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JOY RICO

Sydney,Canada

Summary

ACCOUNTANT I am a meticulous accounting professional with 16 years of financial management experience in general accounting, management reporting, bookkeeping, payroll, credit and collection, accounts payable, and accounts receivable. Specialist in financial statement preparation, bookkeeping, system setup, and migration. Having strong organizational and analytical skills, being highly efficient and results-oriented, strong teamwork and multitasking abilities, and completing tasks within time constraints. Years of working experience in global corporations have resulted in excellent written and verbal communication skills. Technically proficient in MS Office, (VLOOKUPS, Formulas, and Pivot tables) and accounting software such as SAP, QuickBooks, Sage 50, Xero, Ariba, ERP, and UBS.

Overview

23
23
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Senior Accounting Executive

Commeasure Pte Ltd
11.2020 - 01.2022
  • Responsible for recording accounts receivable and payable for companies’ properties
  • Lowered accounts receivable days turnover.
  • Assisted preparation of monthly financial management reports
  • Prepared adjustment corresponding journal entries for reconciliation, and investigation of variances
  • Prepared bank reconciliation, cash flow, and reconciliation of overdue invoices and resolving discrepancies with the operations team.
  • Oversee the whole operation of the accounts receivable and assist accounts payable.
  • Liaised with auditors and tax agents for statutory requirements.

Senior Accounting and Administrative Executive

Crown Group Pte Ltd, Crown Coffee/Crown Digital
03.2020 - 10.2020
  • Responsible for the full sets of accounts ensuring the preparation and timely submission of management reports
  • Finished the company’s three years of financial statements in months with 5 company subsidiaries
  • Reconciled long outstanding inventory variances and recommended adjustments to reflect the fair financial position of the company
  • In charge of GST (Goods Services Tax) compilation and submission.
  • Collected data, input records and protected electronic files
  • Reviewed information, created models, and contributed to the decision-making process by forecasting trends

Assistant Finance Manager

TCC Hospitality Resources Pte Ltd
04.2007 - 03.2020
  • Responsible for managing Accounts Receivable overall operations and ensuring preparation and timely submission of management reports
  • Maintain general ledger, profit and loss, balance sheet, and cash flow statements
  • Reviewed if all financial transactions were recorded in the appropriate accounting period and records are maintained by prevailing accounting standards
  • Handles quarterly preparation and submission of Goods and Services Tax (GST) and prepares monthly remittance of employees’ Central Provident Fund (CPF)

Accounting Manager

Teo Boon Thong Trading
08.2005 - 04.2007
  • In charge of the monthly and year-end processing of the accounting system and reviewing financial reports for the business
  • Handle quarterly preparation and submission of Goods and Services Tax (GST) and prepares monthly remittance of employees’ Central Provident Fund (CPF)
  • Responsible for Accounts Payable operation, monitoring of payments to suppliers as well as the Accounts Receivable to follow-ups customer overdue accounts.

Credit & Collection Supervisor

RICOH (PHILIPPINES), INC, Ricoh Asia Pte Ltd
04.1999 - 08.2005
  • Responsible for managing the overall operations of the Credit & Collection Unit and for ensuring the preparation and timely submission of management reports
  • Formulate credit and collection policies and conduct credit investigation and disposition of overdue accounts
  • Prepare monthly receivable reports for management use, forecast monthly collection targets, and implements actions to achieve them.
  • Analyzed credit scores to determine borrowers' creditworthiness.
  • Analyzed customer data such as financial statements to determinelevel of risk involved in extending credit.

Education

BBA - Business Management

Cape Breton University
Sydney, NS
05.2024

Bachelor of Science - Commerce, Financial Accounting

Far Eastern University
Manila, Philippines
1999

Skills

  • Bookkeeping
  • Financial Reporting
  • Financial Analysis
  • Tax Preparation Filling
  • Auditing
  • Transaction Reconciliation
  • AR/AP Billing and Collection
  • Payroll -Budgeting/Forecasting
  • Inventory Management
  • Ability to lead team and promote teamwork
  • Excellent customer service skills
  • Full-cycle accounting
  • Accounting principles understanding
  • Finance and accounting operations
  • Executive leadership experience
  • Accounting systems and controls

Certification

Certified QuickBooks Pro Advisor

Certified Xero Advisor and Certified Xero Payroll

ADBI Certificate in Governing Sustainable Finance #85560-167-933-1378

Certificate for Leader’s Edge conference held at Cape Breton University, 2022

Timeline

Senior Accounting Executive

Commeasure Pte Ltd
11.2020 - 01.2022

Senior Accounting and Administrative Executive

Crown Group Pte Ltd, Crown Coffee/Crown Digital
03.2020 - 10.2020

Assistant Finance Manager

TCC Hospitality Resources Pte Ltd
04.2007 - 03.2020

Accounting Manager

Teo Boon Thong Trading
08.2005 - 04.2007

Credit & Collection Supervisor

RICOH (PHILIPPINES), INC, Ricoh Asia Pte Ltd
04.1999 - 08.2005

BBA - Business Management

Cape Breton University

Bachelor of Science - Commerce, Financial Accounting

Far Eastern University

Certified QuickBooks Pro Advisor

Certified Xero Advisor and Certified Xero Payroll

ADBI Certificate in Governing Sustainable Finance #85560-167-933-1378

Certificate for Leader’s Edge conference held at Cape Breton University, 2022

JOY RICO