Profile
Faiza Usman is a Chartered Accountant with a strong track record of
elevating and revitalizing the accounting and administration function
through management of special projects at leading companies such at
Barrick Gold Corporation, Bell Canada and KPMG LLP.
She has developed a reputation for helping companies develop appropriate
organizational structures and processes to help large companies compete
globally in a changing landscape.
Royal Nickel Corporation
Recently, Faiza applied her project management expertise at Royal Nickel Corporation , a junior start-up mining company
which recently became public, where she developed and optimized its finance
function. She successfully built the accounting department from the
ground up, seamlessly integrated the accounting function in-house from
an outsource provider, and implemented the StockVantage System, a
management compensation tracking system under IFRS standards, which
simplifies an extremely complex necessary accounting process.
Bell Canada
She has held various roles at Bell Canada
within internal controls, management reporting, external reporting, and
various finance excellence initiatives. At Bell Mobility, she led the
new SOX regulatory requirements when it became mandatory,
championed solutions to many significant internal control issues which
required resolution prior to a successful SOX implementation. She was
accountable for managing many system enhancements that supported the
financial reporting function in addition to her regular month-end
external reporting requirements.
Barrick Gold Corporation
Prior to Royal Nickel Corporation,
Faiza served Barrick Gold Corporation, the world’s biggest gold
mining company, where she led the consolidation process and drastically reduced the monthly reporting cycle
time (from 16 to 9 business days) which streamlined and improved the
entire global consolidations process. Faiza lead the new XBRL regulatory
reporting project, supported the IFRS implementation project, and had a
key role in supporting a successful Hyperion Financial Management System
implementation globally. She had a lead role overseeing the
internal control aspects arising from the new IFRS project, and was
accountable for evaluating, designing, developing and implementing new internal
controls, policies and procedures following changes to business
processes.
Toronto Hydro Corporation
Faiza joined
Toronto Hydro Corporation in a tax role where she focused on tax
planning, corporate tax compliance, and managed the SR&ED tax credit
filing project.
KPMG
Faiza Usman articled
with KPMG within the Real Estate Industry as an auditor, followed by a
specialization in taxation including completion of a 3-year in-depth Tax
Course.
Professional Education
Faiza Usman is a Chartered Accountant (CA) as well as a certified Project Management Professional (PMP), Certified Public Accountant (Illinois), Certified Information System Auditor (CISA) and Certified in Risk and Information System Control (CRISC).
What Does Faiza Usman Stand For?
Faiza Usman is an Arabic name. The word
“Faiza” has an Arabic origin and means “successful and victorious”.
The word “Usman” also from Arabic origin, means “genuine, unique,
sincere and honest”. Her name reflects her success in her career and it is the
core principal on which she operates and executes her accountabilities.
