Simone Harlequin
Oshawa,ON
Summary
A results-oriented accounting graduate with over 10 years of direct experience in full-cycle accounting practices, including accounts payable and receivables. Excellent communication skills and commitment to producing top-quality work.
Overview
25
25
years of professional experience
Work History
Finance Specialist - Accounts Payable Clerk
London Machinery Inc.
2024.09 - 2024.11
- Review all invoices for appropriate documentation and approval before payment
- Process 3-way purchase order to invoice matching
- Prioritize invoices according to cash discount potential and payment terms
- Prepare accurate and timely vendor payments
- Distribute cheques once printed and signed
- Maintain accurate and accessible vendor records
- Verify vendor accounts by reconciling monthly statements and related transactions
- Communicate with suppliers on payments, supplier queries and complaints; escalate issues to management as required
- Set up new supplier accounts according to established company policies
- Work with vendors, purchasing and receiving to improve processing and solve vendor problems
- I was replying to the vendor's inquiries on check disbursement
- Reconciliation of monthly statements from vendors against the balance in JDE
- Setting up mail rules to sort invoices for scanning into capture software
Accounts Payable Specialist
John Aarts Group
2023.11 - 2024.06
- Preparing Purchase order
- Entering supplier’s invoices
- Visa expense Reconciliation
- Timely and accurate processing of payment
- Maintaining ledger, credit balances and irregularities
- Monthly check run
- Payable statement reconciliation
ACCOUNTS PAYABLE ADMINISTRATOR
OXFORD BUILDERS’ SUPPLIES
2023.05 - 2023.11
- Process high volume of vendor invoices and payment requests for all hospital operations, capital projects and trust funds with effective attention to detail and a high degree of data entry accuracy
- Entering large volumes of supplier’s invoices
- Researching and resolving accounts payable with vendors
- Enter Expense Reports
- Match up cheque copies with the appropriate backup & prepare for Paper Vision
- Weekly check run
AR/AP CLERK
CRAWFORD CORPORATION
2023.01 - 2023.03
- Preparing and issuing cheques run
- Ensuring payables are paid within the required deadlines and taking advantage of purchase discounts
- Inputting payables expenses
- Preparing quotations and invoices
- Writing up purchase orders and inputting inventory into the system
- Balancing payment register with a daily cheque deposit
AR SPECIALIST
DOCK PRODUCTS
2021.10 - 2022.04
- Daily accounts receivable collection calls and emails
- Setting up new customers in the JDE program
- Running and reviewing credit reports Via D&B Lumberman
- Posting customer payments; cheques, cash, credit cards and EFT
- Resolving customer billing disputes arising from collect
- Pasting Journal entries
AR SPECIALIST
MASCO
2021.08 - 2021.09
- Processing Credits and return authorization
- Applying payment to customers' accounts
- Sending invoices to customers via email
- Solving enquiries in connection with overdue balances
- Sending statements to customers
AR CLERK
GRAIN PROCESS ENTERPRISES
2020.02 - 2021.06
- Applying for incoming payments in the form of direct deposit, e-transfer, and cheque
- Prepared daily bank deposits
- Updating the postdated cheque log
- Preparing and sending monthly customer’s statement
Account & AR Clerk
WESTRADING CO. LTD
2000.01 - 2012.08
- Monthly Bank Reconciliation
- Processing and preparing cash deposits to customers’ accounts
- Preparing monthly statements
- Preparing Trial Balance
- Sending letters to delinquent customers
- Arranging payment plans with customers
- Processing and posting payments to customer's accounts
- Preparing daily bank deposits
- Balancing petty cash daily
- Prepared and printed checks for vendors and payroll
Education
Bachelor’s degree -
Nipissing University
03.2025
Business Accounting Diploma -
Centennial College
12.2022
Diploma - Accounting And Finance
ACCA
2014-11
Skills
- Good interpersonal communication skills
- Oral communication skills
- Written communication skills
- Problem-solving skills
- Time management skills
- People skills
- Mathematical calculations
- Statistical analyses
- Use office technology
- Use software
- Use applications
- Analytical skills
- Detail-oriented
Timeline
Finance Specialist - Accounts Payable Clerk
London Machinery Inc.
2024.09 - 2024.11
Accounts Payable Specialist
John Aarts Group
2023.11 - 2024.06
ACCOUNTS PAYABLE ADMINISTRATOR
OXFORD BUILDERS’ SUPPLIES
2023.05 - 2023.11
AR/AP CLERK
CRAWFORD CORPORATION
2023.01 - 2023.03
AR SPECIALIST
DOCK PRODUCTS
2021.10 - 2022.04
AR SPECIALIST
MASCO
2021.08 - 2021.09
AR CLERK
GRAIN PROCESS ENTERPRISES
2020.02 - 2021.06
Account & AR Clerk
WESTRADING CO. LTD
2000.01 - 2012.08
Bachelor’s degree -
Nipissing University
Business Accounting Diploma -
Centennial College
Diploma - Accounting And Finance
ACCA