Michael’s role is to be the champion for improving public sector accounting practices across Canada by sharing knowledge, encouraging collaboration and leading the development of standards. Michael has a broad base of experience based on 20 years working in public, private and not-for-profit sector organizations.

His is a member of the special advisory committee to the Auditor General of Canada that provides advise and consultation on financial accounting and auditing matters. Michael is a Chartered Professional Accountant holds a Master of Business Administration degree from the Schulich School of Business at York University in Toronto Canada.

Jude Pillainayagam is a senior engineer in municipal engineering sector over 20 years and the Utility Asset Manager at the City of Coquitlam. Jude possesses a diverse educational background and experience. Jude is also an accountant and a certified Information System Professional. He is the Western Regional Director of Canadian Network of Asset Managers (CNAM) and a member of the Institute of Asset Management (IAM), UK.

Jamie Black is President of F.H. Black & Company Incorporated. For more than 25 years he has consulted with and trained finance officers, auditors & accountants in government, higher education, and corporations throughout Canada and the U.S. His work focuses on increasing finance department efficiency & effectiveness through the implementation of technology & best practices.Jamie began his professional career in public practice where he was responsible for compilation, review, audit, personal & corporate tax engagements. He then transitioned his focus to leverage this experience and technology background to work with clients to improve their operations. From conducting needs analyses to the implementation of redesigned processes and new technology solutions, Jamie focused on delivering quantifiable improvements for his clients.Jamie is a regular speaker & trainer on financial reporting automation, internal controls, data analytics & continuous monitoring for numerous organizations including:• Canadian Association of Government Finance Officers,• Government Finance Officers Association of British Columbia,• Municipal Finance Officers' Association of Ontario,• Canadian Association of University Business Officers,• Municipal Internal Auditors Association.

11/16/2022 from 10:45am - 12:00pm ET

Relevant, engaging, and interactive, Ron Tite exceeds expectations every time he takes the stage. Named one of the “Top 10 Creative Canadians” by Marketing Magazine, he’s an award winning advertising writer and creative director. Addressing a variety of topics surrounding leadership, strategy, motivation, and creativity, Tite’s presentations are not only information packed but also infused with his unique humour.

11/18/2022 from 10:45am - 11:30 am ET

Dr. Bill Howatt, Founder and CEO of Howatt HR, refers to himself as a behavioural scientist with a keen curiosity for how employees and employers can work together to reduce mental harm and promote mental health in the workplace. He is known internationally and is one of Canada’s top experts in workplace psychological health and safety. Dr. Bill is on the CSA OHS Standards Steering Committee and the Chair of CSA Standard Z1008: Management of Substance-Related Impairment in the Workplace. He is the co-creator of the Psychologically Safe Workplace Awards.

Michael Shultz is an accounting and finance leader with over 20 years of experience in auditing, consulting, and financial reporting management. As BlackLine’s Director of Strategic Accounting, Michael guides companies on their path to modern Finance.

To date, he’s traveled to four of the seven continents, speaking about the importance of digital finance transformation for cutting edge companies. He’s known for delivering powerful presentations that inspire innovative approaches, increased productivity, and an accelerated month-end close.

Michael earned his bachelor’s degree in Accounting from Purdue University.

When he’s not traveling, Michael enjoys smoking meat in his backyard and adding wine from his travels to his collection.

Jessica McKeon is a finance transformation leader with experience in accounting-related research, content development, and product marketing. Jessica worked at Audit Analytics for more than eight years, where she served as a subject matter expert for core accounting research products and authored numerous thought leadership papers. As a Senior Manager of Solutions Marketing at BlackLine, Jessica is responsible for guiding companies on their path to modern accounting by understanding their business challenges and identifying solutions that save time and reduce risk.

Molly (Welton) Boyle is a finance transformation expert with nearly 15 years of experience in public and corporate accounting. In her current role at BlackLine, she is responsible for helping companies understand the value of accounting automation, and she supports the go to market team with relevant messaging and thought leadership. Prior to joining BlackLine, Molly led the Corporate Accounting group at Under Armour where she coordinated the global accounting close process and led the financial close optimization efforts. Before joining Under Armour, Molly was a manager in the Assurance practice at EY where she coordinated and oversaw financial statement audits of a variety of clients.

