PATTERSON MELLING
Calgary,AB
Summary
Member of Payroll Compliance Practitioners, National Payroll Institute
8 years of Accounts Payable in Calgary, Canada
2 years of full cycle Payroll in Calgary, Canada 5.5 years Payroll & Billing Administrator in Calgary, Canada
Proficient in Microsoft Office including Word, Outlook and Excel Proficient in various accounting software including SAP, JD Edwards Enterprise One, JD Edwards One World, Lawson, Infor LN, Microsoft Great Plains and Navision, CEMS Commissionaires Enterprise Management System, Track Tik, SAGE 300
Proficient in payroll software ADP PCPW
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
Work History
Payroll Billing Administrator
Canadian Corps of Commisionaires
Calgary, AB
12.2018 - 05.2024
- Reviewed biweekly Labour hours for 300 hourly employees to vet for accuracy in records entered into schedules by the Operations function
- Applied the Alberta Employment Labour Standards, Company Policy and Site Averaging Arrangements to identify & reclassify Labours hours correctly into Overtime Absorbed, Overtime Billable and Regular hours for Payroll and Billing purposes
- Processed and submitted customer invoices on a biweekly and monthly billing cycle
- Handled adjustments and processed credit memos for submission to customers
- Processed and reviewed customer invoices to ensure accuracy of data entered into invoicing system.
- Investigated overdue accounts and liaised with customer to request remittance.
- Customer support on inquiries on invoicing.
Timekeeping
The Canadian Corps of Commissionaires
Calgary, Canada
01.2015 - 11.2018
- Coded and entered contracts in CEMS.
- Verified hours worked by hourly employees recorded in weekly timesheets against CEMS records for Calgary region and RCMP detachments for Southern Alberta
- Complied with Alberta Employee Labour Standards and company policies in time verification process
- Maintained shared drive for contracts, timesheets and time verification reports
- Collaborated with Finance, Payroll, HR, Contracts and site Supervisors on issues pertaining to the Timekeeping function.
Accounts Payable
The Canadian Corps of Commissionaires
Calgary, Canada
11.2013 - 01.2015
- Reviewed vendor invoices to check for accuracy
- Handled inconsistencies between purchase orders and vendor invoices
- Processed vendor invoices
- Prepare and completed check runs
- Vendor setup and Vendor support
- Assisted Accounts Receivable function by processing daily receipts
- Supported Payroll function by verification of hours on timesheets against Time Verification reports for the Calgary region.
Business Operations Specialist
DeVry Institute of Technology
Calgary, Canada
01.2011 - 09.2013
- Multiple duties encompassed the administering of Canadian Payroll, Accounts Payable function and Buyer for the Calgary campus
- Handled the biweekly hourly and salary payroll for all employees based in Canada
- Ensured completeness and accuracy of details pertaining to new hires in collaboration with Human Resource Business Partner (for Canada and USA)
- Liaised with Service Canada representatives on ROE matters
- Processed both purchase order-driven and regular vendor invoices for payment within credit terms after distributing invoices to relevant department heads for approval within their respective authorized limits, escalating to approvers with higher authorized limits when necessary
- Provided vendor support for vendors in both Canada and USA
- Regular and ad hoc check runs for the Calgary campus
- New vendor set up
- Collaborated with Director of Finance & Administration to complete month end and quarterly procedures resulting in journal entries and transmission of monthly and quarterly reports to head office in US
- Successfully served as resource for the buying function at the Calgary campus - ensuring purchase requests are coded correctly and subsequently routed to the authorized approvers
- Final approval and production of purchase orders
- Electronic distribution of purchase orders to vendors.
Education
PCP certification -
Canadian Payroll Association
01.2013
CAPPA Level 2 -
01.2010
Financial Accounting I -
Bow Valley College
01.2007
Association of Certified Chartered Accountants (UK) -
Knowledge module (completed); 4 of 6 papers in Skills module (completed)
01.2007
Skills
- Microsoft Office (Word, Outlook, Excel)
- SAP
- JD Edwards Enterprise One
- JD Edwards One World
- Lawson
- Infor LN
- Microsoft Great Plains
- Navision
- CEMS - Commissionaires Enterprise Management System
- ADP PCPW
- Track Tik
- SAGE 300
Accomplishments
- Canadian Corps of Commissionaires – Southern Alberta
- Served as a resource and vacation coverage for CEMS super-user in coding of contracts and contract set up in CEMS
- Served as a resource for Schedulers in Operations on matters related to Alberta Employment Standards for the purposes of accurate plotting of hours worked into CEMS
- Provided continuous on-the-job training for the Timekeeping team on coding of contracts into CEMS
- DeVry Institute of Technology
- Served as a resource in most aspects of the Accounts Payable function for the Director of Finance & Administration
- Successfully completed cost savings projects in collaboration with external consultancy firm
- Completed year end procedures for 2011 and 2012 thereby issuing T4 slips for all employees based in Canada
- Provided basic training on ADP for payroll back-up
Community Services
- Volunteer in fundraising for MSBCA-Calgary chapter (Malaysia Singapore Brunei Community Association) – 2009, 2012
- Volunteer with Calgary Reads at elementary school (2012)
- Volunteer at DeVry’s Stampede event (2011 & 2012)
References
References available upon request.
Timeline
Payroll Billing Administrator
Canadian Corps of Commisionaires
12.2018 - 05.2024
Timekeeping
The Canadian Corps of Commissionaires
01.2015 - 11.2018
Accounts Payable
The Canadian Corps of Commissionaires
11.2013 - 01.2015
Business Operations Specialist
DeVry Institute of Technology
01.2011 - 09.2013
PCP certification -
Canadian Payroll Association
CAPPA Level 2 -
Financial Accounting I -
Bow Valley College
Association of Certified Chartered Accountants (UK) -
Knowledge module (completed); 4 of 6 papers in Skills module (completed)
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