Senior Manager Financial Management

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Ian E. Johnson, LLM, MBA, CMA, CFM, SCPM

Certified Management Accountant, Certified in Financial Management LLM (International Finance/Taxation, Investments and Banking Laws) Diploma – Marketing and Entrepreneurship

Stanford Certified Project Manager (SCPM) PMI Certified Res.: 306-***-**** Other: 416-***-****

e-Mail: ***********@*********.**

Con•sci•entious – (of a person or conduct) diligent and scrupulous, use innovation, efficiency and effectiveness to attain targeted results or better

Profile

Entrepreneurial finance Executive (up to CFO), operations and business strategy professional with corporate finance/accounting, business development, strategy, operations, and management leadership experience:

- Enable winning business strategy of the Board, CEO and the Senior Management Team through leveraging deep and extensive experience and competencies in tax strategies, cognitive flexibility, competitive analytics, revenue growth, risk containment, big data analytics, internal controls, financial dexterity and operational excellence. Hands-on knowledge of USA GAAP/FASB, ASNPO, Canada IFRS, ASPE, PSAB and tax strategies.

- Dynamic change agent and complex problem solver with over 15 years of excellence in maximizing revenues and operational effectiveness and efficiency through technical competencies, collaboration, team leadership, and strategic alliances within and outside organization.

- Servant Leader who takes 100% accountability for living the values and executing the mission. Believes strongly in empowering and engaging teams to bring forward their best ideas towards optimum decisions in a collaborative and supporting environment while mitigating market risks and capitalizing on opportunities for sustained growth, profitability and enhanced market share.

- Champion and promote a corporate culture that engages its staff to engender the capacity to supply and create memorable, exceptional experience to each individual client on every contact, project, product, undertaking, service, or advice rendered.

- Experience garnered in: Healthcare, Military, IT/Telecom, Banking, Consultancy, Government (federal, provincial & municipal), Automobile Manufacturing/Finance, Energy Generation and Oil & Gas sectors. Demonstrably, I am an experienced entrepreneurial finance executive, strategically adept at driving and achieving enhanced and sustained corporate strategy and competitive value. Grown to be a politically-savvy administrator steeped in corporate governance/risk /compliance; and in developing collaborative and integrated relationships with corporate boards, customers, operations, and suppliers.

I foster a culture of competence, innovation and learning which leads to high performing teams that consistently achieve performance milestones and exceed revenues and growth targets. Through cultivating advantageous relationships with colleagues, senior management, the Board, clients, stakeholders and suppliers that promote and are aligned with corporate objectives. I am an astute business leader with business ownership experience 2

Professional Designations

• Certified Management Accountant (CMA) – Management & Financial Accounting, IT, Taxation and Strategic Finance [Completed Audit/Assurance Course at Ryerson University CMA + Audit/Assurance = CA]

• Certified in Financial Management (CFM) – Corporate Finance, Investments Decisions (IPO, M&A, SP, FC, FI, CM & underwriting) and Enterprise Risk Management (ICMA – USA); analogous to CFA Charter

• Stanford Certified Project Manager (SCPM) – Complex Programs and Portfolios; Finance, Strategy, Policy, Construction and Technology implementation (Stanford University, School of Engineering)

• Masters of Laws (LLM) International Finance/Taxation, Investments and Banking Laws (Liverpool) Selected Achievements

• Canadian Supervisor/ CFO managed the finances and operational performance of 6 regional subsidiaries (in Saskatchewan & North Dakota) of a global energy company and prepare performance report to parent firm, completed analysis for $26 million joint venture

• Managed financial strategies for nine LOB’s in BMO and increased turnover 19 percent, increase turnover from

$512 million to $550 million

• As CFO deployed finance and BD strategies that increased CCIM revenues (Health/Hi-Tech Startup) four-fold to over $200 million within 18 months

• Membership on corporate boards and high profile economic and environmental public taskforces and working groups

• Led several corporate strategy repositioning, formulation, implementation, integration and business model transformation initiatives; coordinated strategic enterprise/global initiatives and capital projects; multi-year planning for $800 Million (enhancement and maintenance capex projects)

• Co-opted as SME to various government/industry task forces and working groups

• Coordinated the XBRL implementation process for SBU; familiar with external reporting and internal management of XBRL Global Ledger for tie-out and drill down; and managed MFin operating budget of $740 million

• Created the financial infrastructure for transaction management and performance reporting (Balanced Score Card, KPI, KRI) for a new $417 million bank division (2004) to generate $3.5 billion incremental revenue over the first 10 years post implementation; created new finance department for post-merger entity with accounting operations, transaction and performance management, and reporting processes, selected and lead deployment of new financial system; developed other administrative policies to facilitate integration (2008)