Imran is a seasoned professional with rich internal audit experience spanning over decades. He has worked for various multinationals, Big Four Firms and National & International corporates. Throughout his career, he has established a reputation as a transformational leader who is committed to furthering standards of excellence.

Imran is a proud winner of "Internal Audit Excellence Award" from ICAEW (Institute of Chartered Accountants in England & Wales). He has played a key role towards elevation of corporate governance practices in various corporates. Imran continues to contribute towards profession as a subject matter expert and as a thought leader. He also serves various professional bodies in different capacities. This includes serving as:

• President of Institute of Internal Auditors Vancouver Island Chapter, Canada
• Member of Harvard Business Review Advisory Council
• Member of ACCA’s Global Forum for Audit & Assurance
• Member of ACFE’s Global Advisory Council
• Past Chairman of ACCA’s Members Advisory Committee
• Board member of Broadmead care

His contributions towards the profession don’t go unnoticed and he gets invited as an expert speaker at various professional conferences & seminars world-wide. His recent speaking engagements include:

1. ACFE Global Fraud Conference 2022 – Nashville, USA
2. IIA Canada National Conference 2021 – Canada
3. IIA’s International Conference of Internal Auditors 2021 – Singapore
4. ACFE Middle East Fraud Conference 2021 – Dubai
5. IIA’s Leadership Event 2021 – Canada

Imran currently work for Vancouver Fraser Port Authority, as Director, Risk Management & Assurance. As the largest port of Canada, Port of Vancouver serves as the country’s gateway to over 170 trading economies around the world, the port handles $1 of every $3 of Canada’s trade in goods outside of North America. Enabling the trade of approximately $240 billion in goods, port activities sustain 115,300 jobs and $11.9 billion in GDP across Canada

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/imran-zia-msc-aca-fcca-cia-cisa-cfe-crma-grcp-13557430

In 1989, Barb had the good fortune of stumbling into an Iyengar yoga studio after moving to Winnipeg. Her yoga journey continued in Edmonton where she received her teacher certification from the Yoga Association of Alberta in 2004. In 2012, she became a certified Iyengar teacher. Barb journeyed to Pune in 2014 to study at RIMYI and a conference with Geeta Iyengar. Barb has a Masters Degree in Entomology and has worked as a research technician, but now focuses her energy on teaching. She teaches general classes and modified classes for seniors. She is grateful for the gift of yoga.

Jayrani is a bilingual Chartered Professional Accountant, Fellow Member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (UK). She is also a Certified Internal Auditor of the Institute of Internal Auditors.

She has broad experience across different sectors in the Government as well as private sectors. She is a seasoned audit professional at the Region of Peel, Regional Municipality consisting of three Municipalities in Ontario. In her current role, she acts as a Trusted Advisor and works as a business partner with Executive Leadership Team and management to help them achieve the organizational objectives, in addition to providing assurance services and fraud management.

She is highly competent in helping organizations achieve strategic outcomes and contribute to continuous improvement of risk management, internal control and governance processes.

Jayrani is very active in volunteering at the Professional bodies and non-profit organizations. She is presently a Board Member at the Institute of Internal Auditor of Toronto Chapter; and Treasurer and Chair of the Finance Committee at Durham Association for Family Resources and Support. Jayrani is also Treasurer and member of the Executive Team of the Toastmasters Club at the Region of Peel. She is presently member of the ACCA Canada Network Panel. She served as past Vice-Chair of the ACCA Canada Networking Panel and have also been ACCA International Assembly member.

Passionate about travelling, she has visited France, England, Scotland, Belgium, Holland, Switzerland, Germany, India, Rodrigues, New York, Ottawa and Quebec.

Doug Spindler, CTP is the Director Treasury Services at the City of Burnaby, where he oversees the investment portfolio, letters of credit bonding and deposits, banking, merchant services and cash management policies and daily operations. Prior to joining the City of Burnaby in 2000, Doug gained extensive finance and banking knowledge working at reputable financial institutions such as VanCity Credit Union, the Bank of Nova Scotia and the Bank of Hawaii. Over his extensive career, Doug supported clients by providing core wealth management services through financial planning, portfolio investment management and core banking services. Doug supported bank staff in the capacity of a Branch Compliance Officer for the mutual fund sales team and through providing sales and service training. When not at the municipal hall, you can catch up with Doug in the great outdoors of beautiful British Columbia, biking, hiking and skiing with his family and friends.

