PROFILE

Pursue a career in Financial Reporting to excel my true passion. This gives me an edge to work harder in my chosen field and assist my employer achieve their goals and objectives

** ***** progressive experience in accounting & tax (Corporate & Personal)

2 years of progressive experience in auditing

Member of the Comptables Professionnels Agréés du Québec (CPA)

APTITUDES

Financial statement Preparation/Presentation Financial statement Analysis

Bank reconciliation Journal entries (incld. adjusting entries)

Corporate remittances Sales taxes & Deductions at source

ASPE Compliances Corporate (T2) and Personal Tax (T1)

Public practice Payroll – Ceridian (Powerpay), SimplePay

COMPUTER SKILLS

Accounting Software:

SAP, QuickBooks, Simply Accounting, Quicken, MYOB, & Write-up, Caseware, CaseView, Lotus, CRM

Tax Software: Tax Prep & DT Max for Corporate & Personal

Office Software:

Advance Microsoft Excel - Pivot tables, Vlookup, macros, MS Office, Lotus, etc.

LANGUAGE SKILLS

Fluent in English (written & spoken)

French intermediate (business conversational)

Fluent in 3 additional languages

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, Montréal, Québec (Contract) Dec 2016 – Present

Financial Controller

Assuring auditing clients with over $50 million net worth including 2 NPO’s

Assuring the compliance of financial records with all relevant regulations at all times

Daily reconciliation of the bank accounts and of customer payments

Maintaining Accounts Receivable and executing collection procedures

Maintaining Accounts Payable (taxes, payroll, expense reports and vendors)

Cash Flow Management including Cash Flow Projections

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE cont’d

KMRS CPA S.E.N.C.R.L, Montréal, Québec Dec 2014 – Dec 2016

Auditor

Auditing clients with over $50 million net worth including 2 NPO’s

Reviewing and preparing notice to readers for various clients such as construction business (commercial & residential), IT services, retail & wholesale, import & export, & various others

Overseeing interns through allocating and reviewing work

Analyzing and reconciling various general ledger accounts and made correcting journal entries to finalize accounts for year-end

Pursuing tax appeals for clients to help save thousands of dollars in dispute

Performing financial reporting, consolidating, bookkeeping, clerical and payroll functions, and administrative support for many small to large sized clients.

Roll Harris & Associés S.E.N.C.R.L., Montréal, Québec Oct 2012 – July 2014

Intermediate Auditor

Training junior auditors and act as team leader on mandates

Filing GST-QST reports and other government filing such as DAS

Preparing Personal tax, Corporate tax, & Estate tax returns

Performing assurance services and tax returns to obtain CPA audit permit

Preparing Working Paper files, financial statements, and tax returns

Ruby Stein Wagner LLP CPA, Montréal, Québec (Co-op 2 year term) Apr 2010 – May 2012

Junior Auditor - Part-time while attending McGill’s Graduate program

Analyzed and reconciled various general ledger accounts and prepared correcting journal entries to finalize accounts for year-end

Performed bookkeeping, clerical and payroll functions, and administrative support for many small to medium sized clients

Demonstrated strong analytical skills by questioning client’s internal system & discovered inappropriate practices which were disclosed to the senior in a professional manner

Kerr Financial Corporation, Montréal, Québec June 2004 - May 2009

Accounting Analyst - Part-time while attending Concordia’s B-Comm

Bookkeeping of Investment companies with portfolio value of over $1 million

Consummated the Marketable Securities schedule for notes to financial statement

Administrative support for Accounting team

EDUCATION

CPA CGA & Auditor permit 2014- 2015 Comptables Professionnels Agréés du Québec (CPA)

Graduate Certificate in Accountancy Program May 2013 McGill University, Montreal, QC

Bachelor of Commerce, Major in Accountancy Aug 2009

John Molson School of Business – Concordia University, Montreal, QC

VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE

Gym Animator Jan 2011 – Present

YMCA Cartierville, Montréal, Québec

CPR Certification, organize hockey games

REFERENCES AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST

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