Results-driven accounting professional with expertise in QuickBooks and strong communication skills. Proven track record in managing full accounting cycles and enhancing client service through meticulous attention to detail. Adept at prioritizing tasks efficiently, ensuring timely financial reporting.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
Work History
Accountant, Private Enterprises
DMCL Chartered Professional Accountants
Vancouver
03.2023 - 03.2025
Reviewed financial information detailing assets, liabilities, and capital.
Analyzed balance sheets for mistakes and inaccuracies.
Reported on financial results, including balance sheets, income statements, and general ledgers.
Managed accounts receivable and payable, reconciled bank/ credit card statements, generated payroll reports, and prepared financial reports.
Prepared/ calculated and submitted GST/PST, Worksafe BC, and EHT tax returns by gathering necessary information from clients and maintaining organized files with documents related to taxes.
Oversaw full accounting cycle and prepared applicable financial statements.
Identified needs of customers promptly and efficiently.
Worked effectively in team environments to make the workplace more productive.
Collaborated closely with team members to achieve project objectives and meet deadlines.
Completed day-to-day duties accurately and efficiently.
Accounting and Payroll Specialist
Square One Insurance
Vancouver
08.2022 - 02.2023
To Manage the day-to-day accounting duties along with managing payroll for employees semi-monthly, which includes but is not limited to:
Banking: Account reconciliations, and day-to-day coordination with the bank for cheque clearing, enquiring duplication for cheques, or rectification of cheques’ details. Multiple credit cards and intercompany reconciliations are also included in the daily tasks.
Reconciliation: System to QBO reconciliations for claims/refunds paid via cash, cheque, and credit cards and vice-versa and enquiring about the failed/ uncleared transactions.
Cheque Issuance: Issuing cheques for refunds and claims processed for clients and processing vendor cheques at the month-end process.
Month-end process: Processing payment for the vendors and affiliates at the month-end and accruing for recurring expenses and making certain that all bills are processed in a timely manner.
Payroll: Employee onboarding and off-boarding; processing role and salary changes; coordinating vacation, overtime, and part-time tracking; maintaining payroll records.
Invoice Reconciliation: Reconciling the credit card and bank transactions with the invoices for the transactions as a part of the month-end process.
Supporting the company's leadership team and contributing to quality control and process improvement initiatives.
Bookkeeper
The Fifteen Group
08.2019 - 07.2022
To Manage the full cycle bookkeeping for the assigned clients and duties includes but is not limited to:
Creating and maintaining financial reports.
Posting journal entries for daily sales for clients.
Recording invoices and issuing cheques to vendors.
Calculating and filing government remittances (GST/ HST, PST, WCB, EHT) on behalf of clients.
Preparing payroll for employees (uses QuickBooks, and Ceridian for processing payroll), submitting T4s to CRA and issuing T4s to employees.
Reconciling multiple bank and credit card accounts and intercompany accounts.
Generating period-end statements and providing a comparative statement to clients and the accounting manager.
Preparing budgets and tracking income and expenses on a period-to-period basis.
Preparing Year end files for the clients and coordinating with the year-end accountant for the end-of-year statement preparation and corporate tax preparation.
CSP
H&R Block
02.2019 - 04.2019
To greet clients in a welcoming manner and maintain confidentiality and professionalism with clients’ information while making the operations of the office flow smoothly.
Cook & Cashier
A&W
12.2016 - 08.2018
Company Overview: Vancouver
To provide customers with the pleasant experience of visiting the store while serving the food they like in a professional and sensitive way.
Vancouver
Education
Post Baccalaureate Diploma in Accounting - Accounting
Kwantlen Polytechnic University
Surrey, BC
05-2019
Masters of Commerce - Accounting And Finance
S.D. College
Hoshiarpur, Punjab, India
05-2013
Skills
Strong communication skills
Multitasking
Great client service
Able to prioritize work efficiently
Skilled in Quick Books
Skilled in Navigator
Skilled in Fin Reporter
Office administration
POS skills
Collaborator
MS office proficiency
Time management
Attention to detail
Documentation and reports
Languages
English
Professional
Hindi
Native/ Bilingual
Punjabi
Native/ Bilingual
Timeline
Accountant, Private Enterprises
DMCL Chartered Professional Accountants
03.2023 - 03.2025
Accounting and Payroll Specialist
Square One Insurance
08.2022 - 02.2023
Bookkeeper
The Fifteen Group
08.2019 - 07.2022
CSP
H&R Block
02.2019 - 04.2019
Cook & Cashier
A&W
12.2016 - 08.2018
Post Baccalaureate Diploma in Accounting - Accounting
Kwantlen Polytechnic University
Masters of Commerce - Accounting And Finance
S.D. College
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