PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), Toronto, ON                                                               May - Aug 2016

Assurance Associate

• Audited five private and public companies in the entertainment and financial service sectors, and used Aura audit software to substantively test cash, payroll, and PP&E file areas to address material misstatements
  
• Interacted with client executives daily to obtain support for financial reporting and address outstanding risks on the audit file; successfully ensured compliance for two year-end audits and an ASPE to IFRS conversion engagement  
  

Big Viking Games, Toronto, ON                                                                                       May 2015 - 2016

Product & Corporate Marketing Intern

• Consulted senior product managers in feature and monetization recommendations for leading game YoWorld with 260,000 monthly active users; strategies were subsequently made into future UI and UX implementation plans
• Developed a YW mobile strategy proposal with the finance team; successfully funded for $215,000
• Established new talent pipeline for outsourced artists to create art deliverables (e.g. trailers, splash advertising) for user acquisition, with project budgets totalling over $15,000 at 50% of in-house cost
• Created a comprehensive onboarding strategy for new hires to build company culture; pitched rationale to the CEO and head of HR and subsequently piloted the process on six new employees 
  

Global Career Connections, London, ON                                                                                                                      2015 - 2016 

Managing Director

• Managed 40 executives over eight portfolios, while increasing annual club membership by 10% to over 110 members
• Organized and MCed the inaugural GCC networking dinner with 80+ delegates, personally securing a funded Dragon Den’s winner, senior consultants, investment bankers, and various serial entrepreneurs as speakers
• Spearheaded the Ivey Professor Round Table event, facilitating discussions between 30 students and four senior HBA professors on global business topics 
  

Qing Zhen Hope School Project, Guiyang, China                                                                                                       Jun - Jul 2014 

Project Lead

• Presented Canadian high school life and education to over 100 students and faculty in Guiyang, China on behalf of Orchard International’s student sponsorship program to encourage global youth empowerment
• Created a 30-minute documentary and live blog series detailing the lives of Qing Zhen students, which was presented to Orchard executives and featured on their monthly newsletter