Accounting Accounts Payable
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TATENDA L. TAKAWIRA
Toronto. ON
ac8mz8@r.postjobfree.com
ACCOUNTANT, CPA CANDIDATE
PROFESSIONAL PROFILE
Seasoned, energetic and result-oriented accounting professional with extensive years of experience coupled with a passion for numbers. Ready to tackle accounting and finance needs of an organization head on and thrives in a multi-collaborative environment. Demonstrated abilities in identifying and resolving accounting deficiencies by developing innovative processes that maximize business profitability and efficiencies while reducing costs. Holding a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration Studies in Accounting and pursuing a CPA designation. Possessing extensive hands-on experience in performing full-cycle accounting, that also includes accounts payable functions, bank reconciliation, project accounting, accounts receivable, journal entries and month-end processes. Ability to review and record transactions, prepare financial reports and dashboards, and maintaining financial business models that promote accurate forecasting and cashflow management. Great team player who enjoys working in a collaborative environment
HIGHLIGHTS
• Full cycle accounting – Experienced in accurately recording transactions, journal entries in the ledger and closing of month/year-end and financial statement preparation. Great understanding of IFRS standards and application.
• Reconciliation – GL reconciliations and bank reconciliations which include multi-currency bank accounts.
• Project accounting – Analyzing budget to actual variances, tracking and processing project related invoices. Tracking costs and projections using Deltek Vision software.
• Accounts payables and purchasing – Over three years’ experience solely responsible for these functions within an organization. Processing, approving and issuing payments to vendors.
• ERP and Computer proficiency – Experienced user of ERP systems including NetSuite, Great Plains and Sage AccPac. MS Word & Excel expert, skilled in the creation of pivot tables, Vlookup and other functions for data analysis.
• Expenses & Payroll processing - Over three years’ experience processing employee expense reports also trained on ADP for payroll entries.
• Business and mathematical acumen– Strong academic foundation with bachelor’s degree in Accounting and proficient at solving accounting problems. In-depth knowledge and understanding of IFRS standards.
• Analytical decision making – Ability to effectively and efficiently analyze situations in order to achieve the most optimum and profitable results.
• Multi-tasker - Strong organizational and multi-tasking skills with the ability to prioritize while meeting deadlines.
• Data processing – Effectively capturing large data sets, with an exceptional attention to detail and accuracy.
• Communication – Stellar interpersonal skills reflected in professional and effective interactions with management, peers, and clients alike.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Project &Payables Accountant - Contract Apr 2017 – Current
Bookmark Content, Toronto
• In charge of the accounts payable process for the media and marketing company. This involved processing a high volume of vendor and freelancer invoices by coding them into the appropriate job center within the accounting system for approval by the department heads.
•Responsible for government tax filings (HST, QST, GST) filings every month and WSIB filings.
• Processed employee expenses and verified accuracy prior to submitting for payroll.
• Participated and supported the month end closing and reporting, which included running P&L reports and doing comparative month-to-month analysis on projects.
• Created quarterly sales reports for sales and finance team.
• Performed weekly cheque runs to pay vendors, freelancers and government remittances.
• Successfully maintained complete project files, including freelancers and vendors for the entire duration of each respective project.
• Created job numbers for new projects after reviewing the budgeted costs and pricing with my manager.
• Reviewed actual job costs against budget on a monthly basis and worked with the project managers to update budgets and project costs to completion.
• Consistently participated in project setups, modifications, and budget updates in the accounting system.
• Produced work in process (WIP) reports for client and leadership team.
• Rendered support to the finance team as required in terms of reports, analysis and ad hoc requests.
Accountant Mar 2016 - Jan 2017
Ariad Communications, Toronto
• Successfully recommended and implemented process improvements to the billing and payment cycles. This resulted in a more accurate revenue recognition process.
• Performed accounts payable functions for the entire marketing agency.
• Spearheaded vendor accounts and generated weekly cheque runs.
• Investigated and solved sub-ledger and general ledger discrepancies at month-end.
• Managed project utilization reports using Deltek.
• Worked with Project Managers to review and track billings and costs on their projects.
• Reconciled the accounts payable, capital assets, prepaid expenses and employee purchases accounts every month end.
• Reconciled credit card statements and made corresponding entries to the accounting system.
• Composed accounting reports, which included budget to actual variance analysis and freelance analysis reports.
• Processed all monthly tax remittances and WSIB.
• Ensured employee time-sheets were submitted accurately and timely.
• Worked with account managers and executives on a regular basis to ensure projects were accurately funded & payments were made on time.
• Supported auditing procedures and ensured that any discrepancies were promptly resolved.
Junior Accountant – Bank reconciliations & Commissions Nov 2015 - Mar 2016
Porter Airlines, Toronto
• Recommended and implemented an overhaul to the commission payments system. This resulted in the system being restructured, thereby decreasing the processing & payment times of commissions.
• Primarily responsible for the reconciliation of complex multi-currency dollar bank accounts to the accounting system on a daily basis.
• Prepared weekly bank deposits and their corresponding journal entries.
• Investigated and solved sub-ledger and general ledger discrepancies.
• Reconciled petty cash in the office as well as the corresponding airports.
• Assisted AP department, general accounting and financial reporting teams.
• Prepared and posted inter-company transactions.
• Participated in month end closing processes.
• Processed and recorded all cheque and EFT payments.
• Supervised and prepared commission payments to over a thousand travel agents and other accruals as required, for month-end. This required the use of macros to sort all the travel agents’ commissions owed per payment period.
Accounting Associate Dec 2013 - Aug 2015
Prospect Media Group, Toronto
• Helped implement changes to the accounts payable process, thereby increasing processing and payment efficiency.
• Spearheaded the accurate and timely processing of a large quantity of invoices on a monthly basis for the media agency.
• Responsible for weekly cheque runs & making sure all vendors were paid accurately and on-time.
• Responsible for creating aging accounts payable reports for review by management.
• Monitored receivables ledgers, by running an aging report for delinquent accounts and reported to account executives for further investigation.
• Responsible for the bank reconciliations and making sure all transactions on the bank statements were accounted for.
• Prepared weekly bank deposits and their corresponding journal entries.
• Processed employee expense report claims.
• Fully participated in month end closing processes.
• Held responsibility for making sure all monthly government tax remittances, rent, insurance policies were accurate and paid in a timely manner.
• Assisted in curbing fraudulent activities by monitoring the bank activities.
EDUCATION
York University - Bachelor of Business Administration, Specialized Honors in Accounting
Current CPA Registered Student – CPA Certification in progress
FMVA™ Financial Analyst Certification – in progress
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