Leslie LePage

Work History

Giftcraft Ltd.

01.2017 - Current

Report to the CEO/Private Equity and oversee all facets of finance, treasury, accounting, human resources, payroll, and credit functions.
Partner with CEO and Board Members to devise and execute financial goals and objectives of Company.
Manage banking relationship for Canada and the US as well as the foreign currency exposure. financial results and reports quarterly to the Board of Directors, maintaining transparency in communication regarding company performance.
Participated on an ERP team for the implementation of Netsuite in 2023.
Manage banking relationship for Canada and the US as well as the foreign currency exposure.
Improved DSO by 50% in Canada and the US by implementing detailed reporting to the way non-marginable were managed.
Oversaw numerous due diligence projects for acquisitions and divestitures while delivering analytical support for subsidiary purchases.
Coordinated the Best Managed Submission that led us to be in the Best Managed Companies for 13 consecutive years.
Oversaw the preparation and submission of all tax filings, mitigating potential risks associated with noncompliance.
Partnered with our audit team to develop a transfer pricing policy which can be used for CRA and IRS as well as for Canada Border Services.

Giftcraft Ltd.

09.2005 - 12.2016

Spearheaded implementation of a new accounting system (GP) that allowed more detailed departmental reporting and enabled finance to close the G/L 2 weeks faster.
Oversaw the creation of a database using PALO that enables rapid manipulation of financial data via excel formulas and later used PALO for tracking daily sales budgets by sales rep and sales region which runs on a SQL server.
Re-designed commission structure to tie sales performance to compensation as well as decrease sales commission by 1% of sales.
Negotiate and manage all employee benefits and pension plans in Canada and the US and reduced costs in the US by 20% by outsourcing the benefit and payroll administration to ADP TotalSource in the US.
Participated in new Workshare program with Revenue Canada and saved .5% on warehouse labour by a shortened work week without sacrificing hourly employee’s income.
Improved DSO by 50% in Canada and the US by implementing detailed reporting to the way non-marginable were managed.
Increased Gross Margin by 7% since 1995 by reducing non-inventoried costs, inbound freight, and creating more transparency to the gross margin by creating detailed reports in order to be proactive in impacting gross margin.

Revlon Canada Inc.

01.2002 - 08.2005

Partnered with U.S. counterparts to implement all US systems into Revlon Canada and transfer general accounting, credit, and cost accounting functions to the US to become a North American Company.
Developed Executive booklet including all analysis done on actual results to aid in decision making for the management team including customer specific P&L’s as well as program P&L’s.
Control all advertising, coupon, trade spending, and departmental spending and re-forecast on a monthly basis with input from all departments. Present annual budget to Operating Committee in New York and get approval.
Ensured Revlon Canada was compliant with Sarbanes Oxley.
Responsible for all corporate and provincial sales taxes including all tax audits.
Budget and forecast all corporate and general and administrative departments.
Participated on a team that successfully negotiated a new union contract under budget.

Revlon Canada Inc.

06.2000 - 01.2002

Managed the General Accounting, Costing, Credit and Office Services Department with responsibility for the overall operations budget and forecasting G&A Departments.
Manage the audit process at year end and provincial/federal audits
Oversee month end closing process to ensure financial statements are accurate and comply with company and statutory requirements and prepare the MD&A analysis
Report actuals, budget and a monthly forecast to New York via Hyperion
Implement and monitor internal controls in all finance departments

Revlon Canada Inc.

03.1998 - 06.2000

Manage the month end closing process to ensure all departments are in compliance with the month end schedule provided
Analyze the preliminary financial statements to ensure they are accurate and in line with budget/forecast before closing the General Ledger
Maintain Hyperion System and report actuals and forecast on a monthly basis.
Responsible for forecasting/budgeting various sections of the corporate balance sheet and profit and loss statement
Manage all intercompany and third party payment/receivables via Netting Station software

Timothy's World Coffee

01.1996 - 02.1998

Ciba-Geigy

06.1994 - 12.1995