Devin Duchesne, CPA
Timmins,ON
Summary
Results-driven financial management professional with a proven track record of transforming reporting processes, achieving a 50% reduction in monthly reporting time at Cedar Dental through strategic financial software implementation and robust internal controls. Expertise in audit coordination and leadership cultivated at MNP helped enhance organizational efficiency and regulatory compliance. Skilled in mentoring teams and developing financial strategies to drive growth in dynamic environments.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
Work History
Tax - Designated Professional
MNP
Timmins, ON
10.2024 - Current
- Manage workload and communication with clients, partners & colleagues for up to 20 engagements at a time
- Manage end-to-end process for corporate tax returns, ensuring full regulatory compliance and timely submissions
- Developed and implemented tax planning strategies that achieve tax savings for corporate and individual clients
- Analyze and interpret tax regulations to assist clients with financial decision-making, enhancing their long-term tax positions
- Provided expert tax advisory services, resolving federal and provincial notice issues and minimizing potential penalties for clients
Controller/Business Manager
Cedar Dental
Timmins, ON
12.2021 - Current
- Manage the capital investment and move of a 1,000 square foot, 3 dental operatory practice with 2 staff to a 5,000 square foot 12 dental operatory practice with 21 staff
- Updating on project cost status regularly
- Analyze and monitor costs of production, and identifying inefficiencies
- Manage and executed annual year end and interim procedures to ensure financial information accurately recorded
- Streamlined financial reporting processes by implementing daily procedures and financial reporting software, which resulted in a 50% reduction in monthly reporting time
- Implement internal controls and perform regular testing to monitor effectiveness
- Perform analysis when required on dentist/hygienist performance
- Perform analysis when considering a capital purchase
- Maintain asset files including reconciliations with CCA vs Depreciation
- Tracking disposals and additions
- Identify and track key performance indicators
- Implement policies for checking patients out and collecting funds from insurance/patients
Audit - Designated Professional
MNP
Timmins, ON
12.2021 - 09.2024
- Lead audit engagements to ensure PSAB, and GAAP compliance
- Performed municipal audits
- Lead teams of up to 3 junior accountants to prepare review and audit engagements
- Lead regular meetings, check-ins and corrective action when necessary
- Mentored junior staff, increasing their efficiency
- Managed and maintained client relationships, ensuring client retention and effective communication throughout the whole audit process
- Assisted with training and development of junior auditors leading to increased performance
- Prepare notice to reader, reviews and audit engagements as well as the tax returns
- Work mostly of private enterprises with revenues between 10 and 100 million dollars
Audit - Accountant
Grant Thornton
Kirkland Lake, ON
12.2020 - 12.2021
- Strong focus on municipal audits, travelling to different townships and cities working on preparing year end audit procedures to ensure compliance with regulatory laws
- Prepare notice to reader and audit engagements as well as the tax returns
- Experience dealing with agricultural clients
- Update workpapers and perform sample testing on audit engagements
- Review internal controls and policies to ensure effectiveness
- Travel to clients to perform field work for audits
Owner/Operator
East Park Storage
London, ON
01.2017 - 01.2021
- Managed a 55-unit storage facility
- Implemented a website to allow all electronic collection of rents and control all rentals and terminations
- Increased internal controls by adding code access, cameras, mandatory tenant information, and policies for the collection of rent when late
Owner/Operator
Rental Properties
Guelph & London
03.2016 - 01.2021
- Worked with investors to raise funds for multifamily & rent-to-own real estate investments
- Locate potential properties and present to joint venture partners
- Provide joint venture partners with monthly cash flow and investment summaries on properties
- Managed properties by vetting tenants, and being the point of contact during tenancy
Undergraduate Teacher's Assistant
University of Guelph
Guelph, ON
01.2020 - 04.2020
- Help the professor manage over 200 students during lectures and throughout the semester
- Ran study drop-in sessions for students
- Marked exams and assignments
Education
In-Depth Tax Program
CPA
Graduate Diploma - Professional Accounting
University of Toronto
Toronto, ONBachelor of Commerce - Accounting
University of Guelph
Guelph, ONCertificate - Automotive Service Technician - 310S
Mohawk College
Hamilton, ONSkills
- Mentoring
- Accounting management
- Pricing and costing
- GAAP compliance
- Balance sheet management
- Corporate strategic planning
- Internal controls development
- Financial strategy management
- Executive leadership advisement
- Internal control management
- Financial statement review
- Management accounting
- Month-end and year-end closings
- Financial Technology
- Technical Knowledge
- Identifying Risks
- Payroll processing
- Project accounting
- Staff management
- Cash flow management
- General ledger accounting
- Internal controls
- Revenue recognition
- Fixed asset management
- Intercompany transactions
- Audit coordination
- Preparing financial statements
- Team Leadership
- Financial Audits
- Internal Control Implementation
- Microsoft Excel
- Workflow Management
Passions
- Mentoring
- Financial Technology
- Identifying Risks
- Team Leadership
- Financial Audits
- Internal Control Implementation
- Workflow Management
Affiliations
- Hockey
- Curling
- Running
- Pedal biking
- Cooking
References
References available upon request.
Timeline
Tax - Designated Professional
MNP
10.2024 - Current
Audit - Designated Professional
MNP
12.2021 - 09.2024
Controller/Business Manager
Cedar Dental
12.2021 - Current
Audit - Accountant
Grant Thornton
12.2020 - 12.2021
Undergraduate Teacher's Assistant
University of Guelph
01.2020 - 04.2020
Owner/Operator
East Park Storage
01.2017 - 01.2021
Owner/Operator
Rental Properties
03.2016 - 01.2021
In-Depth Tax Program
CPA
Graduate Diploma - Professional Accounting
University of Toronto
Bachelor of Commerce - Accounting
University of Guelph
Certificate - Automotive Service Technician - 310S
Mohawk College
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