Tapash Kumar Barua

***-**** ******* ***** **., Calgary,AB

Phone :403-***-**** Email: add8o2@r.postjobfree.com

OBJECTIVE: A full time accounting position offering the opportunity to utilize my expertise and experience in finance and public service

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS:

Effective communication and interpersonal skills and sound knowledge of accounting practices

Analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to learn new skills quickly and work independently

Self-starter, detailed oriented, great customer service attitude and team player; able to set effective priorities to achieve immediate and long-term goals and meet operational deadlines

Skilled with Microsoft Dynamics, PeopleSoft (Oracle) ERP system, Reynolds & Reynolds ERP system, Sage Business Vision, Explorer, Great Plains, Microsoft Word, Outlook, Excel, Power Point, Access, TurboTax software, Ten Keys Electronic Calculator, Quick Books and Mas 90

English and Bengali (Read, Write and Speak)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Trimac Transportation Service, Inc., Calgary, Alberta Oct 2017 to June 30, 2020

Accounts Payable Specialist cum Procurement Card Administrator:

Process High volume of PO and Non-PO invoices, GL coding, Journal and Rectifying entries and Reconciling vendor statements and preparing monthly Recs such as Petty Cash, Foreign Exchange, Discount Earned Lost, Deferred Lease Benefit etc., responds to internal and external inquiries either by phone or emails received in high volume inboxes and help branches to create a PO for Capital Assets Expenditures with an AFE number

Highly contributes to the implementation of MS Dynamics Financial System and plays significant roles in testing and train up colleagues and branch administrators relating to recently introduced PO process

Highly liaised with vendors and branches to make sure that all the policies and procedures in place being followed accordingly and vendors being paid in timely manner and all other accounting functions as assigned

Assist with issuing company Pcard and T&E card, credit limit changes, maintaining cardholders’ information in spreadsheet, creating profiles for both cardholders and approvers and giving access in Center suite and responds to cardholders’ inquiries, auditing cardholder’s expense reports and perform all the communications involved in the process.

CDN Energy and Power Corp., Calgary, Alberta

Accounting Assistant: Feb 2014 to Oct 2015

Processed Accounts Payable invoices including coding, Intercompany Invoicing/Billing,

Ran reports, responded to internal, vendors and customers inquiries and liaised with departmental managers

Accomplished journal entries for Inventory transfer, Branch cost allocation, Deposits (paid by Cash and Cheques, Debit, Master or Visa Card, and EFT and Posted month end journal entries for AR, Capital assets and Inventory and Adjusting entries and changed GL coding

Reconciled Vendor statements, Balance sheet statements and General Ledger statements

Assisted with On-line bank payments and EFT documentation and processing and other accounting functions as assigned such as creating spreadsheets for various accounting functions

Assisted with data entry for Budget, cheque runs, matching invoices to cheque requisition, purchase orders and work orders, filing of invoices and cheque remittances

Tervita Corporation, Calgary, Alberta June to Dec 31, 2013

Accounts Payable Administrator:

Processed A/P invoices, Reconciled vendor statements and Reviewed duplicate payments, Posted Journal vouchers, adjusting entries and changed coding and re-submitted for approval

Liaised with vendors and buyers, responded to vendor queries regarding payments, coding and accounting related issues from buyers, vendors and other departments

Assisted with cancelling and reissuing cheques

Built up Excel Spreadsheet for mapping out account distributions and other accounting functions and writing comments after reviewing and analyzing accounts in relation to payments

Sorted, Scanned, Indexed, and other accounting functions as assigned

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: (Cont’d.)

Penske Automotive Group Inc., Fairfax, VA, USA Mar, 2009 – Dec, 2012

Junior Accountant:

Processed a high volume of Accounts Payable invoices including intercompany transactions (Reviews, Matching, Approval, Coding and Posting) with a high level of accuracy and accountability

Processed approved adjustment to accounts, cheque voucher and corporate invoices for fixed assets and coded them as per Charts of Account

Prepared and entered journal entries and adjusting entries, and calculation of sales taxes

Responsible for investigating and reviewing allocations of expenses and follows-up for missing or incorrect coding

Ran various types of reports and researched to resolve financial issues

Assisted with month end General Ledger closings and chargeback accounts

Responsible for some A/R functions such as collecting cheques and post them into Accounts

Accomplished various accounting functions such as entering cheque logs and data into excel sheets, and other accounting functions as assigned

Trained new employees, liaised with departmental managers, assisted in audit preparation, compliance with audit guidelines, internal controls and policies, and the General Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP)

Assisted in setting up vendor accounts and updating vendor information in the accounting system

U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, Washington DC, USA Dec, 2008 – Mar, 2009

Accounting Intern:

Assisted in processing cheque run daily (filing, mailing, and photocopying)

Completed bank reconciliations, petty cash reports, and data entries

Assisted in budget preparation for corporate expenses and running reports using Excel and Mas 90

Entered Journal entries and prepared Expense reports, Checks and Bills using Quick Books

EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION:

Bachelor of Science (BS) in Accounting Graduated: 2008

The School of Business, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, USA

(IQAS certified and currently pursuing US CPA exam. preparation)

Master of Science (MS) in Accounting Graduated: 2011

The School of Business, Strayer University, Washington DC, USA

Awards And Honors:

Dean’s List, Summer 2007

Presidential Honor, Summer 2006

Dean’s List, Fall 2004

Cum Laude Awarded

Reference: Furnished upon request

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