Lana is a Senior Solution Engineer with Questica, having previously been a Project Manager on the implementation team working with clients such as the City of Hamilton, City of Sault Ste. Marie, City of New Orleans, and VIA Metropolitan Transit. Prior to joining Questica, Lana gained extensive experience working within Corporate Services for the cities of Burlington and Hamilton. With much of her career spent in municipal government, she has a comprehensive understanding of the public sector – particularly in the areas of user experience, digital adoption, accessibility, continuous improvement, change management, financial analytics, governance, performance metrics, customer service, and content management.

Jill Inget is the Director of Corporate Ethics with the British Columbia provincial government. Jill leads the team responsible for strengthening ethics management in the BC Public Service, promoting compliance and the corporate values in the workplace. The corporate ethics program leads activities in the area of governance, awareness and outreach, evaluation and reporting while working to develop a centre of excellence for ethics within the BC Public Service. Jill holds a PhD in Curriculum and Instruction from the University of Victoria and has more than 20 years of leadership and public service experience.

JEFF CHANNELL is the Executive Director Financial Services and Administration at York Regional Police. Mr. Channell is a member of Canada’s sixth largest municipal police service. York Regional Police is comprised of over 2,400 uniform and civilian members who provide services to York Region’s 1.2 million citizens. Ranked among Canada’s fastest growing municipalities, York Region is forecast to reach 2 million residents and 1 million jobs by 2051. Positioning York Regional Police to meet its growth and evolving community needs over the coming decades is critical.

Bob Courtland is a Senior Solutions Engineer who has been with Questica for 4.5 years. He has a long history of working with software solutions across various technology companies and has a background in Policy Analysis with an M.A. in Public Administration.

Alex Metcalfe is the head of public sector at ACCA. He leads ACCA’s global public sector approach and oversees its public sector research and thought leadership. Alex represents ACCA with key contacts in the public sector, including policymakers within government and international organisations, to share good practices and insights in public financial management and to work together in the public interest.

Prior to ACCA, he has worked across central, provincial and local government in the UK and Canadian civil service, including as a senior economist – specialising in tax policy – at the Ontario Ministry of Finance. He has published material across a breadth of public sector topics, including: infrastructure finance, employment law, fiscal policy, immigration and skills, and adult social care.

Alex is a Fellow of the Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (RSA), member of Accountancy Europe’s public sector group and the Confederation of Asian and Pacific Accountants’ (CAPA) public sector committee, and on the editorial board for the academic book series Public Service Accounting and Accountability.

He studied at Oxford, Cambridge and Queen's universities.

Bailey Church leads the National Public Sector Accounting Advisory service line and is the Leader of the Public Sector ESG and Climate Reporting Centre of Expertise at KPMG. Bailey is also the Leader of KPMG’s Global International Public Sector Accounting Standards working group.

He has an extensive background serving the Government of Canada, provincial governments, crown corporations, municipalities, and not-for-profit organizations. Bailey has worked extensively with all levels of government on sustainability reporting matters.

Bailey has advised numerous mining and nuclear sector entities on matters related to environmental reporting, including Canada Fluorspar Inc., Ontario Power Generation, and Southern California Edison.

Bailey has worked with more than 300 municipalities on sustainability reporting, including asset retirement obligations and contaminated sites. Bailey is advising municipalities across Canada on their roadmaps for ESG and natural assets reporting.

Bailey is currently advising various Crown corporations on their implementation of TCFD requirements. Bailey has advised the Government of Canada on some of its largest environmental liabilities, including Atomic Energy of Canada Limited’s decommissioning obligation, and Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada’s contaminated sites liabilities.

