Gorka Izarzugaza
Calgary,AB
Summary
Accounting professional with 9 years of experience in positions with increasing responsibility. I work well independently or as part of a team, taking accountability for tasks, deliverables and deadlines.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
Work History
Intermediate Accountant
AYRFIT
07.2023 - 03.2025
- Accounting for all clubs in Calgary and Edmonton, as well as the umbrella corporation (Ayrfit West)
- Month-end entries and Financial Statements preparation and review
- Inventory valuation
- Accrued Liabilities
- Prepaid expenses
- Revenue reallocation
- Manager's Bonus, Shareholder Loan and Notes Payable interest calculation and entries
- Other accruals and reclassifications
- Monthly GST
- Bank reconciliation and schedules after month-end
- Cash-Flow preparation and weekly forecast update
- Reports for departmental monthly expense reviews
- Other ad-hoc reports and projects
Junior Cost Accountant
Jayman Built
04.2023 - 06.2023
- Accounting of Central Division, Financial Division and another company of the group
- Month-end entries
- Income statement, Balance Sheet and Budget updates
- Income pick-ups
- Bank reconciliations
- Payroll processing for commission employees
- GST calculation and filing
- Property tax estimates for lots
- Approving Statements of Agreement (SOAs)
- Approving AP purchase entries
Senior Accountant
Aquatrans Distributors
03.2022 - 12.2022
- Provided accounting support for associate company:
- Accounts payable and receivable
- Bank reconciliations
- General ledger reconciliations
- Payroll processing
- Invoicing for head office
Accounting Manager
Joya Growers
11.2021 - 12.2021
- Cleared and reconciled ledgers
- Following up with vendors and external parties
- Meeting with internal parties for setting up systems and procedures
- Responsible for internal controls
- Supervisor of Senior Bookkeeper
- Month-end journals, reconciliations and schedules
- Liaising with external Information Systems Project Manager for costing
Accountant
Prospera Credit Union
11.2020 - 09.2021
- Monthly entries: payroll accruals, pension accruals and other benefit plans accruals, property tax, leases, overdrafts, brokers commissions amortizations, fraud, shares redeemed
- Reporting: third party revenue collection analysis for trend analysis
- Assists Treasury in the posting of daily cashflows and foreign exchange rates
- Daily export of all transactions from banking system and posting into banking system and review of integrity and correctness
- Privilege settings audit
Junior Accountant
Airfoam Industries Ltd.
11.2019 - 11.2020
- Assist with preparation of financial statements including balance sheets, income statements and other financial statements
- Identify and analyze operational variances
- Post and process journal entries to ensure all business transactions are recorded
- Account reconciliations
- Set-up and maintain inventory items: calculated types of Direct Materials and Overhead rates
- Pricing Updates and Maintenance
- Preparation of commission reporting for sales staff
- Process monthly government reporting and payment calculation (GST, PST, Corp Tax, W/H Tax)
- Assist the A/P and A/R functions when needed
- Special projects: new inventory count lists and walking the shop floor timing processes to ensure accuracy of overhead estimates
Junior Accountant
Airfoam Industries Ltd.
11.2019 - 11.2020
- Assist with preparation of financial statements including balance sheets, income statements and other financial statements according to legal and company accounting and financial guidelines
- Identify and analyze operational variances
- Post and process journal entries to ensure all business transactions are recorded
- Prepare and update lead sheets
- Set-up and maintain inventory items:
- Calculating types of direct materials required
- Inferring overhead rates and direct Labour (mostly provided by production)
- Each step of the manufacturing process required a new setup in the system
- Pricing Updates and Maintenance
- Preparation of commission reporting for sales staff
- Analyze and reconcile Canadian and US bank statements and General Ledger accounts
- Process monthly government reporting and payment calculation (GST, PST, Corp Tax, W/H Tax)
- Assist the A/P and A/R functions when needed
- Help prepare working papers for year-end audits/reviews by external accountants
- Special projects: new inventory count lists and walking the shop floor timing processes to ensure accuracy of overhead estimates
Accounting Clerk I, Accounting Operations
Metro Vancouver
04.2018 - 11.2019
- Bank and other accounts reconciliations
- Posting of monthly invoice batches, reallocating, and accruing revenue
- Monthly Posting of Business Units' Trial Balance and reconciliation
- Supplier and customer maintenance
- Credit cards audit
- PO closing
- Created and updated procedure documents
Accounts Payable and Receivable Coordinator
Silver Hills Bakery
11.2017 - 01.2018
- Multi-company environment
- Cash receipts, Debit and credit notes, Receiving, classifying and distributing invoices to adequate manager for approval and GL allocation
- Posting invoices
Strata Accounts Payable
Rancho Management Services
08.2016 - 09.2017
- Managing payments of a 62 (and increasing) portfolio of Strata Corporations
- Invoice review and timely payment of over 200 invoices per week on average
- The A/P department paid only by cheques
- Budgeting and Cash Flow analysis, Reversing errors, Vendor relations
- New employees training
- Promoted from data entry clerk, to accounts payable clerk, to senior accounts payable clerk and to accounts receivable clerk
Education
CPA - Core 1, Introductory Financial Accounting, Introductory Management Accounting, Business Law, Information Technology, Corporate Finance, Intermediate Financial Reporting 1, Intermediate Financial Reporting 2, Tax, Advanced Financial Reporting, Audit and Assurance, Intermediate Managerial Accounting, Performance Management
Western School of Business
Bachelor's degree - Business Management
King Juan Carlos University
01.2011
Skills
- Experience with Sage 500
- Experience with Oracle NetSuite
- Microsoft Dynamics GP
- Financial statement preparation
- Variance analysis
- Month-end closing
- Cost accounting
- Account reconciliation
- Accounts payable and receivable
- Customer relations
Accomplishments
- Automated and documented a number of day-to-day and month-end processes (Inventory, Cash Forecast, expense reallocations), with Excel documents that linked reports to formulas, that ultimately, led to Journal Entries ready to post.
- Increased vendor satisfaction by improving communication and ensuring minimum payments.
- Improved communication environment in department where the atmosphere made coworkers reluctant to ask questions.
Languages
Spanish
Native or Bilingual
French
Elementary
Work Availability
monday
tuesday
wednesday
thursday
friday
saturday
sunday
morning
afternoon
evening
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Timeline
Intermediate Accountant
AYRFIT
07.2023 - 03.2025
Junior Cost Accountant
Jayman Built
04.2023 - 06.2023
Senior Accountant
Aquatrans Distributors
03.2022 - 12.2022
Accounting Manager
Joya Growers
11.2021 - 12.2021
Accountant
Prospera Credit Union
11.2020 - 09.2021
Junior Accountant
Airfoam Industries Ltd.
11.2019 - 11.2020
Junior Accountant
Airfoam Industries Ltd.
11.2019 - 11.2020
Accounting Clerk I, Accounting Operations
Metro Vancouver
04.2018 - 11.2019
Accounts Payable and Receivable Coordinator
Silver Hills Bakery
11.2017 - 01.2018
Strata Accounts Payable
Rancho Management Services
08.2016 - 09.2017
Bachelor's degree - Business Management
King Juan Carlos University
CPA - Core 1, Introductory Financial Accounting, Introductory Management Accounting, Business Law, Information Technology, Corporate Finance, Intermediate Financial Reporting 1, Intermediate Financial Reporting 2, Tax, Advanced Financial Reporting, Audit and Assurance, Intermediate Managerial Accounting, Performance Management
Western School of Business
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