Akash Dusa

TransUnion

- Own financial planning cycles for assigned business units — monthly forecasts, quarterly rolling forecasts, and annual budgeting — collecting inputs from budget owners, validating forecast assumptions, reviewing actuals in Oracle Hyperion and Essbase, and preparing variance commentary for monthly business reviews with senior leadership. - Lead variance analysis and cost centre reviews with department leads — explaining business performance drivers behind material variances, identifying risks to forecast, and helping non-finance stakeholders understand the financial impact of operational decisions. - Build and maintain Power BI performance reporting dashboards tracking 10+ financial and operational KPIs with DAX measures and Power Query refresh pipelines — reducing manual reporting time by 15 hours per month and giving leadership real-time visibility into business performance. - Developed Python and SQL data pipelines to extract and clean financial data previously assembled manually, reducing that portion of the reporting cycle by 60% and improving data accuracy across budgeting, forecasting, and close reporting. - Prepare CAPEX and OPEX scenario models in Excel with sensitivity cases, providing decision support to leadership before spend commitments are made — enabling evaluation of base, optimistic, and downside planning scenarios. Use AI tools (Copilot) to draft first-pass variance commentary — reviewed and finalized before distribution — reducing turnaround time on monthly performance reporting. Own month-end close for assigned business units — journal entries, accruals, and reconciliations — meeting IFRS-compliant deadlines each cycle.

BrightPath Kids Corp

- Led financial planning cycles — budgeting, rolling forecasts, and cash flow reporting — tracking revenue collected against forecast for 80+ childcare centres, validating forecast assumptions, and presenting variance analysis during monthly business reviews with finance leadership. - Prepared financial performance analysis and decision support reporting for the CFO — including a centre-level rate comparison across 2024 and 2025 for Alberta childcare programs that directly informed a strategic decision to eliminate an underperforming part-time program, improving profitability within IFRS compliance thresholds. - Prepared monthly management reporting — KPI summaries, margin tracking, and variance write-ups — delivered to the CFO each month and used directly in quarterly planning and operational decisions. - Owned month-end, quarter-end, and year-end close across 80+ entities — consolidated financial statements and intercompany reconciliations — reducing close timelines by 70% through standardized templates and automated reconciliation workflows. - Managed $100M+ in annual revenue across CWELCC, GOG, and GOF funding streams, maintaining accurate allocations and audit-ready records. - Prepared audit documentation — reconciliation schedules and fixed asset reports — contributing to a 25% reduction in audit exceptions year-over-year.

Alliance One

Managed financial operations, built Excel tracking models, and supported month-end and year-end close.

Omega Healthcare

Managed revenue cycle performance for 150+ healthcare client accounts, built Power BI dashboards, and maintained transaction accuracy.

IKS Health

Processed AR/AP transactions with high accuracy and reduced billing errors through workflow standardization.

Post-Graduate Diploma in Global Business Management (Accounting & Finance)