Accountant, CGA, CPA

Kexin Lu, CGA, CPA **** Ellengale Dr,

Mississauga, ON L5C 1Z7

Email:

*****.***@*****.***

PROFILE

. CGA member, from 2013

. Experience in month-end account reconciliation, financial analysis in

multi-national and multi-currency environment; government remittance

filing, auditing working paper preparation, etc.

. Excellent time management skills: able to meet deadline, multitasking,

and detail oriented

. Strong analytical skills, interpersonal skills and people management

skills

. Effective communicator, volunteer as CGA High School Ambassador in

Hamilton area

. Proficient in adopting to new reporting procedure

. Participated GP Dynamics implementation and manual drafting

EDUCATION

Certified General Accountant, Member

Bachelor of Business Administration

2002 - 2005

Simon Fraser University, Majors: Accounting

pROFESSIONAL Experience

General Accountant Dec 2010 -

Present

Avalon Rare Metals Inc.

. Perform daily tasks in Accounts Payable, including invoice and payment

processing, maintenance of the vendor master file, and

authenticate/validate data by cross referencing with internal

parties/data bases

. Ensure internal controls relating to SOX cycle are functional by

monitoring review/approval procedures properly followed with accurate

coding, signed agreements documented, and accumulated total billed amount

per vendor not to exceed budgeted amount

. Support the overall month end and year-end financial close and audit

procedures including posting of sub-ledgers and journal entry preparation

combined with payable reconciliation, bank reconciliation and balance

sheet accounts reconciliation, and analysis of results

. Conduct variance analysis related to deviations to budget

Selected Achievements:

. Get familiar with the filing procedure and requirements for a public

junior mining company listed in TSX and NYSE

. Utilize the knowledge of project accounting and stock option recording

. Participated implementing internal control procedures

Accountant Apr 2008 - Dec 2010

Solarsoft Business Systems

. Conducted billing for 3 major product lines: communicated with supporting

team, senior manager and sales department to verify billable hours,

billable expenses and new sales conducted during the month; drafted

invoices for management review; confirmed and updated customer profiles

for contacts and addresses; and sent invoices via proper media based on

customer requests

. Reconciled software revenue against new sales orders during the month

based on Salesforce.com, and created and maintained billing schedules as

defined on the Agreements

. Oversaw receivable collection: ensured the collection personnel had most

recent information of payment arrangement; and coordinated with customer

requests and write-off posting

. Supervised and monitored payable posting and received payment posting to

ensure the correct amount was properly allocated to the correct account

and to the correct product lines

. Coordinated with bank deposits, posted payment received based on bank

notices/reports, and prepared periodic cheque run

. Reconciled and analyzed revenue stream in multi-currency: matched third

party revenue and COGs; recorded recognized revenue on pre-billed items

upon completion of the projects and delivery of the products; and

investigated variance of budgeted amount against actual

. Reconciled intercompany accounts for 4 entities of Packaging division and

coordinated with new transactions and adjustments

. Perform month end closing tasks including sales reconciliations, journal

entries, balance sheet reconciliations, and assisted with preparation of

consolidated financial statements

. Prepared monthly and quarterly reports for the bank for all the 4

entities in Packaging Division located in BC, Chicago, Los Angeles, and

United Kingdom for 12-month revenue and expenses forecast

. Prepared period end closing packages for VP Finance review, with

Walkthrough, schedules, statements and backups

. Provided support for year-end auditing and bank auditing

Selected Achievements:

. Explored the organizational hierarchy, core of competence, procedures

and management of an international private corporation

. Assisted with GreatPlain Dynamics implementation on September 2009:

analyzed senior management inquiries; prepared data for upload; reported

errors of the test results to management; and made recommendations on

procedure modification to adapt the changes efficiently and effectively

. Assisted on drafting GreatPlain Dynamics manual with modified procedures,

demonstrated billing and collection modules to 2 billing staff, and

trained accounts payable personnel and senior accountants from other

divisions

. Assigned to handle the book of Informance International, a new U.S

company merged on March 2010, and was able to make the transfer smoothly

with little supervision

Accountant Aug 2004 - Dec 2007

Zetta Automotive Parts & Services

. Created and maintained customers and vendors files, and updated and

maintained accounts payables and receivables schedules

. Used QuickBooks to oversee the Company's cash flows and bank

reconciliation

. Performed inventory control by ensuring the purchases were recorded

correctly (total quantity and unit costs) and obsolete inventories were

written-off timely

. Develop accurate standards (product cost) for new products while

considering the cost of freight and additional labor hours to obtain

accurate base costing and considering the local market prices and

availability for sales pricing and margin reviews

. Reconciled bank accounts and credit card accounts

. Performed month-end and year-end closing, including transactions

validation and journal entries posting

. Conducted tends and variances analysis to budget and month-to-month

changes

. Recognize underlying trends and resolve complex problems through analysis

provide corrective actions if warranted

. Assisted with strategic planning, especially on marketing and financing

analysis, and establishing supply chain and distribution channels

Selected Achievements:

. Utilized knowledge learned in University of different fields in

wholesale/retail business to improve the performance of the company by

achieving 50% revenue growth annually

. Performed financial analysis and marketing analysis, and participated in

establishing and developing supply chain and distribution channels

. Assisted in building business relationship with a U.S passenger tire

distributor and manufacturer, which was able to provide steady supply of

tires with lower costs

SOFTWARE APPLICATIONS

. Professional in GreatPlain Dynamics, Softrax, Platinum, Quickbooks,

Simply Accounting & Caseware

. Professional in Microsoft Office Applications - Advanced skills in Excel,

PowerPoint and Word

Appendix I

CPA certificate - being a CGA member, CPA certificate was granted after

the merger

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Appendix II

Bachelor of Business Administration degree obtained from Simon Fraser

University

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