Michael Alvares Email & Phone Number

Mississauga, Ontario

•Full cycle accounting including preparing journal entries, income statement, balance sheet, bank reconciliation, cash flow analysis, variance analysis, GST returns, financial reporting analysis on monthly basis•Assist in preparing monthly reporting packages•Ensure timely and accurate preparation of year end audit package requirements•Assist in annual budgeting process for each of the properties under management•Assist Property Management and other departments as requested with providing accurate/timely accounting information•Liaise with property accountants or other counterparts in respect of various accounting, reporting, and property management activities

Orange County, California Area

•Generating systematic reports/queries used for the basis of calculating commission and incentive payments•Reviewing and finalizing payment information to meet monthly/quarterly deadlines.•Identify and investigate anomalies (correcting where necessary)•Develop reports (systematic & ad hoc) used to support compensation calculations•Identify opportunities for process or reporting enhancements and lead implementation efforts•Provide processing support for existing plans •Analyzing Data (Financial & Operational) – gathering, validating, modeling, interpreting data and presenting findings to management•Support of expense accruals and analysis •Support compensation inquires•Perform impact analytics of proposed changes or implementations •Support of special projects where assigned•Internal Customer service support

Toronto & Los Angeles

• Completed month-end financial reporting and analysis for US operations• Provided monthly revenue & expense variance analysis reports to management• Created and maintained various financial models used for the forecasts, budgets, and month-end reporting• Preparation of annual budgets and quarterly forecasts for various projects• Assist with audit working schedules and queries• Ad-hoc reporting and special projects as requested

Toronto, Canada Area

Financial Reporting & Planning Manager (Mar 2008 – Jul 2014)Senior Financial Analyst (June 2000 – Mar 2008) •Prepare segmented annual sales and expense budgets, quarterly forecasts•Provide management monthly comparative sales reports by division, product line •Prepare and distribute monthly expense and sales reports to Business Unit managers•Developed and streamlined expense and sales reporting, variance analysis •Provide accurate and timely information to support management decision making processes, comparing actual results to plan and/or forecasts•Develop and provide monthly operating results to all stakeholders through timely reporting and ongoing streamlining of reporting packages (internal & corporate)•Assist and support Sales Managers with annual Planning/Forecasts •Investigation and reconciliation of key revenue and financial data•Conducted mfg cost variance analysis, standard variance•Prepare, review and approve monthly sales journal entries / accruals•Manage all aspects of data downloading from As400•Upload annual Sales and Expense budgets/ forecasts to JD Edwards •Provide Excel/spreadsheet technical support and expertise•Maintenance and control of fixed asset ledger•Support year-end financial and SOX audits (internal and external)•Manage Accounts Payable, month-end close, account/bank reconciliations•Ad-Hoc reports to assist business unit Revenue Managers

Bachelor Of Science (B.Sc.), Business Administration

Management Science & Computer Systems

Cga Level 4, Accounting And Finance

Financial Accounting