Vice President Finance & Admin

• Aug 2022 - Present

Corporate Controller

• May 2019 - Aug 2022

Responsible for managing all accounting & finance operations for over $100M gross Revenue with 8 direct and 4 indirect employees at four different locations. Established performance indicators; key member of business steering committee, monitored company’s performance on monthly, quarterly, and annual basis including review of the period accounts and comparison with budget, financial planning, budgeting, and forecasting, inventory & credit controls, feasibility studies for new businesses ventures, productivity improvements and cost reduction programs that consistently lowered product cost with high level of performance standards Show less

Assistant Financial & Cost Controller

• Jan 2017 - Apr 2019

Accounting Supervisor/Senior Cost Accountant

• Jun 2013 - Dec 2016

Monitored company performance on monthly and yearly basis, prepared monthly & annual budget, reviewed performance actual v/s budget and analyze variancesPrepared gross margin report on monthly and quarterly basis of different product line for profitability and decision making purposesPrepared and validated products costing in ERPMonthly monitored, verified and updated the Labor & overhead cost according to the actualValidated Cost of Goods sold on monthly basisResponsible for maintaining master data of all finished goods, raw material, packaging material, production BOMs & packaging BOMs in ERP Sage X3 system, periodically verifying the accuracy of all BOMs and update changes where necessaryMonitored Inventory control specifically daily monitoring of Raw & Packaging material consumptionSupervised inventory cyclic count on weekly and monthly basis and fixed the variances in systemChecked and verified per unit cost of inventory with the help of purchase departmentActively involved in day to day activities of accounts department, maintained company’s ledger, responsible for month end and year end activitiesMonitored and maintained company finances (cash flows) effectively and efficientlyReviewed bank accounts and bank reconciliations on monthly basisMaintained and reconciled Fixed assets register with general ledger on monthly basis, recording of monthly depreciation expenses and entered disposal entries when requiredResponsible for maintaining company’s performance (Dashboard) on daily basisDaily reviewed and monitored accounts receivables and supervised accounts receivable team for collection. Supervised and verified employees payroll run and disbursement.Responsible for regulatory compliance, prepared and filed sales tax return, prepared and submitted EI, CPP, Employees Income Tax, EHT & WSIB return on monthly basis. Show less

Project Manager - Sage XE ERP Implementation

• Oct 2013 - May 2014

Team Lead for implementation of Sage X3 ERP system which comprised of Financial, Distribution, Purchasing, Inventory Management & Manufacturing modules. Conducted successful piloting phase 1 & 2 with accuracy and efficiency. Successfully conducted user acceptance test (UAT) and end user training with the help of ERP consultant. Successfully switched from old legacy system to new ERP system with the help of Consultant and successfully close first year thorough new ERP and conducted a successful audit through new ERP System with 100 % accuracy. Show less

Financial Controller

• Jul 2000 - Jun 2013

Responsible for managing accounts of Papersack operations with 10 direct employees at three various locations. Established performance indicators; key member of business steering committee, monitored company’s performance on monthly, quarterly, semiannual and annual basis including review of the period accounts and comparison with budget, financial planning, budgeting and forecasting ($50 M), inventory & credit controls, feasibility studies for new businesses ventures, productivity improvements and cost reduction programs that consistently lowered product cost with high level of performance standards. Show less

Project Manager My SAP ERP

• Jan 2007 - Jul 2007

Special Project - Project Manager My SAP ERP January 2007 - July 2007 Team Lead (Thal Limited-Papersack Businesses) for implementation of my SAP ERP system which comprised of FI&CO, SD, MM and HR&IS modules. Conducted feasibility studies and project management. Planned user acceptance test (UAT) and training. Identified core business activities and developed improved business processes to meet functional requirements. Configured financial statements as per company and legal requirement and analyzed system configuration for cost centers, profit centers, internal orders, WBS elements in investment management module, cost element accounting & product cost controlling module set up for implementation of the SAP R/3 Version 4.6C. Designed different ABAP reports as per user requirements. Successfully uploaded and reconciled opening balances in SAP Ledger. Show less