Recent Top Talent Alerts
This list contains examples of profiles of candidates which we have recently placed. Please contact Kevin Jeewan for further details if you would like to learn more.
Past Top Talent Alerts
Accountant
CGA with Mining Industry Experience
This candidate is a CGA with a strong Controllership, financial reporting, IFRS, budgeting, planning background in the mining industry. Some highlights of her experience include IFRS implementation, external financial reporting, consolidation and MD&A, development and implementation of accounting policies and procedures, dost analysis, staff training and development, system implementation, and hands-on day to day accounting.
Professional CA
This candidate has experience in retail industry with financial reporting, internal audit and SOX, and big four accounting firm experience servicing clients in the insurance industry.
Full Cycle Accounting Professional
We have a great FCCA-designated candidate with extensive experience in the Financial Services and Insurance industry. They have strong full cycle accounting experience at the management level, with great communication and interpersonal skills.
Senior Accountant
This candidate was deployed by Lannick Finance & Accounting’s Contract Division eight consecutive times with good feedback from the clients and has experience in consumer products, hospital, real estate, retail, pharmaceutical, banking, and NPO industries. He is a hands-on Accounting Manager who can also manage and mentor staff and is experienced in KPI reporting, forecasting, budgeting and planning. He has a strong systems background in SAP, Peoplesoft, Oracle Financials, Lawson and other accounting packages. This candidate has great interpersonal and communication skills and references says "they are a hard worker and a self -motivated individual".
Chartered Accountant
This candidate is an '06 CA (Canada) as well as holding an '01 CA from South Africa. Most recently, she has worked for a family consulting business specializing in strategy, leadership and collaboration and has prepared and trained clients in the use and implementation of Balance Scorecards. She has over two years experience in a Canadian not for profit organization and has been involved in the set-up of an entirely new not for profit structure. This candidate has over four years of controllership experience from South Africa and is comfortable working both in a Canadian GAAP and IFRS environment. She has experience leading teams or working alone and has strong technical skills in Excel - pivot tables, lookups, macro's and has just recently completed an excel dashboard course. She has perfect communication skills and is very bright. She is available and is open to industry.
Bilingual Accounting Resource
We have a Bilingual (English and Portuguese) resource available for intermediate level interim assignments. This candidate has nine years of experience with Deloitte & Touche in Brazil, is in progress with his CMA designation, and is a member of the Brazilian Institute of Chartered Accountant. He has post-secondary degrees in Accounting and Law and has excellent interpersonal skills. Other highlights of his experience include engagements related to IFRS, Tax, Audit, and Accounting work, and working with clients with an international presence in the mining, natural resources, automotive and manufacturing sectors.
Auditor
Auditor specializing in Banking
This candidate is CPA, CMA, and CIA designated, and has strong audit experience in the banking industry. This candidate has performed Financial and Operational Audits, risk-based Internal Audit, Risk Assessment, Risk Registers, COSO and COBIT. He also has extensive experience in fraud investigations and forensic audits, takes responsibility for his work, has excellent communication skills, and is a team player. This candidate has excellent business acumen, time management skills and problem solving abilities.
Internal Auditor
This individual is a 2010 CA from Ireland who is looking to expand his Canadian experience. He has more than 4 years' experience at BDO Chartered Accountants in Ireland. Other highlights of his experience include auditing experience in retail, insurance, and construction, IFRS and US GAAP, excellent excel skills, and strong analytical and communication skills.
Consultant
IFRS Consultant
This candidate is CGA-designated and has excellent IFRS experience from planning IFRS transition, preparation of financial statements mock up, adjusting journal entries to assisting with audit queries, and extensive experience with junior to large mining companies. He also has great communication and interpersonal skills.
Consultant
This candidate has completed a number of contracts with consistent success. She is a designated CGA with an MBA and has worked in a variety of industries including banking, insurance, retail, education, professional services, and provincial government. She has technically strong in financial planning, analysis, forecasting, budgeting, modeling, financial reporting, general accounting, etc. She is very adaptable to change and well-suited for adhoc projects, and has excellent interpersonal skills.
Senior Tax Consultant
This candidate has over four and a half years of Senior Tax Consulting experience at a Big Four Accounting Firm and has an expert skill level in Tax Law. This candidate has superior research skills, has mergers and acquisitions experience from a tax perspective, and cross border tax investigations skills. Other highlights of her experience include analysis of foreign accrual property income rules and proposed legislation, and tax memo writing. She is available on short notice and is easy going, with a friendly personality.
