1. Valerie Christensen
48 Deer Lane Close SE, Calgary, Alberta, T2J 5X7
403-505-8034 | valchristensen@hotmail.com
Accounting Professional, offering over 24 years experience in Corporate Management
Accounting for a major multi-million dollar global corporation, seeking opportunity to contribute my
knowledge, skills and leadership in a progressive organization. Expertise in developing and
implementing system processes and controls, including JDE and POS systems. Dependable,
accurate, organized, detail oriented and a team motivator.
Career Highlights
Management Expertise:
• 15 years experience training and directing the daily tasks and deliverables of a team (up to
2 Supervisors, 20 Data Entry Clerks, including post secondary work experience students).
• As a member of the Senior Leadership Team, engaged in regular meetings to review critical
deadlines and schedules, discuss departmental budgets and report to and inform the Vice
President, Vice President CIO and Department Managers.
• Lead integration and transformation of accounting system from JDE8.1 to 8.12.
• Managed team responsibilities through a major ERP transition with no staff turnover.
• Developed work-around procedures for system failures and data errors: tracking cash,
credit day-sheets, accrual of missing cash reports, volume errors, and dropped remittances.
• Instrumental in the creation of POS systems for commissioned retail and corporate owned
sites involving merchandise inventory, fuel inventory, cash, audits and commissions.
Personnel Administration:
• Cultivated positive team relationships with assigned personnel, through hiring, assessing,
training, mentoring, and team-building of groups between 11 and 20 staff.
• Performed quarterly evaluations for supervisors and support staff reviews.
• Successfully retained all staff through corporate ERP deployment and shifts from general
ledger based duties to Accounts Receivable based duties.
Accounting Expertise:
• Assistant Credit Manager for over five consecutive years, performing reviews of customer
and dealer credit history, in addition to handling collections of 3,000 accounts.
• Balanced inventory, documented shrinkage and general ledger reconciliations.
• Processed and tracked vendor rebates to ensure the corporation received $3-$5 Million
annually.
• Monitored 60 corporate owned sites, sales deposits, and ATM settlements on a daily basis,
in addition to managing all Accounts Receivable processes.
• Managed fixed assets and depreciation.

2. Valerie Christensen
48 Deer Lane Close SE, Calgary, Alberta, T2J 5X7
403-505-8034 | valchristensen@hotmail.com
Career History
Accounts Payable Manager, Parkland Fuel Corporation (2012-2013)
• Managed two Supervisors, responsible for a team of 20 Accounts Payable Clerks, and
conducted daily meetings to coordinate workload and staff activities.
• Demonstrated strong time management skills through overseeing development, processing
and payment of 50,000 invoices per month.
Cash Report Manager, Parkland Fuel Corporation (2007-2012)
• Managed one Supervisor, responsible for the supervision of a team of eight staff members,
performing reconciliation of cash reports and monitoring commission.
• Processed commission pay-outs to corporate owned sites and deducted outstanding
Accounts Receivable.
• Processed charge-backs, invoices to dealers and paid out sites that had credit day sheets to
approximately 40 accounts.
• Performed corporate site audits of merchandise inventory and recorded shrinkage.
Retail Accounting Receivable Manager, Parkland Fuel Corporation (1995-2007)
• Responsible for managing Accounts Receivable of 190 retail commission sites and 60
corporately-owned convenience and fuel outlets.
• Processed all Accounts Payable pertaining to inventory for corporate sites, averaging
$150,000 inventory purchases per site per month.
• Reconciled and reviewed all cash reports for 250 sites.
• Performed inventory control audits, recorded shortage of fuel and merchandise, and
reported on cash shortage and late deposits to the finance team.
Education
Graduate Accounting Diploma with Honours, Reeves Business College (1988)
Professional Development & Skills
• Completed on-going training sessions on system changes including: ERP transition, POS
development, system installation and testing of JDEdwards 8.12.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite
• Completed courses in Coaching & Counselling Employees, Healing Customer Relationships,
Job Descriptions and Business Optimization
Other
• Successfully managed and maintained a 24-suite residential apartment building for 15
years, congruent with full-time employment with Parkland Fuel Corporation
References available upon request