Rami Abdouni

**** ****** ********, **********, ** L7M 0B9

aca2q0@r.postjobfree.com

M: 289-***-**** H: 905-***-****

aca2q0@r.postjobfree.com

Education [pic]Honours Bachelor of Commerce Degree

September 2007- April 2011

. DeGroote School of Business, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON

. Area of focus: Accounting

. Minor: Economics

. Dean Honours list, 2009

. Ontario Scholar, Entrance Scholarship, 2007

. Completion Date: April 2011

. Chartered Accounting Student:

o Successfully completed the Core Knowledge Exam (CKE) in May 2013 and

attended the School of Accountancy (SOA) in June 2013

o Successfully completed the 51 credit course requirements and

registered as a CA Student with the ICAO.

Work Experience

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Payroll/Accounting Clerk

Hamilton Wentworth District School Board October

2013- Present

. Entered employee timesheet information into the organization's system,

IPPS, for specific employee groups in a timely manner resulting in

efficient pay cycles, as well as approved entries made by colleagues.

. Completed various in-depth analytical reports as requested by the

manager to compare employee groups from multiple different angles and

aspects. These included reports about hours worked over a specific

period, pay rate changes, tax bracket rate changes among others.

. Balanced and reconciled timesheet totals for each pay category

reported by employees to what was recorded in the system at the end of

each pay period to ensure that all of the amounts are matched.

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Fund of Funds and Cash Service Administrator November 2011-

April 2013

Caceis (Canada) Limited

. Processed and facilitated fund of funds trades including subscription

and redemptions in timely manner by dealing with hedge fund managers,

clients and fund administrators directly and by following precise

instructions.

. Prepared fund specific pricing packages that were used by accountants

in order to compute the Net Asset Value (NAV) for each hedge fund.

. Entered journal entries comprising of funds coming into and leaving

the company's bank account and preformed bank reconciliation by

attributing each incoming and outgoing amount to the specific fund

that it pertains to.

. Contributed as part of a team in the company's latest project of

transferring bank accounts of each of its' clients funds by ensuring

that all related parties are notified and aware of the new banking

information, which ensured a smooth transition that would cut the

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Accounts Payable Clerk July 2011- October

2011

Halton Catholic District School Board

. Processed incoming invoices against purchase orders available on

record in order to prepare them for manager's authorization.

. Extracted desired information from invoices for input onto the

organization's system using BAS 2000 V2.6 accounting software, which

qualifies these invoices for payment.

. Performed weekly check runs in order to ensure that hard copies of all

invoices entered each week are available, and compare the amounts on

the invoices with the amounts entered in the organizations system to

ensure that there are no discrepancies.

. Searched for confirmations from vendors and schools associated with

the school board to ensure that they have received the ordered

products/services before invoices are paid.

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Financial Analyst Assistant

June 2010- September 2010

OTIS Canada Ltd., Burlington, ON

. Extracted information regarding safety tests from maintenance, service,

and lubrication contracts, and organized the data into spreadsheets

using Microsoft Excel resulting in a project that would decrease the

company's cost in the future.

. Browsed through contracts to find information about safety operations in

the company's Hamilton and Mississauga offices to complete the Elevator

Code Project with entries for over 1600 contracts, which clarified the

company's obligations for each type of contract.

. Assisted the financial analyst in completing sales reports, which helped

mangers draw conclusions about their teams of sales representatives, and

their most successful associates.

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Accounting Clerk May 2009 -

September 2009

Rosemary Business Services- Bookkeeping and Accounting, Mississauga, ON

. Communicated important information to clients regarding payments, issues

and discrepancies, and file updates resulting in a better, more precise

service.

. Entered Client firms' transactions into spreadsheets using Microsoft

Excel, which helped the manager in analyzing each firm's financial

position and used as additional support for journal entries.

. Assisted main accountant with journal entry preparation and bank

reconciliations, which rapidly increased the speed at which the

required work for each client was completed.

Career Skills

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. Fluent in Arabic, oral and written communication

. Knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite, including: Word, Excel, and

PowerPoint

. Working knowledge of BAS 2000 Accounting Software

Extracurricular Activities

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Member of the DeGroote Accounting Association

September 2009 - April 2011

. Attended, participated and helped organize events such as CA Night and

case study competitions.

President of the McMaster Shaolin Kung Fu Association

September 2008 - April 2011

. Was responsible for keeping the club operating efficiently throughout

the year by booking facilities for training, completing required paper

work and communicating important information.

. Organized club events such as clubs fest presentations and social

gatherings through coordination with the University's club union and

students.

. Attend training classes twice weekly to work on forms and self defence

and obtained 1st Degree Black Belt in March of 2010.

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