RESUME
YUSRA ALKHATIB
Telephone: Home 780-***-**** 1038-106 ST EDMONTON
Cell 780-***-**** *****.*@*******.***
PROFILE
An accomplished accounting professional with 16 years of experience in public and private corporations and small businesses; excellent accounting, management and interpersonal skills. Respected for incisiveness, accuracy, integrity, attention to detail and achieving high standards. Usually, by default, the resource person due to ability to retain and recall details and policies. Experience in Microsoft Office ( word and Excel), Simply accounting and AISV5 Sage ERPX3.
CAREER HISTORY
Rotaflow Control Inc
Period: 2014
Position: Accountant
Duties:
Accounting
Prepare monthly journal entries
Maintain balance sheet and ledger
Perform account and bank reconciliations
Perform credit card reconciliations
Perform month account analysis
Prepare and process customer invoices and receipts
Process vendor invoices and payments
Setup credits with vendors
Payroll /Staff Expenses
Prepare bi-weekly payroll
Prepare employee expenses and payment
Acrodex INC.
Period: 2008 to April 2014
Position: Team Lead of Account Payable
Duties:
Controller assistant
Team lead of account payable
Prepare month- end financial reports quarterly/ year-end financial statements for all business units.
Prepare month- end financial budgeting report quarterly/ year- end statement for all business unit
And calculating the variances
Prepare monthly insurance stock report.
Coordinating day to day event through coaching, providing technical advice and training to accounts
Payable administrators.
Review data entered invoices to verify accuracy.
Resolve invoice discrepancies
Manage weekly cheque run.
Handle vendor and site inquires and reconciliation of vendors accounts.
Daily cash flows and weekly forecast.
Produce monthly reports
Preparation of month- end and year-end close
Maintain accounts payable filing system
Resolve accounts payable issues with vendors, and completing
Special project work as require for the controller and manager.
All accounts payable and corporation, employee expense claims functions,
Checks/audits validity of expenses and approval of payment
enter/code expenses into computer and process payment
Reconciliation of assigned Payables, Inventory and GL accounts
Assist in budgets.
Volunteer
Period 2013 to present
Member of the Shia Imami Ismaili Grants and review Board for Edmonton for council financial Audit 2013
Ministry of Finance (Department of Economic planning)
Period: 2004 – 2005
Position: financial management
Duties:
Managed all aspects of accounting and recording of transactions.
Oversaw the preparation of monthly financial statements.
Ensured accuracy of monthly financial statements and management reports
Examined and approved GL reconciliations and analysis
Over saw the preparation of and submitted for approval a budget of $25 million.
Controlled budgets, cash flows and expenditures
Provided financial overview and leadership in the accounting department
Generated financial decision making information
Coached team members in financial procedures and analysis
Designed, implemented and monitored internal controls
Refined operational controls and procedures in the management of the reporting process
Authorized purchases, payments and payroll.
Analysed variances and provided explanations to the Minister.
Provided justification and prepared proposals for additional funding during the year, if required.
Supervised a staff of 12 in a department with 250 employees.
Ministry of Finance
Period: 1990 – 2004
Position: Chief Accountant
Duties:
Same duties as above. Worked in various departments. Progressively managed larger departments and budgets.
Alrabia (Public Accounting)
Period: 2001 – 2005
Position: Public Accountant
Duties:
While working in Ministry of Finance, initially articled and later worked part-time in public accounting firm of 15 employees.
Audited financial statements and tax returns for small and medium-sized clients in construction, banking, manufacturing, trading and engineering.
Performed various functions during audits, including audit planning.
Provided additional services to clients including preparation of budgets and cash flow projections, guidance in financial matters and representations to government departments and banks.
Volunteer
Member of the Shia Imami Ismaili Economic planning board for Tartus/ Syria 2001-2004
EDUCATION
2013-2014 Certified Management Accountant(CMA)
2010-2011 Grant McEwan CMA Accelerated Program
2009- Northern Alberta institute of technology Completed Advanced Income Tax
2007-2008 Northern Alberta institute of technology Certificate in Accelerated Accounting
1998-2001 University of Damascus Certified Legal Accountant
Certified Legal Accountant Designation obtained on a part-time basis while working full time in the Ministry of Finance. This designation is equivalent to the Charted Accountant designation in Canada and follows the Canadian and U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principals and Auditing Standards.
1984 – 1988 University of Damascus Bachelor degree of commerce
SPORT HOBBIES:
Badminton
Chess
Ping Pong (Table Tennis)
Volleyball
References
Available upon reques.