Brandon Weekes

Background

About Brandon Weekes

Brandon is a seasoned business and talent leader, with a proven track record of driving rapid and sustainable business growth. Adopting an entrepreneurial and people-centric approach, Brandon has developed new professional service offerings and innovative assets, set and executed on differentiated strategy, established market-leading eminence, scaled emerging offerings, sponsored and advanced next-gen leaders, and instilled a performance and growth culture across his teams. He is seen, first and foremost, as a business partner to his clients, and known for his practical, people-first solutions that bridge the gap between finance domains and the operational realities of the business. With 25 years of experience working with a variety of mid-sized to large market companies, including both private entities and reporting issuers, Brandon is recognized for his deep corporate reporting and operational accounting expertise. Brandon partners with Finance leaders to help create value and drive business partnership through operating model enhancements, inclusive of: i) navigating finance strategy and vision development to redefine the way work is done; ii) scaling to meet increasing market and stakeholder demands while optimizing costs and margins; adapting to new and emerging technologies and digital transformations, such as automation and cloud-based ERPs; iv) adjusting quickly to leadership transitions, shifts in corporate structure, M&A activity, and unanticipated disruption; v) enabling finance business partnering capabilities across the organization for increased agility and collaboration; and vi) streamlining inefficient processes to create capacity for and focus on more strategic activities. As National Accounting Operations Advisory Leader - Canada & Chile (2020-2024), Brandon led a team of 200+ professionals, focused on supporting clients through finance function diagnostics, financial close and consolidation optimization, finance process and controls improvement, digital enablement, and fully managed finance services.