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Matthew Standish

Former Infantry Officer

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Fredericton, NB, Canada
Financial And Administrative Service Provider at DEPARTMENT OF NATIONAL DEFENCE (DND)DEPARTMENT OF NATIONAL DEFENCE (DND)
Studied General at Baylor University
Studied History at Tyndale University
Joined January 21, 2025

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About
I am a former infantry officer with 4 years of experience in leadership and management. I have also completed an MBA, and am currently working in an entry level position in financial accounting.
Experience
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DEPARTMENT OF NATIONAL DEFENCE (DND)DEPARTMENT OF NATIONAL DEFENCE (DND)
May 2024 – Present
Oromocto, NB
Financial And Administrative Service Provider
In this role I have learned all the basics of financial accounting in the context of a large organization. I have used our version of SAP for accounting, moving money around, and making sure all our finances are accounted correctly. I have also done work with planning and processing travel and travel claims, booking, etc, as well as small scale procurement.
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CANADIAN ARMED FORCES (CAF)
Mar 2021 – Jun 2022
Oromocto, NB
Administrative Assistant
I worked directly with the commanding officer of the unit (about 600 people) and I was placed in this position because of my prior administrative experience. I worked with the top unit officers in charge of discipline and administration to create new unit policies, and to sort out any and all administrative issues at the unit, in addition to the normal tasks of an administrative assistant such as scheduling meetings and drafting documents.
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CANADIAN ARMED FORCES (CAF)
Jun 2020 – Dec 2020
Oromocto, NB
Team Leader
This job overlapped with my next role but in it I was in command of a small team of about 40 people and was responsible to oversee their training. I planned and conducted both physical and field exercises.
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CANADIAN ARMED FORCES (CAF)
Mar 2020 – Jul 2020
Oromocto, NB
Assistant/Acting Information Management Officer
I was tasked to help transition the unit (of about 600 people) to remote work at the outbreak of COVID-19. We had to create a system from scratch and build our own processes on Microsoft Teams and SharePoint. This included the creation of policies and operating procedures to ensure information security was maintained. This all took place in the context of our unit preparing to deploy oversees as a combat arms unit.
Education
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Baylor University
Jul 2022 – Dec 2023
Masters of Business Administration, General
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Tyndale University
Sep 2011 – May 2015
Bachelors of Arts, History