Bhadra Hewa Uluwaduge
Surrey,Canada
Summary
Experienced Financial Controller with a robust background in Management Accounting, Business Administration, and Legal Studies. Skilled in navigating complex manufacturing environments, including aerostructures industry. Demonstrated adaptability across diverse global work settings. Proficient in ASPE, IFRSs, SLASs, and US GAAP. Exceptional communication, problem-solving, and analytical abilities. Strong track record of meeting deadlines under pressure. Expertise in full-cycle accounting, cost control, financial reporting, taxation, payroll, and data analysis. Proficient in Microsoft Office suite, ERP systems (DMS, Info ERP, GSS, Crystal), and accounting software (QuickBooks, Sage 50). Proficiency in the Microsoft Office package, including advanced Excel, Power Query, Power BI, and Power Pivot.
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Assistant Controller
International Water-Guard Industries Inc.
09.2024 - Current
- Prepare and review financial statements, including balance sheets, income statements, and cash flow statements.
- Oversee month-end and year-end close processes, ensuring accuracy and timeliness of financial reporting.
- Perform variance analysis and provide explanations for budget variances.
- Manage and reconcile general ledger accounts and sub-ledgers.
- Review and approve journal entries and account reconciliations prepared by Junior Accountant.
- Ensure compliance with accounting standards, regulations, and company policies.
- Collaborate with internal and external auditors during financial audits.
- Provide financial analysis and support for strategic decision-making.
Financial Analyst
Latecoere Aerostructures Canada (Avcorp Industries)
09.2022 - 09.2024
- Provide decision support by financial modeling, business case analysis and financial/management reporting.
- Evaluate financial implications of specific business decisions/opportunities and advise management accordingly to support targeted financial performance achievement.
- Create analysis using the business information system to drive the financial performance of the business.
- Provide effective and timely financial information, thoughtful business insights/analytics and business performance evaluations to support corporate leaders' effectiveness in creating and executing strategy and operating plans.
- Evaluate and ensure accuracy of cost of sales and related variances.
- Provide oversight for plant costing activities including material, labor, and overhead standards.
- Gather, compile and analyze sales, material, labor and overhead information to be used in annual budgets and periodic forecasts.
- Perform cost analyses and develop models for special projects including free cash flow analysis.
- Participate with various departments in economic decisions (make vs. buy; minimum order, standardization and improvements, etc.) to improve profitability.
- Prepare detailed variance analysis so underlying causes for deviations are well understood and corrected.
- FAR Costing
- Assist in monthly closing process including Balance Sheet, Sales & GM analysis.
- Support senior management with reports as needed.
- Provide value added financial information to the respective Program Managers on a continual basis including material cost, direct hours per shipset by cost center and support hours charged.
- Other duties as assigned.
Financial Controller
SPF Precut Lumber
02.2020 - 09.2022
- Heading the Accounting/Finance team and the financial operating systems.
- Producing clean Financials Audit (FY 19/20/20/21)
- Clean PEFC audit 2020 &2021
- Tax filing and overseeing statutory & other remittances(GST, Strata fees, Work Subsidies, WCB, Payroll taxes etc.
- T4 filing and payroll administration.
- Analyzing the corporate tax returns.
- Problem solving and providing guidance to the team members.
- Finalizing the internal and external monthly financial reports including intercompany transactions.
- Cost and Profit analysis
- Cash flow projections & management of working capital.
- Treasury management, correspondence with banks, EDC, Auditors and other crucial third parties
- Reviewing bookkeeping, reconciliations, inventory software (LISA), QB and maintaining general ledger transactions.
- Keeping track of systems updates, troubleshooting issues related to systems and advising staff on the same.
- Keeping track of all payments and expenditures, purchase orders, invoices, statements, etc.
- Managing multicurrency transactions, forward contracts, and making foreign exchange adjustments.
- Reviewing accounts receivables and payables reports and following up on late payments.
- Inventory management
Accounting Associate
Mount Sinai Professional Corporation
12.2019 - 02.2020
Research Analyst
University of Sri Jayewardenepura
04.2018 - 10.2018
- Working on a UGC funded (University Grants Commission Sri Lanka) collaborative six-month project.
- The position was based upon the University merits and skillful writing.
- Visiting archive centers, analyzing historic financial statements of cooperatives for over 100 years, preparing notes and evaluations for reference.
