SESSION WITH MIRIAM:

Introduction- How are you, doing great and weather question only.

What brought you to this role:

 Not actively looking for a job, its just because its OPG.

Why OPG?---

 OPG was named one of Canada’s Best Diversity Employers for 2023
 One of the Largest Power producers in North America. Half of the electricity generation in the
province of Ontario, Canada. Making it affordable for govt and people by giving it below market
avg.
 I can go back to energy industry where I spent most time of my career (CVX in Calgary)
 I feel like I would be able to contribute and have experience.

What kind of experience you can bring:

Since I have worked mostly in Fortune 500 companies for more than 8-9 years I can bring in some good
practices in terms of automation of processes and reports, ME and management reporting, business
planning, forecasting, business partnering

Walk through resume:

- Assume hiring manager did not see the resume

- If they ask about Victaulic say briefly about the company, your work there and why you want to
leave.
- Why Chevron, its in Calgary.

Current role:

Victaulic:

Victaulic is a developer and manufacturer of mechanical pipe joining systems, and the originator of the
grooved pipe couplings joining system. The firm is a global company with 15 major manufacturing
facilities. They have businesses with almost all the major industries from Mining, O&G, Power
generation, Water, construction--- Revenue wise its very large as well.

Monthly:

- ME Close (make sure ALL the JEs are IN, and accruals make sense, the C&E and departmental
expense make sense by coordinating with departments)
- ME Reporting, variance analysis and writing commentary for senior management and corporate.
- Monthly Rolling Forecast and presenting the rationale to corporate
- Mid-Month Reporting--- introduced production efficiency report
 - Working with departments on making sure the financial transactions are in adherence to the
policies (capex-opex allocation, right account, right documentation)

Quarterly:

- Cost Savings and Expense audit in accordance with financial policies of the company.
- Work with external and internal auditors with technical Q&A

Royal:

Revenue of close to $9 Billion USD globally

- Consultant to the plants and distribution centers for invoice compliance

- Go to person for any accounting issue
- Sit with them for to educate on budgeting, forecasting, accrual concepts.

Technical:

- Proud of your work- Operations efficiency (Tips: Add how did it change the business/operations
because of that report)
Situation: the head of operations was not happy with the support he was getting from finance in
terms of operational/manufacturing report. Hours and OT was spent but still was not able to
meet certain customer demands, the report he was getting from finance is more of what went
up and what went down.

Task: Was to make an impactful report which would gives a heads up on where things are not
going right.
Action: I made a mid-month report
Result: In the middle of the month, they were able to know which operational line needs more
focus and hours instead of regular production schedule.

- Describe a complicated problem: Forecasting model--- mention why it is complicated.

Situation: Develop
- Difficult co-worker:
- Extend to which you have done supporting department (BP)----
- Adherence to financial strategies policies and guidelines---

Soft skills:

- Difficult colleague--- continuously causing difficulty

- Stakeholder to reconsider the decision--- department head doesn’t want to reduce the cost.
- If you made mistake--- automation of excel file.
- Manage expectation (juggle with different priorities) -----
TIPS:

- Smile more
- Mirroring: if your interviewers smiles a lot and moves a lot, if they are poised then you get
poised as well.

Question:

- 3 qualities that person should have to be top performer ( I want to be the top of my game)
- $970 financing from Canada Infrastructure Bank for the Darlington Nuclear project site, since
the interest rate has gone up and economic uncertainty due to recession will it impact the p&l
due to finance cost, by impact I mean reduction in growth (Net Income growth was about 19% in
2022 compared to 2021)
- Challenges they might have/immediate projects--- ask to SFA
- How the company culture/what kept them their
INTERVIEW Q:

 Tell us about a time when you were required to analyze and solve a complex problem.

S- There was a need to automate the forecasting model at Chevron and the forecast
presentation was due in 2 weeks’ time to BODs; I was an analyst for departments at that
time.

T- Mold the entire forecasting model where the overall number and dashboard would
change just by changing the rolling fast numbers.

A- I spent an entire 3 days just to understand the linkage of the file and also researching
how can I prep the template in “Easy to update” and “Dynamic way”, then I started
building the model

R- After few tweaks based on my boss’s advice the model was ready and later on I won
an R&R award from the CFO

 Provide an example of when you had to make a critical decision in your supervisor's
absence.
 Tell us about a time when you had a conflict with a co-worker.

S- I was supposed to take ME to work from a senior colleague in my last company and
my senior colleague was unwilling to create proc doc as she said she doesn’t have time

T- There was no process document, everything was in her head, my boss gave me task to
create proc doc for entire ME reporting
A- Since, I was new in the team I kind of put my hand forward and tried to know her better
and understand why she was not keen on that, later on I prosed a 3 steps solution where
first she will tell me the process and I will take notes while I understand the task from
her, then I will make a flow process (with screen shot) and review with her then do a
demo run of the same work myself.

R- We had proc doc ready for the entire ME process which my boss replicated to other
activities within the team as well.

 Tell us about the biggest change that you have had to deal with at work. How did you
adapt to that change?
 Describe a situation where you needed to persuade someone to see things your way.
 Describe a time when you failed. How did you overcome this?
 An example of when you were really proud of your work ?