Accounting Clerk, AP Clerk, Accounting Assistant Resume

Desired Industry: Accounting/Bookkeeping	SpiderID: 6886
Desired Job Location: Toronto, Ontario	Date Posted: 5/9/2006
Type of Position: Full-Time Permanent	Availability Date:
Desired Wage:
	U.S. Work Authorization:
Job Level: Experienced with over 2 years experience	Willing to Travel: No
Highest Degree Attained: Bachelors	Willing to Relocate: No

Objective:
I am a newly landed immigrant in Canada.
I am currently exploring job opportunities in Accounting where I can continue to help the
organization achieve its goals. My audit experience, implementing accounting systems and my being a CPA will be an asset to your organization. I am very fluent in English and possessed good communication skills.

I would welcome the opportunity to meet and discuss the possibility of merging my talent, knowledge and experience with your organizational requirements in Accounting.

Experience:
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

GlaxoSmithKline Philippines Inc
Senior Business Analyst 5/99 � 4/06

Unilever Philippines Inc
Business Analyst 8/93 � 4/99

James Martin and Co.
Senior Systems Analyst 11/92 � 7/93

Andersen Consulting (Accenture)
Systems Analyst 10/89 � 10/92

SGV and Co. (Arthur Andersen)
Audit Staff 7/87 � 9/89

ACCOUNTING/AUDIT
� Conducted substantive audit for various clients in the areas of Cash, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, General Ledger, Expenses, Inventory and costing method, Sales, Cost of Sales and Equity Accounts and created audit opinion based on findings using GAAS and GAAP.
� Verified balances against supporting documents and discrepancies were investigated.
� Recorded transactions initiated by the US company into the books kept in the Philippines and prepared the financial statements
� Conducted compliance audit to review the internal controls of clients (e.g., segregation of duties, access to systems) and made recommendations to management and immediate manager to address weaknesses in the internal controls
� Conducted physical count of inventories and identified any reconciling items.
� Verified entries in the subsidiary ledgers to ensure that the client follows the Generally Accepted Accounting Principles(GAAP) such as expenses are properly recorded in the period they were incurred and that any accrued payable is correspondingly recognized, assets are valued at acquisition cost, matching principles for income and expense is observed, etc
� Audited salesmen collections and checks deposited in the bank and reported to management any irregularity discovered for proper action
� Participated in due diligence audit for acquisition of a company by the client
� Working knowledge on computerized accounting software such as ACCPAC, MYOB and Simply Accounting
� Studied and set up accounting software (ACCPAC, MYOB, Simply Accounting) based on the business needs
� Advised clients on the acceptable costing methods and proper taxation set up in the system
� Set up chart of accounts in GL, customers and vendors, items and cost and the corresponding accounts to be used in creating a journal entry every time a transaction occurred
� Conducted reconciliation between GL and subsidiary ledgers(AP, AR, Cash, Inventory)
� Managed the implementation of Standard Chart of Accounts mandated by the UK Office including mapping out of GL accounts for each type of transaction.
� Assisted immediate manager in the preparation of tax returns

BUSINESS ANALYSIS
� Gathered and documented user requirements through interviews and meetings
� Provided workaround/alternatives to users in their ways of working without having to modify systems
� Identified areas of improvement in the business processes either through automation or elimination of manual non value adding steps.
� Created project charters, project plans and cost/benefit analysis and influenced sponsors and stakeholders to approve and support the project. Controlled expenditures against budgets.
� Prepared functional and technical specifications for systems/programs to be developed based on user requirements and conducted conference room pilot based on the specs
� Reported progress of projects regularly to management and project steering committee.
� Used six sigma tool such as control charts to establish baseline process and identify process improvements
� Evaluated and selected system packages that can address business needs for rapid deployment
� Implemented various systems with specialization on ERP and accounting software
� Created systems related to Customer and Product Account Profitability which could not be designed by other analysts in the company

MANAGEMENT
� Evaluated and planned the computer hardware, software, data communication and systems requirements of the company based on number of personnel, volume of data expected, complexity of processes, available resources and consistency with company strategy and UK standards
� Managed technology projects at various stages of its life cycle and ensure optimal investment levels by ensuring that project timelines and scope are met and any deviation are justified (cost versus hard benefits). Created resource plans, timelines, controlled expenditures against budgets
� Proposed and influenced management and regional office to invest on IT projects that is to be undertaken by presenting the scope, the cost and the hard benefits that will be achieved
� Collaborated with Regional Office in UK on IT strategies and future directions.
� Created/implemented various technologies that saved the company huge amounts of money taking into account resources and limited budgets. Some of the technology were later on awarded Exceedership award by the region or identified as best practice
� Formulated and managed IT budgets and resource allocations. Managed an annual operating budget of $2 million and and an IT equipment inventory of $3.5 million
� Reduced IT spendings every year by 10%
� Supervised between 20 to 40 personnel doing development work
� Established standards and procedures for systems development and IT operations which resulted in zero audit finding in the IT function.
� Negotiated with vendors for the IT needs of the company making sure that best price, resources, on time delivery, appropriate technology and service level agreements are obtained

EDUCATION
� Bachelor of Science in Commerce Major in Accounting at De La Salle University. Graduated with Honorable Mention (Jan 1987)

TRAINING/COURSES ATTENDED - Supplied upon request

HARDWARE KNOWLEDGE -- AS400, WINTEL

SOFTWARE KNOWLEDGE
� MSOffice(Word, Excel, Powerpoint, MSProject)
� ERP/Accounting � BPCS, MACPAC, JDE, ACCPAC, MYOB, Simply Accounting, PeachTree
� Email � Lotus notes, Outlook

DATABASES -- Oracle, SQLServer

PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATIONS -- Certified Public Accountant - 1987

AWARDS
� GSK Exceedership Award (2005)
� Featured in ComputerWorld Magazine for pioneering the SMS(text messaging) technology for info on demand in the Pharmaceutical industry
� GSK Spirit Award for Alignment with GSK interest (2003)

Education:
De La Salle University
BSC Major in Accounting

Skills:
Accounting, Bookkeeping, Auditing, Accounting Software Implementation and set up, MSOffice, ACCPAC, MYOB, Email

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