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Diana Monteiro

C: 403-***-**** Calgary, Alberta E: ad2jcc@r.postjobfree.com

Service-focused, proficient and hardworking Accountant with around nine years of experience in financial analysis, accounts payable, accounts receivable, bank reconciliation, intercompany accounting and administrative assistant. SKILLS

MS Office ● JDE ● SAP ● MS Dynamics GP ● Real Page ● Med Access ● Accuro ● Healthquest ● Wolf EMR ● Accounts Payable

● Accounts Receivable ● Bank reconciliation ● Bookkeeping ● Intercompany Accounts ● GAAP ● IFRS ● Emphatic Customer Service ● Advanced Excel ● Interpersonal Communication ● Multi Tasker ● Priority Management ● Excellent Organisational skills ● Analytical Thinker ● Innovative ● Adaptability ● Forever Student ● Willingness to go extra mile ● Self-Starter ● Works well under pressure ● Attention to detail ● English ● Hindi ● Marathi ● French ( Basic) WORK EXPERIENCE

Si Systems – Accounts Receivable Analyst – Calgary, Alberta (Sep 2022 – Oct 2022) Staffing, recruiting and contractor payrolling company specializing in IT.

● Raising invoices, ensuring cash is applied accurately and promptly, preparation of monthly reports, providing high level of customer service to clients, and assisting in process improvements Waahe Capital – Financial Analyst – Calgary, Alberta ( Jun 2022 – Jul 2022) They deal in value addition of real estate through multi- family investments.

● Daily accounts payable and bank reconciliation, Ensuring that the AP expenses are booked and paid within the due dates. Entering bank transactions for various banks in Real Page and reconciliation thereof

● Month end activities such as posting of entries, inter company transactions, preparation of income statement, balance sheet for various real estate properties that are currently held by Waahe Capital. Generation of reports, discovering trends, discrepancies and financial analysis for all the activities performed. Accomplishments

Working under pressure and developing time saving methods by analysing the process and implementing improvements thereof.

Eye Specialist Clinic - Accounting Assistant – Calgary, Alberta (Jul 2020 – Nov 2020) The clinic offers general and ophthalmic consultations on any eye concern or issue for patients of all ages

● Handled tasks such as ordering office supplies and accounts payable (Entered invoices in Healthquest, Med Access, Accuro, Wolf EMR)

WestJet - Accounts Payable Analyst / Coordinator – Calgary, Alberta (Nov 2019 – Feb 2020) WestJet is an airline company providing safe, affordable travel. Operates in America, Europe and Caribbean.

● Sorted, batched and data entry of invoices in JDE, vouchers, credits and payments in compliance with business policies and commitments to service levels. Checks done wrt to taxes GST/HST/PST

● Worked in a multi-company account structure and with multiple currencies (CAD, USD, Euros, GBP, etc.)

● Investigated discrepancies including vendor statement reconciliations, purchase orders received but not invoiced, tax calculations, and foreign exchange calculations.

● Performed analysis to identify issues and gathered information for ad-hoc management requests as required.

● Managed large volumes of emails with invoice attachments, and as required, Canada Post mail and scan to electronic copies for document storage

Accomplishments:

Daily average of 120-140 invoices entered in JDE

Best had been 236 invoices in a day

Relocation to Canada and Hiatus from Professional Career (Feb 2018 – Oct 2019) 2 Page

● Took a sabbatical. This was when I took the decision to apply and migrate to Canada. Asian Paints Limited - Mumbai, India (May 2011 – Jan 2018) Corporate Accounts Officer Level 2

(Customer Accounting / Accounts Receivable Analyst/ Intercompany Accounting) (Feb 17 - Jan 18) Since its foundation in 1942, Asian Paints has come a long way to become India’s leading paint company, with a turnover of Rs 193.50 billion. Operates in 15 countries and have 26 paint manufacturing facilities in the world, servicing consumers in over 60 countries.

● Raised DNs and prepared accounts for our international business units in Egypt, Indonesia, UAE, South Pacific Islands, Caribbean Islands, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bangladesh as per currency USD, SGD or INR

● Prepare intercompany invoices, intercompany account reconciliations and balance confirmations of our above international business units in MS excel

● Raised DNs in appropriate profit centre, accounting, reconciliations, aging reports and balance confirmations for our subsidiary Sleek Pvt. Ltd

Accomplishments:

DNs circulated to all subsidiaries on 1st of the month which ensured that their financials were prepared on time adhering to deadlines of all stakeholders.

Corporate Accounts Officer – Level 1 (Bank Reconciliation and Investment Accounting) (Oct 14 – Jan 17)

● Reconciled bank transactions for collections received, bank deposits between branch and bank and between Main GL and branch GL for India’s topmost paint manufacturing company for decorative paints

● Initiated process of opening of new bank GL in SAP for new units and coordinate with bank and Finance for necessary set up and process improvements

● Collections reconciled thrice in a month for cheques and E - collections. Cheque returns posted and reports circulated every day. Analytical report for the cheque return, deposit delay and bank credit delay which detected trends and discrepancies circulated every month to all Divisional managers with suggestions to minimise and correct

● Investment accounting for APICL (Asian Paints Subsidiary) on monthly basis Accomplishments:

Count of open items bought down to below 5 which was never achieved before.

Prepared a business process document with detailed steps and screen shots Shared Services Officer - Level 1 (Accounts Payable) (May 11- Sep14)

● Reviewed invoices (wrt taxes/agreements and quotations) and posted entries in SAP for vendor payments which included PO (3 way match) and non PO based (FI) invoices

● Prepared open advance vendor reports, outstanding/aging reports and ensured circulation to all stakeholders to ensure they are closed as per timelines. Addressed audit inquiries monthly, quarterly and annually

● Reimbursements to employee claims telephone, mobile, fuel, admin, conference etc. on Web methods. Checks and payment done with respect to Asian Paints employee policy

Accomplishments:

Invoices processed with 99% SLA in SAP

EDUCATION

2009 Bachelor’s in Commerce majored in Accounting – University of Mumbai, Mumbai, India AWARDS & RECOGNITIONS

2017 Awarded Recognition on the Spot by Asian Paints for good team coordination and mentorship during financial year-end pressure. Managed to complete my responsibilities as well as the teams on time 2011 Awarded Recognition on the spot while working in Asian Paints for achieving more than the required SLA in employee reimbursement bills

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