• Developed and implemented best practices for transaction recording, internal controls and periodic performance reporting and disclosure (MOF, BMO, ABSA, EPSI); 15 yrs. public company financial reporting Education and Professional Development

• University of Liverpool

o LLM – International Finance, Investments and Banking Laws

- International Taxation Law - International law and foreign investment

- Company & Competition Law - WTO and International Trade/Economics Law

- Financial Services and Securities Law - Banking Law

- Conflict of Laws - Legal Method, Skills and Reasoning 3

Dissertation: “The influence of the proliferation of trade liberalization treaties and the use of double dipping and other taxation strategies on domestic taxation in the banking and energy sectors”

• Stanford University

o Stanford Advanced Project Management Certificate and Stanford Certified Project Manager (SCPM) designation [Stanford Center for Professional Development - (School of Engineering & IP Solutions, LLP)])

Courses include:

- Converting Strategy into Action (CSIA)

- Mastering the Integrated Program (MIP)

- Mastering the Project Portfolio/PMP PMBOK (MPP)

- Financial Mastery for Projects (FMP)

- The Strategic PMO: Project to Enterprise (SPMO)

- Leadership for Strategic Execution (LSE)

• California State University

o MBA – Masters Business Administration - Finance and International Business – Attained high scholastic achievement (3.82/4: “A– “) inducted in American Business Administration Honor Society – Delta Mu Delta – ΔΜΔ

• ICS/Northland University (1988)

o Dip. Bus. Man. – Management, Corporate Law, Entrepreneurship and Marketing

• University of Manitoba (1986)

o Masters Natural Resources Management (i.e. MNRM) – Resource Economics and Energy Analysis

(renewable, oil& gas)

• McGill University (1983)

o B.Sc. (Agr.) with DISTINCTION - Community Resource Development – Finance and Economics Technical Courses (include)

• Lean Management – RVHS/Breakthrough Horizons Ltd.

• Advanced Certificate in Corporate Board Governance (Governance Centre of Excellence Ontario Hospital Association - OHA)

• Your Next M&A: Opportunity or Pitfall, Katz Graduate School of Business, University of Pittsburgh

• Dumont Safety-Superintendent/Managerial Course – Dumont/Enbridge

• Essential of Governance for Public Sector Boards - Governance Centre of Excellence/OHA

• Consumer Credit and Risk Assessment (ICCS) – BMO IFL

• Money Laundering – FINTRAC Training (BMO)

• Auditing and Business Assurance – Ryerson University

• Bank Financial Risk Management – Canadian Institute of Bankers – BMO IFL

• Global Supply Chain and Purchasing Management - CSUDH

• Hyperion (SAS) Performance Management/Strategy Business Planning – TSA Course

• Law and Business of E-Commerce - CSUDH

• Management of Information and Telecommunications Systems Resources – City University

• Certificate in Project Management (T901)– Public Service Commission of Canada 4

Professional Experience

Agile Business Strategy & Analytics (Canada) Inc.

Managing Director (CFO) - Corporate Finance Strategy, Sustainability and Risk Management Mar 2006 - Current

• A strategic business partner to the CEO's, CFO's, CRO's, corporate boards, executive management teams and managers undertaking: strategic finance plans, business transformation aligning people, process/operations, technology and strategy to ensure congruency with corporate vision.

• and corporate finance frameworks, operational analysis, accounting compliance, SOX, Bill 198, risk management, performance management, accounting operations, treasury strategies/working capital management & investments, financial governance, M&A, divestiture, due diligence and post-merger integration

• Direct the compliance, transfer pricing, regulatory and risk management functions within the business; Project Management (PMBOK, SCPM, Prince2, Agile and ITIL)

• Business systems analysis, development and deployment: Microsoft productivity suite, People soft/Oracle, Hyperion, ERP systems, NETSuite, Hyperion Suite, Great Plains Dynamic, Palo, Crystal Ball, etc., Testing and end- user verification

Selected Assignments

• Consultant Corporate Performance Management, (CFO) BPR, and Financial Sustainability 2014 – current Lead, Estevan Group, Weyburn Branch

• VP Finance & Administration (interim) (Led RFP response bid team, manufacturing) April –June 2006

• Vice President Corporate Operations turnaround assignment (non-disclosure) 2011

• Chief Financial Officer/Financial Secretary (Interim) Oshawa Subsidiary of Global Entity Jan– Aug 2009

• Business Systems Lead Consultant (Project Manager) – Business Systems, Leasing, Honda Canada Finance, Inc. USA/Canada, Coordinated two Rapid Application Development teams totaled 230 (in North York, Toronto and Torrance, Los Angeles) Aug to Dec 2008

