Gary Pachal

Experience

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  KPMG in Canada

  Jan 1996 - Jan 2005

  Senior Manager

  Managing all aspects of assurance engagements including reviewing company's accounting principles to ensure that they are consistent with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles, planning, reviewing the audit approach, negotiating fees, staffing the audit, supervising the audit team, reviewing working papers, preparing performance reviews, identifying issues, maintaining strong client communication, drafting reports, conducting fee analysis, and billing for services rendered. Supervising teams of 2 to 20 people. Coaching individuals to ensure maximum performance and goal achievement.Assisted clients by performing due diligence assignments, including designing and carrying out procedures, and communicating results to management on large acquisitions.Involved in the preparation and review of corporate and individual tax returns. Show less

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  Canwest Global Communications Corp.

  Feb 2005 - Jul 2009

  Director, Financial Reporting

  Managing all aspects of financial reporting including the preparation of the management discussion and analysis, financial statements, United States Generally Accepted Accounting Principles reconciliations and also ensuring the Company complies with all Canadian and Security Exchange Commission reporting regulations.Involved in preparing prospectuses for public debt offerings for Canwest Media Inc., CW Media Holding Inc. and Canwest Media Limited Partnership and the initial public offering of the Canwest MediaWorks Income Fund.Completing and coordinating the annual impairment testing for all Canadian operations including the valuation of all major business units within Canada. Process included performing discounted cash flows and determining appropriate assumption for each business unit.Designing and implementing internal controls over financial reporting under the Ontario Security Commission regulations and Sarbane-Oxley legislation in the United States.Coordinating the response to comment letters received from the regulators on financial reporting matters. Show less

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  Investors Group Inc.

  Aug 2009 - now

  Assistant Vice President Financial Reporting

  Leading the financial reporting group for Investors Group Inc. that includes reviewing external financial statements and regulatory reporting; mentoring and monitoring staff; coordination of the different departments to ensure that the reporting is completed within its deadlines; reviewing or preparing reports, including key performance indicators, for executive management of Investors Group; and approval of expenditures for Investors Group. Project manager for the conversion to International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) which had a company-wide impact. The project was completed within the deadline and significantly under budget. The Project Manager was responsible for reviewing or preparing presentations to executive management and the audit committee; preparing the external communications with respect to the IFRS project; reviewing the information prepared by the project teams; communicating impact of findings to other departments within the company; designing and presenting IFRS training; and scheduling tasks to be completed.Finance representative for the Harmonized Sales Tax (HST) implementation project which included the review impact of HST on the Company. Reported directly to Senior Vice President responsible for the overall project.Working with various departments within the Company including: the treasury group with respect to new financing structures and the accounting for derivative financial instruments; legal group on regulatory files and significant contracts; and the tax group on tax issues affecting the Companies within the group.Working on various large Information System projects to ensure Finance's needs and requirements are achieved.Communicating results and other issues through the preparation presentations to executive management, the Audit Committee and Board of Directors, Show less

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  Investors Syndicate Property Corp.

  May 2012 - now

  Director

  Member of the Board of Directors for a Company that owns real estate within Canada.

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  IG Investment Corporation

  May 2012 - now

  Director

  Member of the Board of Directors of Company that owns real estate outside of Canada.

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  I.G. Insurance Services Inc.

  May 2013 - now

  Treasurer

  I.G. Insurance Services Inc. is a leader in the distribution of life insurance in Canada. Through its arrangements with leading insurance companies, it offers a broad range of term, universal life, whole life, disability, critical illness, long-term care, personal health care coverage and group insurance. Duties include:Attend Board of Directors meetings to present financial statements. Recommend dividend to the Board of Directors. Review and approve regulatory filings.Working with senior management to continually improve financial reporting of the insurance business. Involved in the planning process and product reporting for the Company. Show less