SERVICE OFFERING
Lydija provides senior financial, risk and audit expertise and has garnered that experience by working with small and mid-sized organizations and not-for-profits. She has led several project teams in business transformation to improve ROI. Diverse industry experience includes utilities, oil and gas, insurance, government, not-for-profit, construction, real estate and hospitality. Lydija has the ability to understand situations quickly and effectively lead organizations to achieve their corporate objectives. She adds value to organizations by understanding where controls can improve ROI through business process transformations and through reduced overall costs by increasing controls over areas of expenditures.

SELECTED ENGAGEMENTS

• ?    Worked with several not-for-profit organizations as Board Treasurer to ensure compliance with requirements as set out by the bylaws and government.
• ?    Completed the analysis and implementation of IFRS for several small oil and gas companies.
• ?    Developed methodology and trained internal resources in order for the organization to be in compliance with public regulatory requirements (CSOX, SOX, EPAP, Privacy). This has successfully allowed the smaller public firms to comply with necessary regulatory requirement in a cost effective manner (over ten implementations to date).
• ?    Managed numerous projects on behalf of the Big 4 accounting firms and various branches of the Government (Federal and Provincial).
• ?    Introduced performance indicators, balanced scorecard reporting, budget and management accountabilities within Internal Audit, which increased efficiencies and decreased budgets for the department while maintaining key accoun