Hovig Maghakian, CD

Experience

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  Canadian Armed Forces | Forces armées canadiennes

  Apr 2009 - now

  • Lead the development and use of best-practice policies and tools that ensure a well-controlled yet flexible organization with strong fiscal management, project management, cross team communications and workflow.• Coordinated with the senior commanders to efficiently develop business plans, budgets, provide access to finance information, manage compliance and reporting. • Analyzed and monitored the effectiveness of budget usage and the financial cost of projects and activities, generating recommendations to increase savings and efficiency.• Managed and reported the current financial position and operational costs, mitigating risks and highlights to appropriate areas. Show less • Delivered guidance and served as point of contact with higher management, while collaborating with 21 regional training officers to establish training programs, maintaining targets, and preparing for foreign operations.• Leveraged professional expertise to establish and execute resource management plan for distribution of equipment and funds to regional units, resulting in waste reduction of less than 1%.• Successfully liaised with government agencies and regional offices to facilitate information exchange and deployment of over 200 individuals yearly to overseas missions in Ukraine, Iraq, and Latvia.• Designed and implemented 2 new training programs for COVID-19 with an 95% completion rate and fostered learning retention through effective use of questionnaires and knowledge checks. Show less • Monitored operations at different sites to maintain efficiency and reduce waste, identified areas of risk and designed cost-effective strategies to reduce costs.• Tracked and analyzed inefficiencies, improved staff productivity through strategic planning and implementation of process improvements and reduced operational costs, while increasing workforce by 20%.• Developed and implemented systems to track and monitor operational performance and ensured compliance with relevant policies.• Utilized appropriate data analysis methods and compiled progress reports for senior management. Show less

  • Strategic Resource Management Officer

    Mar 2021 - now

  • Operational Training Officer

    Mar 2014 - Mar 2021

  • Operations Officer

    Apr 2009 - Mar 2014