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Senior Associate

Location:
Calgary, AB, Canada
Posted:
February 08, 2021

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EDUCATION

Successful CFE Writer, Chartered Professional Accountants September 2020

Bachelor of Commerce, Accounting September 2013 – December 2017 Haskayne School of Business, University of Calgary WORK EXPERIENCE

PricewaterhouseCoopers April 2020 – Present

Senior Associate, Capital Markets Accounting Advisory Services

Completed GAAP conversion projects for clients in numerous industries including; utilities and power, entertainment, oil and gas and mining companies who are converting from ASPE to US GAAP, IFRS to US GAAP and ASPE to IFRS. Main activities in the conversion included calculating adjusting entries resulting from GAAP differences and building pro forma statements

Utilized Alteryx to automate the process of creating financial statements for investment company with multiple feeders under US GAAP, reducing the time by 50% and resulted in increased profit margin

Researched complex accounting issues through detailed research over ASPE, IFRS and US GAAP standards and communicated findings via formal accounting memos to clients

Supported audit team of a large brokerage services company by reviewing 40+ accounting memos written for a GAAP conversion from US GAAP to IFRS and assisted the audit team and management on correcting the transition gaps before the audit engagement PricewaterhouseCoopers September 2018 – Present

Senior Associate, Assurance

Performed audit procedures for a diversified portfolio of 10+ clients in numerous industries including; investment companies, technology, not-for-profit, oil and gas, and oilfield services

Designed and executed IFRS 16 adoption testing approaches on an investment company with 6 leases

Performed IFRS 15 adoption testing on a technology client with 2 different revenue streams

Leveraged tools such as Excel and Alteryx to automate the optimize project workflows, resulting in efficiency during busy season

Conducted risk assessment activities, fluctuation analysis and financial ratios/operating metrics to identify trends and patterns in the business as they relate to client financial reporting objectives

PricewaterhouseCoopers January 2018 – August 2018

Associate, Tax

Prepared over 200 personal tax returns using TaxPrep while working in the Global Mobility Services (GMS) team for clients who are expatriates

Prepared Notice to Reader’s, corporate tax returns, and tax revisions while working in the MySolutions team using CaseWare, WordPro and TaxPrep Encana Corporation May 2017 – August 2017

Summer Student, Asset and Marketing Accounting – Joint Venture

Checked third party fees invoiced to Encana on Non-operated Joint Interest Billings by reviewing and processing the invoices in EnergyLink

Created a spreadsheet for the team that allows efficiency when disputing invoices by stream- lining data in contracts that exist in LandRite, and production data from GeoScout into one data source

Load charged and credits booked to cost centres that have partner splits into EnergyLink and ensuring that the joint interest billings are billing by resolving any issues with third parties Cecilia Nguyen adj0wz@r.postjobfree.com

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Canadian Natural Resources Limited May 2016 – December 2016 Co-op Student, Property Accounting

Analyzed and reported oil, gas, and water production for four Alberta properties to meet over 15 deadlines per month

Utilized accounting software, such as EnterpriseOne, Production Accounting Solution (PAS), Petrinex, PVR, and QBLM to retrieve, analyze and report production data

Coordinated the transition for the process of clearing the trucking suspense account to be paperless with Documentum

TransCanada Corporation May 2015 – January 2016

Co-op Student, Business Process Integration – Projects and Compliance

Analyzed compliance data of over 200 regulations and documented rules for each type of regulation to be loaded in SAP

Identified gap and issues within concordance report, and executed plans to correct the data

Developed test scripts and training manuals for new users of SAP within the business

Trained 20 key stakeholders on the compliance process and supported their efforts TransCanada Corporation May 2014 – August 2014

Summer Student, Capital Accounting

Reviewed work order plans and analyzed data from SAP and Power Plan to determine costs and accumulated depreciation of retired corporate assets to remove from their corresponding general ledger accounts

Utilized SAP to update estimated work order in-service and completion dates for over 5000 work orders into Power Plan, and created invoices to control inventory for accounting and tax teams

Managed work order plans onto a team database, SharePoint, to facilitate file sharing between the team

VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE

Make-A-Wish Foundation Southern Alberta January 2017 – Present Ronald McDonald House Organizer, Wish Grantor

Independently organize four Home for Dinner Programs a year, including budgeting groceries, recruiting volunteers, and organizing after-dinner activities

Create and organize wish grants for kids, while ensuring that effective communication is constant between the parents and volunteers for a successful wish grant PricewaterhouseCoopers September 2018 – Present

Various Positions

CPA committee member, Local Staff Council committee member, United Way volunteer member, Women’s Inclusion Network, Women in Deals

Haskayne Consulting Group January 2017 – May 2017

Summit Leaders Initiative, Mentor

Coordinate five workshops for students at Lord Beaverbrook High School in Business 20 to provide knowledge for an entrepreneurial competition by McKinsey and Company

Independently support a group of 3 students by helping them with their business model and final pitch

Commerce Undergraduate Society, University of Calgary September 2014 – August 2016 Director of Student Services

Presented to first year students how to make and present persuasive presentations for the Strategy and Global Management 217 course

Worked with the Academic division on planning events (most notably, the Ethic Case Competition and Sustainable Development forum)

Participated and assisted in coordinating events (5 Days for The Homeless, Hunt for Hunger, Operation Christmas Child, Spicing Up Spaces, and Chillin’ 4 Charity)



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