Becky Farinu

Assistant Regional Operations Controller @Graham

CA

Managed the operations accounting functions for all western Canada (Alberta and British Columbia) infrastructure projects. Provided leadership and hands-on engagement in all aspects of operations accounting including general transactional activities, month end financial deliverables, financial reporting, operations statements review, P&L analysis, budgeting & forecasting and UAT Testing of Systems functionalitiesLed the setup of various projects (with different contract types; fixed-price, unit price, cost-plus and Time & Material), including West Calgary Ring Road (WCRR)-$277M Design Build Contract (ensured alignment of the accounting standards utilized by the JV to Graham\'s non-operated JV minimum accounting standards)Over $2.3M in cost savings in equipment charges following complex reconciliation of Graham and KMC Mining JV (GKJV) accounts resulting in project profitabilityEarned trusted finance business partner reputation with stakeholders: developed and implemented various custom built excel based financial and operations reporting tools (cash disbursement, personnel cost, subcontractor schedule of values) resulting in increased operational efficiencyProcess improvement initiatives: streamlined various operations accounting, operations and commercial processes including documenting and process flow mapping Documented step by step ‘How To’ reference guides of key transactional processes performed by operations accounting team resulting in quick onboarding and increased productivity by 40%Led User Acceptance Testing - functionality integration between SAP and proprietary Project Management software (Toolbox Projects) relating to accounting, finance, and project controlsDeveloped, coached, mentored, and led performance management for four direct reports

University of Ibadan

BSc