Firm Leadership
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Steven Figner, CA • CISA Steven is the Managing Partner of Breakwater Accounting Advisors LLP and has over 16 years experience providing a broad range of accounting and advisory services to the local and international market. While his experience varies from implementing enterprise risk management to performing due diligence on multi-billion dollar mergers to computer forensics, a core focus throughout his career has been in the area of governance, risk management and internal controls. Combining his background as a Chartered Accountant and a Certified Information Systems Auditor, Steven provides for clients insight into the complete picture and is recognized for recommending practical solutions. Previously, Steven was with PricewaterhouseCoopers in Vancouver as a Director in the Advisory Services practice. Steven led numerous successful regulatory compliance and internal controls engagements for companies of various sizes ranging from large multinationals to smaller junior exploration mining companies. He also spent six years with Deloitte where he was responsible for working with large and mid-sized organizations and provided leadership to various control assurance engagements. His experience in industry has given him a balanced perspective when implementing solutions for clients. |
Shane Troyer, CGA, CFE, CIA, CISSP Shane has 15 years combined experience in forensic accounting and investigation, operational internal audit, and external audit services. Shane leverages his unique combination of internal audit and forensic skill sets to ensure our clients receive the optimal level of assistance in addressing key operational risks, including the prevention, detection, and investigation of fraud and wrongdoing. Shane has local, national, and international experience working with organizations in both the public and private sectors, ranging from small owner-managed businesses to large multi-billion dollar corporate and government entities. Previously, Shane was a Senior Manager in the Forensic and Dispute Services practice at Deloitte and a Manager with the Advisory Services Practice of PricewaterhouseCoopers in Vancouver. Shane is a Certified General Accountant, Certified Fraud Examiner, Certified Internal Auditor, and a Certified Information System Security Professional. |
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Carla Lee, CA Carla brings over 15 years of financial reporting experience in both industry and public practice as she focuses on assisting organizations with IFRS implementations and technical accounting issues. With her experience at KPMG in Vancouver and in a highly effective finance team at a global multinational, Carla has been involved in a variety of public company reporting issues. In addition she has successfully led several finance department restructurings ensuring a clear understanding of customer needs and required department outputs to determine the appropriate skill sets to be included in the team. Most recently, Carla was with a Crown Corporation as the finance lead of their International Financial Reporting Standards implementation and brings insight to practical issues in successfully implementing the new standards. From her experience at Methanex Corporation, a publicly-traded chemical company with global operations listed in Canada and the United States, Carla sees the full finance picture as she held a variety of senior finance roles and played a key part in their Sarbanes-Oxley compliance, systems implementations as well as being responsible for internal and external financial reporting. |
Michael Pretorius, CISA, CIA Michael is an Information Systems Auditor with over 13 years experience as an Information Systems and Financial Auditor. Through his international experience at public accounting Big 4 firms (KPMG and PwC), he built a solid understanding of financial and IT control environments at clients across various industry sectors. Michael has helped numerous organizations evaluate and improve their financial and IT control environments by utilizing industry accepted control frameworks such as COSO and COBIT. Following his career in public accounting, Michael moved to a multi-national US listed public company, playing an integral part in their Sarbanes-Oxley compliance effort. Michael uses his background in financial auditing, coupled with his understanding of IT systems and data structures to help organizations turn their data into business intelligence through data analysis techniques. The results of his work has not only helped organizations improve their management decision making, but also improve their internal controls and anti-fraud measures. Michael has earned his CISA (Certified Information Systems Auditor) and CIA (Certified Internal Auditor) designations. He is also a Past-President of the Vancouver Chapter of ISACA (Information Systems Audit and Control Association). |
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Oliver Foeste, CA Oliver brings over ten years of combined financial reporting experience in public practice and industry and has experience in several industries including resource based companies and real estate. Oliver focuses on assisting organizations with their ongoing financial reporting requirements and with their International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) implementations. Previously, Oliver was at Deloitte where he has led audit and assurance engagements for both private and public companies, and more recently has held senior management positions in multinational and small capitalization companies listed in Canada and the United States and has been involved with transactions including mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, systems implementations, IFRS conversion, and other public company transactions. Oliver is a director of a TSXV listed company and was the secretary of a TSX listed company and intimately understands the needs of a public company's board members, executive and senior management.
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