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Daniel Thaw Phone: 514-779-9109 E-mail: d_thaw@hotmail.com
E D U C A T I O N
Bachelor of Commerce, Major Finance (AACSB Accredited)
Concordia University (JMSB), Montreal, QC, Canada
 Member, Institute for Co-operative Education
 GPA 3.50 (Distinction)
2011-2015
D.E.C. Commerce (Honours)
John Abbott College, Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue, QC, Canada
Sport-Étude Programme Diploma (Honours)
John Rennie High School, Pointe Claire, QC, Canada
2008–2011
2008
L A N G U A G E S
Bilingual: English| Spoken Written French| Spoken Written
C O M P U T E R S K I L L S A N D T R A I N I N G S
Operating Systems: Windows XP/Vista/7/8/10 • Mac OS/X
Applications: MS Office: Word/Excel/PowerPoint/Access/Outlook; BPC, SAP, BW/BEX, IBI, Cognos
Wall Street Prep: Financial Statement & Valuation Modelling (DCF; M&A (Accretion/Dilution); LBO)
(IRR, NPV, Sensitivity Analysis, key Model Assumptions & Interpretation of Model Generated Results)
W O R K E X P E R I E N C E
Brother International Canada - Brother Emerging Talent
Associate – Junior Project Manager, Interdepartmental
Business Partner (Finance, Corporate Planning (CP) &
Continuous Improvement (CI)) & Internal Consultant
•Collaborated on business cases & presentations; attained
information from various internal stakeholders, bridged the gap
between teams, provided support & conducted root cause analyses
•Simultaneously worked on multiple time-sensitive deliverables
under pressure;
•Enhanced the Balanced Scorecard (BSC); prepared, populated
and validated the monthly BSC updates on Clear Point - to be
presented to executive team;
•Built, enhanced and maintained dynamic Finance, CP and Supply
Chain (SC) implicated Cash Flow Forecasting model for the
Controller and contributed to monthly Order Consensus Meetings
•Assisted Finance/Accounts Receivable (AR) with a role transfer to
another financial analyst, and facilitated the transition by
learning/assuming the role, improving task efficiency and
corresponding procedures, then training the analyst taking over;
also alleviated AR backlog due to vacancy;
•Finance mandates required frequent use of Excel and SAP; AR
also used FileMaker Pro and GLSU (posting);
•Conducted a year-over-year trend and forecast accuracy analysis
(six year period): mined, manipulated & normalized data, used
Excel extensively (key functions used: VLOOKUPs, IF statements,
Match, Pivot Tables, Conditional Formatting, among others), as
well as Business Explorer/Business Warehouse & SAP;
•Worked on CI kaizen initiatives, received training and served as
an ambassador/champion for CI
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•Worked on ad-hoc projects (e.g. financial modelling for Marketing
& Finance) and provided cross-departmental support (SC, CI & CP)
•Volunteered & took part in multiple fundraiser events to benefit
Plan Canada
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Canada – Junior
Financial/Business Analyst, Jr Project Manager/Team Lead
– Under Director of Established Medicine (EM), Business
Development & Licensing, Trade and Customer Services
•Managed multiple (EM product centered) projects
simultaneously; prepared and supported the director and team
members in building/preparing for the Integrated Product
Strategy presentation - to Executive Team (including CFO and
President); conducted analyses, retrieved data, produced and
synthesized supportive financials and graphics/illustrations (using
Excel, PowerPoint, SAP, IBI, BPC & Cognos), as well as assuming
the task of proofreading, editing and managing the aesthetics of
the entire presentation’s slides prior to submission and
presentation (all under pressure and with hard deadlines).
•Served as Project leader for proposal to provide compensation
for a field product representative “Rep” (for which there was no
precedent); required communication with multiple internal clients,
managers of reps and generation of a clear, concise and
comprehensive report that was ultimately presented to and
approved by the CFO and EM director.
•Supported the finance team with monthly analysis and reporting
updates, made process and functionality improvements to
forecasting and benchmarking tools, and documented changes
•Collaborated with and supported multiple teams (e.g., Supply
Chain, Quality, IT) as well as internal stakeholders with ad-hoc
requests throughout the summer internship
Pharmascience International (PSI) & Pharmascience
Global Injectables (PGI) – Commercial Financial Analyst
•Built various dynamic sales and COGS models in Excel for both
PSI and PGI; conducted US market research; produced slides for
periodic, business case and executive presentations (e.g., Budget,
Board of Directors and month end presentations), facilitating and
enhancing management reporting.
•Frequently used Excel, PowerPoint and SAP, as well as BPC to
obtain and validate data, and construct informative/summative
graphics.
•Responsible for executing transactions for internal clients and
supporting team members, running queries, responding to ad-
hoc requests, analyzing both internal results/performance and
external research gathered, then synthesizing the findings/figures
and presenting them in a coherent and concise illustration,
subsequently improving and expediting the decision making
process.
