RONALD D’SOUZA

**** ****** **** *****: 905-***-****

Mississauga, ON L5N8M7 Cell: 647-***-****

acwdu9@r.postjobfree.com

SUMMARY OF SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS

Proficient in project controls cost, auditing, reporting and delivering methodology

In-depth knowledge of revenue reporting, billings, sales accounting and reconciliation

Experience as an analyst in implementing Airline revenue accounting systems to clients worldwide

Strong skills in Quality Management Systems, ISO 9001:2008, ISO 27001 compliance and audit procedures and KPI’s

Expertise in consulting, analyzing, re-engineering and improving existing processes and work flows

Excellent project management, organizational and system development skills

Proficient in MS Office applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio)

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT COURSES

Sage Accounting Software, Brian J. Fleming Adult Education Centre, Mississauga

BST Enterprise Software, Golder Associates, Mississauga

PM+ Cost Monitoring, SNC-Lavalin, Toronto

Work Hour Control, SNC-Lavalin, Toronto

EDUCATION

Master of Commerce, Goa University-India, majored in Financial Accounting

Bachelor of Commerce, University of Mumbai-India, majored in Cost Accounting

Accounting Coop Program, Brian J. Fleming Adult Education Centre, Mississauga

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2016 – 2016 Accounting Co-op - Golder Associates, Mississauga, Ontario

Investigated and analyzed accounts payable sub-ledger transactions on vendor accounts

Reviewed invoices for appropriate documentation and approval for the payment process

Ensured proper approvals, invoice numbers and amounts were correct on invoices being paid

Performed day to day management of payment cycle activities

Coordinated with vendors regarding invoicing, payment inquiries and discrepancies

Generated crystal reports, processed check runs and posting payments for the accounts payable team

2012 - 2013 Project Controls Coordinator - SNC-Lavalin, Toronto, Ontario

Coordinated construction optimization activity in preparing cost estimation and client reports, resulting in over $10 MM in cost savings

Assisted in preparing the yearly department budget of over 50,000 man-hours including tracking, monitoring and controlling the periodic resource utilization

Supported implementing a methodology to monitor over 200 site contractors’ daily progress reports

Coordinated and managed over 400 project staff resources, including mobilization and demobilization using a Global Manpower Forecast system to track budgets, changes, actuals, forecast to complete

Assisted in change management to create potential deviation and change notices for cost and work deviation varying from $10,000 to over $1 MM

Prepared the weekly department activity and deliverables and monitored actual progress

1998 - 2010 Business Support Group Controller - Emirates Airline, Dubai, UAE

Supported revenue accounting for leading airline companies, including West Jet, JetBlue, Emirates, Malaysian Airlines and others

Coordinated and supported the sales, accounting and credit card interface projects for over 100 corporate offices worldwide

Provided continuous investigation, analysis and on-call support to over 500 system users, resolved business & finance related issues

Supported the implementation and roll-out of a new multi-payment web booking system resulting in over $1 MM in daily online sales

Customized, implemented, tested and assisted in data migration, audit, sales and accounting interfaces from reservation, Enterprise Resource Planning and Loyalty management systems

Conducted cost benefit justification analysis for new system developments

Supported revenue accounting, reward miles, revenue optimization and pricing departments as well as external clients in resolving reconciliation, accounting, system queries and other related issues

Reviewed financial and statistical reports, interfaces, accounting and system requirement as required

Assisted in monthly and year-end financial closing, account reconciliation and aging analysis

Generated and prepared government, tax and other statutory requirement reports

Set-up customer and general ledger accounts and reconciled the same

Booked clients invoices, revenue and adjusted returns/refunds

Dealt with major credit card companies with regards to billings, invoicing, payments, refunds, rejections, charge-backs and reconciliation

OTHER EXPERIENCE

2014 - 2015 Sales Associate - Bad Boy Superstore, Brampton, Ontario

Provided sales, product information and influenced up-sell to clients

Leveraged suggestive sales and sales follow-up techniques to exceed sales

2013 - 2014 Insurance Advisor (Part Time) - World Financial Group, Mississauga, Ontario

Determined strategies and objectives based on clients financial analysis to market life insurance products

Recommended high yield investment opportunities based on historical data analysis

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