Amy Wen, CPA, CGA

**** ****** **, *********, ** S7T 0S1

Cell Phone: (306) 717 - 1528

Email: ac5jbh@r.postjobfree.com

Summary of Qualifications:

Fifteen years experience in accounting field and strong understanding of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles

Seven years experience in supervising, coaching and directing staff to ensure accounting policies and procedures are being followed

Strong ability to review and prepare financial reports and forecasts

Strong ability to assist in preparation of operating budget

CPA,CGA designations

Advanced Access database query and Excel spreadsheet skills

Six years experience with Accpac accounting system

Extensive experience with accounting full cycle

Extensive payroll and payroll remittance experience

Strong attention to detail with the ability to work efficiently under tight deadlines

Strong organization and planning skills with the ability to juggle multiple tasks

Ability and willingness to work in a fast paced, deadline driven environment. The ideal candidate takes personal responsibility for team success and presents solutions to problems

Ability to analyze and question data for reasonableness, proper accounting and consistency

Ability to communicate both verbally and through written mediums in a clear and concise manner with internal and external stakeholders of all levels in resolving or providing answers for related accounting issues/questions

Ability to research technical accounting issues and present conclusions on such findings

Excellent interpersonal skills

Work Experience

Accounting Supervisor, Revenue Branch, City of Saskatoon Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada

September, 2011 to present

Supervise and direct staff in the accounting section

Act as a technical resource for accounting staff to ensure the proper accounting processes are completed within the required time-lines

Run annual property tax billing in CIS system, balancing and preparing yearly tax billing JE

Create preliminary roll and generate assessment notices in AO, CIS production and test databases

Create TIPPS statements and calculate TIPPS in CIS production and test databases

Overlook the assessment notice process from compiling the valuation changes, entering the data in CAMA, uploading and posting the data into CIS all the way through to generating/printing assessment notices

Compile assessment data for provincial government agency such as SAMA

(Saskatchewan Assessment Management Agency) by extracting the data out of CIS through the use of Access and compiling data onto SAMA’s forms

Prepare reports for the Senior management, City Assessor regarding the assessment roll information for budget purposes

Assist with the preparation of operating budget

Prepare property tax abatements for incentive programs

Compile assessment data for the provincial government departments such as Ministry of Government Relations

Prepare monthly school board payments and year-end school board payment reconciliation and forecast

Prepare monthly property tax bank reconciliation

Administer payments, reconcile accounts and prepare forecasts for 5 business improvement districts

Process replot transactions in CIS system and prepare supporting documentation

Post assessment and tax transactions in CIS system

Apply for Grants in Lieu of property taxes and follow up on receipts with the Federal and Provincial governments

Coordinate property tax payments with financial institutions

Provides daily support and information, related to the financial management systems of the Department, and to other Department staff such as providing property tax calculations for Land Branch regarding returned lots

Prepare year end journal entries, reconciliations and working papers

Respond to difficult questions regarding property taxes, such as phase in, abatements, replots and tax implications of assessment appeals Finance Supervisor

Saskatoon Open Door Society

Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada

August, 2009 to September, 2011

Prepared financial statements

Prepared and processed payroll for all staff

Prepared capital assets continuity schedule including fixed assets, computer hardware, computer software and leaseholds improvements additions

Completed cash flow reports and claims for various programs sponsored by Citizenship and Immigration Canada and provincial government

Prepared variance reports and variance analysis for CIC programs

Assisted with the preparation of operating budget

Prepared month end journal entries with supporting documentation

Prepared auditing working papers

Supervised and coached accounting staff

Accountant

Pronto Airways

Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada

March, 2007 – November 2008

Performed bank reconciliations for CAD operating accounts for the head office in Saskatoon

Prepared month end journal entries with supporting documentation

Created cash sheets based on bank deposits and applied all accounts receivable transactions in AccPac system

Prepared and completed payments of accounts payable on a timely basis

Prepared monthly revenue reports in the Skyline online ticket ordering system

Reconciled and analyzed monthly revenues with the Skyline transactions report Accounting Coordinator

Tennis Canada

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

April 2005 – December 2006

Performed bank reconciliations for CAD and USD operating, construction accounts and tournament accounts for the Toronto and Montreal offices

Prepared month end journal entries with supporting documentation

Performed GST, PST and QST remittances for Toronto and Montreal offices monthly

Account analysis and reconciliations for auditing

Created bank cash surplus reports weekly to provide information for senior management to make investment decisions

Dispensed prize money to top tennis players in Rogers Cup Tournament and other tennis events in Toronto and Montreal

Constructed cash sheets according to bank deposits and apply all accounts receivable transactions in AccPac system

Petty cash funds management

Checked all invoices and A/P cheques

Processed all credit card transactions for Rogers Cup online ticket sales and preparing account reports from the database system

Prepared various spreadsheets and supporting documentation for the bank reconciliations

Accounting Clerk

Simpro PCS

Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada

August 2004 April 2005

Posted journal entries and reconciled ledger accounts using Simply Accounting

Prepared trial balances and maintained a general ledger on the computer

Prepared bank reconciliations manually and in Simply Accounting

Prepared various spreadsheets and supporting documentation for the bank reconciliations and journal entries

Entered sales, bill payments, deposits on a daily basis

Prepared bank daily cash deposits

Maintained sub ledgers and input general ledger entries

Reconciled accounts payable and accounts receivable transactions

Processed and recorded all accounts receivable and payable transactions with the necessary documentation

Accounts Payable Associate

Ingram Micro Inc, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada

2004

Matched and posted invoices, credit memos and debit memos of various companies on the computer

Reviewed GL account reports to ensure the balance of the accounts and approval of the authorities

Prepared various reports to ensure correct payment of accounts payable on a timely basis

Processed and recorded all accounts receivable and payable transactions with the necessary documentation

Calculated, prepared, and issued documents such as bills, invoices, inventory reports

Education

Chartered Professional Accountant

2014, CPA Saskatchewan

Certified General Accountant

2011, CGA Saskatchewan

Athabasca University

Athabasca, Alberta, Canada

School of Business

January 2007 – September 2008

University of Toronto

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

September 2006 – December 2006

Accounting Diploma with Honours

Seneca College

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

January 2003 – August 2004

M.S. (Computer Science)

Yanshan University

Qinhuangdao, Hebei province, P.R. China

September 1994 – July 1997

B.Sc. (Electrical Engineering)

Shenyang Polytechnic University

Shenyang, Liaoning province, P. R. China

September 1987- July 1991

Designations

Chartered Professional Accountant

2014, CPA Saskatchewan

Certified General Accountant

2011, CGA Saskatchewan

Achievements and Awards

2009/2010 CGA Saskatchewan Student Bursary Award Winner (Only 2 in Saskatchewan)

2008/2009 CGA Saskatchewan Student Bursary Award Winner (Only 2 in Saskatchewan)

Achieved the highest Saskatchewan mark in AU1 (External Auditing) at the summer 2009 CGA examination session

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