Accounting Assistant
Current• Accounting processes, including General Ledger (GL), Accounts Receivable (AR), and Accounts Payable (AP), ensuring accuracy and compliance with accounting standards.• Process vendor invoices from both Canadian and US suppliers, ensuring adherence to payment terms, resolving discrepancies, and facilitating timely payments.• Generate and distribute customer invoices, monitor outstanding balances, and reconcile incoming payments to maintain accurate financial records.• Handle intercompany transactions, including compiling necessary documentation and preparing journal entries to support asset movement between business lines and legal entities.• Month-end close activities, such as account reconciliations, journal entries, and reconciling fixed assets continuity and inventory schedules.• Manage purchase order entry of inventory from US suppliers, overseeing transfers, entering adjustments, issues, write-offs, demos, and promotions for multiple Canadian companies.• Review and process employee expense reports, ensuring compliance with company policies and verifying receipts for accuracy.• Assist in the inventory counts and make sure paperwork is entered on time and discrepancies are addressed.• Utilize advanced proficiency in Sage accounting software and Microsoft Excel for seamless financial management and reporting.• Investigate and resolve discrepancies in financial records, for example checking GLs for Cash on hand, clearing credit cards, promo accounts etc.
