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Toronto, Canada Area

• Member of the Business team in building a new pension accounting system.• SME on various pension accounting processes.• Worked on test scripts, functional design documents and defects.• Executed test cases as part of the testing team.• Provided accounting validation for the test scripts.

Toronto, Canada Area

• Processing and authorising incoming employer/member funds.• Reconciliation of sub ledger balances to general ledger balances and documentation of all discrepancies.• Preparation of journal entries, month end reports and variance analysis.• Participated in Process Excellence initiatives.

Responsible for the month end close for various entities including expense analysis, journal entries, accruals, bank and account reconciliations and quarterly reporting.• Responsible for reviewing monthly intercompany transactions to ensure they are properly accounted and issuing consolidated intercompany invoices.• Preparation of the Quarterly Travel and Expense reports for OAC Board members. • Assisting budget team in ad hoc accounting analysis and management… Show more Responsible for the month end close for various entities including expense analysis, journal entries, accruals, bank and account reconciliations and quarterly reporting.• Responsible for reviewing monthly intercompany transactions to ensure they are properly accounted and issuing consolidated intercompany invoices.• Preparation of the Quarterly Travel and Expense reports for OAC Board members. • Assisting budget team in ad hoc accounting analysis and management reporting.• Accountable for the accurate and timely processing of financial and non-financial transactions in a multi-client / multi-functional environment.Accomplishments• Set up templates in Oracle for recurring and reversing journal entries.• Streamlined the accrual process to better meet the needs of the business. Show less

Etobicoke

ADP is Canada's largest payroll processing company. • Reconciled balance sheet accounts with focus on payroll accounts. All outstanding and aged items were cleared out at month end to ensure that the balance sheet accounts were clean and clutter free.• Prepared and filed GST/HST, PST and QST returns adhering to stipulated deadlines.• Preparation and submission of Statistics Canada reports.• Assisted FP & A with the preparation of the budget. Prepared trend analysis for… Show more ADP is Canada's largest payroll processing company. • Reconciled balance sheet accounts with focus on payroll accounts. All outstanding and aged items were cleared out at month end to ensure that the balance sheet accounts were clean and clutter free.• Prepared and filed GST/HST, PST and QST returns adhering to stipulated deadlines.• Preparation and submission of Statistics Canada reports.• Assisted FP & A with the preparation of the budget. Prepared trend analysis for expenses.• Calculation and preparation of accrual and prepaid journal entries.• Variance analysis for the month and for the year.• Balance sheet variance analysis for amounts greater than 500k.• Preparation of trial balances and financial statements.• Created a sub ledger with client level details to back up the commodity taxes paid. This improved accuracy and timing of information to the tax auditor thus reducing penalties and interest.• Reconciled P card payments with charges in the GL. Reached out to vendors to reconcile discrepancies.• Assisted with external and government audits.• Adhered to SOX compliance resulting in zero failuresAccomplishments• Reduced the number of cost centres that were used within the GL structures. This initiative eliminated over 15 region codes thus enabling better alignment of cost centres with current reporting needs.• Initiated a change in the mode of payment of commodity and corporate taxes from a manual cheque process to online fund transfer. This saved time waiting for cheques to be processed in the US.• Uploaded the balance sheet reconciliations and journal entries into the E-imaging system. This enabled easier and faster access to supporting documentation for reconciliations and for auditors.• Worked with the payroll department in the migration of the payroll system from PCPW to Globalview. Provided the GL coding for the new system. Reduced the unreconciled payroll amounts like garnishment, RRSP’s and payroll taxes by 70%. . Show less

Mississauga

Performed General Ledger & AR reconciliations and Variance Analysis. Monthly Bank reconciliations in both Canadian and US Dollars. Performed month-end close procedures and reporting. Prepared monthly journal entries and uploaded in Oracle. Daily cash flow reporting for office in US. Initiating wire transfers for Payroll and vendors by using online banking systems. Managing of manual Payroll cheques and stop payments.• Assisted in the post-acquisition migration of banking systems from… Show more Performed General Ledger & AR reconciliations and Variance Analysis. Monthly Bank reconciliations in both Canadian and US Dollars. Performed month-end close procedures and reporting. Prepared monthly journal entries and uploaded in Oracle. Daily cash flow reporting for office in US. Initiating wire transfers for Payroll and vendors by using online banking systems. Managing of manual Payroll cheques and stop payments.• Assisted in the post-acquisition migration of banking systems from GE to CompuCom. Ensured that all systems functioned smoothly during transition including setting up of Lockboxes, Disbursement Auditor and setup of online banking systems as per CompuCom’s requirement. • Transitioned all GL reconciliations from India to Canada. Trained with the Indian associates and was able to successfully move all accounting functions to Canada. Show less

Mississauga

Accurate and timely application of cash and cheques. Followed up with customer/collectors to ensure cash is applied to invoices correctly. • Cash application functions were transferred from India to Canada. Contributed to the reduction of unapplied cash from $ 13M to $200k

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