SUSHMA ACHARYA, CMA

E-mail: ad31jk@r.postjobfree.com Phone: 346-***-**** Linkedin: sushmachar

HIGHLIGHTS OF QUALIFICATION

• 15 years of combined work experience in Accounts Payable, ERP System Implementation, Accounts Receivable, Reconciliation, Cheque Requisitions and Project Fund Allocations

• Certified Management Accountant (CMA) from ICMA

• Bachelor of Commerce (B. Com) Degree and PMI’s Certified Associate in Project Management

(CAPM) Credential

• Highly motivated, reliable, result-oriented, efficient, and organized professional with strong analytical and problem-solving skills

• Great team player, internal and external client focused, enthusiastic, Vendors Management and a leader in a fast-paced environment

• Excellent communication, flexible, organizational, prioritizing, time, change management and customer service skills

• Exceptional technical skills: Infor Syteline, Microsoft Dynamics GP, Oracle 11i/ R12, Kofax

(Markview) ERP, Computerized Accounting and Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, Word, Outlook) PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

ALL WEATHER WINDOWS (EDMONTON, AB) 2022-2023

Accounts Payable Supervisor

• Lead the AP team with process improvements, Training and Skill Development

• Setup yearly goals and competencies for team members; coach and guide them with professional development

• Managed and collaborated with AP portal supplier and software specialists and devise system requirements, Project Scope, budget and timelines.

• Pioneered with Company wide ERP and AP Portal OCR Implementation, leading to increased throughout, quality and cost savings by 35%

• Received accolades from management for implementation of centralized AP inbox system, resulting in communication traffic by 97%

• Prepare weekly KPI, Accrual, Issue log, Received Not Vouchered reports and present to management

• Vendor Management, communicate with internal stakeholders in identifying gaps and process improvement to increase efficiency

• Vendor payment review, generating bank transactions, cash management, Data entry review

• Setting up a job shadow with internal department for the team to provide better understanding of the business

SUREPOINT TECHNOLOGIES (PREVIOUSLY IRONLINE COMPRESSION (NISKU, AB)) 2018-2022 Accounts Payable Supervisor/Accountant

• Supervised and actively involved in hiring, training and mentoring of dynamic AP team

• Review and analyze RNI reports, Invoice on hold, unposted vendor returns, posted Returns reports, Distribution reports and estimated payment amount reports

• Code and approve NPO invoices, monitor and follow up on Inventory returns from internal and external stakeholders

• Identify gap and deficiencies within the department and provide recommendation with corrective actions and process improvements

• Ensure balancing of AP subledger to GL and AP Bank Reconciliation as per Internal Controls

• Payment of invoices by EFT, wire and cheque run on a timely manner with allocated cash flow

• Monitoring monthly AMEX and Mastercard transactions, allocations of cost to job and GL codes as per established policies in a timely manner

• Authored Accounting process improvement documentation and work flow charts ENBRIDGE PIPELINES (EDMONTON, AB) 2012 – 2018

Accounts Payable Reviewer Mar 2017 – May 2018

• Audited processed invoices, receipts, holdback, Non-Resident Withholding Tax (NRWT)

• Calculated taxes according to provincial legislations and code to proper account

• Reconciled holdback reports in Oracle ERP; Audit tax clearance, lean check and WCB

• Reviewed and compared receipts and hours worked for Non-Canadian suppliers for NRWT calculations

• Created templates for foreign currency wire and communicated with banks for priority transfers

• Assisted in month end and year end closures

• Audited and analyzed individual working folders Oracle ERP system Accounts Payable Processor Jan 2012 – Feb 2017

• Communicated and provided advice to coders, approvers and vendors ensuring accurate information and routing services

• Processed invoices, cheque requisitions, POs and daily EFT/ wire payment run as per SOx compliance

• Consistently processed in an average of 120 invoices per day maintaining high accuracy

• Managed individual working folders and payment batches while achieving routing service standards

• Applied appropriate commodity tax rules and holdbacks as per company standards

• Provided path forward, status of WO/ PO and matching instructions to buyers, Land ROW, SCM and project execution team

• Developed and maintained strong relationships with vendors, while ensuring Enbridge accounting standards are met

• Supported with Accounting process improvement documentation for various operating units

• Provided job shadowing to Supply Chain and Project Control Analysts on AP processes

• Established training and provided coaching to new employees with best AP practices MCBRIDE CAREER GROUP INC. (EDMONTON, AB) Apr 2009 – Jul 2010 Account Administrator

• Cost allocated, processed and posted Payables/ Receivable invoices to various program budgets

• Prepared, analysed, coordinated, forecast and updated budgets for government funded projects

• Identified receipt of payments and reconciled bank transactions

• Posted journal entries, prepared month-end payroll – coded, entered and ran payments of expenses

• Arranged spreadsheets to reconcile statements – credit card, healthcare, social fund etc.

• Actively took part in marketing for existing and new programs SCIMED TECHNOLOGIES INC. (EDMONTON, AB)- PART TIME Nov 2008 – Dec 2010

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