CARA CHENGALATH
Edmonton,AB
Summary
Ambitious, dedicated and disciplined business leader and financial champion with 20 years of experience that utilizes a proactive approach to overcome hindrances and implement prudent financial management. Compassionate team leader, mentor and coach, encourages personal and professional growth for all to succeed. Created all the financial reporting for new division in the company that was awarded a contract of 140 facilities for building maintenance, capital project and tenant services. Designed a complete recovery system for a lifestyle retail shopping centre with 100 or more retail national tenants that had 9 different shopping centres. Designed a project cost financial reporting model for managing capital projects for multiple levels of report with new conversion software.
Overview
34
34
years of professional experience
Work History
Facility Accounting and Administration Manager
Harvard Developments Corp
07.2013 - Current
- Development, Retail and Commercial Property Management, Create reports and complete analysis of financial data to achieve cost savings and yearly targets
- Design complete financial reporting requirements for a new division that overseas 140 properties across Alberta
- Design and implement that complete accounts payable process for facility maintenance, capital projects
- Set up vendor management system based on high volume of vendors
- Prepare monthly and quarterly accruals and adjusting entries and reconciliations of general ledger accounts
- Prepare Financial Statements using IASB or IFRS accounting standards and variance analysis of operations and deficiencies
- Prepare Annual Budget and Long-range Forecasts for 150 separate cost centres and ownership groups
- Attending weekly clients meetings on transition of new division for facilities, and the client’s financial requirements and expectations
- Reconciled and balanced AP and AR and oversea work of administration staff and approving daily transactions functions, including trouble shooting and cost analysis
- Recruiting managing and leading all accounting and accounts payable staff, perform yearly appraisals, mentor and human resource functions
- Prepare consolidated financial working papers for development group and different manager groups
- Audit internal and external accounting functions for streamline procedures
- Strong communication and team building relationships with different departments and prioritizing the department’s individual needs
- Collaborated with leaders from other departments to achieve consistent processes and maximize efficiency of resources.
- Learned and applied preferred systems for scheduling, purchasing and problem-solving.
- Established workflow processes, monitored daily productivity, and implemented modifications to improve overall performance of personnel.
- Updated reports, managed accounts, and generated reports for company database.
- Streamlined and improved administrative operations by identifying automation opportunities.
Assistant Controller/Accounting Manager
ALLIED FITTING CANADA
01.2009 - 01.2010
- Managed financial transactions and record keeping with strict attention to detail
- Experience in High-Volume and High Revenue Accounting and Internal and External Auditing
- Verified and posted transactions to general ledger and journal entries
- Reconciled and balanced AP and AR and Payroll accounts
- Compiled statistical reports for VP and CFO
- Generated month end reports and year financial working papers
- Spearheaded implementation of technology that improved tracking reducing overall timeframe for receiving payments from One Million over 90 days to $100,000 over 90 days
- Successfully collected over million dollars in 6 months
- Managed a Staff of 10 and processed payroll for 150 employees with three branches
- Excelled within a fast-paced environment, continually taking on increased levels of responsibility
Account Receivable Manager
E BRACE TOOL INC
01.2007 - 01.2009
- Managed financial transactions and record keeping with strict attention to detail
- Verified and posted transactions to general ledger
- Compiled statistical reports for management
- Spearheaded implementation of technology that improved tracking reducing overall timeframe for receiving payments from 48% over 90 days to 4% over 90 days
- Excelled within a fast-paced environment, continually taking on increased levels of responsibility.
Contractor Book Keeper
Numerous Clients
01.2006 - 08.2010
- Maintained and processed invoices, deposits, and money logs.
- Completed payroll for employees and maintained detailed records of procedures.
- Tracked expenses and income for businesses while organizing and maintaining bank statements for checking accounts.
- Reconciled and corrected issues with financial records.
- Completed year-end close processes through effective supervision financial functions and regular treasury transactions.
- Prepared and filed tax returns and generated monthly reports in compliance with regulatory and organizational standards.
Facility Coordinator
Greater Edmonton Foundation
01.2001
Office Administrator
Alberta International College
01.1997 - 01.1998
Wetaskiwin Associate Medical, Office Clerk
Clinic
01.1990 - 01.1995
Underwear Affair
01.2012
NAIT Peer Tutoring
01.2010 - 01.2012
Education
BBA - Accounting, Management
NAIT
Edmonton, AB05.2013
High School Diploma -
J Percy Paige High School
Edmonton, AB06.1996
Skills
- Executive Leadership Advisement
- Staff Management
- Financial Management and Reporting
- Team Oversight
- Budgeting and Variance Analysis
- Financial Planning
- High-Volume Environments
- Financial Modeling
Timeline
Facility Accounting and Administration Manager
Harvard Developments Corp
07.2013 - Current
Underwear Affair
01.2012
NAIT Peer Tutoring
01.2010 - 01.2012
Assistant Controller/Accounting Manager
ALLIED FITTING CANADA
01.2009 - 01.2010
Account Receivable Manager
E BRACE TOOL INC
01.2007 - 01.2009
Contractor Book Keeper
Numerous Clients
01.2006 - 08.2010
Facility Coordinator
Greater Edmonton Foundation
01.2001
Office Administrator
Alberta International College
01.1997 - 01.1998
Wetaskiwin Associate Medical, Office Clerk
Clinic
01.1990 - 01.1995
BBA - Accounting, Management
NAIT
High School Diploma -
J Percy Paige High School
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