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Reeha Hassen

Reeha Hassen

Toronto,ON

Summary

Hardworking Senior Accountant proficient in providing cost-effective and accurate accounting oversight in Finance industry. I am currently working on my CPA Canada designation under AICPA-CIMA path. I am exceptionally talented at preparing financial statements, reconciling transactions and assisting with internal and external audits.

Overview

5
5
years of professional experience

Work History

Senior Accountant

KPMG LLP
Toronto
09.2022 - Current
  • Conducting financial audits for private and public companies in industries like financial services, Energy and resources and Technology, media, telecommunication and construction
  • Coordinated 15+ audit engagements with IFRS within a span of 10 months by managing firm’s resources to maintain the flow of the audit engagement from start to finish while maintaining the budget
  • Expert knowledge in impairment, fair value calculation of leases and debt instruments such as warrants and derivatives
  • Managed additional audit engagements over private and public equity raises and testing over prospectus, short form prospectus and base shelf prospectus (PCAOB Engagements)
  • Employed signs of strong interpersonal and leadership skills to promote effective and efficient audit
  • Served as a primary contact with the client and excelled at client management, both resolving engagement conflicts and coordinating meetings.

Server

Montana’s BBQ & Bar
, Canada
03.2022 - 08.2022
  • Welcome guests and take guests to their designated table, give information about specials and provide waiter information
  • Accurately recorded orders and worked with kitchen staff to serve drinks and food that exceeded expectations
  • Develop rapport with clients and generate repeat business through friendly attitude and extensive cousin knowledge and respond to customer concerns and inquiries to complete resolutions.

Crew Member

Burger King
, Canada
01.2022 - 03.2022
  • Perform duties at multiple workstations (e.g., front counter, Drive-Thru, prep boards, expediter, etc.)
  • Prepare and packages food orders and maintain proficiency in every station
  • Back up other team members to keep team workflow at efficient level.

Executive Credit Controller

London Stock Exchange Group
, Sri Lanka
04.2021 - 12.2021
  • Responsible for managing offshore credit control function of Mergent Inc by FTSE Russel and Intrinsic research Inc in accordance with Service Level Agreement
  • Provide line of contact for 400+ customer portfolios, responding to pre-payment queries, and following up for payments
  • Handling of incoming phone calls and emails from both Internal and External Customers.
  • Supported sales related operations by connecting the clients with the relevant regional sales managers by understanding customer’s needs
  • Recognized and praised as the credit controller of the quarter for achieving 70% reduction in debtors/past due debtors for more than 365 days within a span of 6 months
  • Excellent in Instantly identifying customer’s issues and providing effective solutions while giving personalized service to ensure customer retention and satisfaction

Executive Cash Management

London Stock Exchange Group
, Sri Lanka
12.2020 - 03.2021
  • Responsible for daily sales allocation and daily bank reconciliation for the parent company London stock exchange and its subsidiaries in Italy
  • Frequently communicating with Italian on-shore team to ensure our services are provided in best quality with minimum errors
  • Completed month-end and year-end closings, kept records audit-ready and monitored timely recording of accounting transactions.
  • Collaborated with cross-functional teams to support company initiatives and treasury transactions.

Audit Associate 2

KPMG
, Sri Lanka
02.2017 - 11.2017
  • Successfully led more than 20 audit engagements of PLCs, group of companies with overseas parents or subsidiaries, multinational companies and private limited companies
  • Possess very good knowledge on preparing annual reports for PLCs and financial statements for Private Ltd companies complying with IFRSs and auditing standards
  • Present audit Findings on Compliance of IFRS 15, IFRS 9 and IFRS 16
  • Exhibited enthusiasm and dedication in working with clients of different levels of experiences
  • Collaborated with KPMG specialist such as IT Risk management teams, Tax Specialists, accounting advisory teams to help with different technical areas and bring in more business to the firm
  • Demonstrating high level of motivation and target focused and able to work under pressure whilst holding customer satisfaction as paramount
  • Industries Covered -Consumer and Retail, Manufacturing, Pharmaceuticals, Equity funds, Logistics & freight forwarding and Hospitality and tourism industry

Education

ACMA, CGMA - Accounting, Management Accounting

Charted Institute of Management Accountantants
London, Kingdom
09.2022

Post Graduate Certificate - Financial Planning

Seneca College
08.2022

BSc (Hons) - Business with financial management

University of Northumbria
06.2021

Skills

  • Financial Reporting
  • Knowledge of Financial Statements
  • Expertise in SAP and Oracle
  • Staff Oversight
  • Financial Statement Review
  • IFRS Proficiency

Accomplishments

  • Accomplishments: -Vice president of the school astronomical and aeronautical club
  • Launched and managed 2 beach cleaning services across major beaches in demanding time scales.

References

References Available on Request

Timeline

Senior Accountant

KPMG LLP
09.2022 - Current

Server

Montana’s BBQ & Bar
03.2022 - 08.2022

Crew Member

Burger King
01.2022 - 03.2022

Executive Credit Controller

London Stock Exchange Group
04.2021 - 12.2021

Executive Cash Management

London Stock Exchange Group
12.2020 - 03.2021

Audit Associate 2

KPMG
02.2017 - 11.2017

ACMA, CGMA - Accounting, Management Accounting

Charted Institute of Management Accountantants

Post Graduate Certificate - Financial Planning

Seneca College

BSc (Hons) - Business with financial management

University of Northumbria
Reeha Hassen