Joan Bricker

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About Joan Bricker

I am a versatile, results-oriented, and highly collaborative accounting & finance leader with a strong track record of success in leveraging an exceptional accounting skill set, innate business acumen, and strategic leadership abilities to support the attainment of organizational goals. I bring a wealth of accounting and finance experience in addition to a thorough understanding of the complex needs and expectations of all business units in large, complex Career Snapshot: Throughout my career, I demonstrated an ability to leverage my extensive operational accounting experience and diverse skill set spanning full-cycle accounting, budgeting/forecasting, internal/external reporting, system implementation, continuous improvement, contract and credit management, SOX/internal controls development, and M&A activities (including due diligence and integration) to add value to my employer. As the Manager, Energy Marketing Finance at TransAlta, I led a group of 21 professional accountants and settlement analysts as the divisional controller for the company’s energy trading and marketing division. At Nexen Marketing, I excelled in various management roles involving system implementations, business re-engineering projects, and M&A activities. In my current role at Capital Power Corporation as Settlements Manager, I am building up and improving the settlements function and team in support of a growing power, natural gas and environmental products trading Selected Highlights: Diverse Experience: Designated accountant and experienced leader with extensive operational accounting experience spanning finance and accounting, M&A activity, credit risk, and contract management. People & Culture: Expertise in delivering decisive leadership to cross-functional teams of up to 30 people to ensure optimal performance while cultivating a collaborative high-performance culture. Value-Add: Proven ability to support acquisition/disposition activity, lead implementation of finance systems, and drive improvements to systems, processes, and controls. Established credit function for the marketing division of large energy trading Areas of Expertise: Energy Trading and Marketing Finance Full-Cycle Accounting Continuous Process Improvement System Implementation & Enhancement Internal Reporting Budgeting & Forecasting Mergers & Acquisitions Finance Systems Management Credit & Risk Management Commodity Marketing Contract Management