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Melinda is an experienced CHARTERED ACCOUNTANT with over a decade of experience acquired in a series of demanding roles within the business, IT, assurance and accounting arenas. Melinda qualified as a CA with the ICAO in 2003.
Diebel Consulting was formed by Melinda and specializes in providing accounting, assurance and IT services. Services are spearheaded and coordinated by Melinda but utilize the talents and experience of a large group of friends and family. Our mission statement is to augment the staffing of our clients by utilizing our personal skills and our professional expertise. Our consultants provide a variety of business services in the areas of finance, assurance, accounting, IT, project management and business analysis. Consultants available through Diebel Consulting are experienced professionals who are able to adapt quickly and fully to new environments. Our consultants are entrepreneurs who have proven problem-solving and analytical expertise. Our combined proficiencies and experiences allow us to tackle difficult situations with detailed and well rounded solutions.
EXPERTISE: * FORENSIC ACCOUNTING: worked on net worth and source and use of funds analysis, as well as other specialized indicators of fraudulent and criminal activity.
* FINANCIAL REPORTING: worked with private and public organizations.
* ASSURANCE: performed audit, review and notice to reader engagements.
* IT, COMPUTER, CONTROL SYSTEMS: worked with accounting/audit/tax software such as Vantage, Asset, QuickBooks, Simply Accounting, QuickTax, TaxPrep T1, T2 and T3 programs, Caseware, Caseview; word processors such as Word, Lotus SmartSuite and WordPerfect; spreadsheets including Excel and Quattro Pro and presentation creation software such as Presentation 3.0 and PowerPoint. Working knowledge of: Access, Acrobat, T-value, FTP, Telnet, PACSwin, Internet Explorer, Outlook and many other programs.
* MANAGEMENT: involved in training, supervising and mentoring staff and performing reviews of both employees and their work.
* ACCOUNTING: performed multi-level consolidations subject to foreign currency considerations and researching and performing other high-level accounting functions.
* BUSINESS ANALYSIS: performed both micro and macro level analysis of organizations and their processes.
* PROMOTION: preparation and presentation of lectures; creation of training and promotional CDs and DVDs; creation of brochures and websites.
* PROJECT MANAGEMENT: managed large projects, including financial audits, with and without supporting staff.
* FINANCE: prepared reports and analysis of finance measures including work with leasing, other bank instruments and preparation of budgets, forecasts and projections.
* TAX: prepared and reviewed corporate, personal and trust returns.
* OTHER KEY SKILLS: well developed and intuitive problems-solving skills; quick adaption to new computer and client environments; superior organizational skills; great macro-level planning; willingness to take on additional responsibilities; exception skills in client relations, excellent understanding of the flow of accounting information and systems; well developed supervisory and team-building skills and terrific time management skills.
ACHIEVEMENTS:
* Overhaul of processes/schedules to cut monthly processing time significantly including the creation of various excel spreadsheets using macros and add-ins to streamline the financial reporting process, reducing the time on some tasks from a few days to less than 30 minutes.
* Creation of new forensic accounting intake forms; data-entry/processing templates and reports for OPP.
* Creation of training/reference databases and online reference libraries at various organizations.
* Implementation of additional quality assurance measures and controls at various organizations.
* Creation of scheduling tools in order to better allocate work at various organizations.
* Lectures given at various high schools, universities and colleges regarding many different business and accounting topics including multiple lectures at the Ontario Police College with respect to forensic accounting.
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