Chris Althouse

Experience

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  SMART Technologies

  Jan 2012 - Jan 2014

  Accounts Payable Accountant

  Accounts Payable Accountant and Tax Team Assistant Accounts Payable Accountant • Processed vendor invoices using Oracle software to ensure proper authorization of expenditures, identification of new vendors, compliance with applicable tax requirements, and account coding.• Prepared monthly credit-card expenses, including preparation and distribution of statements for approval.• Identified wire transfers while processing entries to ensure they were handled through weekly wire-payment processing.Tax Team Assistant • Prepared and filed GST, Alberta recycling, BC PST, UPS shipping data for use and state tax.• Assisted in preparation and filing of US tax reporting. Show less

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  Pure North S'Energy Foundation

  Aug 2015 - Dec 2015

  Cost Analyst

  Cost Analyst Pure North S’Energy Foundation Prepared and distributed cost, inventory management, and control reports for various programs and cost centers.Worked with Controller to create, integrate, and streamline daily costing with financial and operational information systems - through a self-built Access database.

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  Barbecues Galore

  May 2018 - Aug 2018

  Purchasing and Marketing Team Assistant (Summer Contract)

  Purchasing and Marketing Team Assistant Barbecues Galore Marketing (Summer Contract)• Researched and wrote 28 newsletters for 3 different target markets.• Participated in weekly marketing meetings discussing SEO and fraudulent purchases and remedies for the e-store.• Ran analytics on sales composed customer profiles from my findings. Wrote reports based on findings.Purchasing• Calculated landed cost of goods including import fees, freight, and duty.• Managed inventory through 5 stores in 2 provinces through the transfer of inventory from our warehouse sites.• Coordinated work efforts with partners in different provinces.Direct Sales (Summer Contracts) May 2015 - August 2016• Direct sales with a focus on one-to-one shopping experience for the guest. • Average of $90,000 in sales each month. Show less

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  Tundra Transfer Ltd.

  Apr 2019 - Jan 2020

  Sales And Marketing Associate (Contract)

  Created a product catalogue that listed the top 200 items sold, the objective was to grow sales from existing customer base by increasing customer product awareness. This resulted in a 7% increase in sales.Developed a branding strategy around Tundra’s exclusive coffee blends to facilitate growth into a new target market, ‘home coffee drinkers’. This has driven up awareness and increased foot traffic through the store front.Instituted bi-weekly meetings and peer lead training sessions to solve the issue of siloed knowledge and create cross training and information sharing.Represented Tundra Transfer at the Yellowknife Small Business Week Conference. Show less

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  Yellowknife Women's Society

  May 2019 - Jan 2020

  Street Outreach Worker

  Reached out to, engaged, and built trust with individuals who are homeless to accept care for their health and safety.Performed well-being checks of individuals who are homeless with a focus on their health and safety needs.Built rapport and maintained trust with individuals by offering snacks, beverages, basic first aid/wound management, or a ride to shelter.Provided outreach to people sleeping outside (or sleeping “rough”) or those identified as frequent users of police time and emergency services and assist them with getting connected with services. Make referrals to collateral agencies for services.Received up to 60 calls in an 8-hour period to provide street outreach in targeted areas to respond to public issues of homelessness - as it relates to inappropriate conduct or conduct that may make others within the community feel uncomfortable.Liaising with staff in the sheltering programs and other service providers to help men, women, and youth who are homeless or at risk in Yellowknife.Building and maintaining strong relationships with members of the RCMP, emergency staff at Stanton Hospital, workers in all sheltering agencies in Yellowknife, the City of Yellowknife (specifically the paramedics and Municipal Enforcement Officers, as well as the staff in the Library).Handled and dealt with sensitive information via completing case notes, data collection, and monthly reporting for assigned clients – Trained in HIFIS (City of Yellowknife database for services). Show less

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  RecoveryWorx

  Aug 2020 - Feb 2021

  Marketing Specialist

  Built and registered RecoveryWorx.ca website, created bespoke email addresses, marketing tools, and provide database setup support.(SEO) - Ranked #1 on Google for recoveryworx, and recovery worx.Set up Google verification for Google Maps, Facebook, Instagram. Then backlinked accounts and other media creating authority with Google to drive up Google rankings.Created Google Analytics and Google Tags accounts to track and count link clicks.Creation of RWx branding guide and marketing strategy. Show less

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  Golden Key International Honour Society

  Dec 2020 - now

  Golden Key Member

  Golden Key has chapters at colleges and universities in Australia, The Bahamas, Canada, India, Malaysia, New Zealand, Singapore, South Africa, and the United States. Membership into Golden Key is offered to undergraduate and graduate students recognized to be among the top 15% of their class by GPA.

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  Commerx Corporation

  Jan 2021 - May 2022

  Manager Business Development

  I worked closely with the CEO and dedicate my time to proactively generating new business opportunities for digital marketing, development, design, and IT managed services. My goal was to connect our clients (current and prospective) with the right tools. Often this required a custom solution that the Commerx team developed to meet a specific use case or need. I was involved in the projects from the point of our initial discovery conversation - through to launch. I ensured that all objectives are met and liaised between the client and our development teams. Show less

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  Champion Staffing

  Aug 2022 - Jun 2023

  Recruitment/Marketing

  Champion Staffing provides customized solutions for all kinds of staffing and recruitment needs you might have. We headhunt and source the best talent, using the latest technologies, at the same time making sure our candidate's process-oriented, committed and stable in their roles. Our candidates come after extensive professional references and background checks. We find for you the best talent regardless of your staffing requirement.

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  Glass Pro Install

  Jun 2023 - now

  Estimating and Sales Specialist

  In this role, I work closely with our drafting and design specialists to create custom shower enclosures for frameless shower doors, panels, painted glass, mirrors, and commercial options such as glass walls, and stair railings - focusing on perfect fit and customer satisfaction.We work with builders, renovators, and homeowners.