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ANU KAPOOR

ANU KAPOOR

Calgary,Alberta

Summary

Master's degree in Accounting and Finance with over 10 years of Canadian experience in IT, Banking, Credit Union and Insurance/Broking environments. High proficiency in MS Office with experience on Sage Intacct, Sage 300, XPRESS, Riskview, JIRA, Salesforce, Secure Site, Zendesk, SAP-FI, Oracle Cloud, Hyperion, Peoplesoft Financials & AP and Quickbooks. Analytical finance professional known for high productivity and efficient task completion. Specialize in financial reporting, tax planning, and compliance auditing. Excel in problem-solving, critical thinking, and effective communication. Committed to maintaining accuracy and integrity in all accounting processes.

Overview

11
11
years of professional experience

Work History

Senior Accountant

Group Medical Services
Regina, Canada
02.2023 - Current
  • Company Overview: Insurance
  • Full cycle Month end accounting that includes calculation and posting of Journals related to Investments, Premium locking (Earned and Refund premiums), Lifeworks premium for IAP Fee calculations, Premium tax expenses (all provinces), Claims paid, Accruals, Intercompany etc
  • Month end reconciliations for bank accounts related to Trust, Claims, Accounts Payables and USD bank
  • It also includes Daily reconciliations for Daily Deposits made, cheque returns
  • Monthly preparation of General Ledger Premium Reconciliations, Claims reconciliations, Vendors reconciliations
  • Responsible for reviewing invoices created by AP team and approving them and making payments to certain sensitive vendors directly via EFT and Wire
  • Calculation and payment of monthly, quarterly, and yearly Retail Sales Tax, Premium Sales Tax, and General Sales Tax for all provinces, including SK, QC, AB, ON, NB, NL, NS, BC, and YT.
  • Collaborated with Controller and external auditors to conduct year-end close process.
  • Maximized tax refunds by striving to obtain taxable income, deductible expenses and allowance details.
  • Performed general ledger account reconciliations and generated updated financial documents.
  • Reviewed and analyzed financial statements to identify potential discrepancies.
  • Liaised with auditors to complete annual audits and maintain compliance with local, state and federal requirements.
  • Coordinated project materials and schedules, facilitated communication and prepared reports.
  • Managed month-end and year-end close duties, administered additions and performed maintenance and reporting of corporate fixed assets.
  • Monitored cash flow forecasting, budgeting, forecasting and variance analysis.

Reconciliation Analyst-Revenue Recognition & Reporting

Benevity
Calgary, Canada
05.2021 - 01.2023
  • Company Overview: IT
  • Month end closing of Receivables workbooks for multiple countries including Canada, India, Germany, France and UK
  • It includes creation and updation of new Invoices for the month in workbook, adhoc adjustments, accounting for any unreconciled payments, closing Payroll reconciliations, bank reconciliations and merchant reconciliations
  • Preparation and sending client 'Float Fund' statements on monthly basis which is client reconciliation of payments made (including adjustments of FX fee, wire fee, discounts, bank charges etc.) and invoices raised from past years to date
  • Processing and Reconciliation of payments received in multiple bank accounts, lockbox and cheques towards respective client accounts with correct Invoices on daily basis
  • Marking invoices as Paid/Unpaid or Temp Funded by Benevity by due date so that disbursements processed correctly as per timelines without miss
  • Follow up with clients and internal departments with invoices receipt confirmation, unpaid payments, misallocation of payment or tracing payments with other teams
  • Weekly review of aged debt, credit note adjustments, follow up, preparing notes and informing management
  • Preparation of Historical reconciliation for critical clients (with very complex payment and invoice structure)
  • IT

Accounting Analyst

Alberta Central
Calgary, Canada
06.2018 - 04.2021
  • Company Overview: Credit Union
  • Month end accounting and reporting of Balance Sheet items namely cash and bank accounts, prepayments and accruals, retained earnings, payroll etc
  • Performed daily and monthly reconciliations for complex CAD & USD bank accounts, cash In transit, Investments settlements, Accounts Receivables and Payables
  • Monthly analysis of budgets & forecasting and reporting any variance against budgets from previous periods
  • Preparation and Posting of daily and monthly Journals related to lease, accruals, prepayments, foreign exchange on buy and sell, daily interest and investments, parking accruals, management fees etc
  • Follow up with various departments (such as AP team, Lending, Treasury, EFT, Wire etc.) for discrepancies, if any in the balances, that is tracked while preparing daily reconciliations
  • Maintained fixed asset register, including accounting for new assets, calculating impairment and depreciation on monthly basis
  • Accounted for right of use assets in accordance with IFRS 16 - Leases, also maintained lease amortisation schedule for the same, including the periodical changes in the same in accordance with lease renewals
  • Timely reported and corrected the discrepancies in the wire transfer balances between the Treasury and accounting department to ensure the consistency of records
  • Credit Union
  • Suggested and completed a project to eliminate physical documentation of records, by creating and saving the documentation in within the capabilities of ERP system which saved company $50k annually and 120 hours
  • Created Macro-enabled templates to auto generate certain reports which saved of 40 hours on annual basis

