Sarah Porter
Mississagua,Ontario
Summary
At Torstaff Personnel, I leveraged my Sage Software expertise and unmatched attention to detail to enhance financial operations significantly. By streamlining month-end closing processes and ensuring 100% accuracy in general ledger entries, I played a pivotal role in reducing financial discrepancies and strengthening audit readiness, showcasing my ability to manage full-cycle accounting and foster strong vendor relationships.
Adept at managing budgets, payroll, invoicing and general accounting functions. Instrumental in keeping business operations fully compliant and working within budgetary guidelines.
Overview
23
23
years of professional experience
Work History
Accountant/Senior Bookkeeper
Torstaff Personnel
08.2001 - 12.2024
- Handled day-to-day accounting processes to drive financial accuracy.
- Gathered financial information, prepared documents, and closed books.
- Maintained up-to-date knowledge on professional accounting standards to manage financial recordkeeping.
- Maintained accurate records of fixed assets, including acquisition costs, depreciation schedules, and current values for insurance purposes.
- Completed daily cash functions like account tracking, payroll and wage allocations, budgeting, donating, and cash, and banking reconciliations.
- Managed cash flow effectively, ensuring all company liabilities were met in a timely manner and surplus funds were invested wisely.
- Streamlined month-end closing processes, resulting in reduced time spent on financial reporting tasks.
- Assisted in successful negotiation of terms with vendors and suppliers, improving company's cost-efficiency.
- Developed and maintained strong relationships with external auditors, ensuring smooth and efficient audit process.
- Tracked funds, prepared deposits and reconciled accounts.
- Prepared working papers, reports and supporting documentation for audit findings.
- Compiled general ledger entries on short schedule with 100% accuracy.
- Reduced errors in financial reporting by conducting thorough monthly reconciliations of bank statements, credit card transactions, and expense reports.
- Maintained accurate historical records.
- Enhanced financial accuracy by meticulously maintaining and updating accounts payable and receivable records.
- Assisted in audit preparations by gathering required documentation and ensuring compliance with internal controls and policies.
- Managed payroll processing and ensured accurate tax withholdings, benefit deductions, and employee reimbursements were applied.
- Provided comprehensive accounting support to company by managing functions like payroll, accounts payable, accounts receivable, and business expense processing.
- Recorded deposits, reconciled monthly bank accounts and tracked expenses.
- Managed and responded to correspondence and inquiries from customers and vendors.
- Reconciled account information and reported figures in general ledger by comparing to bank account statement each month.
- Generated invoices upon receipt of billing information and tracked collection progress.
- Reconciled company bank, credit card and line of credit accounts, investigating, and resolving discrepancies to keep accounts audit-ready.
- Input financial data and produced reports using [Software].
- Strengthened financial operations by conducting bank reconciliations and financial reporting.
- Reduced financial discrepancies, effectively reconciling bank accounts and organizing information into accounting software.
- Reconciled accounts, managed audits and updated financial records with remarkable accuracy.
Education
No Degree - General Arts & Science
Centennial College of Applied Arts And Technology
Scarborough, ON 07-1990
Skills
- Bank reconciliation
- Account reconciliation
- Management accounting
- Financial statements
- Accounts payable and receivable
- Audit support
- Payroll administration
- General ledger accounting
- Cash flow management
- Superior attention to detail
- General ledger management
- Payroll management
- Full-cycle accounting
- Quickbooks expertise
Languages
English
Full Professional
Timeline
Accountant/Senior Bookkeeper
Torstaff Personnel
08.2001 - 12.2024
No Degree - General Arts & Science
Centennial College of Applied Arts And Technology
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