expansion worldwide.

Education

  • Beedie School of Business at Simon Fraser University
    Executive MBA
    2022 - 2024
  • The University of British Columbia
    Bachelor of Science - BS, Microbiology and Immunology

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