Andrea C. Nicholls, CA, CPA
Andrea brings over 20 years of Professional experience in the Finance Area, creating value for her clients by ensuring the seamless operation of the Finance functions of the organization. Her expertise in building and leading large finance teams helps companies improve cash flow, streamline finance operational processes, reduce costs, and increase the accuracy, relevance, timeliness and communication of financial information. She has a number of years of experience in the implementation of complex accounting policy and procedures and has worked at a number of large public companies.
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Financial accounting and reporting (US GAAP, Canadian GAAP and IFRS)
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Planning and coordinating the implementation of financial systems (ERP’s: SAP, Oracle and JD Edwards )
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Developing business processes, internal controls and overseeing Sarbanes Oxley (SOX) process
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Organizing and implementing accounting processes and activities (including due to restructuring) and process optimization
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Public accounting (auditing)
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Budgeting and Planning
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Performance Measurement (Benchmarking)
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Recruiting, managing and training International Finance teams
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Transitioning processes to a shared service environment and implementation of Shared Services
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Treasury reporting (including implementation of treasury controls)
Educational & Professional Background
Andrea holds a Bachelor of Commerce, major in Finance from McGill University. She is also a CA (1990) and CPA (Illinois in 2000); and completed the Canadian Securities course in addition to a number of professional courses.
Andrea has held Controllership posts at large international public companies: Otera Capital Inc. (Subsidiary of Caisse de depot de Quebec) GE Capital Solutions Canada, Metso Shared Services North America, Rexel North America and Pfizer Canada. Prior to that, she was a Senior Manager at Pricewaterhousecoopers Montreal, serving a range of top-tier clients including Royal Bank of Canada, CAE, Abitibi Consolidated, Seagram Canada, Ericsson, Pratt and Whitney Canada and Avenor Inc. in addition to being responsible for continuing education at the firm.
tel: 514-627-3453
email: a.nicholls08@gmail.com