Tara Haggerty
Bonnyville,AB
Summary
Established Financial Controller with more than 12 years of achievements. Skilled in improving efficiencies and developing processes to advance departmental communication, financial growth, risk management and internal controls while managing the corporate services team. Prepared to bring knowledgeable expertise and experience to undertake any departmental challenge(s).
Overview
22
22
years of professional experience
Work History
Financial Controller
Gen Mec ACL Inc.
10.2012 - Current
- Preparation of job cost analysis, cash flows, monthly financial statements and interim year end financial statements.
- Streamlined accounting processes by developing new procedures for execution of month end requirements.
- Spearheaded implementation and integration of Microsoft Great Plains software.
- Management of Microsoft Great Plains including security and permissions, Job Cost, Payroll, GL, Fixed Assets, MR, SSRS, DRM and Crystal Reports.
- Lead Corporate Services team; Finance, Cost Accounting, Human Resources, Legal, Payroll, Administration and IT.
- Work in unison with Project Management to ensure accurate reflection of job cost analysis.
- Consistently exploring innovative concepts to improve efficiency.
BookKeeper
Ross & Sylvester LLP
09.2011 - 02.2012
- Process bi-weekly payroll cheque runs for multiple clients, PD7A reports, payroll liability cheques to CRA.
- Calculate monthly GST reasonability and process GST returns for multiple clients, journal entries, bank & credit card reconciliations & corporate tax installments.
- Preparation of year end filing including calculating amortization on capital assets.
- Identified accounting errors when cross-referencing documents and database information.
- Tracked expenses and income for businesses while organizing and maintaining bank statements.
- Reconciled and corrected issues with financial records.
- ERP Systems - QuickBooks, Sage
Accounting Temp
Accountemps
12.2002 - 05.2011
- Accounts Payable – coding, weekly cheque runs, EFT payments, wire transfers, data entry, vendor queries, journal entries, accruals, AFE's, supervisory experience.
- Accounts Receivable – collections, credit, data entry, payment processing, weekly bank deposits, stop payments, NSF cheques, Credit Card payments, vendor queries.
- Billings – create invoices from submitted well files for Foster Creek, enter invoices through Open Invoice, inquire with field and sales staff on discrepancies with well files.
- ERP Systems - Wolfpac, JD Edwards, Great Plains, Qbyte, Navision
Education
CCIFP
Construction Financial Management Association
Princeton, NJ03-2025
High School Diploma -
Forest Lawn High School
Calgary, AB06.1995
Skills
- Corporate Financial Reporting
- Financial Management
- Business Acumen
- ERP Systems Expertise
- Staff Management
- Cost Accounting
- Critical-Thinking
- Trustworthy
- Time Management
- Process improvement
- Revenue recognition
- Internal Control Management & Development
VOLUNTEER
2013 - Present
Scouts Canada 1st St Paul - Treasurer
Timeline
Financial Controller
Gen Mec ACL Inc.
10.2012 - Current
BookKeeper
Ross & Sylvester LLP
09.2011 - 02.2012
Accounting Temp
Accountemps
12.2002 - 05.2011
CCIFP
Construction Financial Management Association
High School Diploma -
Forest Lawn High School
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