Robert A.

Ellerby, CMA
Toronto, ON +1 (647) 680-5312 rae@ellerby.ca

A Certified Management Accountant with demonstrated portable skills 20+ years experience in sound financial management and working in executive teams Comfortable in dealing with people at all levels within the organization Able to get the job done!

Skills
Strategic: Accounting: Acquisitions, disposals, integrations, turnarounds, restructuring, cost reduction, continuous improvement, ISO 9001, supply chain optimization, business impact analysis, IT management, ERP implementations and improvements, investigative research, due diligence Financial and management reporting with related variance analysis, IFRS, J-SOX, cash management, corporate and commodity taxation, financial and cash flow budgeting and forecasting, manufacturing costing with standard cost buildups, landed cost of imports, supply chain analysis, sales and gross profit analysis (by price, cost, volume and mix) Windows 7, Windows XP Professional, Windows Exchange, Windows 2003 Server Accpac, Microsoft Dynamics, Intuitive ERP (all with SQL back-ends) Microsoft (MS) Office Professional (Word, Excel, Outlook, Access, PowerPoint), LibreOffice (Writer, Calc, Draw, Base, Impress, Math), ODBC queries, R, Business Intelligence and Performance Dashboard applications

IT platforms: Reporting systems: Reporting and analytical software:

Experience
Self-employed Toronto, ON Consulting CMA, 2010present Provision of business advisory services, focusing on independent and objective reviews to assist management, as well as interim management engagements in start-up and turnaround situations. Worked with Canada Revenue Agency, Ontario Ministry of Finance, Ontario Ministry of Labour and Workers' Safety and Insurance Board to clear files on behalf of client. Dealt with CRA inquiry relating to the dissolution of a manufacturing company and issues concerning certain former key managers. Inquiry was closed with no outstanding matters remaining open.

MKG Imaging Solutions Mississauga, ON

Controller, 19992010 Directed all finance and IT functions for the company, including financial reporting, receivables, payables, inventory, and product costing, and managed a staff of six. Moved the company reporting structure from handling the requirements of entrepreneurial sole-ownership, to collaboration with another US-based investor, to eventual acquisition by a Japan-based public company. Coordinated due-diligence exercises relating to the above acquisitions, working closely with legal, accounting and advisor teams on both sides, located in Toronto, Philadelphia, Los Angeles and Maryland. Performed two ERP implementations (six years apart) - the first one in Accpac (which extended functionality to include inventory control), and the other on Intuitive ERP (which extended integration to include CRM). Latter exercise included institution of tender procedures, which ensured a savings of $500K on the final negotiated price. Established Access-based procedures to track production labour and output
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Endpoint Research Toronto, ON

previously tracked on paper, enabling the calculation of efficiencies over time by line on an output of 50,000 units per month. Simplified cash collection procedures through establishing lockbox arrangements on both Canadian and US bank accounts, thereby reducing travel time to the bank on a daily basis, and transit times by one week from US-based customers. Secured release from assignment to Special Accounts at Bank of Montreal during the 2001-2002 downturn, after having reduced indebtedness by $1 million (ie, 50% of the total). This also involved managing the company's relationship with the bank's monitor. Implemented and managed an asset-based lending arrangement with Royal Bank of Canada for two years. This included coordination of reporting efforts with RBC's field examiner. Played key role on company negotiations with union on collective bargaining agreement, ensuring longest term ever for stable labour relations.

Controller, 1999 Covered for incumbent who was on leave, managing financial reporting, cash management, payroll, billing and payables functions with a staff of two. Starting at the beginning of January, caught up - in three weeks - delays created by previous incumbent on time-and-expenses billings which were 60 days in arrears, corrected final payroll for the year just ended with consequential corrections of T4 reporting, and rendered up-to-date bank reconciliations which had been five months behind. Accelerated billing cycle by two weeks from previous benchmarks. Accounting system was Solomon, which had to be learnt from scratch - this was achieved within one month.

Debjaun Construction Brampton, ON

Controller, 1997-1998 Responsible for financial reporting and cash monitoring for a privately-held group of companies - one in property management (holding three commercial properties), two in operating independent medical assessment clinics (in Toronto and Hamilton), two in operating rehabilitation clinics (in Toronto and Brampton), one in occupational assessment pre-screening services, and one in management services. Prepared and filed commodity and corporate tax returns for all companies in the group. Simplified financial reporting and instituted standardized cash flow reporting. Designed the above procedures within an ownership structure (and consequent banking and reporting) that was complicated by the presence of two holding companies controlled by different principals, with cash movements and intercompany services performed and settled across all members of the group.

Allied Canadian Corp Toronto, ON

Controller, 19931996 Responsible for all financial reporting and cash monitoring for almost two dozen commercial and industrial property real estate joint ventures and limited partnerships. Prepared and filed all commodity tax returns, corporate tax returns for general partners, and T5013 partnership information returns for all limited partnership investors. Prepared and issued monthly cash distributions to investors in accordance with the terms specified in the limited partnership agreements, by cheque and by electronic funds transfer. Simplified and streamlined financial reporting for all reporting entities.
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 Purity Life Health Products Acton, ON

Consolidated reporting was not an option, as there was no common ownership present. Accelerated reporting cycle for all entities by one week. Promoted a cooperative education programme with the Toronto Board of Education for allowing recent immigrants to gain Canadian work experience.

Controller, 19911992 Responsible for all financial reporting, accounts receivable and collections, accounts payable, and inventory management, costing and reconciliation; managing a staff of five. Prepared and filed commodity tax returns for the company. Streamlined procedures for quarterly inventory counting and valuation, which accelerated reconciliation and valuation cycle by one week. Simplified financial reporting routines and procedures, thereby accelerating reporting timetables by several days.

Danbel Industries Toronto, ON

Controller, 19851991 Responsible for financial reporting, cost accounting, accounts receivable and collections, accounts payable, and IT programming and services, and managing a staff of nine. Established new accounting system for all companies in the group, after its acquisition by Noma Industries. Managed inventory counts and reconciliations on a twice-yearly basis. Coordinated annual audits with head office internal audit and with external auditors. Prepared and filed all commodity and corporate tax returns for the company. Directed due diligence procedures for three corporate acquisitions and one business disposal. Achieved complete replacement from the ground up of all internal systems with a single ERP environment. Devised and implemented innovative procedures that integrated manufacturing costs to all underlying landed costs of imported product within a multi-level bill of material structure. Negotiated new service agreements that helped reduce costs by 15% on IT systems hardware maintenance for the parent's entire group of ten companies. Rationalized corporate charitable donation programme, in order to focus on a more select group of recipients. Elected to the executive of the company social club, actively working on maintaining a year-round schedule of activities.

Robert A. Ellerby, CMA +1 (647) 680-5312 rae@ellerby.ca

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