Esther Michaud - Cpa, Cma Email & Phone Number

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

• Regular posting of monthly entries into the accounting system and preparation of supporting account reconciliations
• Generating monthly financial statements and reporting packages for operations leaders and stakeholders
• Compiling additional quarterly reporting items to support the corporate team in their preparation and presentation of the company’s financial results
• Preparing, reconciling and reporting of business unit leases related to IFRS 16
• Participating in the annual budgeting process by supporting the fleet in the generating, analyzing, reviewing, submitting and presenting of their budgets
• Supporting the annual audit process by responding to inquiries from both internal and external auditors

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Calgary, Canada Area

Calgary, Canada Area

• Performed financial reporting of SMART’s International entities
• Maintained standardized financial reporting and operations globally for International subsidiaries located in France, UK, Germany, Middle East and Italy
• Implemented and maintained ProMaster, an electronic expense and credit card reporting platform
• Oversaw and reconciled intercompany account balances
• Ensured compliance of Internal Controls for subsidiaries
• Presented with “Finance Recognition Award” for providing outstanding support to International Finance department

Calgary, Canada Area

• Processed a high volume of online payment transactions, including invoices, employee expense claims and payroll
• Assisted with implementation of HSBCnet, a standardized banking platform
• Administered International Purchase Order system
• Performed weekly bank reconciliations for all International entities
• Liaised with 3rd party accounting providers to ensure correct coding and validation of invoices for month-end reporting

Calgary, Canada Area

• Responsible for monthly, quarterly and annual financial reporting
• Coordinated the corporate budget process by ensuring collaboration of business unit managers and corporate accounting personnel
• Analyzed budget variances and reconciled discrepancies with business unit managers
• Acted as the key liaison between Marketing, Operations & Accounting divisions

Calgary, Canada Area

• Analyzed complex natural gas physical, financial, transportation & storage deals in the trade capture system
• Developed & implemented deal modeling techniques to ensure precise and timely capture of transaction information
• Partnered with gas accountants to ensure accurate reporting of gas trading profits

Calgary, Canada Area

• Performed mark-to-market accounting for the electricity and commodity futures portfolios
• Reconciled trader natural gas price reports to actual forward market information
• Implemented a new risk management system to track trade performance

Calgary, Canada Area

• Prepared monthly financial statements for crude oil trading entities
• Coordinated preparation of invoices, forecasts and cash calls for Canadian and U.S. cheque exchanges

Calgary, Canada Area

• Reported financial results for TCPL USA and its subsidiaries
• Performed budget variance analysis
• Compiled information for government reporting

Calgary, Canada Area

• Reconciled intercompany accounts
• Performed analysis of monthly intercompany accounts payable activity
• Coded and compiled invoices to Chevron subsidiaries
• Posted journal entries following proper coding of expense reports

Education record

Bachelor’S Degree, Accounting