Accounts Payable/Receivable, office admin & customer Service

MESSERT GEBRU

416-***-**** **** Pharmacy Avenue, Toronto, M1R 2H5 ********@*****.***

Accounting Clerk

Highlights of Qualifications

Over ten years of experience in accounting and bookkeeping

Experienced in AP, AR and Office administration

BA in Accounting and Finance

Proficient in ACCPAC, Simply Accounting (SAGE), QuickBooks, MS Office

Fluent in English, German and Amharic both written and verbal

Self-motivated and hardworking that adopts well to any new environment

Organized and responds to the needs of the clients with accuracy and on-time

Good interpersonal skills and excellent at serving the needs of clients

A team player that works well with all levels of the organization

Work Experience

Customer Service (German & English) – Innovative Vision (Toronto) June 2015 - current

Assist clients of Kobo with any queries they have regarding the Kobo device as well as the online book and device purchases

Troubleshooting software/hardware problems and communicating via e-mail and telephone

Volunteering- Kera Fresh Meat (Toronto, Canada) Apr 2015 – Current

Handle AP, petty cash, use cash register to receive payments

Some basic bookkeeping

Financial Analyst – Holcim Canada (Toronto, Canada) Nov 2014 – Mar 2015

Prepare journal entries related to inter-company accounting & Recurring Entries

Assist in Income Statement & Balance Sheet account analysis

Execute Month End Processing steps according to the established closing calendar

Volunteering- Kera Fresh Meat (Toronto, Canada) Sep 2013 – Jun 2014

HandledAccounts Payable and invoices as per time lines

Answered all customer inquiries and provided solutions to their issues

Handled petty cash and monitored and registered all activities

Used the cash register to receive payments

Bookkeeper- Company Express (UK) ltd (London, UK) Nov 2010 - Nov 2012

Handled the activities of the eight UK registered companies

Prepared sales invoices as needed following through with company requirements

Processed all Account Receivables and handled any reconciling items

Bookkeeper - Windmill Organics ltd (London, UK) Oct 2004 - Nov 2012

PURCHASE LEDGER

Created & maintained supplier accounts in SAGE Line 50

Matched, batched and coded purchase ledger invoices

Processed payments (BACS & cheques) and Expense reports, dealt with discrepancies

Managed accounts in SAGE & performed account reconciliations tasks

SALES LEDGER & CREDIT CONTROL

Created & maintained new customer records in the system

Allocated payments in accordance with customer remittances

Maintained accurate records of all Accounts Receivable transactions

Worked with customers to facilitate payments and reconcile any differences or conflicts

Chased debt by telephone and email and reduced debtor days.

Liaised with the sales & accounts receivable teams to resolve outstanding queries

Worked to strict monthly and annually collections targets

Daily and month end reporting and account reconciliations

Dealt with debtor queries on products and their accounts

ADHOC

Kept up an accurate accounts filing system,

Dealt with statutory returns (VAT, EC Sales)&assisted external auditors

Dealt with all purchase enquiries, processed all staff expenses, managed petty cash & banking

Payroll Assistant - Douglas Darko & Co (Accounting firm) Jun 2004 - Oct 2004

Prepared weekly payments of 35 staff from SAGE Payroll & insured timely payments

Administration Co-ordinator - Roux Fine Dining Apr 1997 - Dec 1998

In charge of administering 15 meeting rooms with an average of 40 meetings a week

Planed and coordinated corporate lunches for the clients of Dresdner Bank AG in the meeting rooms as well as delivery to preferred venues

Education

Skills for Change (Toronto, Canada) Jun 2014 – Nov 2014

Job Preparation for Internationally Trained Accountants and Bookkeepers (ITAB)

London Southbank University (London, UK) Oct 2000 – Jun 2004

BA Honours in Accounting and Finance (ACCA exemption from level F1-F9)

Lambeth College (London, UK) Oct 1999 - July 2000

Accounting NVQ Level 2

German School London (London, UK) Sept 1992 – July 1996

GCSEsin over 10 subjects

A-Levelsin 4 subjects (German, Mathematics, Biology & History)

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