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Chartered Accountant
Questions: What is your first name and what is
your profession?
My name is Jeannie and I am a
Chartered Accountant by training. My Job here at the CWB is Director, Inventory
What does you Job Consist of?
 | Manage department's processes to ensure that all
financial settlements resulting from movement of organization's grain are made
in accordance with established agreements, legislation and policies. |
| Provide leadership, direction and Management of the
staff in the department |
| Develop organizational policies and procedures which
impacts out grain |
| Involved with lots of problems analysis and
resolutions |
| Ensure inventory information recorded in our systems
are accurate |
| Liaison with the information Technology Dept. to
ensure that the systems are adequately maintained and upgraded as required,
and that projects to support departmental performance are launched when
appropriate. |
Does your job involve the use of Mathematics in
any way?
Yes.
In what way do you use mathematics in your job?
In order to analyze inventory data
and detect anomalies, I need to be able to understand the numbers that go into
creating the data and undertake various mathematical simulations/calculations to
solve the problem. Such calculations range from simple to complex.
When you were in school did you think you would
use mathematics in your everyday life and in your job?
No I did not. As with many things
you learn in school, you don't realize the value of specific subject areas as a
lot of the knowledge you gained, you apply intuitively in your home life and
job. Examples are:
| Mathematics (problem resolution involving numbers,
accounting, forensic audits, etc) |
| Language arts (helps in creating effective, well
written office memorandums, policies, Procedural documentations, etc) |
| Multi-tasking (helps to better prioritize workload
demands on the job) |
| Class presentations (helps with real life
presentations in a meeting) |
| Team projects (helps with working with teams in the
office, conflict resolution, etc.) |
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