Financial Analyst Accountant

Daniel Fradkin, CPA, CMA

** ****** ***** **, ********* ON L4J0C3 • ******.*******@*****.*** • 647-***-**** SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS

Eight years of experience in financial analysis and accounting (GAAP and IFRS) within Banking (Capital Markets), Mining, Investment and Retail industries

Three years of experience in Business Analysis activities such as Agile environment, requirement gathering, process mapping and solution implementation

Expertise in reconciliations, AP/AR, variance analysis, ad-hoc, financial modelling, financial statements, forecasting and budgeting and management/regulatory reporting

Worked with cross functional teams on multiple process improvement projects

Three years’ supervisory experience guiding and training Junior Analysts

Possess Business Analysis Certificate and Accounting Designation (CPA)

Experience of conducting process improvements using various BA techniques

Computer skills : SQL, Oracle, Excel (VLOOKUP, Pivot table), Quickbooks, Bloomberg, Zoho CRM

Multilingual : Fluent in Russian and Hebrew and possess advanced level of French and Spanish PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Accountant/Bookkeeper (Part-time) 05/2019-Current

Green Approved Solutions

(Installation and maintenance of furnaces, A/C and water treatment units for residential and commercial complexes)

Preparing seasonal budget forecasts, financial statements, and ad-hoc reports as required

Issuing customer invoices with correct HST and government rebate calculations

Maintaining and updating all customer details and financial history using Zoho CRM Senior Accountant (Contract) 09/2017 – 12/2018

Fidelity Investments

Gathered requirements from business units for an Oracle based accounting system and translated them to programmers and developers

Performed all accounting functions including variance analysis, journal entries, and reconciliations for the business using Oracle Cloud and Excel

Coordinated execution of all period-end accounting processes such as closing of books, creation of IFRS-compliant financial statements and MD&A analysis

Prepared schedules and documentation for quarterly reviews and annual external audit

Participated in the development and completion of special and/or ad-hoc projects as assigned Financial Analyst (Contract) 07/2015 – 01/2017

Bank of Montreal (BMO)

Led a project to streamline Resource Profile Management

Interviewed stakeholders, created documentation, mapped processes, identified opportunities for improvement and implemented solutions

Assisted with project forecasting and planning using Excel templates and Clarity software, compared forecasts to Working Plan, and investigated discrepancies

Streamlined the approval process of hiring new resources and SOWs for the Bank Financial Analyst (Contract) 06/2014 – 03/2015

Liquor Control Board of Ontario (LCBO)

Collaborated with multidisciplinary teams for process improvement and implementation projects

Trade Samples Project:

Organized three brainstorming sessions of up to 10 participants with stakeholders across business to elicit ideas on Claim Administration process improvement

Extracted and analyzed financial data from in-house systems using SQL queries, pivot tables and Excel formulas

Built a business case for the project, making cost-effective recommendations on current process improvement

Daniel Fradkin, CPA, CMA

58 Spring Arbor Rd, Thornhill ON L4J0C3 • ******.*******@*****.*** • 647-***-**** Financial Analyst (Continued)

• Private Order Project:

Participated in solution implementation by conducting Client Acceptance Testing (CAT) to integrate Private Order data into existing in-house inventory and GL systems

Coordinated with development team by reporting and tracking outstanding issues

Enhanced period-end reports of Sales, Inventory, Gross Margin and other KPIs for Senior Management by building charts and graphs in Excel

Performed Inventory reconciliations and guided store managers on appropriate inventory and cash balances bookings

Trust Accountant (Contract) 03/2014 – 06/2014

Automatic Data Processing (ADP)

• Completed daily bank account reconciliations to Oracle GL and investigated all variances

Maintained short-term cash forecasting model and accurately reported projected cash flows to Corporate Treasury within tight deadlines on a daily basis,

Verified all variances are within established tolerance levels Treasury Accountant (Contract) 01/2013 – 01/2014

Glencore Xstrata plc (Global Mining Company)

• Executed Hedging Reporting Project

Organized focus groups with senior stakeholders to generate a hedging template according to new hedging methodology

Created new Excel hedging template to reconcile Inventory and Futures Hedging positions

Performed period-end Hedging reconciliation using Excel formulas and pivot tables

Performed period-end accounting functions, and resolved ad-hoc report requests for stakeholders

Created reports using Cognos Impromptu and SQL queries, Inventory and GL systems, and VLOOKUP/Pivot tables in Excel

Delivered training and provided query resolution to junior team members

Perused complex Client contracts and loan documents for verification purposes Analyst/P&L Officer 08/2007 – 01/2012

Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC)

• Analyzed risk and P&L of cross-currency/IR swaps, wholesale commitment swaptions, bonds, repos, FRAs and CAD and USD futures, and conducted hedge effectiveness tests to comply with accounting policies

• Provided support to Front Office, Risk Management, Finance, Technology, and Audit as required

• Participated in CAT and communicated business requirements to developers to upgrade trading system.

• Assisted with of existing risk and P&L processes improvements to minimize errors

• Performed P&L reconciliations and explanations over various reporting periods EDUCATION

Certificate in Business Analysis 09/2014 – 04/2015 University of Toronto

Certified Professional Accountant (CPA) 09/2009 – 08/2011 Certified Management Accountants of Ontario

Honors Bachelor of Science 09/1999 – 06/2004

University of Toronto (Specialist in Psychology and Minor in French)

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