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.
09.2024 - 11.2024
- 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
11.2023 - 06.2024
- 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
05.2023 - 11.2023
- 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
01.2023 - 03.2023
- 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
10.2021 - 04.2022
- 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
08.2021 - 09.2021
- 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
02.2020 - 06.2021
- 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
01.2000 - 08.2012
- 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
11-2014
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.
09.2024 - 11.2024
Accounts Payable Specialist
John Aarts Group
11.2023 - 06.2024
ACCOUNTS PAYABLE ADMINISTRATOR
OXFORD BUILDERS’ SUPPLIES
05.2023 - 11.2023
AR/AP CLERK
CRAWFORD CORPORATION
01.2023 - 03.2023
AR SPECIALIST
DOCK PRODUCTS
10.2021 - 04.2022
AR SPECIALIST
MASCO
08.2021 - 09.2021
AR CLERK
GRAIN PROCESS ENTERPRISES
02.2020 - 06.2021
Account & AR Clerk
WESTRADING CO. LTD
01.2000 - 08.2012
Bachelor’s degree -
Nipissing University
Business Accounting Diploma -
Centennial College
Diploma - Accounting And Finance
ACCA
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