• Lead Finance Executive (CFO) Continuing Care Technology/Communications Management Feb 2007 – April 2008 Reporting to the COO/Healthcare, developed accounting framework for new entity, managed and coordinated all aspects of the $200 million finances & accounting of 13 IT/telephony/computer projects and functional areas Enbridge Pipelines (Saskatchewan) Inc., wholly owned subsidiary of Enbridge Inc. CFO (Canadian Fin /Accounting Sup (FP& A)/Tax) 2013 – 2014

• Managed Enbridge’s financial interests and oversee the finance, accounting, revenue, risk and treasury functions for the Estevan, Saskatchewan based group of six companies: pipelines/midstream, extraction/upstream, renewable energy, infrastructure program, alliances, M& A and rail transport joint venture due diligence, financial planning and analysis, third party equity interests, etc.

• Managed accounting operations from transactions recording to drafting financial statements and MD&A

• Ensure that effective internal controls including SOX/Bill 198 compliance, are in place and ensure compliance with corporate, regulatory and professional standards; GAAP/IFRS and applicable federal (Canada, USA), provincial/state and local regulatory laws and rules for financial/revenue and tax reporting (NEB, CRA, FERC, SEC)

• Provided expertise by coordinated strategic enterprise/global initiatives and capital projects: $800 Million

(enhancement and maintenance CAPEX projects) EPC (Engineering, Procurement and Construction); current and long-range (7 yrs. horizon) planning

• Financial modeling of new customer/shipper tolls, contracts, agreements and acquisition, revenues, project cost

• The six companies acquired by Tundra Energy Marketing (TEML) acquired all six companies for $1.075 billion from Enbridge Pipelines.

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Bank of Montreal, BMO Financial Group 2000 - 2006

Finance Lead/ Controller (PM) – BMO Connect (Info Technology/Communications) June 2003 - Feb 2006 Managed and coordinated all aspects of the finances & accounting of a $417 million plus cost IT project to generate enhanced customer value and increase brand profitability, forecasting, financial modeling, variance analysis; was responsible for performance analytics and quarterly financial reporting to the Board/MBEC Drafted business case: risk, accounting/taxation, operations, related IT strategy; participated in WBS and lead costing, financial planning and analysis, project KPIs and RPI's identification and monitoring Senior Manager, Strategic Finance and Expense Control, Costing and Billing, Banking Operations Dec 2000 –June 2003 Reporting to the Executive Vice President, leading 1 direct and 10 dotted line team members, coordinated and Managed Financial reporting for Processing Services for nine lines of business – LOB; Achieved cost levels and improved operating margins (19%), productivity and profitability at Processing Services Division – recoveries of over $ 550 million annually. Completed ABC/M and pricing project; negotiated service level agreements SLAs for 9 LOBs regarding internal and external clients; SOX certification (EVP’s accountability), and Section 404 reporting; Provided strategic analyses to coded M&A projects (M&A/partnership, divestiture opportunities analytics, reorganization, reengineering, etc.) member “Project X” due diligence team, and input to executive decisions Ontario Ministry of Finance 1996 - 2000

Manager, Financial Management and Corporate Strategic Initiatives June 1997 - Nov 2000

• Managed Ministry’s largest operational budget of $740 million; consistently achieved all corporate objectives, including 17 % productivity gain, coordinated capital, contributions and grants fund - $1.2 billion; led team that completed Hyperion proof of concept for Strategy, Planning and Management modules

• Collaborated in the preparation of the annual (strategic) business planning/budget, plan justification, forecasts and analyses; area of responsibility included Financial Services Commission, Revenue Operations & Client Services, Stadium Corporation of Ontario, and Deposit Insurance Corporation of Ontario Ontario Ministry of Finance

Financial Economist, Inter-Governmental Finance Jun 1996 – Jun 1997

• Developed financial models to simulate and track the implications of taxation and fiscal measures across Canada and US border states (Michigan, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania); capacity transfer on fiscal management best practices; maintained Equalization program model, and social programs transfers Ontario Ministry of Environment and Energy

Economic Advisor – Industry Impact Analysis and Capital Projects April 1989 – Jun 1996

• Completed several financial, economic and regulatory analyses on proposed investments and policies, and including infrastructure capital projects evaluation – 3P projects

• Lead industry/government teams (@ Director/VP level) for three separate industrial sectors, petroleum refining, electric power generation, and metal mining

Canadian Military Service

Commissioned Officer (2Lt), Administration, Personnel/Human Resources Management & Logistics (i.e., Finance and Transportation), Canadian Air Force Reserves, 1989 – 1996 Languages: English with a working knowledge of French (bilinguisme fonctionnel) Key Words: CPA, CA, CGA, CMA, PMP, Finance strategy, strategic marketing channels, corporate strategy, facilitation, board and executive, presentation, Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) or Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst (CAIA)

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