Cassius Brown
Orangeville,ON
Summary
Detail-oriented Bookkeeper well versed in payroll, accounts payable and accounts receivable functions. Excelled in corporate bookkeeping services delivery and learned new technologies to improve efficiency. Impressive accounting and communications skills leading to desirable outcomes.
Overview
24
24
years of professional experience
Work History
Bookkeeper
Shoppers Drug Mart
03.2013 - Current
- Maintained and processed 500 invoices weekly, deposits , and money logs.
- Completed bi-weekly payroll for 200 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.
- Reported financial data and updated financial records in ledgers and journals.
- Reviewed and filed financial documents, coded accounting entries for data processing, and posted daily receipts and payments in accordance with all corporate protocols.
- Reduced financial discrepancies through transaction monitoring and management.
- Used knowledge of local laws to comply with reporting requirements.
- Developed and implemented procedures to improve accounting efficiency.
- Recorded deposits, reconciled monthly bank accounts and tracked expenses.
- Handled day-to-day accounting processes to drive financial accuracy.
- Matched purchase orders with invoices and recorded necessary information.
- Reconciled company bank, credit card and line of credit accounts, investigating and resolving discrepancies to keep accounts audit-ready.
- Maintained account accuracy by reviewing and reconciling checks monthly.
- Reconciled account information and reported figures in general ledger by comparing to bank account statement each month.
- Managed and responded to correspondence and inquiries from customers and vendors.
- Reduced financial discrepancies, effectively reconciling bank accounts and organizing information into accounting software.
- Streamlined daily reporting information entry for efficient record keeping purposes.
- Gathered, evaluated and summarized account data in detailed financial reports.
- Inspected account books and recorded transactions.
- Completed tax forms in compliance with legal regulations.
Cost Accountant
Chicken Mistress Ltd
06.2010 - 06.2012
- Monitored cost standard performance to confirm that costs met budget cost parameters.
- Assisted with month-end closing procedures, journal entry review, balance sheet analysis and monthly management report preparation.
- Predicted, planned and recorded costs of raw materials, labor and operation.
- Collected and reported monthly expense variances and explanations.
- Provided journal entries and performed accounting on accrual basis.
Bookkeeper
Shoppers Drug Mart
08.2006 - 06.2010
- Maintained and processed invoices, deposits, and money logs.
- Completed payroll bi-weekly for 200 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.
Accountant
Chicken Mistress Ltd
03.2000 - 01.2003
- Handled day-to-day accounting processes to drive financial accuracy.
- Completed daily cash functions like account tracking, payroll and wage allocations, budgeting, donating, and cash, and banking reconciliations.
- Documented cash, credit, fixed assets, accrued expenses, and line of credit transactions.
- Provided journal entries and performed accounting on accrual basis.
- Collected and reported monthly expense variances and explanations.
- Reviewed accounts, resolved coding areas, and tracked recurring expenses for accrual entry.
- Gathered financial information, prepared documents, and closed books.
- Detected and corrected mistakes early on and implemented systems to avoid recurring issues.
Education
BBA - Accounting And Human Resource Management
Algoma University
Brampton, ON06.2019
Certified Accounting Technician - Accounting
ACCA
United Kingdom06.2002
Diploma - Accounting
Excelsior Community College
Kingston, Jamaica06.1996
Skills
- Invoice Processing
- Financial Statements Expertise
- Financial Recordkeeping
- Statutory Reporting
- Accounting
- Payroll Administration
- Vendor Management
- Full-Cycle Accounting
- Accounts Receivable
- Account Reconciliation
- Financial Reporting
- General Ledger Entries
- Superior Attention to Detail
- Audit Preparation
- Exceptional Organization
- SAP
- Customer Relations
- Bank Statement Reconciliation
- Spreadsheet Tracking
- Cost Accounting
- Finance
- Bookkeeping
- Auditing
- Financial Management
- Data Inputting
- Fiscal Budgeting Knowledge
Languages
English
Native or Bilingual
Timeline
Bookkeeper
Shoppers Drug Mart
03.2013 - Current
Cost Accountant
Chicken Mistress Ltd
06.2010 - 06.2012
Bookkeeper
Shoppers Drug Mart
08.2006 - 06.2010
Accountant
Chicken Mistress Ltd
03.2000 - 01.2003
BBA - Accounting And Human Resource Management
Algoma University
Certified Accounting Technician - Accounting
ACCA
Diploma - Accounting
Excelsior Community College
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