Tayyaba Raza

• Leading a cross-functional team of over 10 direct and indirect
reports across 3 divisions, supporting professional development
planning and career growth initiatives for all team members.
• Managing full-cycle accounting operations including AP/AR,
month-end close, accruals, and preparation of comprehensive
financial reporting based on the Accounting Standards for Private
Enterprises (ASPE).
• Supporting financing efforts in collaboration with a ONCAP
Management Partners, contributing financial insights, supporting
quality-of-earnings and due diligence audits.
• Leading the finance aspects of various complex acquisitions due
to a private equity investment from ONCAP, transitioning 12
small businesses to a new management and accounting system
within the first 120 days of acquisition.
• Managing accounting integration efforts during acquisition,
aligning financial processes, consolidating reporting structures,
and ensuring compliance with internal controls and external
audit requirements.
• Streamlining accounting processes and reporting workflows,
enhancing operational efficiency and reducing reporting delays.
Reduced month-end close timeline from 10 weeks to 6 weeks
within the first quarter, targeting a 10-business day close by Q2
2026.
• Identified and automated manual accounting processes including,
but not limited to monthly billings, significantly reducing data
entry errors as well a reduction in processing time of over 10
hours per month within the first 3 months.
• Leading post-acquisition accounting system transitions by
migrating acquired entities from QuickBooks to Nexsyis or
Dynamics 365, as applicable, ensuring data integrity, continuity of
financial operations, and alignment with corporate reporting
standards.
• Coordinating with insurance partners, network field operations,
and multiple operational sites to ensure seamless financial
operations and reporting accuracy.
• Preparing compliance documentation for debt drawdowns and
maintaining banking relationships to ensure timely access to
financing.

• Preparing quarterly and annual consolidated financial
statements, internal reporting packages and management
discussion and analysis for all reporting entities.
• Draft financial statement notes for new and amended
International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) and
Accounting Standards for Pension Plans (Section 4600) reporting
standards as applicable.
• Aligning financial reporting results with the management
reporting figures ensuring completeness and consistency across
all reporting deliverables. Providing analysis and insights on
variances and deviations from budget, collaborating with internal
stakeholders to identify and explain the impact of business
decisions on the companys financial performance.
• Prepare the investment properties fair market value analysis and
continuity reports, including reporting on current and upcoming
development projects, commitments, capital expenditures and
tenant inducements.
• Liaising with various accounting teams to obtain and analyze
information regarding the reported balances to provide
disclosures to be included in the reporting packages. Identifying
and recording adjusting journal entries in Yardi ERP as needed.
Providing analysis and insights on the reported balances.
• Preparing memos for transactions including acquisitions,
dispositions, assets held for sale and internal reorganization.
Determining accounting treatment and recording journal entries
as needed.
• Preparing monthly elimination and consolidation journal entries
and supporting the monthly, quarterly, and annual closing
process for the general ledger.
• Liaising with external auditors and consultants to provide
required documentation and support as part of the quarterly
reviews and annual audits, or consulting engagements.
• Publishing and updating accounting policies for the wider
company with a primary focus on accounting for joint ventures
and leases.
• Documenting and identifying controls within the organization.
Planning control walkthroughs with external auditors to outline
internal control processes as well as providing control
improvement recommendations.

• Responsible for managing accounts and balances of over fifteen
projects at any given time, including full cycle accounting and
reporting for investors and joint venture partners.
• Working with the project controllers to document policies within
the accounting department, including detailed steps to be
followed for each process and controls identified.
• Preparing project budgets by compiling relevant information,
liaising with relevant project managers and external partners.
• Tracking project hard and soft costs, adjusting the project
budgets as needed and preparing monthly cost to complete
reports.
• Preparing cash flow projections based on the project budgets and
preparing investor cash calls and cash distributions, as
applicable.
• Liaising with auditors, providing required supporting
documentation, and reviewing financial statements prepared by
the auditors for accuracy and completeness.

• Lead a team of over 6 associates in the audit of one of Canadas
largest real estate entities - one of PwCs top 5 real estate clients
with over $40B in real estate investment assets.
• Responsible for auditing key high-risk financial statement line
items including the valuation of investment properties, complex
acquisition and disposition transactions during the year, accuracy
of revenues recognized and consolidation into the parent
companys financial information.
• Tested translation of financial records from IFRS to Accounting
Standards for Pension Plans. Similarly, tested translation of
financial records for ASPE entities when reporting to a parent
company under IFRS.
• Tested key high-risk transactions during the year, including the
review of transaction agreements, external valuation reports and
key inputs to the valuation models, including assessments for
reasonability.
• Worked with client engineers and project managers to review
project and phase-level budgets, including estimated cost to
complete.
• Designed and implemented testing strategies for key business
processes, such as the revenue and receivables cycle, including
the impact of COVID-19 on expected credit losses within the
companys outstanding accounts receivable balances.
• Assisted with financial statement preparation and note disclosure
for review and audit engagements.
• Worked with client CFO and provided recommendations on
improving internal controls and streamline month-end processes.
• Co-ordinated and lead meetings with senior management and
finance executives, including the presentation of the audit plan,
project status checks, project closing as well as feedback
meetings.
• Developed a team budget including proposed fees and additional
billing opportunities, and managed staffing to ensure that the
project remains within budget parameters.
• Developed automation workflows to organize data in a
meaningful format, resulting in cost savings of over $10, 000 to
the project.
• Held frequent and timely feedback sessions with team members
to ensure team growth and development.

• Completed year-end audits for numerous companies within
various sectors, including logistics, asset management,
technology, not-for-profit and post-secondary educational
institutions.
• Tested key financial statement line items including the purchases
and payables and the revenues and receivables cycles.
• Performed process walkthroughs for policies and procedures
followed by organizations to ensure standardization and
compliance with controls.
• Highly involved with testing the implementation of IFRS 15
during the implementation year.

Accepting payments and performing other collections and receivables procedures across the company's portfolio of home and auto insurance policies, including specialty and high-risk insurance profiles.