General Accountant - International Pool & Spa centers - ON
(2023-02 - 2026-04)
- Support daily Accounts Receivable and Accounts Payable operations by accurately posting transactions.
- Prepare general ledger journal entries and generate financial reports in accordance with company policies and procedures.
- Perform monthly credit card reconciliations and daily/monthly bank reconciliations for multiple retail locations.
- Prepare HST filings for seven retail stores with varying reporting periods (monthly, quarterly, annually).
- Produce weekly aging reports for AR and AP and maintain monthly account reconciliations.
- Assist with month-end close activities and financial reporting.
- Conduct monthly and quarterly account reconciliations to ensure accurate financial reporting and proper ledger maintenance.
- Review, analyze, and reconcile general ledger accounts.
- Maintain and update financial information within accounting systems, ensuring accuracy and completeness.
- Record business transactions, process accruals and adjustments, and reconcile related accounts.
- Collaborate with auditors by preparing year-end working papers, schedules, and supporting documentation for internal and external audits.
- Perform expense analysis on major accounts to support financial decision-making.
- Process credit card, cheque, and EFT payments to ensure timely settlement of vendor invoices.
- Maintain complete and accurate supporting documentation for all accounting activities.
- Assist with year-end reconciliations and reporting requirements.
Accounts Payable Specialist - Picture Depot - Toronto, ON
(2020-09 - 2023-01)
- Reviewing vendors invoices and check requests.
- Sorting and matching invoices with packing slips and purchase order.
- Entering and posting the invoices for payment
- Preparing and processing accounts payable checks, wire transfers based on the AP aging report.
- Reconciliation of the vendors statements of account.
- Preparing analysis of accounts for the credit cards.
- Monitoring accounts to ensure payments are up to date
- Performed all functions related to A/P and A/R duties such as collecting, Posting, coding, batching, entering, verifying and reconciling accounts payable and accounts receivable transactions, purchase orders, cheques, invoices, requisitions, and credit card statements.
- Provide backup support for payroll (hourly & salaried), preparing, expense account analysis, and balance sheet account reconciliations.
- Journal entries, analysis, follow purchase orders prices, packing list.
- Monthly
- Answer phones call and address clients inquires.
Bookkeeper/Administrative Assistant - Middle East Consultants - Toronto, ON
(2019-10 - 2019-12)
- Managed office duties such as handling email correspondence, scheduling appointments for general manager, ordering office supplies, compiling invoicing and customers' files, preparing cheques and invoices and submitting financial reports within strict deadlines.
- Performed all functions related to A/P and A/R duties such as collecting and tracking payments and reconciling bank account.
- Recorded and verified day to day financial transactions, entered them in the journal then verified ledger and journal entries in QuickBooks to create a Balance Sheet.
- Responded customers' inquiries about company's services via the telephone, in-person and through emails.
- Created budget by compiling general and administrative expenses and auditing revenue statement.
Accounting Assistant - Etech Systems Company - Amman, Jordan
(2015-01 - 2019-02)
- Managed cash flow, analyzed and budgeted the expenditures of the company, prepared monthly profit and loss statements and submitted to management team.
- Calculated commission for 20 sales staff and consistently attained a 100% accuracy monthly.
- Processed requisitions, receipts, and other important accounting activities related to 200 employees.
- Maintained trial balance using accounting software and created a brief report of balances, expenditure data and other details needed prepare the fiscal documents.
- Created chart of accounts to index financial transactions for recording in the general ledger and kept up-to-date.
- Overseeing the work of accountants.
- Reviewing financial statements and preparing reports for senior management.
- Ensuring compliance with relevant laws and regulations.
- Developing standards and processes for proper financial management.
- Supervising daily operations of the accounting department.
- Monitoring and analyzing accounting data and producing financial reports or statements.
- Establishing and enforcing proper accounting methods, policies, and principles.
- Providing strategic financial advice to senior management.
Administrative Assistant/Bookkeeper - Procter and Gamble - Amman, Jordan
(2010-02 - 2014-08)
- Trained and coached all new hires on customer service, sales and cash register responsibilities.
- Prepared inventory reports, maintained accurate supplier price lists, negotiated and ordered supplies and equipment.
- Performed account analysis and reconciliation; prepared monthly reports for account payable, receivable and general ledger.
- Created and maintained cash flow analysis balance sheets and income statements.
- Assisted with month end closing procedures and financial statement preparation.
