Staff Accountant
CurrentWorking at POSTMEDIA has given me the opportunity to better grasp and understand the theory behind my education by applying it in a practical and relevant environment. • Efficiently managed the accounting for 13 different newspaper branches and responsible for the accounting of all chain store retail paper sales across Canada.• Coordinated with each branch to ensure all invoices and cash payments received were properly documented and coded to their respective… Show more Working at POSTMEDIA has given me the opportunity to better grasp and understand the theory behind my education by applying it in a practical and relevant environment. • Efficiently managed the accounting for 13 different newspaper branches and responsible for the accounting of all chain store retail paper sales across Canada.• Coordinated with each branch to ensure all invoices and cash payments received were properly documented and coded to their respective accounts.• Worked with management during the sale of a branch to ensure accounts receivable was properly transferred.• Excellent analytical skills, attention to detail and highly organized; prepared journal entries in a timely manner, reviewed P&L’s on a monthly basis making sure they are error free, reviewed trial balance and prepared balance sheets, reviewed co-workers balance sheets and performed bank and sub-leger reconciliation making adjusting entries as needed.• Highly skilled in the Microsoft Office Suite; used Outlook, Excel and Access on a daily basis. Redesigned all Excel journal entry templates to improve layout, and reduce likelihood of keying errors. Designed Excel and Batch tools to assist with reconciliations and the importation of data to Excel.• Used a variety of accounting (Smart Stream, PBS), circulation (CIRC PRO, PBS) and CRM (DTI) software on a daily basis. Show less
