LINDA DOYLE
Winnipeg,Canada
Summary
Results-driven financial professional with extensive experience in managing financial records and a strong command of core accounting principles and procedures. Expertise in independently handling complex transactions, preparing accurate financial statements, and conducting thorough financial analyses while collaborating effectively across departments. Committed to process improvements, with a proven ability to multitask, ensuring that goals are consistently met in dynamic, global environments involving multiple currencies. Recognized for supervisory skills and team leadership, with a solid track record of ensuring compliance with regulatory standards and delivering actionable insights that drive business growth.
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Accountant
Northbridge Financial Corporation
01.2024 - Current
- Full cycle accounting for three separate entities.
- Prepare and post monthly journal entries for payroll and other GL postings using Unit 4 Financials ERP software.
- Reconcile Daily banking & month end banking, identify discrepancies and investigate.
- Ensure accuracy of credit card statements and financial records, identify discrepancies.
- Analyze employees’ expenses and process payments through Concur.
- Prepare Intercompany and EFT payments.
- Manage the AP and AR, allocating payments and receipts, analyze broker commissions, producing accurate financial records, and ensuring timely payments.
- Analyze statements for commissions, ensuring brokers are reimbursed.
- Streamlined operations and prioritized tasks, allowing senior staff to increase revenue by 25%
- Liaise with all stakeholders, insurance brokers, adjusters, underwriters, customers and ensuring compliance with regulations.
- Work with other teams in other provinces, and teams within the Northbridge Corporation.
Accounting Specialist
Opera Software
03.2022 - 12.2023
- Process invoices for multiple entities in multiple currencies ensuring accuracy using Workday ERP software.
- Liaise with marketers, and other stakeholders to escalate unresolved issues.
- Managed AP inbox and all incoming calls from customers, approximately 30 per day.
- Reduce discrepancies in accounts payable by reviewing invoices and ensure timely approval.
- Create new supplier accounts and update changes to current supplier accounts.
- Verify banking details by telephone with vendors.
- Investigate any supplier discrepancies and aim to resolve these before month end.
- Reconcile monthly statements ensuring monthly payments are made correctly.
- Record any failed invoices separately to ensure compliance with SOX controls.
- Assist in setting up and creating new documents for SOX compliance regulations.
- Report directly to Financial Controller in Ireland and Norway entities.
- Identify opportunities to streamline accounting processes, implementing changes that led to increased departmental efficiency.
Accounting Specialist
Reider Insurance
08.2016 - 12.2021
- Reconcile company statements and process payments on a bi-weekly basis using TAM Online Systems.
- Allocate online banking bill payments, receipting in TAM ERP and creating deposits.
- Managed approximately 30 incoming calls, emails and faxes per day.
- Process all direct bill payments using company credit card.
- Monitor billing to ensure accuracy and ensure commission fees are portioned accurately.
- Worked closely with CSRs to ensure policies are entered in a timely manner and closely following up with them for additions/deletions.
- Assign responsibilities to other team members, ensuring clear communication about deadlines, and expectations.
- Review bank reconciliations performed by payables team.
- Reconcile company credit card transactions, enter on excel spreadsheets, create the payment and code-and allocate to general ledger.
- Monitor the G/L and investigate missing or incorrect policy entries, by recording journals or other necessary entries to adjust.
- Download company statements each month from Insurance Company portals online.
- Balance and reconcile all company statements monthly.
- Create an operational manual for future reference so that standard procedures can be followed by new employees.
Accounts Assistant
Kleysen Transport
01.2013 - 08.2016
- Facilitate transportation solutions via intermodal rail and road, serving as the primary customer service representative for Western Canada and BC, leading to improved client satisfaction and increased repeat business.
- Act as direct liaison between customers/shippers/dispatchers to book transport requirements and enter orders.
- Enter orders on AS400 and track progress of loads keeping shippers and dispatchers up to date with any changes in ETAs.
- Monitor large orders closely and follow up with any complaints or dissatisfied customers.
- Assist new customers with quotations and follow up with Sales Managers to always ensure timely feedback.
- Assist Billing Department with discrepancies and unresolved requests to ensure timely payment is achieved.
- Work as part of a team environment maintaining good team morale and great teamwork.
- Assist Safety Department with monitoring drivers’ logs and ensuring compliance of driver hours via excel spreadsheets.
- Process payroll for owner operators, company drivers and salaried employees on a bi-weekly basis.
- Manage high volume payroll for up to 1,000 drivers and staff using multi-currency, US and Canadian dollars and reimbursing out of pocket expenditure where necessary.
- Manage the smooth and effective processing of payroll with varying cut off dates and always complying with Union rules and legislation.
- Research route lines via PC miler dedicated s/w and calculate miles and pay accordingly. Adjust mileage where necessary and adjust despatched route lines.
- Liaise with key Financial Stakeholders within the Mullen Group of Companies and review all key reporting functions prior to cut off dates.
Education
BBA - Business Accountancy
UCD
Ireland05.2010
Diploma - IT Skills
Eden Training
Ireland05.2002
Some College (No Degree) - Accounting And Finance
The Institute of Accounting Technicians of Ireland
IrelandSkills
- Accounts payable and receivable
- Bank reconciliation
- Account reconciliation
- Financial statements
- Financial reporting
- General ledger entries
- MS office suite
- ERP systems proficiency
- Financial statements expertise
- Full-cycle accounting
- Spreadsheet proficiency
- IFRS expertise
- Payroll liability and deductions
- IFRS expertise
- Accounting controls
- Payroll liability and deductions
Accomplishments
- Generated a 10% reduction in month-end close.
- Achieved efficiency by completing regular a/p and a/r reconcilement's with accuracy and efficiency.
- Achieved accuracy by introducing new IT software programme for recording tasks.
Languages
English
Native or Bilingual
Certification
- IATI, Institute of Accounting Technicians - Ireland
- Certified Trainer, Eden Training - Computerised Accountants
Timeline
Accountant
Northbridge Financial Corporation
01.2024 - Current
Accounting Specialist
Opera Software
03.2022 - 12.2023
Accounting Specialist
Reider Insurance
08.2016 - 12.2021
Accounts Assistant
Kleysen Transport
01.2013 - 08.2016
BBA - Business Accountancy
UCD
Diploma - IT Skills
Eden Training
Some College (No Degree) - Accounting And Finance
The Institute of Accounting Technicians of Ireland
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