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

Royal Nickel CorporationRecently, 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

Bell CanadaShe 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

Barrick GoldPrior 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

Toronto Hydro CorporationFaiza 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

KPMG CanadaFaiza 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 Corporate Finance AdvisoryFaiza 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.