Financial data and Analytics Specialist

Aon Group Plc.
Calgary, Canada
07.2016 - 06.2018
  • Company Overview: Insurance Broker
  • Responsible for Debtors and Vendors accounting and reporting for AON Linx Insurance Program where in AON works as an Insurance company for smaller client accounts and also includes complex accounts
  • Debtors management that includes updating personal and banking information, Billing and Invoicing to brokers/clients at the time of insurance policy issuance, renewals
  • Responsible for accurate allocation of premium received from brokers through cheques, cash, EFTs etc
  • Against correct policies and follow up with brokers and/or internal departments for any unallocated payments
  • Analysis of Aged Debtor Reports and Aged Vendor reports on weekly basis, taking escalations and regular follow ups and reporting any variances to management with reasoning
  • Calculation of premiums by adhering various factors on new policies and renewals
  • Return of excess premium charged due to change of Insured's situation (such as change of business structure, equity, sale/purchase of property etc.)
  • Reconciliation of client accounts such as premium receipts and invoices allocation and preparation of statement
  • Issuance of Broker statements on monthly basis that includes reconciliation of premiums charged and claims paid in 5 year period
  • It also involves resolving discrepancies and corrections
  • Management reporting on clients benchmarking reports which involves providing best examples of coverages with similar business and financials clients for new client
  • Vendor Management that includes preparing and processing payment runs at regular intervals and processing vendor invoices with correct coding using 3way matching (Invoice, PO and GRN)
  • It also involves processing urgent cheques and wires related to staff business expenses
  • Insurance Broker
  • Awarded with gift certificates on various occasions by management for presenting clients benchmarking in tabular format which is short and easy to understand
  • The report has analysis of Aon existing clients financials, type of industry and insurance coverages taken that helped newer clients to better understand what they need
  • Taken initiative to collect huge client database for Energy clients that has their personal details, specific Industry type under Energy segment, type of insurance coverages, premiums, policy limits etc
  • And present a report to senior management to easily understand clients nature
  • This was done by applying vlookups and Pivots

Senior Accounting Clerk - Treasury Accounting

Scotiabank
Calgary, Canada
06.2014 - 07.2016
  • Company Overview: Banking
  • Month end accounting and management reporting on a 'Mutual Fund' that includes preparation and posting of month end accounting journals related to banking transactions, accruals, prepayments, equity etc
  • Involved in Cash management in system for daily cash receipts and deposits from customers related to subscriptions via various methods such as cash, EFTs, wires, online payments, lock box etc
  • Monthly Regulatory and Management reporting that includes tax returns preparation, calculation of 'Cash Forecasting' report to show whether the entity has sufficient liquidity to meet financial requirements for next 6 months and management reports such as Profit & Loss Analysis, variance analysis for budgets to forecast etc
  • Preparation of Financial statements and 'Balance sheet accounts reconciliation' for assets, liabilities and equity
  • Perform self review/audit on assets and fund values and report and variance to management and make recommendations for changes required
  • Banking
  • Certified with Certificate of Achievement for successfully completing a big project wherein all profit centers needs to be analyzed and variances needs to be corrected and reported
  • Also, suspense account outstanding balance needs to be analyzed and reported in correct ledgers

Education

Canadian Risk Management -

University of Calgary
Calgary, Canada
12.2019

Working knowledge - MS Office, Quickbooks and Simply Accounting

12.2014

Master's Degree - Finance & Accounting

India
05.2012

Bachelor's Degree - Commerce

University of Delhi
New Delhi, India
05.2002

CPA USA -

Some College (No Degree) - Certificate in Quickbbooks And Simply Accounting

Institute For Immigrants
Calgary, AB

Skills

  • GAAP compliance
  • Financial statement review
  • Internal controls implementation
  • General ledger updates
  • Tax law expertise
  • Cash flow management
  • Month-end closing
  • Revenue recognition
  • Tax law
  • Audit support
  • Intercompany transactions
  • Payroll processing
  • Nonprofit accounting
  • Tax preparation
  • Journal entry review
  • Generally accepted accounting principles
  • Financial statement preparation
  • Internal controls
  • Audit preparation
  • Foreign currency transactions
  • Team Training
  • Bank reconciliation
  • General ledger accounting
  • Year-end closing
  • Variance analysis
  • Deferred revenue accounting
  • Fixed asset accounting

Languages

English
Professional
Hindi
Professional

Timeline

Senior Accountant

Group Medical Services
02.2023 - Current

Reconciliation Analyst-Revenue Recognition & Reporting

Benevity
05.2021 - 01.2023

Accounting Analyst

Alberta Central
06.2018 - 04.2021

Financial data and Analytics Specialist

Aon Group Plc.
07.2016 - 06.2018

Senior Accounting Clerk - Treasury Accounting

Scotiabank
06.2014 - 07.2016

Canadian Risk Management -

University of Calgary

Working knowledge - MS Office, Quickbooks and Simply Accounting

Master's Degree - Finance & Accounting

Bachelor's Degree - Commerce

University of Delhi

CPA USA -

Some College (No Degree) - Certificate in Quickbbooks And Simply Accounting

Institute For Immigrants

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