- Preparing reports, other progress presentations, charts, and trend analysis to reflect the changes in the co-operative movement along the history of time.
- Performing preliminary literature reviews.
- Budgeting, costing, and reconciliations associated with the research grant.
- Scheduling interviews, recording, transcribing, and providing insights on the same to the panel writers.
- Submitting a detailed final report/monograph for the final publication.
Accountant
Ranfer Group
02.2016 - 04.2018
- Overseeing and Administering the Accounting and finance divisions of three overseas companies, Kenya, Malawi and Vietnam.
- Regular correspondence with the accountants of each such company to ensure timely and accurate financial reporting.
- Studying differing regulatory requirements for businesses, tax legislature, remittances for each such subsidiary and following up with annual audited financial statements.
- Evaluate and interpret financial statements and prepare combined financial statements for the three overseas tea subsidiaries for internal reporting.
- Devising and reviewing internal controls for the overseas subsidiaries specifically with regards to inventory, cash and packing materials.
- Sketching and analyzing the process flow of each such foreign subsidiary to identify waste routes and areas for improvement, to increase overall organizational performance.
- Costing, budgeting, preparing tax returns and filing.
- Reviewing the pre costings and the post costing and advising adjustments where necessary
- Preparing special request management reports such as profitability, cash flow projections and variance analysis.
- Working capital management, inventory management and Account’s receivables management.
- Continuous correspondence with the foreign clients.
- Regular correspondence with the banks
- Handling Accounts receivables and Accounts Payables.
Accounting Assistant
Idea Group Limited
11.2014 - 01.2016
- Updating financial information into the system and assisting the accountant.
- Reconciling bank statements
- Assisting, cooperating with auditors for the annual review
Fund Administrator
HSBC Global Service Center
11.2012 - 03.2013
- Reconciling bank statements, Preparation of reports to shareholders
Education
BSc. - Business Administration Special (1st Class)
University of Sri Jayewardenepura
01.2016
Bachelor of Laws - undefined
The Open University
01.2016
Diploma - Computerized Accounting & Microsoft Office Applications - QuickBooks, MYOB, TALLY.
Informatics
Skills
- Payroll processing
- General ledger accounting
- Processing payments
- Audit coordination
- Cost accounting
- Fixed asset management
- Intercompany transactions
- Revenue recognition
- Foreign currency transactions
- Preparing financial statements
- Lease accounting
- GAAP
- Corporate strategic planning
- Financial statement preparation
- ERP system expertise
- Internal control management
- Financial statement review
- Strategic planning
- Financial management
Certification
- Member of Chartered Professional Accountants of British Columbia, (CPA, CMA)
- Associate Member of CIMA-Chartered Institute of Management Accountants – United Kingdom
- CFA level 1 completed.
Accomplishments
- Led tax optimization initiatives, delivering tax savings.
- Figured out integrating the ERP system , linking inventory module to the GL
- Also proposed changes to troubleshoot issues in ERP
- Implemented cost-saving measures companywide through EFT/ACH payment adoption.
- Developed a cash flow model, forecasting multiple currencies for better cash management.
- Identified and addressed less profitable revenue streams through meticulous profitability analysis.
- Enhanced operational efficiency and compliance through rigorous internal control enhancements.
- Maintained a vigilant approach to credit risk management, ensuring financial stability.
Languages
English
Full Professional
Timeline
Assistant Controller
International Water-Guard Industries Inc.
09.2024 - Current
Financial Analyst
Latecoere Aerostructures Canada (Avcorp Industries)
09.2022 - 09.2024
Financial Controller
SPF Precut Lumber
02.2020 - 09.2022
Accounting Associate
Mount Sinai Professional Corporation
12.2019 - 02.2020
Research Analyst
University of Sri Jayewardenepura
04.2018 - 10.2018
Accountant
Ranfer Group
02.2016 - 04.2018
Accounting Assistant
Idea Group Limited
11.2014 - 01.2016
Fund Administrator
HSBC Global Service Center
11.2012 - 03.2013
Bachelor of Laws - undefined
The Open University
BSc. - Business Administration Special (1st Class)
University of Sri Jayewardenepura
Diploma - Computerized Accounting & Microsoft Office Applications - QuickBooks, MYOB, TALLY.
Informatics
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