Christy Scheffel, CPA

· Provide guidance to Department Heads, General Manager and Owner to maximize profits, reduce costs and achieve maximum efficiencies

· Member of Executive Leadership Team

· Conduct Department reviews and Department Leader reviews

· Monthly, Quarterly and Annual Reporting requirements

· Prepare Financial Statements, Present results to Senior Leadership Team

· Monthly Financial Statements variance analysis

· Develop Annual Budgets in consultation with Department Leaders across the Resort

· Prepare, Analyze Cash Flow and Forecasts

· Capital Budget Development and Asset Management Plan

· Oversee the daily activities of the accounting team, providing direction, coaching and support

· Oversee legal, contractual and insurance matters for the Resort

· Review Annual contracts prior to renewal and review for potential savings opportunities

· Monitor and approval all purchase orders and expenses

· Financial contact for all aspects of financial accounting and reporting for the Condo Corporation and Fractional Ownership

Assist Auditors in Year End reviews

• Contributes to the financial stability of the College by providing a wide range of analysis and costing
• Work closely with Managers in the planning, development and monitoring of the College budget
• Monitoring of the annual College budget includes: analyzing and approving budget transfers, assisting with quarterly budget reviews, preparing work for budget presentations to various groups and providing information and possible solutions to the Director, Financial Planning on related budget issues.
• Develop, lead and review Semi-Annual Budget Review process with various departments across the College
• Analyze budget requests to ensure financial capacity within departments and requests are within College's strategic plan
• Assist in the development of college budgets including one-year budget development, three-year scenario planning and five-year projections
• Planning and development of future year’s budget includes the development of the base budget, the preparation of documentation outlining potential financial challenges, the identification of areas of potential budget savings, and the compiling of the annual budget and material presented to the Board of Governors for the approval of the annual College budget.
• Assist in Enrolment Planning and Enrolment Management activities
• Lead Scenario Planning to review impacts on Revenue (grant and tuition), Expenses and Program Contribution
• Ad Hoc Program Costing and various Report requests often with short timelines
• Finance Lead on Hyperion Costing Model/Scenario Planning custom software development
• Train users on how to use Costing Model and develop how to and reference manuals
• Provide ad hoc reports to Senior Leadership team on Enrolment levels and impact to Program Costing and overall budgets
• Assist in Intergraded Resource Planning as part of Annual Budget development process
• Assist in assessing program viability, current year and future year projections
• Contribute to the reduction of expenses and improved efficiency within the College by developing analytical techniques to identify problem areas, waste, duplication and inefficiencies and recommending/implementing new/improved methods of overcoming these shortcomings.

• Assist in the development and implementation of the current year Capital Renewal Program budgets for multiple types of funding in collaboration with various departments
• Assist in developing, implementing and maintaining Five Year Capital Renewal/Budget Plan in collaboration with multiple departments
• Capital Budget Development, Project Tracking and Variance Analysis of Capital Projects and Programs
• Ensure compliance with Funding requirements and specifications
• Develop, Implement and Maintain new processes and templates for Capital Projects, i.e. new school construction, additions
• Monitor, Analyze and Report on multiple types of Funding for Capital Programs and Projects
• Responsible for updating, maintaining and issuing monthly Capital and Asset Management Reports including monthly communication sessions and weekly status overviews
• Involved in Process Improvements through participation and collaboration with various departments within the board, including Portable Moves and EDC Change Order approvals
• Facilitate the implementation of PSAB and Tangible Capital Asset Reporting
• Develop board policies and procedures for TCA including mentoring of board staff on the new requirements
• Coordinate development and implementation of Asset Account Module in SAP
• Responsible for analyzing and reconciling all TCA entries, creating new assets and internal orders as required, analyzing operating expenditures to identify and capitalize assets as required
• Present and provide training to internal board staff regarding new Asset Accounting and Tangible Capital Asset procedures
• Assist in the preparation of year-end working papers and Financial Statements including a year-end capital review, creating year-end TCA Schedules, adjusting and reconciling entries, determining accruals required and generating overall capitalization summaries
• Project Manager on TCA Beginning Balance Audit
• Team Member of the First Class Transition to GAFE project
• Provide support to other managers in their absence including supervision of staff
• Education Development Charges, By-Law Renewal, Collections and Reconciliations
• Payroll Activities include; generating, reviewing and verifying third-party remuneration
• Quarterly review and analyses of various payroll accounts
• Reviewing and Analyses of multiple system outputs to ensure conformity and equality

• Project Manager for Residual Market
• Coordinate development and implementation of new Residual Market database
• Monthly Financial Statement preparation and analysis
• P&C1 preparation and submission
• IBC analysis and remittance
• SOX self assessor
• Accounting Issue Committee Member
• Monthly Account and Financial Systems reconciliations

• Supervision and Coordination of Technicians
• Supervision of Web Developers to ensure billable hour requirements were met and reported
• Payroll – including remittances and year-end reconciliations
• Manage Accounts Receivable and Accounts Payable
• Monthly Financial Reporting and Analysis
• Monthly Government Remittances of GST and PST
• Responsible for administration and management of Employee RRSP and Benefit plans
• Billable Resource to Netserve Clients for assistance with Various Accounting Operations
• Month-end Reconciliation of Bank, Credit Card Accounts and E- Commerce Transactions
• Maintaining Inventory
• Forecasting Reports
• Initiate and Assist with internal policies and procedures

• Corporate and Individual Tax Return Preparation
• Assistance in conducting Corporate Audits and Reviews
• Financial Statement Preparation
• Bookkeeping for Various Clients
• Physical Inventory Counts