Murray Isaac CPA CA
Accounting Manager at Advantage Parts Solutions- Claim this Profile
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Peter Sylvester
I have known Murray since 2007 have worked with him in a church leadership role for the past 8 years. Murray has managed a number of financial portfolios during this time and I have observed his attention to detail, his honesty and integrity. It is a pleasure to recommend Murray for any position for which he is suitably qualified.
Alison Legge
I reported directly to Murray for over 9 years and would work for him again in a heartbeat. Knowledgeable, open to exploring ideas and fully supportive in my career development.
Peter Sylvester
I have known Murray since 2007 have worked with him in a church leadership role for the past 8 years. Murray has managed a number of financial portfolios during this time and I have observed his attention to detail, his honesty and integrity. It is a pleasure to recommend Murray for any position for which he is suitably qualified.
Alison Legge
I reported directly to Murray for over 9 years and would work for him again in a heartbeat. Knowledgeable, open to exploring ideas and fully supportive in my career development.
Peter Sylvester
I have known Murray since 2007 have worked with him in a church leadership role for the past 8 years. Murray has managed a number of financial portfolios during this time and I have observed his attention to detail, his honesty and integrity. It is a pleasure to recommend Murray for any position for which he is suitably qualified.
Alison Legge
I reported directly to Murray for over 9 years and would work for him again in a heartbeat. Knowledgeable, open to exploring ideas and fully supportive in my career development.
Peter Sylvester
I have known Murray since 2007 have worked with him in a church leadership role for the past 8 years. Murray has managed a number of financial portfolios during this time and I have observed his attention to detail, his honesty and integrity. It is a pleasure to recommend Murray for any position for which he is suitably qualified.
Alison Legge
I reported directly to Murray for over 9 years and would work for him again in a heartbeat. Knowledgeable, open to exploring ideas and fully supportive in my career development.
Credentials
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Chartered Professional Accountants of BC
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Experience
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Advantage Parts Solutions
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Canada
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Motor Vehicle Manufacturing
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100 - 200 Employee
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Accounting Manager
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Sep 2019 - Present
Responsible for finance function in a multi-national parts solutions company. Responsible for finance function in a multi-national parts solutions company.
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SunSelect Produce
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Canada
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Food Production
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1 - 100 Employee
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Financial Controller
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Jun 2016 - Sep 2019
Oversees full cycle accounting and monthend, including controls and processes. Oversees full cycle accounting and monthend, including controls and processes.
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Save-On-Foods
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Canada
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Retail
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700 & Above Employee
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Assistant Controller
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2006 - 2015
Managed financial analysis for business groups in excess of $1B in revenue. One of 4 key finance leaders for the company• Supervised monthly financial statement preparation, cyclical budgeting/forecasting, quarterly board-style reporting and external audit using APSE. Foreign exchange hedging. Accounting and transition activities for acquisitions. Accounting Policy control• Managed financial projects and outcomes with analysis group of 7+ professionals.• Costing related – production department costing, inventory count processes and controls, analysis of shrink (waste) variances; setting standard rates for distribution/ transportation costs, data mining of transactions• Business project modelling – labour negotiations, acquisitions, due diligence, loyalty program analysis, SG&A benchmarking, business growth scenario, facility viability studyAccomplishments• Shortened business decision making process by implementing 5 day close process (down from 8 days)• Generated over $1M in annual tax savings through review and amendment capital policies• Developed financial model to support implementation of Ethnic offering in certain locations, including structure of union labour agreement• Achieved >10% labour efficiencies by managing to operational benchmarks in a complex unionized environmentSystems: Lawson, Hyperion Planning, data query tools
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Senior Financial Analyst
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2004 - 2006
Monthly analysis and reporting for multiple business units. Reviewing business processes and accounting controls.• Improved inventory count accuracy by 80% through development of inventory counting processes and tools. • Part of a cross-functional project team that scoped and executed receiving and shrink tracking processes which resulted in annual savings of $10M after 2 years.
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Electronic Data Systems
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United States
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IT Services and IT Consulting
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1 - 100 Employee
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Senior Financial Analyst
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2000 - 2004
Responsible for monthly consolidation reporting and forecasting for various European functions (European Operations, UK Operations and SG&A costs). • Monitored percentage of completion revenue recognition for development contracts.• Identified £4K per month in savings for UK head office phone costs.• Developed consistent and comprehensive reporting structures for European SG&A costs• Managed UK to US GAAP differences for capitalization of software development.• Analysed budget inputs from technical and operations units and identified £1.5M gap in internal allocation assumptions.• Implemented US GAAP dilapidation provisions requirements for UK.Systems: SAP FICO, Oracle
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Education
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1990 - 1992
Victoria University of Wellington
Bachelor of Commerce (BCom), Accounting and Finance -
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Right Management
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Upper Hutt College
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