OBJECTIVE

To leverage hands-on accounting experience coupled with relevant professional education in accounting and finance, seeking the position of accountant in order to the development of financial information that support critical decision making.

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

Professional accountant with three years’ experience of managing full cycle accounting functions and tax compliances including the production of general journal, ledger, AR & AP maintenance, analysis and reconciliation of balance sheet accounts, closing entries, financial statements, HST and corporate tax filings. Academic credentials include: a Bachelor Degree in International Accounting and fulfilment of all CGA academic requirements to obtain CGA-CPA designation. “Professional Experience Requirements to CPA Certification (PERC)” is in progress. Professional experience spans a wide range of industries including public accounting firm, government, investment management and manufacturing.

Outstanding understanding of International Financial Reporting Standards(IFRS), Accounting Standards for Small Enterprises (ASPE) and Generally Accepted Auditing Standards (GAAS).

Sound competency of financial reporting – financial statement consolidation, foreign financial statements translation and hedge accounting. Exceptional knowledge of all types of assurance services and Canadian Taxation- Personal, Corporate and Trust.

Technology competencies encompass: ACCPAC, Microsoft GP Dynamics, Simply Accounting, Quick Books, Visual Tax, Profile, Audit Command Language and Accutrust Gold as well as Microsoft Office - Excel, Access, Word and PowerPoint.

CAREER PROGRESSION

Accountant & Tax Associate February 2015-Present

Dominion Accounting Services

Pickering, Ontario

Key Responsibilities

Maintain accurate record of financial transactions including journal entries, general ledger maintenance, account reconciliation, trial balance, adjusting entries.

Prepare financial statements with necessary yearend adjustments and perform the closing of books.

Prepare and file HST and corporate tax returns.

Maintain effective communications with clients, vendors and customers in order to resolve issues relating to internal and external transactions.

Key Results:

Saved reasonable amount of assignment cost by completing the assignments in less than budgeted time.

Slow but steadily built up community based client group.

Software Used:

Quick Books, Visual Tax ( T1 and T2), ACL and Microsoft Excel

Staff Accountant January 2012 – April 2014

MM CPA Professional Corporation

Toronto, Ontario

Key Responsibilities:

Set-up client accounting systems and conducted accounting cycle functions including management of accounts payable, accounts receivable, general ledger and payroll.

Performed periodical account analysis and reconciled bank, credit card, vendor and customer accounts for clients’ and maintained effective communication with external stakeholders to resolve issues.

Compiled, analyzed and examined financial information and prepared financial statements in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP).

Prepared and filed clients HST returns by analyzing input tax credits and other factors to maximize benefits for clients’ organizations.

Prepared corporate tax returns with appropriate and necessary adjustments to financial statements and analysis of tax laws to create tax advantages for clients

Key Results:

Understood individual client business imperatives and produce efficient accounting systems to best meet their needs.

Met strict budgets and time-lines for all accounting activities. Frequently complete projects below budget and in less than scheduled time-lines. For example, completed a seventy hour assignment in less than fifty hours.

Prepared work manual for co-op students to process with complex accounting and tax transactions in accounting and tax software.

Software Used:

Quick Books, Simply Accounting, Microsoft Excel and Visual Tax

Trust Accounting Officer (Co-op Internship) September 2011 –December 2011

Ministry of the Attorney General, Toronto Ontario

(Office of the Public Guardian and Trustee)

Key Responsibilities:

Reconciled Brokers’ cash, investments, mutual funds, and other registered/non-registered investments including RRSP, RDSP, RRIF, SEG FUNDS, STOCKS, BONDS and other money market transactions.

Investigated and reconciled overdue Accounts Receivable and reported to Corporate Accounting Officers explaining the reasons for discrepancies among three distinct trust accounting applications.

Performed daily cheque pending functions with deposit reconciliation for domestic and foreign investments and communicated with Trust Reporting Unit. Generated reports for various securities and financial instruments to assist in investment decision making process

Participated in social activities arranged by the organization and performed assigned duties in accordance with the organizational policy and procedures

Key Results:

Cost effectively reduced a 3 month backlog pertaining to reconciliation of clients' investment portfolio.

Successfully detailed the manual related to administering investment portfolio in Accutrust Gold.

Software Used:

Accutrust Gold, PG TAMS, PG TED, Microsoft Excel, Word and Outlook

EDUCATION & PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Certified General Accountants of Ontario (CGA)

July 2012 – Present

Passed all academic courses and

“Professional Experience to Certification (PERC)” is in progress

Seneca College of Applied Arts & Technology

September 2006 – December 2011

Bachelor Degree – International Accounting and Finance

Graduate Certificate – Accounting & Information Technology

Advanced Diploma – Accounting & Finance

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