Sherif Mansour CPA, CMA

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Calgary, AB T*C *T* 403-***-**** admqb4@r.postjobfree.com

Profile

Enthusiastic Accountant/Analyst eager to contribute to team success through hard work, attention to detail and excellent organizational skills. Clear understanding of Accounting and Finance and training in Data Analytics. Motivated to learn, grow, and excel in the manufacturing, construction, or financial industries. Additional Skills and abilities

• Problem solving

• Follow through, get things done

• Attention to detail

• Synthesizing, analyzing, perceiving patterns

• Budgeting, forecasting, reconciliation, cash

flow, billing and expense matching

• Examination, inspection, comparison of

similarities and differences

• Planning and research

• Critical thinking and listening

• Computer skills

Work Experience

Operations Accountant (Full-Time) Aug 2017 – May 2020 ATCO Structures & Logistics, Calgary, AB

• Compiled general ledger entries on short schedule with 100% accuracy.

• Maintained integrity of general ledger, including chart of accounts.

• Completed daily accounting tasks including tracking funds, preparing deposits, and reconciling accounts.

• Completed daily cash functions like tracking, payroll and wage allocations, budgeting, donating and all types of cash and banking reconciliations.

• Maintained staff expense and reimbursement tracker, resulting in timely and accurate repayment of project related expenses.

• Reviewed accounts, resolved coding areas and tracked recurring expenses for accrual entry.

• Performed advanced reviews of business operational trends and expected obligations to prepare accurate forecasts.

• Accurately prepared monthly and quarterly financial statements.

• Provided journal entries and performed accounting on accrual basis.

• Cooperated with senior leaders to create operating budgets and initiate financial planning.

• Diminished outstanding debts by analyzing accounts for issues.

• Collected and reported monthly expense variances and explanations.

• Trained new employees on accounting principles and company procedures.

• Set up and improved accounting systems and processes to meet business needs and maximize effectiveness of operations.

Cost Accountant (Full-Time) Nov 2013 – Jul 2017

ATCO Structures & Logistics, Calgary, AB

• Monitored project costs, developed job cost forecasts, managed cash flow and approved invoices for payment.

• Reviewed project employee credentials and approved or rejected account access as appropriate. Sherif Mansour CPA, CMA

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• Reviewed and approved timesheets for project employees.

• Set up and managed project accounting systems.

• Reported and assessed project profitability to leadership.

• Assessed and forwarded project overhead estimates in accordance with budgets.

• Authorized and reviewed funds transfers into and out of project accounts.

• Collected and arranged financial information and entered details into Oracle PA EBusiness ERP system.

• Approved project write-offs for items not available for billing to or collection from customers.

• Eliminated discrepancies by carefully reviewing budgets to prevent overspending and adhere to financial objectives.

• Drafted, analyzed, and submitted numbers in reports for auditors quickly and efficiently.

• Read, escalated, and reported invoices for projects of varying size and complexity.

• Investigated all expenses not billed to customers and vetted employee reasoning.

• Assessed, cleaned, and closed out accounts with depleted funds upon project completion.

• Conducted product inventories for all ATCOSL’s plant materials and translated findings into detailed financial reports.

Education

CFA – Level 1 Candidate Nov 2021

Chartered Financial Analyst Institute, Charlottesville, VA AFM - Candidate Apr 2021

Financial Modeling Institute, Toronto, ON

CPA, CMA Apr 2016

Chartered Professional Accountants of Alberta, Calgary, AB Bachelor of Business Administration (Accounting) May 2011 Mount Saint Vincent University, Halifax, NS

Additional Information

Keen interest in Data Analytics, from an accounting and finance standpoint, actively pursuing and acquiring knowledge in Python, SQL, R, and VBA through the medium of self-study in my spare time.

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