Mason M. Darabi

GROUP FINANCIAL CONTROLLER | DIRECTOR OF CORPORATE DEVELOPMENT

2020 - 2025

• Led financial strategy, corporate development, and M&A execution for a $12M AUM private equity firm, overseeing the full M&A lifecycle, including deal sourcing, financial modeling, valuation, due diligence, negotiations, and post-merger integration. • Directed financial operations, including accounting, budgeting, forecasting, and financial reporting, while managing and mentoring accounting staff. • Managed banking relationships, cash flow, investments, and financing activities to ensure optimal liquidity and financial stability. • Oversaw the review engagement process and collaborated with external accounting firms to maintain compliance and accuracy. • Led the month-end close process and prepared financial statements and reports for banks and investors, enabling strategic decision-making. • Provided financial leadership to portfolio companies, implementing ERP systems, streamlining operations, and optimizing working capital.

Venture Partner

2022 - 2024

CPA/Corporate Entrepreneur (National Lead, Agriculture Data Services)

2018 - 2020

The “Ag Data” initiative is an aim to help MNP Ag clients “mainly growers” to harness the power of data available at their disposal including the operational data, the data collected from IoT devices/smart equipments and other sources in a more efficient way. The scarcity of food, a growing population and other factors will drive the future of the food in the coming years and to ensure that the farm-to-fork value chain would be able to feed the public it is of the paramount importance to utilize “data” in an effective manner, and we are looking into how MNP as a “trusted adviser” to a large population of farmers in Canada can play a constructive role in this space.

CPA

2016 - 2018

• Prepared working paper files for Notice to Reader (NTR), Review and Audit engagements. • Assisted clients navigate interactions with tax authorities and legal concerns related to financial matters. • Completed personal income tax returns, T4/T5 forms, corporate income tax returns, GST returns, and all documents relating to the preparation of the year end files.

Corporate Tax Analyst

2015 - 2015

• Researched and gathered backup and analyzed costs in SAP to support the income tax audit process. • Assisted in preparing and referencing the Income Tax Binders and updating the Income Tax Models. • Contributed to the preparation of various corporate income tax returns by performing analysis on SAP and by utilizing Excel. • Accomplishment: Prepared a submission to the CRA for a major mining project with a potential of $500K saving in Canadian Exploration Credits (CEC).

HRS Tax Associate

2015 - 2015

• Prepared high volumes of Canadian and U.S expatriate tax returns by utilizing Taxprep and GoSystem software. • Facilitated communication between clients and tax authorities. • Reviewed clients tax filing papers thoroughly to determine eligibility for additional tax credits or deductions. • Accomplishment: Managed changing priorities and workload levels during the busiest time of tax season.

Project Accountant

2014 - 2014

• Performed routine accounting activities such as invoice processing and verification, monthly journal entries and variance analysis on a complex set of data derived from various sources on SAP. • Prepared documents, reports and presentations for the accounting team lead using advanced software proficiencies. • Drafted, analyzed and submitted numbers in reports for the project team in a timely and efficient manner. • Accomplishments: Processed 519 invoices for a total of $197.2M timely and free of error.