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Anthony Kuhnreich, CPA

Vancouver,British Columbia

Summary

Highly-motivated employee with desire to take on new challenges. Strong work ethic, adaptability, and exceptional interpersonal skills. Eager to apply time management and organizational skills in various environments.

Overview

5
5
years of professional experience

Work History

NAF & Corporate Accountant

A&W Food Services of Canada Inc.
06.2021 - Current
  • Manages A&W's $46m National Advertising Fund's Finances with 50+ individual GL accounts, Yearly Budget, Periodic Budget, Variances to Plan, Campaign Projects, Period Review Meeting, and Month & Year end work for financial statement purposes
  • Maintains the $2m GL accounts for Poster Signs and Coupon costs billed to franchisees at a net zero balance from organizing meetings with departments regarding distribution, printing, art costs and the amount billed to franchisees for each individual campaign ran during the year
  • Manages A&W's $5m Regional Funds, comprising of 6 regions where I budget for, review statements, perform variance analysis, perform Month & Year end work, and meet with regional presidents to discuss planned expenses and franchisee contributions
  • Handles the A&W gift program regarding any issues customers have with their gift cards and reviewing all head office/ marketing gift card transactions on a quarterly basis
  • Performs monthly IFRS 16 entries on our 500+ headlease contracts, such as new leases and modified leases
  • Then scheduling meetings with the Real Estate team to discuss contract inquiries
  • Then perform reconciliation from our IFRS 16 information system and accounting system
  • Prepares monthly reports on Retail Root Beer gallons sold and month and year end entries on our separate entity Root Beer statements
  • Prepares A&W's insurance claims for corporate location's profits, restaurant equipment, head office software hardware, head office renovations, and other insurance requirements for A&W
  • Oversees 10 corporate locations by performing month and year end journal entries, period end variance analysis', yearly budgets & latest estimated budgets, reconciliations between A&W's accounting software & POS system, period end review meetings, and preparing quarterly presentation slides
  • Reviews process controls and conducts interviews with the finance department if controls are met or needs to be improved
  • Trains colleagues - have trained A/P clerks for proper coding of invoices and verifying estimated costs in budget sheets and accountants for accrual entries for franchisee service fee's and marketing fee's
  • Helps with interim and year end audit by completing 40-50 audit requests by specific deadlines.

Intermediate Accountant

Crowe BGK
10.2020 - 04.2021
  • Executed audits and reviews under Accounting Standards for Private Enterprises (ASPE)
  • Experience providing reasonable assurance on all financial statement line items
  • Performed tax audits on specific matters and supported the CRA with requests for our clients
  • Coached first year associates on the required fieldwork assigned to them and answered questions throughout the engagement
  • Discussed with upper management to fix possible misstatements and differences from our audit.

Experienced Associate

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
09.2018 - 07.2020
  • Executed audits under multiple accounting frameworks including International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS), Accounting Standards for Private Enterprises (ASPE), and Accounting Standards for Non-for-Profit Organizations
  • Experience with multiple financial statement line items and performed audits in various industries with revenues in excess of $100 million
  • Performed review engagements individually, which involved discussing with the client about any substantial variances from various periods
  • Reviews were completed 1-2 days below budgeted hours
  • Scheduled meetings with CFOs and Controllers to discuss certain transactions, analyses, financial statement line items or control processes
  • Travelled out of town with various team members in order to provide auditing services to an American client for an extended period
  • Coached first year associates on the required fieldwork assigned to them and answered questions throughout the engagement
  • Attended social events from clients to create a good working relationship between the firm and the client.

Education

GCPA - Graduate Certificate in Professional Accounting -

McGill University
09.2019

Bachelor of Commerce, Accounting -

John Molson School of Business, Concordia University
05.2018

Skills

Excellent communication skills as both a leader and a team member

Diligent at self-managing towards specific performance goals

Energetic and self-motivated in a group setting or individually

Developed interpersonal skills through athletics & academics

Proficient in Microsoft Excel, Word, Netsuite & PowerPoint

Profile Skills

  • Excellent communication skills as both a leader and a team member
  • Diligent at self-managing towards specific performance goals
  • Energetic and self-motivated in a group setting or individually
  • Developed interpersonal skills through athletics & academics
  • Proficient in Microsoft Excel, Word, & PowerPoint

Professional Development

  • Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA), 09/2019
  • PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, Summer Associate, 05/2017, 09/2017, While earning my Bachelors of Accountancy, I earned the experience and competence needed to begin a career in assurance for performing planning sections, specifically for pension audits and completing execution stages of small to large clients in teams of 2-8. As well, I led and coached the intern volleyball team that played in a Big 4 accounting firm tournament at the end of the summer and earned 1st place.

Timeline

NAF & Corporate Accountant

A&W Food Services of Canada Inc.
06.2021 - Current

Intermediate Accountant

Crowe BGK
10.2020 - 04.2021

Experienced Associate

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
09.2018 - 07.2020

GCPA - Graduate Certificate in Professional Accounting -

McGill University

Bachelor of Commerce, Accounting -

John Molson School of Business, Concordia University

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