Gregory Kennedy
Head of Finance @Green Standards
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WORK HISTORY
Head of Finance @Green Standards
Toronto, ON, CA
EDUCATION
Wayne State University
BSc, Business Administration with a Major in Finance
University of Warwick - Warwick Business School
MBA
SKILLS
ABOUT GREGORY KENNEDY
ProfileA highly resourceful and analytical finance professional, who has eleven years of experience in streamlining financial processes and reporting tools in line with business objectives; adopts a win/win approach when building and maintaining key stakeholder relationships.Key Achievements• Instrumental in bringing Canada Post account live with JLL, including set-up and design of financial processes, procedures and staff for financial management of 983 client sites.• Conducted analysis of rates charged by payroll vendor for Cul-Mac Industries to negotiate a 2% decrease – saving the company US $50 K annually.• Selected by management to analyse numerical data and identified discrepancies related to expense forecast figures for internal security organization within Hewlett-Packard. Improved financial forecasting accuracy by 25% by educating organization leaders on financial tools/processes to increase their financial knowledge enabling leaders to make better financial decisions.• Avoided US $1.3 M write-off charge by leading 2008 Sarbanes Oxley (SOX) audit for internal transportation organization within Hewlett-Packard. Physically located assets deployed globally and updated financial records accordingly.• Increased accountability among operational managers by re-designing monthly close and financial forecasting requirements for internal healthcare delivery organization within Hewlett-Packard. Allowed for greater understanding of their own financial performance compared to annual regional targets.• Accomplished US $400 K per annum in cost savings by off-shoring invoicing function for Electronic Data Systems (EDS). Developed and delivered training programme to 20 best-shore resources in India to train staff on client billing procedures. Provided continuous after-training support via email and phone conferencing.Specialties:• Streamlining of financial processes and operations• SAP financial reporting• Business Objects
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