1. JENNIFER ZHOU
nyjennyzhou@gmail.com
Summary
Dependable Financial Analyst with an outstanding education record and solid experience.
Strongknowledge in accountingprinciples,auditingprocedures and business statistics. Work
experience in conducting accounting fullcycle usingsystems such as: SAP, Oracle,
E-automate,Basware and Quick-books.Familiar with MS Office.
Highlights of Qualifications
Strong analyticalskills Good understanding of financialdata
Account reconciliation expert Academic knowledge regarding
Flexible team player corporate accounting principle
Detailoriented Finalphases ofCGA, CPA
Accomplishments
DualBachelor Degrees in Business Management and Accounting
Successfully fulfilled work contract with Toshiba Canada as an Intermediate
Accountant with proactive problem-solving skills, excellent analyticalskills
Worked with IT professionals to design a new program to reduce work time in bank
reconciliation
Participated in system integration with logistic cycle and accounting usingERP system
Work Experience
Financial Shared Services Representative Nov 2014 to Current
Brookfield Johnson Controls - Markham, ON
Enter accounts payable transactions into accounting systems under tight deadlines
Review documents for compliance and completeness against requirements
Identify discrepancies and missingdata and obtain information to ensure compliance
Communicate with suppliers, facility managers to follow up clarify information and
solve disputes
Handle data process for variance of clients: Rogers, Rogers Lease, CIBC, TDU,
Purolator, and Gencomm
Issue weekly vendor invoices status report
Provided documents and records for audit upon request
Intermediate Accountant Sep 2013to Oct 2014
Toshiba Business Solutions - Markham, ON
Reviewed and GL coded accounts payable invoices
Prepared JournalEntries
Assisted with month end closing and preparation of financialstatements
Reviewed and analyzed income statement accounts
Reconciled and maintained balance sheet accounts
Assisted with year end closingand cost forecast
Reduced closing time for monthly and quarterly close by improving procedure and
using of MS excelfunctions
Addressed and resolved issues or discrepancies in routine accountingtransactions
Reviewed accounting entries to ensure accuracyof the GeneralLedger
Assisted with fixed-asset management
Assisted with preparation and coordination of year end internal/externalaudit
2. Accounting/Administrative Clerk Jan 2012 to Apr 2013
Mandarin Legal Services - Toronto,ON
Reconciled bankaccounts
Issued invoices to clients
Prepared month end journalentries
Prepared financialstatements
Conducted thorough reconciliation and analysis of allBalance Sheet accounts
Provided variance analysis
Calculated time-sheet and applied costs
Tutor: Business Statistics May 2011 to Aug 2011
York University- Toronto,ON
Tutored students who needed extra support in using a variety ofquantitative methods
to analyze data; students then became more confident and obtained strongexam
results
Customer Financial Services Representative Jan 1999 to Feb 2006
Procter & Gamble Ltd - Guangzhou,China
Coded invoices and processing payments to vendors, manufacturers
Validated data from financialinstitutions to Accounts Receivable sub-ledger
Processed journalentries to GeneralLedger and completed accounts reconciliations
Developed effective business solution during the product supply cycle and resolved
issues in a service-oriented environment
Created daily summary report and prepared payment reminder report to customers
weekly
Set up new customers and increased customer satisfaction to ensure the supports the
company's overallstrategy and goals
Reviewed customers' payment performance and provided post-implementation
support
Monitored customers' financialstatus and adjusted credit limit to each customer
accordingly
Investigated collection problem as wellas late payments and advised customers on
corporate A/R policies and procedures
Arranged meetings with customers and managers with high levelof personal
appearance consistent with professionalstandards
Maintained customers'payment on time rate as to 99% and bad debt rate close to 0%.
Education
Honour Bachelor Degree, Accounting 2013
York University - Toronto,ON, Canada
Accomplished both compulsorycourses and professionalstudies with exceptionalGPA
Conducted and led a group project on Business Researching and Planning within 2
weeks and with a satisfied result
Tutored students who have difficulties in studies at Math and Statistics
Diploma, Accounting and Finance 2010
Seneca College - Toronto,ON, Canada
Expert knowledge in InternationalFinancialReport Standard(IFRS) and Canadian
Accounting Principles(GAAP)
Strong skills in software applications, such as Simply Accounting, Access,MS Great
Plains Dynamics,Exceland PowerPoint
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