Project Accountant - INFRASTRUCTURE ONTARIO - Toronto, Ontario (2025-01 - 2025-09) Delivered financial reporting and variance analysis of General Real Estate Portfolio Construction projects to support project performance monitoring and management decision-making.
- Evaluated budget-to-actual variances, Value of Work metrics, and capitalization adjustments in compliance with TCA guidelines.
- Reviewed project charters, procurement documents, and funding approvals to ensure compliance and streamline project activation.
- Performed complex reconciliations across G/L, trial balance, accruals, and project recoveries.
- Supported internal and external audit by preparing documentation and control-related deliverables.
- Developed an automated cross-system reconciliation tool that enhanced processing efficiency by 50% and reduced manual processing time.
Accounting
Analyst - UNITED PROPERTY RESOURCE CORPORATION - Toronto, Ontario (2022-01 - 2023-12) Led full-cycle month-end, quarter-end, and year-end close processes, managing journal entries, inter-company allocations, and capital asset adjustments.
- Prepared general ledger working papers and financial statements for board and executive reporting.
- Partnered with the Development team to review invoices, conduct project cost analysis, optimize billing workflows, and resolve cost allocation challenges.
- Prepared annual budget and liaised with external auditors to expedite year-end completion.
- Provided mentorship to junior staff on account coding, internal workflows, and compliance.
- Created standardized budget templates and calculation models.
- Accelerated the Yardi implementation by executing account mapping, removing duplicate tasks, and enhancing workflow automation.
- Designed the department's first workflow charts and standardized operating procedures, increasing inter-departmental accountability.
Project
Accountant - CIVICA INFRASTRUCTURE INC.
- Toronto, Ontario (2019-01 - 2022-12) Project financial management for a portfolio of 160+ public and private infrastructure projects, overseeing billing, forecasting, and revenue recognition.
- Managed the end-to-end project financial lifecycle, including work-in-progress (WIP) analysis, contract review, and change orders management.
- Partnered with project managers to build project budgets, cash flow models, and working capital forecasts while monitoring AR aging.
- Developed custom financial models tracking realization rates, trend analyses, and profitability metrics to guide executive decisions.
- Designed a new business unit performance report, boosting visibility into key profitability drivers.
- Identified operational and billing inefficiencies through data analytics, capturing an estimated 3% monthly revenue improvement across the portfolio.
- Optimized billing tracking mechanisms, reducing Days Sales Outstanding to a strict sub-30-day.
Assistant
Controller - VARONE GROUP INC.
- Toronto, Ontario (2018-01 - 2019-12) Managed multi-entity full-cycle accounting, inter-company consolidations, and complex reconciliations utilizing Sage 300.
- Administered corporate payroll, HST filings, WSIB, and T4; Liaison with CRA and external auditors.
- Built a dynamic expense categorization model that enhanced oversight for fund allocation.
Senior
Auditor - BDO China (2015-01 - 2018-12) - Participated in audit for government-owned entities, not-for-profits, multinational corporations.
- Evaluated financial reporting processes and IT internal controls for U.S. SOX compliance audits.
- Supported IPO and cross-border audit engagements, collaborating with international BDO offices.
- Performed audit procedures including substantive testing, internal control walkthroughs, and client interviews; Assisting managers with fieldwork supervision and review of junior staff workpapers.
Property Accounting
Manager - METROPOLITAN TORONTO CONDOMINIUM CORPORATION NO. 1049 - Toronto, Ontario (2013-01 - 2015-12) Handled full cycle accounting for one commercial shopping center portfolio with 150 units.
- Reconciled CAM. Annual audit. Prepared annual budget, leases, and board minutes.
- Managed customer accounts, sent overdue payment notices, made reminder calls, and reduced bad debts by 40% through negotiations with customers.
