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Accounting Lead

Location:
Toronto, ON, Canada
Posted:
July 24, 2013

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***, ********* **.

East, anuj***@yahoo.c

Apt # *14 a

Toronto, Ontario Ph:647-***-****

M4X 1G5

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Objective - My objective is to secure a challenging position in a high

growth company with considerable advancement opportunities. I am

enthusiastic, passionate, innovative, committed, possess "Can-do" attitude,

efficient leadership and decision making skills.

Experience:-

Accounting Lead April 2010 - July 2013

Olive Media, Toronto

(Full cycle accounting, budget / forecast and management reporting)

. Responsible for month-end closing.

. Monthly intercompany, accrual and depreciation / amortization entries.

. Preparing Financial Statements and in depth variance analysis - Actual

v/s Budget & Forecast (MTD and YTD) for management.

. Fixed Asset schedule, intercompany reconciliations, Liabilities and

contractual obligations schedules and tax returns.

. Preparing management summary for financial result review meeting with

Senior Leadership Team.

. Trend analysis for revenue and expenses current v/s prior years.

. Margin analysis by product by vendor level to support sales director

and client relation manager in identify margin drivers and in pitching

future sales in growing directions.

. Preparing quarterly Variable pay and monthly sales commission for 80

employees.

. Responsible for various high level ad-hoc reporting for management.

Accomplishment: - Analyzed internal processes within departments and

polished processes with missing controls to comply with accounting

standards. Streamlined processes and applied automation with support from

Business Solution team. Centralized variable pay processes and calculation

templates to eliminate errors for all entities under Torstar Digital.

Senior Accountant - (Contract) May 2009 - Mar

2010

Rogers Communication, Toronto

(Supervising Balance sheet and P&L monthly activities)

. Responsible for monthly balance sheet and P&L accounts reconciliation.

. Monthly re-class, accrual and amortization entries.

. Financial statements in depth variance analysis - Actual vs Budget &

Forecast (MTD and QTD) and further investigation.

. Revenue reconciliation including contra transactions and monthly

timing accruals.

. Inventory & programming rights schedule. Wire payments to

international vendors.

. Responsible for Financial statements, month/quarter end reports, close

the book meeting summary and variance analysis.

. Initiating process improvement projects. Maintaining effective

communication flow with Senior Leadership Team.

. Monthly intercompany adjustment and reconciliation.

. Responsible for various high level ad-hoc reporting for management..

Accomplishment: - Analyzed reporting issues within our team and

Implemented reports structure as per requirements, created excel macros

and templates to make month end and budget processes much faster,

effective and most reliable.

Senior Accountant / ERP system implementation -(Contract) Sept

2008- May 2009

Air Miles, Toronto

(Supervising Accounts Payable / Inventory teams & monthly activities)

. Representing Finance in Order Management software implementation

project from Epicor to Elite Series & provided system exposure to A/P

& Inventory team members.

. Responsible for Month end close and reconciliation of sub ledgers with

GL activities (Fixed assets, A/R, A/P, Inventory, Bank, Accrued

liabilities, Allowance)

. Responsible for quality controls check and warehouse files import

controls (Approximately 10,000 inventory transaction a day).

. Monthly three way check of differed revenue, A/P & Inventory sub

ledger and GL activity and variance analysis.

. Managing Accounts Payable and Inventory teams. Providing full support

to team members, creating encouraging environment for growth, manage

team priorities and allocation of work load.

. Assisting with quarterly and annually audit and ensuring processes are

SOX compliance and business policies are met at all times.

Accomplishment: - Analyzed reporting issues within finance department and

Implemented reports structure and requirements, reconciled vendors

outstanding accrued rebates from 2007 for the total of $210K. Reconciled

vendor statements with sub ledger from 2007 and finalized unrealized gain

for the total of $164K.

Senior Accountant April 2007- September

2008

Itoys Inc (Erwin toys), Toronto

(Supervising domestic and international monthly activities)

. Supervising accounting team (Accounts receivable and Accounts

payable), analyzing weekly aging reports and controlling doubtful debt

account, sorting escalated issues with customers and vendors,

processing month end journal entries and month end closing, monthly

trial balance schedule and inter-company reconciliation

. Credit Collection and reporting on overdue accounts, submitting

monthly financial reports within time line, Preparing ad-hoc reports

as required

. Royalties and commissions: Analyzing and processing commissions and

quarterly royalty payments. Resolving issues with international

representatives and licensors.

. Assisted in successful implementation of Microsoft Navision ERP

software and trained associates with accounting process flows as well

as updated A/P & A/R policies within different international location.

. Assisting with quarterly and annually audit

. Prioritizing and providing ad hoc reports and analysis as per

managements requirements,

. Maintaining strong customer relationships and making sure company

procedures are followed at all times

Accomplishment: - Organized and documented company's processes after

system implementation and confirmed all are sox compliance. Reconciled

all overdue allowance accounts and received credit of $40K from customer

before transferring closing balances to new accounting software.

Reorganized few responsibilities to get better monthly results and A/R

aging reduce from $800K to $100K.

Accounts Receivable/ Inventory controller / Costing Oct

2005 - Jan 2007

McCollum Industries Limited, New Zealand

(Supervised W/H staff apx. 30)

. Accounts Receivable: Full cycle of accounts receivable and month end

closing, posting accrual against shipped not invoiced inventory,

calculation of different allowance and charges at year end, monthly

reconciliation of customer accounts, looking after various volume

discounts and payment terms, quarterly assessment of credit limit and

payment terms depends on performance.

. Credit Control: following up overdue invoices and escalated issues,

credit control for international overdue accounts.

. Receipting for automatic payment direct credits, check, credit card

payments, foreign currencies - deposits and payments

. Inventory full cycle, Costing, weekly count & reconciliation. Taking

care of production and warehouse associates relating to any inventory

movements

. Planning & Organizing process improvement projects and making them

operational

. Maintaining strong customer relationship and making sure company

procedures are followed at all times

Accounts Payable / Cost Controller May 2002

-Sept 2005

B W Catering Ltd, New Zealand

Barry Court Suites-Hotel & Conference Centre, New Zealand

. Matching invoices with purchase order, posting authorized invoices,

weekly check run, GL coding, filing, preparing weekly & monthly

statements.

. Reconciliation of suppliers statement/Issues and bank transactions

. Reconciling sub ledger with GL monthly reports

. Analyzing trend of A/P cycle and cash flows.

. Credit Control, Preparing weekly financial reports

. Analyzing and maintaining food cost for F & B department

. Act as a Conference Coordinator when needed.

EDUCATON

2010 University of Toronto, Toronto -- Certified General

Accountant - Level 4

1996 -1999 Gujarat University, India -- Bachelor in Commerce: Majors in

Accounts and

Economics.

1997-1998 Govt of India, India -- 01-year Diploma in Computer

application.

2002. Asia Pacific Institute, New Zealand -- Masters of Business

Administration

Computer skills: NetSuite, Microsoft Navision, People Soft, Oracle,

Hyperion Essbase, QuickBooks, Elite Series, Syspro, MYOB, Microsoft

Office, Epicor, etc.



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