Brian Kong, Cpa, Cma Email & Phone Number

Penticton, British Columbia, Canada

Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada

Edmonton, Canada Area

South Edmonton, West Edmonton

Teaching students of all ages to embrace a healthy life style and learn how to do Muay Thai.

Edmonton, Canada Area

Completing month end closing entries as well as liaising with business areas to compile the monthly forecast and prepare the annual budget.

Preparation of month end entries, financial statements, monthly forecast, collection of accounts receivable and year end statements.

Edmonton, Canada Area

Financial Reporting Rotation, Ministry of Infrastructure January 2014 – Present• Prepare monthly reports relating to MLA expenses that are subject to public disclosure.• Preform daily reconciliation of accounts payable sub-ledger to general ledger.• Execute post audit review of procurement card and ExClaim expense claims from various ministry staff, educating existing staff on improper expense coding to ensure coding errors do not reoccur.• Analyse current work in progress capital asset inventory, setting up completed projects for amortisation and writing off cancelled projects.• Review contractor and consultant contract submissions for compliance to Government of Alberta policy and accurate input into the Contract Management System (CMS) and provided final approval on CMS.

Edmonton, Canada Area

Financial Operations Rotation, Ministry of Innovation and Advanced Education May 2013 – January 2014 • Actively review and implement internal controls for Procurement Card, ExClaim and invoice processing. • Prepare daily Accounts Payable to General Ledger Reconciliation, as well as monthly bank reconciliation to ensure all cash flows are compliant and in line with internal policy.• Answer inquiries from various ministry staff with regards to invoice payment and other financial operations related issues.• Coordinate with executive assistants of crown corporations in order to obtain source documents to prepare monthly closing journal entries for the crown corporation. • Interact directly with senior and external staff and work in collaboration with other branches of finance division to deliver quality financial service by exceeding turnaround expectations.

Edmonton, Canada Area

Financial Planning Rotation, Ministry of Transportation September 2012 – May 2013 • Forecast monthly cash flow for ministry using previous 3 year trend to ensure sufficient cash is available monthly for ministry operation.• Collaborated with colleagues during preparation of Ministry’s annual and three year plans to ensure tight deadlines are met.• Review and update quarterly forecast templates and Table-Rs prior to Treasury Board submission.• Analysed variances between budgeted and actual expenses and presented a summary of this analysis with recommendations to senior management. • Prepare other ad-hoc reports and variance analysis in order to improve decision making of senior management.

Edmonton, Canada Area

• Compiled results into monthly and quarterly financial statements and prepared year-end financial statements that are subject to external audit. • Analyse monthly budgeted versus actual results and present them to division directors to ensure sound financial decisions are made.• Prepare bi-weekly payroll for an organization of 38 employees, exceeding turnaround expectations.• Prepared various month- end and payroll journal entries in addition to monthly bank reconciliation.• Code and process incoming invoices, implementing existing internal controls for all payments and transactions, ensuring proper payments are made.

- Assisted both personal and business clients in managing their debt, finances and investments. - Maintained excellent rapport with all clients of diverse ages and life stages.- Organized branch promotional Mastercard booths at the University of Alberta, allowing branch to exceed Mastercard sales for month of September 2008.- Analysed and evaluated client credit applications to grant them credit.

Taught over 30 students (aged 6-55) private guitar and bass.Customized lesson plans to each student’s individual interests which helped students reach their personal musical goals.

Bachelor Of Commerce (Bcom), Accounting

Major in accounting

Bachelor'S Degree, Psychology

Activities and Societies: Golden Key Honour SocietyGraduated with distinction

Education record