Experience

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  Growth Partners

  • Toronto, Ontario, Canada

  • CFO

    • Jul 2021 - Present
    • Toronto, Ontario, Canada

    Growth Partners is a professional services firm that is dedicated to helping high growth ventures with their finance, strategy and accounting needs using a scalable Finance-as-a-Service model. We work with companies in the pre-Seed to pre-Series B stage as their go-to strategic business partners.Currently lead a portfolio of high growth companies spanning multiple industries (SaaS, real estate, game development and retail/hospitality) with a focus on multi-jurisdictional firms (Canada, USA, UK), along with providing transition management and liquidation leadership.

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  BATL | The Backyard Axe Throwing League

  • Canada
  • Recreational Facilities
  • 1 - 100 Employee

  • Vice President - Finance and Regulatory Affairs

    • 2019 - Jun 2021

    I was involved in delivering strategic financial guidance, helping develop US entry and expansion strategy by working in close collaboration with CEO and Board of Directors. I was involved in refining major sales drivers by conducting multi-variable regression analysis and developing seasonal forecast and cash flow models. I developed the business' international tax strategy that facilitated tax efficient cross border operations and ensured free flow of capital between US subsidiaries while minimizing state tax levies. I functioned as primary board and shareholder liaison fulfilling corporate secretary and investor relation duties, delivering financial packages as well as developing stakeholder communications. ✓ Provided executive level financial support and guidance for 19 locations across 14 legal entities. ✓ Created best in class financial models to guide strategic growth and drive budgetting. ✓ Closed four rounds of equity and four rounds of venture debt, fueling expansion across Canada and the United States. ✓ Developed and implemented ERP solution to consolidate multiple accounting systems and deliver near real-time consolidated reporting, reducing monthly reporting by 100+ hours per month. ✓ Administered tax and operation licensing in 9 provincial/state jurisdictions, managing 100’s of distinct programs and filings requirements without any violations.

  • Head of Finance & Regulatory Affairs

    • 2015 - 2019

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  Ontario Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change

  • Toronto & Burlington, ON

  • District Supervisor

    • 2009 - 2015
    • Toronto & Burlington, ON

    Held P&L and budgeting responsibility for $3M+ province wide business units, controlling costs within 2% of budget. I drafted presentations and briefing material for senior management, distilling key technical information into relevant narratives to influence and drive agreement.✓ Performed workforce and financial planning to retool undervalued work groups, cultivating lean, high performance and award-winning teams of 15 direct reports.✓ Created a shared services operations model that reduced operating costs by 16% ($0.5M) without loss to department performance.

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  Confidential Client - Irrigation Industry

  • Toronto, ON & Tel Aviv, Israel

  • Strategic Management Consultant

    • 2014 - 2014
    • Toronto, ON & Tel Aviv, Israel

    My job was to coordinate a Canadian/Israeli team, spear-headed market analysis to facilitate expansion into the US market, delivering a targeted sales strategy to best secure public contracts.✓ Created strategy for a new service business to complement existing product portfolio creating a unique value proposition against incumbent competitors, delivering long-term recurring revenue potential.