• Partner with business owners and CEO's to drive business outcomes, develop action plans, implement and evolve processes across the finance organization.
• Produce financial reports and profitability analysis highlighting areas for improvement and business efficiency. Develop key financial & operational metrics that enable business measurement of results and evaluate the ROI's
• Build budgets and strategic business plans, conducting market research and SWOT analysis
• Efficient Cash Flow Management: identify opportunities for a faster realization of accounts receivable, manage payables and optimize costs, eliminate cash blockages involved in inventory and produce a rolling 13 week cashflow projection
• Assist with business acquisitions and due diligence process
• Coach and train in house accounting staff
• Assist with payroll and HR management
Cosmina Dragus, CPA, CMA 500 Green Street, Suit 217 Tel: 905-920-8860 dragusc@yahoo.com

• Managed HR and payroll for 150 employees, designed and implemented new HR policies: employees handbook, onboarding, offboarding, vacation and travel policies, performance evaluations, etc
• Evaluated internal processes, designed and implemented new SOP's, assigning ownership of tasks and accountability across the organization.
• Lead the accounting department providing training and support to a team formed of 10 people, empowered them in order to maximize their potential and achieve their professional goals.
• Managed annual and quarterly budgets, forecasts and the reporting process
• Responsible for the preparation of the monthly financial package provided to the President and external stakeholders, monitored business performance metrics and KPIs
• Responsible for tax fillings and payments and compliance with laws and regulations
• Assisted the external Auditors with the completion of the annual audits
• Managed Credit Department, mitigated risks and maintained the targeted D

• Responsible for providing financial reviews, independent and objective financial analyses that comply with US GAAP, Sarbanes-Oxley and Treehouse Foods corporate policy.
• Coordinated ME close process for multiple locations and responsible for preparing consolidated financial statements in a global multi - currency environment.
• Worked with the finance team, reviewed and audited monthly and year-end financial statements to ensure compliance with relevant legislation and internal policies/regulations.
• Managed foreign exchange and hedging transactions, monitoring the impact of the foreign exchange fluctuations
• Implemented and provided guidance to branches regarding company's financial policies and procedures. Motivated and managed the finance team during a management change period.
• Provided recommendations for automation and optimization of the internal processes, monitored key trends and evaluated performance.

• Managed the accounting operations of the Canadian and Australian Divisions, AR, AP, Payroll, Inventory, Strategic Planning, Budgeting
• Assisted in the preparation of monthly and annual Consolidated Financial Statements in accordance with US GAAP, monitored the KPIs for the Console Group
• Controlled Profitability of various telecommunication services, leading cross-functional teams and department budgets dragusc@yahoo.com
● • Designed and implemented the Purchase to Production and Order to Cash processes at the Global level
• Responsible for treasury and cash flow management of the Canadian and Australian divisions.
• Assisted with the Transfer Pricing implementation and SRED preparation for the Australian entity
• Worked with auditors, coordinating year-end audits
• Streamlined operations and improved overall processes and controls by establishing policies and procedures for all accounting, sales and customer support operations.

• Responsible for providing analytical and strategic support to drive business investment decisions
• Prepared monthly, quarterly and annual consolidated financial statements in accordance with ASPE
• Assisted in the preparation of investors decks and business plans for start-ups and other Canadian and American businesses looking for capital investments.
• Overviewed and audited the accounting activities and financial statements of the Companies that were part of the Investment Group
• Project management, analysis of ROI and IRR for various investments.
• Assisted in the reorganization and change management of 2 newly acquired entities: an oil absorbent manufacturer in Alberta and a boat manufacturer in Ontario.
• Implemented standard operating procedures that enabled to streamline the operations and improve efficiency

• Assisted with the preparation of monthly financial statements in accordance with ASPE, inventory expense adjustments and various month end accruals. Ensured accurate posting of payroll entries
• Assisted in preparing the annual budget, capital budgets and the rolling forecast
• Provided reports required by external auditors in performing year end audit.
• Developed and maintained Capital expenditures reports and fixed assets continuity schedules using internal reporting tools.
• Reviewed customers contracts and billings
• Prepared trend analysis and other sales reports

• Responsible for the financial management and SAP systems, produced accurate and timely financial statements in accordance with IFRS.
• Ensured the business division complies with all corporate policies and procedures and government laws & regulations while protecting all company assets.
• Mentored departmental staff, evaluated individual and collective performance on a regularly basis.