Cost Controller
SNC Lavalin
Total years of experience :27 years, 1 Months
Verified the accuracy of all cost information - including confirmation that costs have been properly coded and allocated to the project budget.
Produced required accounting and project cost reports.
Produced reports on deviations, under-runs and over-runs.
Prepared forecasts and cost trend reports.
Reviewed and evaluated trends and their impact on project costs.
Monitored project costs and commitment to budget and forecast.
Maintained change control and the change order register.
Produced a variety of regular and ad-hoc reports in support of project planning and control activities.
Supervised the Paymaster functions for 200+ member Physicians of the department of Medicine.
Managed a $90 million budget, workforce planning and reporting.
Streamlined process for contracting with physicians, contract renewal, pay ranges and grids.
Performed business analysis of internal departments to identify redundancy and gaps in information flow, recommended processes to increase accuracy of information and to develop consistent processes for all.
Provided detailed reports to Department heads & Government of Alberta on Physician FTEs and costs using advanced features of Excel - macros and pivot tables
Maintained and updated databases, avoiding duplication of members working with different business groups, reducing errors in payments to physicians.
Reported billing shortfalls and deficiencies to management committee and improved efficiency.
Worked with funding organizations University of Calgary to administer contract changes and avoided payment errors
Monitored a team of Accounting/Administrative staff and streamlined the operations.
Provided ERP support for Engineering, Procurement, Payroll and Financial Reporting business units. Coordinated the conversion of ERP systems from Global Financials to SAP.
Supported the upgrade and implementation of ERP application package Baan (now LN).
Worked with Business Units to investigate and identify opportunities for process improvement through interviews, brainstorming with stakeholders, SWOT analysis.
Trained business units’ subject matter experts, maintained design & training documents on ERP application.
Set up chart of Accounts for Europe and Middle East in line with Canada.
Collected, calculated oil sands royalty owing to the Crown, refunds, transfers, recoveries, accruals.
Executed sliding scale, fixed rate calculation on gross overriding and freehold mineral tax royalties.
Volumetric reporting for AB, BC working with ERCB and Petroleum Registry of Alberta, Equalization.
Performed operated and non-operated Joint Venture Accounts Receivable clean up, cash application, journal entries, detailed billing analysis.
Assisted with the SAP implementation project; actively involved in QByte to SAP conversion.
Configured and tested FI: - GL, AR, AP, CO: CCA, Internal Orders (AFEs), PA.
Worked closely with Six Sigma team to establish a system for Dispute Analysis/Resolution.
Trained IBM India on the Lotus Notes Disputes Tool and AFE (Authorization for Expenditure).
Involved in Requirements study and Business Analysis - Root Cause Analysis.
Participated in GAP analysis between QByte and SAP systems.
Coordinated and chaired meetings with different Business Units to resolve issues.
Involved in business process improvement, key liaison with SAP's technical team.
Applied cash received from partners to invoices for Royalty / Joint Venture billing.
Worked with the SOX (Sarbanes Oxley) compliance team.
Responsible for SAP Capital Projects reporting for Project Management Committee.
Updated Outlook vs. Budget reports in SAP, other reports from SAP Business Warehouse (BW).
Provided budget analysis for the year 2007, by generating reports from Peoplesoft Tools.
Compiled and prepared Financial Statements of medium size companies - full accounting cycle.
Audited Sales Tax of small companies for State of Texas, Comptroller of Public Accounts.
Supervised preparation of U.S. tax returns of corporations and individuals in line with GAAP.
Provided invoice analysis and vendor management / segment reporting for gas companies.
Responsible for Inter-company allocations and accounting for holding companies.
Managed daily Board rates for Loans and Deposits; calculated pool rates for deposits. Monitored the maintenance of Counter-parties using Reuters banking software.
Monitored credit limits of the Dealers for the Treasury department in compliance with risk management policies of the bank.
Analyzed performance of Treasury Investments for hedging, swaps, CDs, inter-bank deals.
Evaluated loan applications and approved the loans.
Performed Asset Liability Management and prepared ALCO Report based on data analysis.
Performed the Gap Analysis for the Assets and Liabilities by maturity.
Determined the effect of changes in Inter-bank rates on bank’s income.
Certified Business Analysis Professional