Yvette Laflamme

Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA, CMA) with 25+ years of financial leadership in mission-driven organizations. Skilled in safeguarding financial integrity, guiding boards, and ensuring transparency. Proven expertise in budgeting, audit and compliance, investment monitoring, and strategic planning.

Corporate professional prepared to lead at executive level, with background in strategic planning and operational execution. Recognized for effectively leading teams and driving impactful results. Known for adaptability and reliable performance in dynamic environments. Key skills include strategic vision, financial acumen, and team leadership.

• Provided senior leadership for the development and implementation of five-year integrated strategic planning and budget allocation methodologies, processes, and procedures.
• Establish goals and objectives, performance standards, motivating, training, directing, and evaluating performance for team of 50 staff members, including the areas of financial planning and budget, financial reporting, transactional accounting, payroll, and supply chain management.
• Collaboration with senior leadership and executive teams to achieve the vision and strategic direction of the institution.
• Participated in a wide range of policy and governance activities at institutional and administrative levels. Strategic impacts have benefited various administrative policies and procedures, including Fraud Policy, Signing and Spending Policy, Travel Policy, and Procurement Policy.
• Led ERP system implementation and achieved all major milestones within given timelines, including a reduction from three payroll systems to one, a reduction from four pay cycles to one, fully encumbered Payroll expenditures, and implementation of employee self-service system and electronic time sheets.

Senior University Administrators Certificate (SUAC) , Centre for Higher Education Research and Development (CHERD)

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