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Toronto, Canada Area

• Handle books and reporting for TITD’s most complex record label client and 2 other companies.
• Bank and credit card statements reconciliations.
• Monthly bookkeeping of royalty revenues collected by performing, neighbouring and publishing rights organizations.
• Ensure all revenues and recoupable expenses are booked and run reports for the preparation of quarterly label royalty statements for each artist.
• Ensure all revenues and recoupable expenses are booked and run reports for the preparation of semi-annual publishing statements for each artist.
• Prepare GST/HST returns to be filled quarterly.

Toronto, Canada Area

• Handle the books for Aporia Records Inc and 3 other companies, including a USA based company.
• Bank and credit card statement reconciliation, invoicing, AR and AP.
• Provide reconciliation of GL accounts, including but not limited to cash, prepaid expenses, accounts receivable, accounts payable and accrued liabilities, intercompany transactions.
• Preparation of monthly reports.
• Detailed tracking of project expenses and related source documentation.
• Maintain clean and accurate filing of documentation and invoices.

Toronto, Canada Area

• Prepared financial statements, Fixed Assets Continuity Schedules and corporate tax returns.
• Bookkeeping and financial services for small to medium size business.
• Responsible for month and year-end reconciliations.

Lisbon Area, Portugal

• Calculated the eligible amount of Agency operating expenses to be submitted to co-financing by ERDF and European Territorial Cooperation technical assistance Operational Programs.
• Recovered within 6 months a 3 years backlog of expenses to be co-financed.
• Developed detailed spreadsheets to identify and consolidate all expenses eligible for co-financing by the 5 European Territorial Cooperation technical assistance Operational Programs on a monthly basis.
• Prepared the procedure manual to be used by the Technical Assistance team for the preparation, calculation and submission of expenses to co-financing by ERDF and by the 5 European TerritorialCooperation technical.

Lisbon Area, Portugal

• Prepared BP Oil UK, Ltd statutory accounts (financial statements and respective notes to the accounts) for local government compliance in UK; UKGAAP versus IFRS.
• Collaborated extensively with external auditors in the annual audit of statutory accounts.
• Created and maintained updates to the DTP’s and process maps for stats accounts.
• Performed accounts reconciliations on a quarterly basis, and maintained up to date records.
• Assisted the General Ledger team in preparing the monthly, quarterly, and annual financial reports.As part of Quality Assurance Team: Aug. 2001 – July 2004
• Participation in client’s backlog project with the aim to clear old items from accounts receivable.

Lisbon Area, Portugal

• Responsible for general ledger operations including: journal entry, accruals calculation, account reconciliations, monthly VAT tax statements.
• Assisted the Finance Director in preparing monthly, quarterly, and annual financial reporting.
• Prepared financial statements and other related accounting documents.
• Prepared Statutory Accounts together with calculating and submitting annual income tax statement to Portuguese authorities.
• Assisted with budgets control.
• Partnered with the IT consultant to upgrade the Fixed Assets system from MS Excel to an automated computerized process that improved management and control of assets.

Lisbon Area, Portugal

• Processed all bookkeeping functions for the five companies of the group, including: journal entries, accruals calculation, accounts reconciliations, and monthly VAT tax statements.

Lisbon Area, Portugal

• Prepared annual Statutory Accounts and calculated and submitted annual income tax statement to Portuguese authorities.
• Partnered with the IT consultant to convert the Fixed Assets system from manual to automated computerized management.
• Created DTP’s that supported the new automated system.
• Supervised four employees responsible for accounts payable, accounts receivable, and the processing of accounting data.

Certificate, Quikbooks Premier (Integrated Accounting Software)

Certificate - Business English For International Professionals, English

Advanced Studies In Public Management

Postgraduate Certificate, Taxation

Licentiate Degree, Management