Carmen Chou, CPA

Accounting Analyst at Optimum General Insurance
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Contact Information
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(386) 825-5501
Location
Greater Montreal Metropolitan Area, CA
Languages
  • English -
  • French -
  • Cantonese -
  • Mandarin -

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Experience

    • Canada
    • Insurance
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Accounting Analyst
      • Feb 2021 - Present

    • Canada
    • Packaging and Containers Manufacturing
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Financial Analyst, Financial Reporting
      • 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)

    • Canada
    • Packaging and Containers Manufacturing
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Intern - Financial Reporting
      • 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

    • Canada
    • Packaging and Containers Manufacturing
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Administrative Coop Student
      • 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

    • Canada
    • Government Administration
    • 200 - 300 Employee
    • References Agent
      • 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

Education

  • Chartered Professional Accountants of Canada (CPA Canada)
    CPA Designation, Accounting
    2018 - 2020
  • John Molson School of Business - Concordia University
    Bachelor’s Degree, Accounting
    2014 - 2017

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