•Provided support for month end procedures and responsible for
updating monthly/periodic budget and actual reconciliation and
report requests of internal clients and departments.
Pharmascience - Finance - Integrated Margin Management
Intern – Next Generation Leaders Program
• Built dynamic and flexible COGS forecasting model/tool in Excel
incorporating various formulas (forecasting through 2020),
enabling enhanced decision-making regarding new opportunities
and estimating the impact of various driving factors, whether
2016
2016
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separate or simultaneous (e.g. changes in price or quantity/size,
timing impact, foreign exchange rates, machinery/efficiency
rates) and for over 700 active products currently in SAP. This
model will on average reduce the forecasting workload by 5-10
hours/week, and will be utilized by the commercial departments.
•Responsible for running and leveraging numerous queries
through SAP & Excel, updating, validating & refining an array of
integral data models to be used for forecasting.
•Produced a detailed operating procedure explaining how to
utilize, update and maintain the COGS Forecasting Tool.
•Presented the model and explained its capabilities to the Finance
teams, Senior VPs and CFO at Pharmascience.
•Collaborated with a team of five Next Generation Leader interns,
a sponsor (Senior VP Finance) and a Black Belt to improve the
existing Procure-To-Pay process; this process involved
researching, interviewing and acquiring knowledge internally and
externally, in order to identify problems and non-Best Practices,
and offer specific solutions to enhance inefficiencies/processes;
presented to the Pharmascience Executive Team (CEO, CFO, COO
& founder). Recommendations are currently being implemented.
•Successfully completed Lean Six Sigma White Belt training.
Imperial Tobacco – Financial Analyst/Planning – Intern
• Co-op Intern - helped Financial Analysis & Planning teams
update information for management reporting, and assisted the
finance teams in delivering ad-hoc analysis (requests).
•Responsible for running numerous queries through SAP GUI &
Excel, updating, validating & refining a multiplicity of integral data
models to be used for forecasting and management reporting, and
verified NAFTA Compliance Reports (NCRs) for materials used in
the production of ITCAN products, then validated the data
inputted.
•Created Unsalables Volume Model & Gross Margin tables for
Canada, and created a functional, dynamic Historical Planning
Model based on performance statistics comparable annual data
from 2009 to 2014 (with projections until 2020, for Canada).
•Produced detailed procedures on how to complete the various
tasks I was assigned for future employees
Scotiabank – Personal Banking Officer – Trainee
• Co-op Intern – Retail Banking: opened bank accounts (savings,
chequing, foreign currency), credit cards, lines of credit and credit
applications; provided personalized advice to customers
•Made phone calls to and met with clients regularly
•Participated in planning and sales meetings
MEGA Brands Inc. - Financial Analyst/Legal Department
•Co-op Intern - Finance/Accounts Payable Clerk and Legal
Assistant/Secretary to Mark Girgis, Vice-President, General
Counsel and Corporate Secretary
•Entrusted with correspondence and invoices, amended sensitive
contracts, drafted letters, filed and organized legal/IP documents,
contacted and dealt with professional clients, customers, external
partners and affiliates/subsidiaries.
•Responsible for employee expense reports, employee and
departmental budgets for Legal (frequently using Excel)
•Reconciled unpaid accounts using JDE
Tutor, Montreal, QC (math, science, English and French)
•Prepared and taught curriculum-based materials for students
2014
2014
2013
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H O N O U R S , A W A R D S , & D I S T I N C T I O N S
Member of the Golden Key International Honour Society
Top 15% in program of study Concordia University, Montreal, QC
English Honours Portfolio Certificate
John Abbott College, Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue, QC
Academic Honour Roll (Top 10% in program of study)
John Abbott College, Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue, QC
Secondary IV Math Award; Avon Award Nominee
John Rennie High School, Pointe Claire, QC
Award of Excellence in Academics and Athletics
John Rennie High School, Pointe Claire, QC
2012-Present
2011
2009-2011
2008
2008
V O L U N T E E R W O R K
Bromelin People Practices (Bromelin Inc.)Helping HandsTM
•Built prosthetic hand for amputees in developing countries
Camp Counselor
Ian Jordan Baseball Academy
•Coached & supervised children learning baseball skills
•Age range 8-16
Youth Facilitator, YMCA, Pointe Claire, QC
•Organized and officiated intramural sports with troubled teens
2015
2009–2012
2008–2010
E X T R A C U R R I C U L A R A C T I V I T I E S
Outfielder, Senior AA & Concordia Stingers Varsity Baseball
Involvement in highly competitive team sports fostered a strong
sense of team work, enhanced focus, mental toughness and the
ability to cope with adversity and make split-second decisions
Outfielder, Montreal Titans (10 Gold medals, 3 Silver)
Same as above with extensive team traveling, high performance
demands in front of an audience and under pressure
2011–Present
2006–2010
I N T E R E S T S
•Sports, problem-solving games/video games (leisure)