Faiza Syed, Cpa, Cga Email & Phone Number

Whitchurch-Stouffville, On, Ca

● Recipient of the 2020 Amynta Warranty Award for outstanding achievement ● Successfully liaised with client and internal stakeholders to interpret and develop enhanced accounting reports● Identified inaccuracy in existing GL process and implemented correct process● Created validation templates to reduce effort required for monthly, quarterly, and annual reconciliations

● Created and documented processes for claims validation and payout● Streamlined claims processing via WEX/check/EFT to meet client SLA targets● Trained new staff on enhanced processes for claims payment and month-end reconciliation

Toronto, Canada Area

● Successfully implemented SAP Concur Travel & Expense management module for Toronto, US, and UK office; integrated it with QuickBooks and launched the tool company-wide. Developed training deck and demonstrated the platform, provide ongoing support and training sessions for all new and existing staff.● Partnered with Concur migration specialist to implement Global Expense Pay to facilitate multi-currency expense reimbursement to staff in US and UK offices. ● Reduced staff expense and credit card reconciliation time by 20% through workflow process efficiencies resulting from Concur extracts. ● Winner of the 2017 Hotspex Excellence Award for having company-impact through quality of work. ● Work closely with Financial Controller to extensively analyze revenue and cost-of-sales variances on a line-by-line basis and provide reasoning behind each. ● Facilitate management decision-making by supporting cost-management initiatives and providing customized reports in Concur and Excel.● Assist with budgeting process by collaborating with office admin and VP of IT to develop their departmental budget based on current year spend. ● Responsible for all aspects of day-to-day accounting including AR/AP, cheque deposits and disbursements, and various month-end reconciliations. Communicate with managing VPs to obtain approval on project invoicing and costs and provide project profitability reports. ● Compile working papers for year-end review and reconcile all bank, AR, AP balances to ledger.

Toronto, Canada Area

Toronto, Canada Area

Stouffville

● Successfully implemented QuickBooks at three partnership locations to ensure accuracy, consistency and comparability between each partner’s reporting practices. ● Started off as a bookkeeper and quickly progressed to a Junior Accountant position with increased responsibility of analyzing and interpreting financial statement information.● Worked closely with Centre Director to analyze program profitability, and provided suggestions for cost-effectiveness. ● Established and maintained collaborative relationships with colleagues at all levels of the organization.● Worked professionally with minimal supervision whilst maintaining confidentiality. ● Responsible for full-cycle bookkeeping, including AR/AP functions, posting cheque deposits, and reconciling bank and credit card transactions.● Made active use of Excel to forecast monthly sales, track customer payments and outstanding accounts, and monthly variance analysis.● Performed sales reconciliations to account for differences between total sales and total deposits for the month. ● Recorded year-end journal entries for expense adjustments and accruals such as depreciation, interest, payroll and tax payable.

Unionville

• Coached students of various age groups to build an active mind, in order to eliminate identified skill gaps in English and Math, and develop independence and organization.• Encouraged goal-setting and developed task checklists, student distraction charts, and time limits to maintain student motivation and focus. • Frequently appreciated by education coordinators for ensuring program expectations were met and that students were progressing.

Toronto, Canada Area

• Provided accounting support to a growing international marketing solutions organization in a fast-paced working environment.• Made extensive use of Excel and Business Vision in order to process batch orders and analyze production and sales spreadsheets.• Fully responsible for Accounts Payable including accurate coding and posting of invoices, updating inventory, closing purchase orders and preparing cheuqes.• Monitored inventory levels and bills of materials to ensure consumer orders were correctly invoiced.• Utilized Moneris to process credit card payments; created deposits and took them to the bank.• Provided excellent customer service to both clients and suppliers worldwide over the phone and through email correspondence.• Came forward with suggestions where there was room for improvement.• In 4 months, gained valuable knowledge about the paper products manufacturing industry in a fast-paced batch accounting environment and developed strong personal time-management skills.

Markham, On

• ● Migrated accounting system from Simply Accounting to QuickBooks.● Helped reduce sales staff expenditure by 5% by suggesting implementation of procurement budgets and individual credit cards to track spend.● Ensured bookkeeping practices of the organization adhered to accounting standards for small businesses.● Created and analyzed purchase and sales reports regarding total purchases, sales, returns and exchanges on a monthly basis.● Analyzed expenditure statements submitted by each sales person for categories such as traveling, meals, and office supplies. ● Involved in cash flow forecasting and management.● Involved in quarterly inventory counts to verify if inventory on hand balances with the books and adjust accordingly.● Reconciled bank account to ensure ending balance matches the bank statement.● Flagged outstanding balances to ensure timely collection of accounts receivable. ● Provided quarterly and annual reports to the accountant for HST and corporate tax filing. ● Ran payroll and remitted source deductions and corporate tax payments to CRA.

Cga Program Of Professional Studies

• Successfully completed all levels of the CGA professional studies program with an honours in personal and corporate taxation.

Hons. Ba, Accounting, Economics, Statistics

Activities and Societies: Atkinson Professional Accounting Association