Accounting Clerk

ROWENA D. MARAÑA

*** – ***** *** Street NW, Edmonton, Alberta T5G2R3

Telephone : 780-***-**** ; email : ***.******@*****.***

OBJECTIVE:

JUNIOR ACCOUNTANT

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS:

Over 10 years of accounting experience – bookkeeping, general accounting and finance

Proven ability to process high volume of transactions accurately with attention to details

Flexible, adaptable and willing to accept challenges and responsibilities

Trustworthy with strong time management, analytical and organizational skills

Effective interpersonal, communication skills and customer-oriented

Able to meet critical deadlines and can work independently or with a team

Computer literate – MS Word, Excel, Focus ERP, Quickbooks, Simply Accounting, Equinox

Currently enrolled in Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA - PEP) in Canada

SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE:

Accounting Clerk/Technician

McAllister LLP/Amalco Management

2500 Commerce Place

Edmonton, Alberta, Canada December 2014 – Present

Duties: Records all transactions, monitors the trust funds and attends to the accounting needs

of the legal assistants, support staff and lawyers.

Records all trust and financial transactions in EQ Accounting System;

Receives and prepares deposit slips to all cash and cheques for bank deposits;

Monitors and records direct deposits and electronic fund transfers; A/P and A/R;

Prepares and generates all cheque disbursements and payments of payables;

Prepares bank, trust funds, accounts receivable and accounts payable reconciliations;

Prepares month-end reports and capital accounts of partners;

Reviews the balance of trust funds, expenses and calculates the possible reduction and write off of expenses to all client files due for closure before closing the same;

Monitors, reviews and facilitates all trust investments receipts and disbursements;

Negotiates for favorable rates to all long-term and short-term trust fund investments;

Attends to the accounting requirements and needs of support staff, legal assistants and lawyers from time to time.

Part- time Post Office Clerk October 2014 - Present

Shopper’s Drug Mart

Kingsway, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Duties: Promote Canada Post Office products and attend to the customers’ needs

Receives/distributes mails or parcels for postage or claims from/to customers;

Cashiering – receives payments and pay refunds from/to customers;

Process postal money orders and money grams for customers;

Sorts mails and parcels for storage and distributions;

Coordinates with Canada Post Office representative for the incoming and outgoing mails;

Attends to post office cutomers’needs and inquiries

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General Accountant 2007 – 2014

Kito Enterprises General Trading LLC, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates

Nature of business – Ship Management, Offshore Oil Pipeline & Rig Installations

Duties: Maintained and monitored the proper internal control accounting system,

policies and procedures in conformity with the company’s standard

Reviewed the accuracy of all transactions; sales, accounts payable, accounts receivable,

advances, receipts, payments and petty cash fund replenishments;

Analyzed the ageing of accounts payables, advances and accounts receivables;

Uploaded all invoices of accounts payable into database for payment approval;

Checked and posted all the payment transactions in the FOCUS ERP accounting system;

Maintained, monitored and reconciled GL accounts, banks, prepaid expenses, accruals;

Prepared the general ledgers’ schedules, analysis of fixed assets, prepayments, accruals and adjustments of foreign exchange valuations of monetary and non-monetary items;

Coordinated with project departments for proper costing and payroll of marine crew;

Reconciled with the logistics for the receipts, issuance of materials and inventory

Reviewed and analyzed the trial balance for accurate preparation of financial statements

Generated financial statements and assisted the semi-annual and annual external audit;

Reconciled and validated the statement of accounts of customers and suppliers;

Enhanced the timely submission of financial statements and other accounting reports;

Accounting Clerk 2005 – 2007

Granweld/Atos International, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Nature of business – Ship Building and Repairs

Duties: Checked the attachments of transactions, prepared journal entries, processed cheques

for payments and data entry to the Real World Accounting Software.

Received and checked the accuracy of attachments to all invoice payables with their corresponding LPO and approved requisition, sales invoices, receipts and disbursements

Dispatched original sales invoices to customers and filed the duplicate

Prepared journal entries for all purchases, sales, receipts, payments and data entry

Prepared cheques and electronic fund transfers for the suppliers’ accounts

Issued official receipts to all cash, cheques and electronics fund transfer collections

Issued provisional receipts to all post-dated checks received and monitored maturity

Reconciled bank accounts, suppliers and customer statement of accounts

Assumed the costing job in the absence of the Cost Accountant

Improved the accounting perfomance with updated financial records and zero-backlogs.

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EDUCATION AND TRAINING:

Currently enrolled in Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA - PEP) in Canada

Western Business School

Edmonton, Alberta Canada

English Language Training for Accounting

Toronto District School Board

1470 Don Mills Road, Toronto, Ontario M3B 2X7 Canada

Master in Business Administration – General Management

University of Southeastern Philippines, Davao City Philippines

( Equivalent to Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration in Canada as evaluated by

World Education Services )

REFERENCES:

Available upon request

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