Stephen Peters
CPA, CGA

Hive Practice Head
Financial Reporting, Accounting & CFO Outsource

Stephen is a driven and versatile Financial Professional (CPA-CGA) with a track record of delivering practical and financially astute solutions to a wide range of financial and operational issues utilizing a solid mix of strategic and hands-on problem solving styles. Stephen brings significant experience in the Canadian banking sector in both domestic and foreign based banks with prior experience in both the technology and manufacturing spaces. 

As CFO of a foreign bank’s operations in Canada, Stephen has extensive experience in financial matters including reporting, planning, forecasting, strategic decision making, new business entity creation, integrations and finance transformations. After a strategic decision was made for the Global Bank to exit Canada, Stephen became Principal Officer and led the project to successfully close the Canadian operations ensuring compliance with appropriate regulatory and legal requirements. Stephen has a passion for creating value through the identification of the key drivers of a business and developing and putting into production appropriate and simplified reporting through the creation of dashboards and scorecards that allow business management to focus on the key issues. Stephen also holds certifications for the Partners, Directors and Officers exam, Chief Financial Officers Qualifying exam and Chief Compliance Officer qualifying exam from the Canadian Securities Institute.