Raoul Achidi
Summary
Highly motivated bilingual Financial Analyst with 8 years of experience in the financial sector. Worked to reduce business expenses and developed logical and advantageous operating plan budgets. Experience creating quarterly accruals based on trends and forecasted expenses. Reliable CPA candidate ready to take on challenges using problem-solving and task prioritization skills to help team success and company growth.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Financial Planning & Analysis Manager
NanoDev Inc.
Montreal, QC
02.2021 - 06.2023
- Led a team of 3 finance officers in the preparation of the company's annual operating budgets and quarterly financial forecasts.
- Developed and implemented financial models to support budgeting, quarterly forecasting, and strategic planning processes.
- Prepared and presented with tight deadlines monthly forecast review detailing prior month results along with forward looking forecast to upper management for decision support.
- Met budget targets through expense monitoring, cost control and year‐to date variance analyses while identifying main drivers and key performance indicators.
- Prepared comprehensive financial reports, including monthly management reports, financial forecasts and explained variances to aide management decision making.
- Conducted regular financial performance reviews, identifying areas of improvement and recommending corrective actions.
- Implemented process improvements to increase data accuracy and transparency.
- Collaborated with cross‐functional teams to analyze and optimize business processes, resulting in cost savings of 10%.
Senior Financial Analyst
ENEO
07.2017 - 01.2021
- Responsible for monthly financial reporting process for fixed assets and intangible assets including the timely preparation of account reconciliations, accrual entries and review of intercompany transactions.
- Performed complex analysis including, cost and value for money analysis to determine trends and identify outliers within projects and capital spending across 500 projects.
- Project lead on SAP ERP system implementation, including direct coordination with internal reporting teams, IT, external contractors, and senior management.
- Prepared new dashboard reports to drive business insights and enable decision-making by senior management, including tracking of capital costs and project costs, which resulted in cost reduction by 15%.
- Assisted in the preparation of annual budgets and quarterly forecasts.
- Supported month end close with responsibilities including accurate preparation of monthly accruals and inventory reconciliations.
- Spearheaded process improvement efforts to reduce redundant steps and improve productivity by 100 hours per employee on an annual basis.
Treasury Analyst
ENEO
03.2015 - 06.2017
- Created and implemented cash policies after identifying where improvements could be made. This led to business improvements and increased the company's operational efficiency by 2%.
- Reconciled monthly cash on hand and bank account balances.
Provided recommendations on improvements to the cash handling internal controls, audits, cash policies and procedures. - Prepared, published and maintained annual, quarterly, and monthly corporate treasury budget.
- Reviewed daily GL bank files, monitored GL postings, accounts payables, resolved kick outs, reconciled balance sheets, researched and resolved discrepancies and prepared various month‐end entries.
- Liaised with banks exchange control division for foreign payments in relation to the exchange control regulations.
- Responsible for the documentation of policy and procedures for all business processes including Finance, Payroll, Order to Cash etc.
- Negotiated cash reductions on material cost and reduced it by 5%.
Education
Master of Science - Finance and Accounting
Catholic University -UCAC
10.2016
Bachelor of Science - Finance And Accounting
Catholic University - UCAC
07.2014
Skills
- Bilingual (English & French)
- Advanced Excel (Macros, Pivots & Lookups)
- SAP , SAGE
- Power BI
- ERP systems implementation
- Financial modeling
- Budgeting & Forecasting
- Team oriented
- Detail oriented
- Problem solver
- Critical & analytical thinker
- Process improvement
Certification
Chartered Professional Accountant - CPA
In progress.
Timeline
Financial Planning & Analysis Manager
NanoDev Inc.
02.2021 - 06.2023
Senior Financial Analyst
ENEO
07.2017 - 01.2021
Treasury Analyst
ENEO
03.2015 - 06.2017
Master of Science - Finance and Accounting
Catholic University -UCAC
Bachelor of Science - Finance And Accounting
Catholic University - UCAC
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