Neeru considers herself a lifelong student of Yoga and Vedanta and loves to share the wholistic teachings of yoga the way she has learned from her teachers. Yoga has been a part of her life for more than 25 years and she holds an advanced yoga teacher certification under the Indian yoga association, and 500 HRS from the Yoga Association of Alberta. She had the opportunity to learn authentic yoga under the guidance of some experienced teachers at Kaivalyadhama Institute, India, and has studied the Gitananda tradition and Vedanta (Non-dualistic philosophy). The strong philosophical foundation and scientifically tested traditional practices enabled her to share her passion for yoga with others. Neeru teaches weekly and specialized classes & workshops to adults and seniors, and teacher training groups in Edmonton. Her classes weave the yogic philosophy, and wisdom of Ayurveda together with physical practices, breath work, relaxation, and contemplative practices taking the practitioner towards meditation.

Andrew Grantham is an Executive Director and Senior Economist with CIBC, with a wide range of experience in different areas of economic and financial market forecasting. Joining in 2011, he initially focused on the U.S. and international outlook and its implications for foreign exchange and fixed income markets. More recently, he has taken over responsibility for the Canadian and provincial outlook. Since joining, he helped CIBC win MarketWatch's monthly contest for U.S. forecasters five times and is regularly quoted by the print and electronic media. Prior to joining CIBC in 2011, Andrew worked in London, England, for one of the U.K.'s largest banks.

Steve is a PMP certified Senior Project Manager with over 12 years of software project management and program management experience. He has successfully managed large multifunctional teams for engagements such as Cybersecurity Risk and Maturity Assessments, Data Privacy and Protection engagements, Technology Implementations and Strategic Roadmaps for small to medium sized organizations . He’s delivered projects for clients across multiple industries, including, but are not limited to, Public Sector, Mining, Financial Services, Public Sector, Healthcare, Professional Services, NPO and Manufacturing and Distribution.

Rob has over 20 years of cyber security and intelligence experience. Rob helps clients achieve their objectives through feasible courses of action that reduce risk. A former Canadian Army Signals officer, he led signals intelligence and cyber operations in a variety of environments domestically and overseas. Within the military he established feasible tactical, operational and strategic interoperability models within NORAD and NATO integrating people, process and technology across teams, nations and alliances

Hakim is the Infrastructure Asset Manager and asset management team lead at the Township of Langley. He is currently leading an inter-departmental process to develop and implement an organizational asset management strategy. Hakim’s experience includes strategic planning, financial accounting, and financial planning.

Earl is the Director of Finance and Asset Management at the Saskatoon Police Service (SPS). Trained and developed as a professional accountant, he has been involved in organizations in such diverse capacities as: auditor; business manager; salesperson; General Manager; self-employed professional contractor; governance and leadership; Chair of a Board of Directors; dispute adjudication; and, most recently, financial, procurement and asset management leader at the SPS. A highlight has been leading and supporting the procurement of the SPS aircraft that provided outstanding operational and financial benefit to the citizens of Saskatoon.

Todd Pugh started his local government career in 1994, as a professional weed-whacker in the Parks Department of a regional district in BC’s Lower Mainland. Twenty-seven years later, Todd is the Executive Director of CivicInfo BC, a Victoria-based not-for-profit information and data service.

At CivicInfo BC, Todd has helped to develop many innovative services including the country’s largest local government job boards, an online municipal statistics service, and the first province-wide municipal election results reporting system in Canada.

Since 2007 he has also been an instructor in the School of Public Administration at Capilano University, where he teaches several courses in the school’s Local Government Program.

When he’s not working or driving his two kids somewhere, Todd’s hobbies include playing recreational hockey, recovering from the injuries that recreational hockey inflicts upon him, and firing-up a weed-whacker on weekends.

Financial Modeling is a discipline. A good model needs to tell a story and create confidence for the users and decision makers. Unfortunately, many financial models are a mess. Financial modelers are often self-taught and left to figure things out on their own, often wondering if “there’s a better way”.

In this live webinar, Ian Schnoor will review a better way. During the session, he will present and discuss some critical tools and skills required to build a best-in-class financial model that inspires confidence and leads to optimal decision making.

Structure and Other:

Specific topics will include:

• The Discipline of Financial Modeling
• Top 10 Modeling Best Practices
• Key Modeling Tips
• Great Modeling Technical Skills

For more info, please click here. (Link to: Financial Modeling Best Practices