About J.P. Butler, CPA

My professional career started in British Columbia where I worked at a large Credit Union as both a corporate accountant and financial analyst. During my time there I gained skills as an accountant, business advisor and spreadsheet wizard. I had lots of opportunities to build Excel models, assist various corporate partners with budgeting, forecasting and financial analysis to ensure that business decisions were based on sound financial data. From there I went to work as a financial controller with a smaller Company in the agriculture industry. I helped them to implement a control framework and built digital tools to ensure that management had access to reliable financial information.

In 2018 I decided to relocate to Dryden, Ontario with my young family. At that time I went from working in industry to working at a public accounting firm in the area. During my time in public accounting I was promoted quickly to senior manager and was on track to becoming a partner before deciding to pursue my dream of starting my own firm. I gained so much during my time there and deepened my knowledge in corporate accounting and tax compliance.

My experiences have given me a unique ability to see things from your perspective. I have worked in public accounting and have a rock-solid foundation of necessary skills that enable me to manage the compliance side of accounting; however, I have also worked on the other side of the table solving day to day issues within an organization and providing financial insights and decision support to business leaders as they make decisions that will alter the future of their business. What differentiates me as an accountant is my drive to provide value to you by partnering with you as an advisor to assist you in growing your business and to help you understand your key drivers of success. My skill set lies in being able to help you understand the numbers and to help you implement processes to give you financial insights throughout the year rather than just at year-end. Getting a clear understanding of how you did last year is important, but understanding what you should do this year is so much more valuable.