Ivan Ng

Experience

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  DHX Media

  Jun 2008 - Jan 2011

  Corporate and Project Accountant

  DHX Media Vancouver: B.C. second largest animation studio with 200+ employees, clients included Disney and YTVMy Duties (Corporate & Project Accountant): • Perform project accounting for “Kid vs Kat” show (US$10m revenue) and corporate accounting, which include financial statement, working papers, cash flows analysis, payroll, accounts payable and receivable, account reconciliations, salary calculation, government remittances, contracts etc.• Develop cost reports for Corporate and TV shows to project and forecast spending, ensure that the cost overruns are detected in a timely matter• Review budget, cost and variance and P&L analysis with project managers; plan weekly cash needs; report line of credit and intercompany loans to Controller• Assist the Controller in supervising and training accounting assistants• Develop financial working papers for auditors and controller that supported DHX Media buying out Studio B Productions Inc. • Assume the role as manager of accounting for 5 months due to Controller’s resignation Vis mindre

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  Malachite Management Inc

  Jan 2011 - Jul 2012

  Senior Accountant (Contracted)

  Malachite Management: Subsidiary of StemCell Technology, the largest biotechnology company in British ColumbiaMy Duties: • Responsible for managing the financial and accounting reporting activities of seven organizations ($500k – $2M Revenue each) and supervise one accountant• Prepare financial statements and communicate results to managers of the seven organizations.• Track financial results using budget vs. actual analysis, KPI, P&L etc.• Produce financial statements and coordinate intercompany charges.• Initiate a new performance tracking tool on Excel and implement it across 7 organizations. Vis mindre

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  Public Guardian & Trustee of BC

  Jul 2012 - Apr 2014

  Payment Authority Supervisor (Temp) / Quality Assurance Officer

  Public Guardian & Trustee of BC: Crown Corporate manages disabled clients’ assets including $709 Million in investments and $186 Million in real properties; $96 Million in Revenue My duties:• Supervise 4 accountants and the Payment Authority Department, which is responsible for monitoring the data entry accuracy of > 20 disbursement clerks• Hire to investigate in an incident where PGT internal system was exploited, causing severe losses of clients’ assets; design and implement new internal controls to mitigate risk • Monitor Clients’ Real Properties and ensure property values appraised and assessed values, taxes, management fees are properly reflected in internal system; produce monthly report that identify investment assets discrepancies of client assets• Design and implement a new automated review system that reduces the report turnover time from 4+ days to 1 day, reducing discrepancies by 40%. • Assume Project Accountant role in the fiscal year end to develop parts of Financial Statements working paper• Assist management in reviewing department’s data security, employees’ I.T. permissions level, vacation scheduling etc. Vis mindre

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  QBE Insurance

  Jan 2015 - Jan 2018

  Assistant Finance Manager

  QBE Insurance: Australia's largest global insurer and one of the world's top general insurersMy duties:• Work as an Assistant Finance Manager, who supervise the Asia Pacific Regional Office general accounting and accounts payable team of the Global Shared Service Center (GSSC)• Design and execute parts of the Financial transformation project, which includes closing the local finance operations and transferring them to the GSSC in Manila• Responsible for the Regional Office’s full cycle accounting, which includes AP, AR, journal entries, reconciliations, quarter end and year end reporting etc.• Oversee the inter-company transfers of Asia Pacific countries and provide financial reporting, such as cash flow and result estimates, to the Head Office• Prepare the Regional Office Quarterly Financial Statement and reporting using Oracle Hyperion Financial Management (HFM) and Longview• Design and enforce controls, which include creating data mapping for new computer programs, designing procedures for new processes, reviewing and approving journals, providing training and supervision to the GSSC Manila and Cebu team Vis mindre

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  FTLife Insurance Company Limited

  Jun 2018 - Jun 2019

  Finance Manager

  FTLife Insurance: one of the most well-established insurance companies in Hong Kong with over 2,800 Financial consultants and staffMy duties:• Work as the Project manager of FTLife’s Accounts Payable enhancement project, which includes implementing Autopay and automating Telegraphic Transfer for Policy Payments • Develop User Requirements, User Acceptance Testing plans and training materials, and also coordinate with internal and external I.T. developers, bankers, users, UAT testers etc.• Improve existing Finance controls by redesigning various processes and revising existing controls and processes documents for Finance and Operation team• Improve existing CAPEX practice by developing Excel speadsheet that detects abnormality and summarizes month to month variances• Supervise the Accounts Payable team in the absence of the Assistant Finance Manager Vis mindre

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  HSBC

  Jul 2019 - now

  Productivity Management Manager

  • Work under the Retail Banking and Wealth Management team, focusing on Consumer Assets(Loans) and Credit Cards’ management reporting• Lead budgeting process (AOP/FRP) of the Consumer Loans, which includes developing thebudgeting templates and models, providing scenario analysis based on management’sassumptions/criteria and coordinating information with business partners and finance.• Provide weekly forecast on Consumer Loans and Credit Card by working with businessmanagers in developing key business drivers and applying them towards business models• Prepare expense reports for credit cards department by tracking various campaigns cost,analyzing and detecting abnormal trends• Responsible for BAUs such as reviewing others’ working, preparing month end journalentries, reporting financial information daily and preparing submissions to HKMA and creditcard merchant etc. Vis mindre