RONALD D’SOUZA
**** ****** **** *****: 905-***-****
Mississauga, ON L5N8M7 Cell: 647-***-****
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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