Samantha Demore

• Oversee all aspects of the month-end close process, ensuring timely completion of accurate financial statements for executive review; including balance sheets, cash flow reports and income statements.
• Supervise accurate, efficient, and compliant completion of monthly financial reporting packages.
• Use CDK Global, Reynolds, & PBS in entering financial data and preparing financial reports to assist management in operational planning and key decision making.
• Manage payroll data entry and processing for employees.
• Maintain strong relationships with external auditors, facilitating smooth annual audit processes and addressing any concerns promptly.
• Reduce operating costs through meticulous budget management and cost analysis.
• Improve financial reporting accuracy by streamlining processes and implementing efficient financial controls.
• Manage a team of accountants, providing guidance, support, and ongoing training to ensure continued growth and development.
• Conduct regular variance analyses between actual results and budget projections to identify trends or issues requiring further investigation or action by management staff.
• Develop comprehensive financial models for strategic planning and decision-making purposes.
• Contribute to the development of long-term strategic plans by providing executive management with accurate financial data and forecasts.
• Collaborate closely with executive team and department heads in preparation of annual capital and operating budgets, forecasts and all financial reporting and analysis to monitor performance against targets.
• Attend monthly forecast meetings with executives to ensure the business is attaining strategic goals.
• Implement rigorous internal control measures to safeguard company assets and prevent fraud or mismanagement risks.
• Follow up with delinquent accounts to obtain funds and reduce aging balances.
• Provide treasury and cash management by overseeing reconciliation of banking activity, credit card processing, and sales tax returns.
• Complete journal entries, reconciliations, and account analysis to prepare quarterly financial documents and general account management.
• Accurately complete financial statement audits and thoroughly review results.
• Complete year-end close processes through effective supervision of financial functions.
• Manage budgets, assets, portfolios, accounts payable, and receivable and general financial reporting procedures.
• Project monthly cash expenditures through efficient budgeting and detailed document reviews.
• Prepare and file monthly tax returns.

• Sold, promoted, and secured orders from existing and prospective customers through a relationship-based approach
• Demonstrated products and services to existing/potential customers and assisted them in selecting those best suited to their needs
• Established, developed and maintained business relationships with current customers in order to generate new business for the organization's products and services
• Developed clear and effective written proposals/quotations for current and prospective customers
• Formed appropriate resolutions to customer's problems and complaints to ensure their happiness and future business
• Created and viewed customer's sketches in order to calculate the appropriate amounts of supplies needed for their projects
• Dealt with several other companies who relied on me to provide them with everything they needed to satisfy their customers

Accounts Payable

• Processed accounts payable; generated invoices upon receipt of billing information and tracked collection progress
• Coded and entered 25+ invoices each day into QuickBooks
• Entered financial data into QuickBooks to be verified and reconciled.
• Supervised invoice processing, purchase orders, expense reports, credit memos and payment transactions
• Researched and resolved accounts payable discrepancies.
• Entered financial information and payments to guarantee that vendors were paid accurately and on time
• Communicated with customers to identify and resolve outstanding payments

Bookkeeping

• Streamlined daily reporting information entry for efficient record keeping purposes
• Established a QuickBooks accounting system to reflect accurate financial records
• Reconciled company bank, credit card and line of credit accounts for both SCR and joint companies

Time Entry/Payroll

• Entered daily, over 50 timesheets (10-13 employees on each) for specific mine sites
• Ran reports to resolve any discrepancies
• Communicated with customers for billing purposes ("Cost+" hours)

North Rock Rentals

• As per a contract with SCR, I managed this company's accounts payable department as the company was newly established and low staffed

Completed approximately 10 tax returns for students attending Cambrian College.

• Greeted and politely assisted customers in person and via telephone.
• Earned management trust by serving as key holder, responsibly opening and closing store.
• Answered product questions with up-to-date knowledge of sales and store promotions.
• Scheduled weekly inventory pickups and deliveries with vendors.
• Ensured superior customer experience by addressing customer concerns, demonstrating empathy and resolving problems on the spot.
• Routinely answered customer questions regarding merchandise and pricing.
• Participated in physical inventory counts at the end of night.
• Conducted multiple cash counts throughout my shifts, and worked as a cashier.