Burlington, Ontario

DARLENE YATES 905-***-****

acd3dr@r.postjobfree.com

PROFILE

A highly motivated hands on professional committed to achieving excellent

r esults within a r ange of team environments. Key skills include :

Financial review & reporting, cost analysis, and GL reconciliations

Accounts Payable – processing approximately 60 vendor invoices daily

Accounts Receivable – invoicing & process cash receipts

Excellent data entry and prioritization skills

Strong verbal and wri t ten communication skills

Good problem solving and lateral thinking skills

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

AMEC AMER ICAS, Oakville, ON

Engineering & Construction

PROJEC T ACCOUNTANT - Responsible for setting up projects in the accounting system and

t racking profitability.

Monthly analysis of financial results: project revenue, cost t rends, milestones status,

and current budget details

Scheduled and produced invoices (in both US & Canadian $), and assist in collecting

overdue accounts

Process cash receipts

Provide customer support & maintenance (issue customer statements on request)

Coordinated with Project Managers and Finance departments to ensure compliance

w ith company policy and procedures

As a Power-user, played a key role in t raining others on AMEC’s system “Penta” across

Canada and the US as well as providing continuous support to all other Project

Accountants

Analyze and distribute monthly financial reports

Prepare, review, and post: month end accruals, cost t ransfers, and revenue adjustments

B ARRY MORE CARPET, Toronto, ON

M anufactu ring

A CCOUN TS P AYABLE – Responsible for full cycle A/P.

Matching P.O.’s & packing slips to invoices, data processing, vendor maintenance,

weekly cheque runs, monitor back orders and data entry support for payroll

department

ACCOMPLISHMENTS

AMEC POWER USER:

As a Power user managed all aspects of Project Accounting modules and corrected system

errors. Key contributor to the testing of Oracle over a two year period.

O NTAR IO P OWER G ENERAT ION :

Supported 60 JV projects totaling approximately $10 mill ion and lasting from 2 years to 12

years. Project accountant for AMEC; prepared invoices and tracked the P.O.’s for the JV

accountant.

I M PER IAL O I L :

Total value of this project was over $12 mil lion. As the project accountant: validated costs,

p repared invoices, system reviews, and financial analysis. Analyzed client payments and

d iscovered a flaw in the process which resulted in a recovery of approximately $5 mill ion

dollars of revenue and a major programming change to prevent future losses.

A MEC’S H EALTH &

M E MBER O F SAFETY COM M I T T EE

Participated in office inspections and staff information seminars.

EDUCATION AND TECHN ICAL SKIL LS

B usiness Administration, Accounting Major

Sheridan College

Power User for in-house accounting system “Penta”

Excellent Microsoft Excel, Power Point, & Word skills

Project management system “Convero”

System “Discoverer” for cost analysis and creating reports as needed

SharePoint (document management)

SAGE, Simply Accounting 2011

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