Carmen Chou, CPA
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Experience
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Optimum General Insurance
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Canada
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Insurance
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1 - 100 Employee
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Accounting Analyst
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Feb 2021 - Present
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TC Transcontinental
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Canada
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Packaging and Containers Manufacturing
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700 & Above Employee
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Financial Analyst, Financial Reporting
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Sep 2017 - Feb 2021
- Preparing the quarter and annual IFRS compliant consolidated financial statements and its note disclosures - Preparing the Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows - Preparing the foreign exchange analysis and reconciliations for cash flow purposes- Month-End and Year-end closing activities at consolidation level (e.g. Monthly internal Income Statement with all supporting analyses, consolidation adjusting journal entries, variances etc.)- Preparing multiple analyses and continuity schedules to support the Consolidated Statements of Financial Position and Consolidated Statement of cash flows (e.g. Share Capital, Long-Term Debt, SWAP, Other Long-term assets, Other Long-term liabilities, Deferred revenues, etc.)- Preparing memos for disposal of assets or shares; and memos and purchase price allocation for acquisitions- Preparing memos and journal entries for the fiscal rollovers (identifying the required accounting transactions/adjustments for liquidation or mergers of entities)- Participated in the production of a consolidated pro forma financial report for the acquisition of an US company that reports under US GAAP (Ad Hoc)
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TC Transcontinental
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Canada
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Packaging and Containers Manufacturing
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700 & Above Employee
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Intern - Financial Reporting
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May 2016 - Jul 2017
Internship - Co-operative Education Program - Actively participating in the preparation process of the consolidated financial statements and notes for a public Corporation (in French and in English, quarters and annual)- Effectively and efficiently supporting the financial reporting team in multiple analyses (Benchmarks, analyses and memos for the management, depreciation tests, goodwill smell test, etc)- Extracting data from the financial information system to support the analyses- Participating in month-end and year-end closing activities ( Provision evaluations, internal Statement of Earnings, etc)- Assisting the team in the analysis of the impacts of the implementation of IFRS 15 - Assisting M&A in the process of building the Management Discussion and Analysis Report
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TC Transcontinental
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Canada
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Packaging and Containers Manufacturing
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700 & Above Employee
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Administrative Coop Student
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Sep 2015 - Dec 2015
Internship - Co-operative Education Program - In charge of the payroll, accounts receivable, accounts payable, and the reception- Project coordinator for clients- Efficiently managed clients' orders and solved their interrogations- Processed precisely all the invoices receivable and payable for month-end- Multitasking and prioritizing work were also essential for the position- Vigorously assisted other project coordinators with their clients- Voluntarily built an internship guide on all the tasks I had to help the next interns- Was invited to extend internship to train the following intern to properly take over all the tasks
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Office municipal d'habitation de Montréal (OMHM)
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Canada
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Government Administration
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200 - 300 Employee
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References Agent
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Jun 2014 - Aug 2014
Department: Service of References- Provided good and professional customer services to households- Helped tenants in difficulties to find a new housing with a time limit condition by doing research for them, by providing suggestions or alternatives to them, and by guiding them during visits- Dealt with non-collaborative households and sensitive situations- Solving conflicts between tenants and owners- Handled homesless families cases and low rent housing cases Department: Service of References- Provided good and professional customer services to households- Helped tenants in difficulties to find a new housing with a time limit condition by doing research for them, by providing suggestions or alternatives to them, and by guiding them during visits- Dealt with non-collaborative households and sensitive situations- Solving conflicts between tenants and owners- Handled homesless families cases and low rent housing cases
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Education
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Chartered Professional Accountants of Canada (CPA Canada)
CPA Designation, Accounting -
John Molson School of Business - Concordia University
Bachelor’s Degree, Accounting