Taxation Consultant
Since 2001, this candidate has completed a multitude contracts with consistent success. This candidate is designated CA and CPA and has worked in a variety of industries - mining, banking, insurance, equity, media, manufacturing, distribution, professional services, etc. She is a highly technically strong resource - experience with tax planning, research, analysis, hands-on tax return preparation, policy, etc. She is very adaptable to change and well suited for ad hoc projects/assignments. This candidate is available on a fulltime or part-time interim basis.
Financial Services Consultant
This candidate is a 2005 CA with extensive experience financial services and has been deployed by Lannick Finance & Accounting, Contract on three separate engagements. Highlights of this candidate’s experience includes researched and documented differences between Canadian GAAP and IFRS, prepared semi-annual update report for OSFI regulators, reported and provided analysis on a portfolio committed across 18 complex investment structures, big four experience in both Toronto as well as Bermuda, identified client agreements for embedded derivatives and hedging positions.
Contractor
Contract Resource
This candidate is CMA-designated and has banking and NPO industry experience. Along with an excellent internal auditing background, this candidate has experience in operational audit, SOX controls/audit recommendations, financial statement analysis/reconciliation, and modeling/process flow charts.
Contract Resource
This candidate has worked in the resources, financial services, manufacturing, professional services, and NPO industries. He has great hands on senior level background, with experience in financial reporting, regulatory reporting, IFRS, budgeting, planning and analysis, process improvement and cross-functional project management, ad hoc project work, including clean-up and special projects. He has functioned as a General Consultant, Controller, Manager of Reporting, and Director of Finance and has great interpersonal and communication skills.
Contract Resource
This candidate has financial service and NPO industry experience, has worked on life, pension, and investment audits. They have robust knowledge of IFRS, excellent business acumen, time management skills and problem solving abilities. A very technically strong candidate with great interpersonal abilities.
Contract Resource
This candidate is CA designated and has financial services, energy, professional services, and NPO industry experience. They have an excellent compliance background, with experience in financial and operational audit, Sarbanes Oxley, Bill 198, Enterprise Risk Assessments, staff and project management, as well as hands on documentation and the execution of testing.
Contract Resource
We have an excellent candidate who has industry experience in an Investment Banking/Securities Firm, and Real Estate industry experience. He has an excellent Internal Auditor background, with experience in leading annual budget & quarterly forecasts, managing accounting and internal controls – i.e. SOX requirements and audit recommendations, and financial statement analysis/reconciliation. He has great interpersonal and communication skills and is available immediately.
CMA Contract Resource
We have a fantastic CMA designated candidate who has experience in various industries including Mining, Hydro, Real Estate, Manufacturing, Retail, and Professional Service. Some key points of interest are reporting, preparation of notes and MD&A, and consolidations, day to day accounting - hands on, and at a managerial level, financial analysis; including variance analysis, and preparation of forecast and budget models, including scenario analysis. This candidate has great interpersonal and communication skills and is available immediately.
Financial Analyst
Financial Analyst
This candidate has a CGA, CPA, CISA (USA) as well as holding an MBA and CA from overseas. They have worked independently providing business and accounting advice to clients, and have financial analyst experience at one of Canada's foremost technology companies. Other highlights of their experience including working at one the largest pharmaceutical companies in the world, developing and implementing actionable metric's and KPI's, providing reconciliation from Canadian GAAP to IAS. This candidate also has exposure to tax and prepared T-106 Summary Form Information Return of Non-Arms Lengths transactions with non-residents and good systems exposure with SAP, BW, Hyperion and advanced excel skills. They have a very strong profile for either Senior Accountant or Senior Financial Analyst duties.
Manager
Finance Manager
This CGA and MBA designated candidate has worked on behalf of Lannick Recruitment on two contracts with consistent positive feedback from our clients. In addition to being technically strong, clients have always commented on their excellent communication skills and ability to adapt quickly to any environment. She has worked in various industries including Media/Communications, Government of Ontario, Real Estate, and Financial Services. She is a hands-on Finance Manager who can also manage and mentor staff. This candidate has a strong management reporting background with month end close process, and has done forecasting and budgeting planning. She also has a strong process improvement and internal controls background.