Breakwater Accounting Advisors LLP

Leadership Team

Steven Figner

Steven Figner is the Managing Partner of Breakwater Accounting Advisors LLP and has over 18 years experience providing a broad range of accounting and advisory services to the local and international market. His experience varies from assisting clients with IFRS conversions, enterprise risk management, due diligence on multi-billion dollar mergers, IT assurance and computer forensics. However, 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 clients with insight into the complete picture and is recognized for recommending practical solutions.

Prior to founding Breakwater in 2008, Steven worked in global accounting firms where he led numerous successful regulatory compliance and control assurance engagements for companies of various sizes ranging from large multinationals to smaller junior exploration mining companies. His years in industry has given him a balanced perspective when implementing solutions for clients.
Shane Troyer

Shane is an Incorporated Partner specialising in the delivery of broad based governance, risk, compliance and fraud prevention initiatives on a co-sourced or outsourced basis. Shane prides himself on his ability to provide a trusting, fun, and pragmatic client service relationship for his clients.

Shane leverages his unique blend of experience gained over seventeen years of providing professional services to local, national and global corporations and government entities. As a subject matter expert in the design and assessment of anti-fraud and anti-corruption programs Shane provides access to unique capabilities for our clients.

Prior to joining Breakwater Shane was a Senior Manager in the Financial Advisory Services practice of a global professional services firm where he managed their Forensic Services practice in British Columbia. Previously, Shane was a key member of the Advisory Services practice at PricewaterhouseCoopers where he was a member of their global fraud risk and control practice. Such experience has enabled him to leverage existing internal control compliance initiatives to achieve additional value for clients in the areas of operational risk mitigation, fraud prevention and anti-corruption.

Shane is a Certified General Accountant, Certified Fraud Examiner, Certified Internal Auditor, and a Certified Information System Security Professional.
Michael Pretorius

Michael is an Information Systems Auditor with over 14 years experience as an Information Systems and Financial Auditor. Through his international experience at global accounting 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).