CORPORATE BUSINESS & FINANCIAL CONSULTANT
Shrewd and resourceful finance strategist with 15 years of experience helping globally focused corporations manage their financial risks, improve their financial reporting & control processes, and steer their organizations through complex business transitions. Cross-functional operational and technical expertise leveraged to ensure the effective alignment of corporate policies, processes and systems to meet critical long and short term business objectives. Blends an entrepreneurial focus with an astute attention to bottom-line results.

CORPORATE FINANCE CONSULTANT                                                                            2002 - Present
Kurt Hanoomansingh CGA / 2026205 Ontario Inc., Toronto, Ontario
Engaged directly and through agencies such as Hays, Lannick and Part-Time Controllers to provide strategic guidance on financial systems and controls for mid-to-large corporate clients.
Client: AMEC (2007 - Present)

1. Brought in by this multinational engineering services firm to spearhead the financial wind‑down of  90 inactive global companies, a highly complex initiative that requires careful due diligence on the accounting, taxation and legal implications for each company.
2. Strategizes with senior executives in the parent company to determine the most appropriate approach to handling outstanding debt for each business entity.

Client: ADP Canada (2003 - 2007)

1. Originally retained by this leading provider of integrated business administrative solutions for a six month contract to oversee their 6-employee Accounting and Taxation unit during a period of departmental leadership transition. The initial contract was extended to one year, and led to a series of subsequent engagements.
2. Assumed comprehensive responsibility for full cycle financial reporting and reconciliations.
3. Took the initiative to streamline and systematize reconciliation processes in order to improve data accuracy, turnarounds and audit compliance.
4. Beginning in 2004, retained on an ad hoc basis as a Project Accountant for SOX-related initiatives, including a Deferred Revenue Review, multiple Commodity Tax Audits, and research on matters such as government incentive programs and corporate tax support.
5. Advised the company on GAAP and revenue recognition implications of a new Quebec based corporate acquisition, providing recommendations on revenue & commodity tax issues, corporate policy & procedural changes, and strategies for systems integration.
6. Entrusted with leadership for all due diligence matters for the acquisition, and played a key role in mapping and incorporating fully-integrated business and reporting processes & systems for the company merger.
7. Approached by the CFO to conduct a review on a Call Centre incentive program in Nova Scotia, which assisted in a corporate decision to relocate/outsource local Call Centres both to Nova Scotia and to India.
8. Conducted SOX Level II audits on key financial revenue and expenditure cycles to identify and mitigate risk exposures as a preliminary review prior to the implementation of SOX level I.
9. Undertook an in-depth Level I SOX audit on enterprise-wide processes and controls, utilizing a multi-pronged strategy of staff interviews and documentation review to develop a comprehensive process flow narrative.
10. Provided specialized expertise for the identification of key control requirements particularly as it related to technology/system controls.
11. Serving as a critical information resource and intermediary between auditors, administrators and front-line staff, collaborated on implementing & readiness-testing of new SOX-compliant process and documentation controls.

Client: Morneau Sobeco (2003)
Project managed a major ERP system upgrade, with core responsibility for data conversion analysis, User Acceptance Testing, and documentation of technical & functional requirements and workflows.

Client: Soltrus Inc. / CIBC Verisign (2001 - 2002)

1. Engaged by CIBC Verisign to handle controllership responsibilities for this leading provider of e-commerce security solutions, as the company prepared itself for sale. Responsibilities included expense approvals, monthly financial reporting, and forecasting & variance analysis.
2. As the financial lead in the senior management team, provided financial planning expertise on corporate business decisions, including analysis of capital investment alternatives, and ROI of new business ventures.
3. Developed sophisticated financial forecast models that incorporated market assumptions, organizational goals, competitive factors and economic conditions.
4. Migrated the company to ACCPAC accounting system.
5. Following the company’s acquisition by Telus, put in the place the financial systems and controls for the new business entity Soltrus Inc., which became Canada’s leading resellers of Verisign services.

 

CONTROLLER, Eastern Business Unit                                                                               2000
Burntsand Inc.,Etobicoke,Ontario
Joined this business consulting and technology services firm to oversee financial reconciliations and reporting for its eastern Canadian and US business operations. Span of accountability included accounts payable/receivable, payroll, employee expense payable, internal controls, financial statements, treasury, reporting, forecasting, budget variance analysis, and audit preparation. Additionally, coordinated cash requirements in Canadian and US accounts with the VP Corporate Controller and other business unit controllers.  

SAP Project Manager, FICO GL Integration                                                                  1999 - 2000
GENERAL ACCOUNTING MANAGER                                                                              1998 - 1999
STAFF ACCOUNTANT & ACTING ACCOUNTING MANAGER                                              1996 - 1998
Compaq Canada, Richmond Hill, Ontario
Recruited to coordinate month-end closing procedures under an aggressive 3-day turnaround timeframe. After Entrusted with expanded responsibilities for the 9-employee accounting department that handled fixed asset accounting, financial close cycles, accounts payable, inventory accounting and reporting, intercompany & intracompany accounting, consolidations, account reconciliations, GAAP compliance, and internal controls. Served as the Canadian lead for a major GL Integration and Financial Engineering Project, with core responsibility for designing and implementing a Canada-specific project plan that included all aspects of testing, piloting, go-live and training for the integration of Digital SAP and Compaq SAP.

Additional professional experience includes Principal and Senior Staff Consultant of Synergy Staffing Solutions, Engagement Controller with Andersen Consulting, Budget Analyst with Bell Canada, and Office & Accounting Manager with SCS Corporation.

PROJECT MANAGEMENT PROFESSIONAL, since Dec 2007
CERTIFIED GENERAL ACCOUNTANT, since 1997
Certified General Accountants of Ontario
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE, Mathematics, York University, Toronto, Ontario

SAP R/3 – MM • FICO • SD • Hyperion Enterprise • CDA Retrieve • Essbase • Ariba
CANTAX • QuickBooks • Oracle • Monarch • MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Access) • MS Project

Fluent ENGLISH & Conversational FRENCH & SPANISH

Financial/Policy Advisor, Flemington Neighbour Community Services (United Way)