Finance is evolving fast. Tech is driving transparency and real-time insights, helping us guide clients through disruption, regulation, and rising stakeholder expectations.

Chris Madsen

Financial Accounting Advisory Services Leader, Assurance, EY Canada

Driver of innovation and value creation. Passionate about finding new ways to unlock value and navigate the future with confidence.

Chris is EY Canada’s Financial Accounting Advisory Services Leader. With more than 25 years of professional experience, he focuses on helping finance executives navigate external disruption and improve the value of the finance function. He leads a national team that supports both public and private clients across industries through its accounting, reporting and analytics services. 

Chris previously served as EY Canada’s Financial Accounting Advisory Services Finance Optimization Leader, where he was instrumental in the practice’s launch in 2017 and its subsequent growth. Prior to EY, Chris spent 15 years in finance management consulting with two global professional services firms and technology leader IBM.  

Chris earned his Honors Bachelor of Administration (HBA) degree at the Ivey Business School at the University of Western Ontario. He is also a credentialed Chartered Professional Accountant and Certified Management Accountant with CPA Ontario. 

As an EY partner, Chris works alongside team members to help EY achieve its purpose of building a better working world. Outside of work, he is a dedicated board director with Oak Valley Health, one of Ontario’s leading community health care organizations delivering high-quality care to more than 441,000 patients annually. 

How Chris is shaping the future with confidence

“As the role of the CFO continues to transform, I’m shaping the future by forging strong business relationships and using leading-edge technology and analytics to drive greater insight, efficiency, and confident decision-making.”

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