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AMIRAH AKINOLA

AMIRAH AKINOLA

2303 - 9887 Whalley Boulevard, Surrey, BC,Canada

Summary

Payroll Specialist with over four years of experience in payroll processing, accounting, financial audit, budgeting, and reporting. Skilled in managing multi-state/province payroll for over 500 employees in Canada, the US, and internationally. Expert in streamlining processes and collaborating across departments for financial and payroll accuracy.

Overview

5
5
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Payroll and Benefits Specialist

Victory Square Media Inc.
Vancouver, Canada
07.2023 - Current
  • Payroll Processing: Administer and process the semi-monthly payroll for 150+ Canadian employees, 200+ US employees, the UK, and other international EOR employees.
  • HR & Benefits administration: Responsible for generating ROEs for departing employees, handling disability claims, managing RBC benefits, and Wellness Spending account administration. Took part in the onboarding of employees.
  • Month end: Compile monthly payroll summaries, vacation accruals, EHT accruals, and payroll cost allocation to the finance department to guarantee accurate completion of the previous month's financial records.
  • Year-end: Owned the year-end payroll duties of verifying the accuracy of T4s and W2s, issuing T2200s, and CRA account reconciliation.
  • Payroll institute liaison/continuous learning: As a member of the National Payroll Institute, I always ensure that my workplace complies with the employment standards and payroll regulations of the relevant provinces/states/countries in which we operate.
  • Third-party tasks: Responsible for the quarterly and annual reconciliations of WorkSafeBC workers' compensation payments and Employer Health Tax filing on a timely basis. Also in charge of CRA account reconciliation to ensure we are in good standing with the Canadian government.
  • Enhanced payroll workflows: Improved payroll procedures by ensuring effective communication and proper liaison among HR, finance, and payroll teams.
  • Proper record management: Maintaining thorough documentation of all payroll functions and processes, and continuous update of the payroll section of the company's internal website in Notion.

Accounts Payable and Payroll Specialist

EcoOnline
Vancouver, Canada
09.2021 - 12.2022
  • Payroll: Solely responsible for processing the semi-monthly payroll of three business entities in Canada and the USA.
  • Utilized ADP to process the Canadian payroll of over 150 employees.
  • Assisted with the integration of the company's RRSP system.
  • Managed taxable benefits administration and reporting.
  • Responsible for paying monthly, quarterly, and annual commissions/bonuses to employees.
  • Month end: Took part in the monthly reconciliation of Accounts Payable, Prepaid, and accrual schedule, bank and credit card statements to close out each month.
  • Accounts Payable: Responsible for recording all invoices received onto the Sage Intacct Accounting System. Ensuring accuracy in coding and attaching timely approvals from the relevant departments. Making weekly payments to vendors via EFT/Wire or credit card payments.
  • Credit card: Managed the company's corporate credit cards. Upload the transactions onto our accounting system, perform monthly reconciliations, and oversee credit card payments.
  • Employee Expenses: In charge of reviewing and processing the employees' reimbursement expense report for timely payment using SAP Concur.
  • Year-end: Responsible for year-end payroll reconciliations and coordinated with external auditors to provide needed information relating to payroll. Processed and ensured timely provisions of ROEs, T4s, T4As, and W2s to all employees.

Staff Accountant

D.O. Chartered Accountant
Hamilton, Canada
08.2020 - 09.2021
  • Bookkeeping: Manage daily book entries, input invoices and bills, monthly bank reconciliations, process accounts payable and receivable, record journal entries, and other entries. Also, work on year-end reviews and provide regular reports to the clients. Employ accounting software such as QuickBooks, Xero, and Wave for bookkeeping services.
  • Auditing: Work on audit assurances, review engagements, and draw up notices to readers for our audit clients. Also, use CaseWare software to record audit adjustments we make to our clients' financial statements.
  • Payroll: Efficiently worked with QuickBooks Payroll for clients' payroll services.
  • Automated Services: In our goal to go paperless and reduce financial risks, we employ Plooto, and Dext to improve the bookkeeping services of our clients, which has helped to reduce errors with accounts payable and receivable.

Education

Bachelor of Management - Accounting

University of Lethbridge
Alberta, Canada
04.2020

Skills

  • Semi-monthly payroll, multi-provincial payroll
  • Salaried and hourly payroll processing
  • ADP workforce now
  • Sales commission payment management
  • Budgeting
  • Microsoft Excel, pivot table, VLOOKUPs
  • Google Spreadsheet
  • Third-party filings: workers' compensation, employer health tax, RRSP
  • Year-end payroll preparation: T4, W2, T2200, T4A
  • HR: BambooHR, employee onboarding
  • SAP Concur: employee expense reimbursement
  • Benefits management

Certification

Payroll Compliance Professional (PCP), National Payroll Institute, April, 2025

QuickBooks ProAdvisor Online Certification

Timeline

Payroll and Benefits Specialist

Victory Square Media Inc.
07.2023 - Current

Accounts Payable and Payroll Specialist

EcoOnline
09.2021 - 12.2022

Staff Accountant

D.O. Chartered Accountant
08.2020 - 09.2021

Bachelor of Management - Accounting

University of Lethbridge

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