André Bélanger, CPA, CMA

Current role(s) at the MQQ

• Trainer
• Chief Evaluator for the Prix performance Québec

Studies and apprenticeships

B.A.A. - Accounting Concentration - Laval University

Certifications and professional membership

• Order of Chartered Professional Accountants of Quebec (CPA, CMA)
• Lean Master, bronze level, Mouvement québécois de la qualité

Experience

President of Optima Management.

Consultant in profitability and process improvement for over 20 years.

Specialisations :

• cost price
• profitability analysis, products, services and customers
• assessment of the costs of non-quality.
• process improvement (SMED, 5S, etc.)
• continuous improvement (Lean, Six Sigma, etc.)
• strategic planning (traditional approach and hoshin kanri)
• Lean Accounting.

He also acts as a trainer on these specialisations.

Achievements

He has completed more than 100 projects in various organisational contexts.

He is a member of the following working groups of the Ordre des comptables professionnels agréés du Québec (CPA) for the advancement of the practice:

• Corporate CPA
• Management accounting
• Editorial in management accounting.

Passions

At Optima, I'm known as a bit of an unusual accountant...

Apart from accounting, my two passions are cooking for the conviviality and the bringing together aspect, and football for its structured and organised character and for the team spirit.