PROFILE

A highly motivated Administrator, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Collections and Bookkeeping professional with a record of accomplishments spanning over eight years.

* Extremely flexible and results-oriented individual who uses organizational and details skills to consistently meet the demands of an Accounting department.  
* Demonstrates leadership, communication and teamwork skills that would allow to successfully transition into a supervisory role.

HIGHLIGHTS OF QUALIFICATIONS

Accounts Receivable:
* Significantly reduced DSO (Days Sales Outstanding) by thoroughly and consistently following up with collections calls.  Created and posted over 20 invoices daily to general ledger.  Followed up with customers to expedite payment, increase cash flow and avoid losses.
* Took initiative to create credit application and implement a credit approval process by reviewing existing templates and adapting them to meet clients’ needs.  Contacted references and obtained credit reports through Internet research.  This helped clients reduce their bad debts.
* Compiled accruals at month-end to ensure revenues and cost of goods sold adhered to GAAP.
* Prepared monthly financial statements for clients enabling them to make sound business decisions.  Provided statements to lending institutions helping them determine how much credit to extend to their customers.  Posted year-end adjustments by reviewing current financial statements.
* Accurately input EDI (Electronic Debit Invoicing) invoicing on web-based system into all branches’ accounting system.  This allowed for under 30-day payment.

Accounts Payable:
* As a small business owner, effectively reduced interest and penalty payments clients paid by streamlining accounts payable process for small companies.
* Received purchasing requests and issued purchase orders to vendors using electronic accounting software.  Followed up with vendors to ensure timely delivery of products enabling Kudu’s pump technicians and mechanics to meet clients’ needs.
* Managed and maintained inventory for mechanical division by interacting with over ten vendors.  Promptly contacted vendors to address equipment deficiencies.
* Posted vendor invoices to general ledger and kept track of invoices for over 30 Kudu vendors.
* Reconciled bank statements and loan balances ensuring financial statements were accurate.  Reconciled credit cards by matching slips to statements using detail skills.
* Managed and reconciled expense accounts for staff.  Generated monthly reports using Lotus Notes and accurately coded expenses for posting on general ledger.
* Entered fixed assets on Worthit for management’s review to enable effective tracking depreciation.
* Completed government remittances (GST, PST and Tire Tax) within strict timelines avoiding penalties by extracting key data from financial statements.
* Handled bi-weekly payroll for staff using Simply Accounting software.  Followed up with staff to confirm time sheet details and prepared pay cheques and remitted withholding taxes.  Managed employee RRSP plans by deducting money from paycheques and followed up with their bank to ensure money was transferred into employees’ accounts.
* Managed and reconciled petty cash at $750.
 

Administrative:
*Approved over 100 expense reports and reconciled information to general ledger.  Prepared and posted journal entries.
*Reviewed and assigned credit limits to employees’ purchase cards.  Worked closely with financial institutions to advise them of changing limits and set up card use parameters.
*Worked closely with database analyst to review Visual 6 data model toward implementing new plan for data input to ensure all costs and selling prices were accurate thereby adding profits to company's bottom line.
*Assisted in developing Preventative Maintenance Program to track customers’ costs and maintenance in the field.  Compiled information on daily maintenance work performed; produced monthly Preventative Maintenance Report for mechanical division by linking it to the invoices in the accounting system.
*Tracked and reported customer property data to customers on a bi-weekly basis.  This report gave a quick overview of work performed at customer’s location and enabled them to assess optimality of equipment.
*Promptly resolved customer complaints by filling out non-conformances to address deficiencies of products and/or processes and followed up to ensure prompt resolution, enhancing customer satisfaction and long-term relationships.
*Completed corporate taxes; compiled key information, validated it and input data into Caseware software.  Assisted accountants with audits by completing research and validation.

Leadership:
* Assisted in designing and implementing dispatch sheet to facilitate data being more accurately recorded in Web-based pump tracking database.  Input pump performance data into web-based system to assist the customers in tracking performance of the wells.  Managed paper-based well files for back up.
* Provided expert advice to new companies and set up financial records on their databases.  Performed monthly and quarterly bookkeeping services to them.

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
	Field Administrator	Apr. 2002 - Present
	ABC COMPANY, LOCATION

	Bookkeeper/Small Business Owner	Apr. 1997 - Dec. 2002
	DEF COMPANY, LOCATION, Part-time

	Bookkeeper/Secretary	Oct. 1999 - Apr.2002
	GHI COMPANY, LOCATION

	Accounting Technician	Aug. 1998 - Oct. 1999
	JKL COMPANY, LOCATION

	Bookkeeper/Secretary	Jan. 1996 - Aug. 1998
	MNO COMPANY, LOCATION
 

EDUCATION AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
	Accounting 125 and Accounting 122, SIAST (Saskatchewan Institute of Applied Science and Technology), Palliser Campus, GPA 83% and 94% respectively, credit courses toward Accelerated Accounting Technician Certificate, 2002 and 2003
	Accounts Receivable Management & Collection, Dunn & Bradstreet, 2002
	Courses taken through Prairie West Regional College in Saskatchewan:
	Simply Accounting Certificate of Completion
	Introduction to Computers Certificate of Achievement
	Investment in Excellence (Effective leadership and life skills)
	CPR First Aid
	TDG (Transportation of Dangerous Goods)
	WHMIS (Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System)
	H2S Alive – Industry specific (Hydrogen Sulphide)
	Certificate In General Management/Bookkeeping, Okanagan College, Kelowna, B.C.

COMPUTER SKILLS
	Simply Accounting V 4-8.5 Pro Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access)
	Visual V 6	Corel Office Suite
	Quick Books Pro	Novelle Office 6.1
	Quicken	Word Perfect 6.0
	Tax Prep V 8.1 and 9.1	Quattro Pro
	Caseware V 2.1	Lotus Office Suite
	Challenger and Tams Systems	Worthit (Fixed Assets)