Robert Alexander
Vice-president Finance and Treasury @Infrastructure Ontario
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WORK HISTORY
Vice-president Finance and Treasury @Infrastructure Ontario
Toronto, ON, CA
Leadership of a large team of 25 professionals. Advisor to key stakeholders in a complex and dynamic environment.• Financial Planning & Analysis including preparing the 3-year business plan, strategic plans, quarterly forecast, quarterly analysis of business and functional results vs. Budget and Forecast and decision support analysis for senior management.• Treasury and cash management for a $6.2B Loan Book. The includes funding the book in capital markets with long-term debt, floating rates notes (FRN’s) and managing capital and related minimum capital and leverage ratios. Accountabilities also include hedging loans and debt with amortizing and plain vanilla interest rate swaps, managing cashflow and interest rate risk, investment strategy of surplus cash and quarterly analysis of actual results vs. Budget and Forecast.• Financial Reporting and Financial Management including preparing quarterly financial statements and notes, MD & A, external reporting, management of the external audit, A/P, A/R, project accounting and presentation of results to the Finance and Audit Committee, the Real Estate and Lending Committee, Ministry of Infrastructure (MOI) and Executive team.Accomplishments• Improved Net Interest Margin $3M+ with new investment strategy on surplus cash. Created structural analysis which measures and explains treasury results based on the movement of key anchor rates, changes in loan, investment, capital and swaps portfolios and management actions. This analysis proactively answers 99% of enquiries coming from Senior Management and the Board and significantly reduces requests for additional information after results are released.• Improved FP & A foundational processes which enhanced effectiveness of team in delivering a more complete and thorough analysis of financial results. The result is less time reacting to queries during the busy and time restricted quarter-end period.
EDUCATION
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
Certified Public Accountant (CPA - Delaware), Financial Accounting, Taxation & Business Law & Auditing
CFA Institute
Completed level 1 and level 2 and candidate for level 3
Schulich School of Business - York University
Bachelor of Business Administration - BBA
Chartered Professional Accountants of Canada (CPA Canada)
CPA, Accounting and Finance
Investment Banking Institute
Certificate, Financial Modeling and Valuations
SKILLS
ABOUT ROBERT ALEXANDER
Charismatic, agile, determined leader and professional with a proven track record of delivering value and stellar results. Known for building strong relationships, value-added financial analysis, people management, business acumen, integrity and versatility. A high-energy and results oriented team player with a passion to win and commitment to excellence.Diverse Industry focus: Capital Markets, Asset and Wealth Management, Alternative (Real Estate, Hedge Funds and Private Equity), Healthcare, Non-Profit, Industrial Chemical, Manufacturing and Banking.
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