Laura Metlej, CPA, CMA
Corporate Accountant at Concertia Technologies- Claim this Profile
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English Full professional proficiency
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French Professional working proficiency
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Arabic Elementary proficiency
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Bio
Credentials
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French Immersion Completion Certificate
Government of Nova ScotiaJan, 2005- Sep, 2024
Experience
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Concertia Technologies
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Canada
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IT Services and IT Consulting
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1 - 100 Employee
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Corporate Accountant
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May 2012 - Present
- Sole person in the accounting department; responsible for all finance / accounting duties. - Full cycle accounting including preparation of monthly, quarterly and year-end financial statements. - Account reconciliations, accruals, financial statement analysis, financial ratio calculations, payroll, and all journal entries. - Administration of the benefit plan and vacation, bonus, and commission calculations. - Process improvements, budget preparations and reviews and other accounting projects as requested. - Venor Search Group & Waterford Energy Services Inc.: Two clients I also perform full cycle accounting for. Other tasks include: withholding tax calculations, use of exchange rates for foreign exchange, GST/HST filings, financial process improvements, financial analysis and recommendations to improve company performance. Show less
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Homburg International Limited
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United Kingdom
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Legal Services
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Senior Accountant
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Nov 2009 - Jun 2012
-Full cycle accounting for seven different properties (including a hotel, restaurant & spa and a golf course). -Preparation of monthly and quarterly working paper files and financial statements (journal entries, reconciliations, financial and operational analysis, etc). -Variance analysis between actual figures and budget figures on financial statements. -Supported managers with budget preparations. -Assisted in converting to new accounting software. -Full cycle accounting for seven different properties (including a hotel, restaurant & spa and a golf course). -Preparation of monthly and quarterly working paper files and financial statements (journal entries, reconciliations, financial and operational analysis, etc). -Variance analysis between actual figures and budget figures on financial statements. -Supported managers with budget preparations. -Assisted in converting to new accounting software.
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Stantec
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Civil Engineering
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1 - 100 Employee
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Accounts Payable
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Jun 2009 - Oct 2009
-Flysheeting and coding invoices to jobs and overhead. Dealing with the rejected invoice for overhead. -Vendor reconciliations and vendor calls. -Flysheeting and coding invoices to jobs and overhead. Dealing with the rejected invoice for overhead. -Vendor reconciliations and vendor calls.
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Accounting Assistant - Co-op Student
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2007 - 2008
-Assisted Director of Finance and Accounting Department in accounting of properties. -Worked on formatting and completing the budgets. -Created amortization schedules on Excel for each property. -Reviewed insurances for all properties. Looked for under / over insured properties. -Accounts payable: posted bills into ledger using a specialized database, coded invoices -Assisted with variance analysis. -Posted journal entries into accounting software. -Implemented electronic billing for phone bills. -Tasks varied every work day; the above is just a portion of the tasks completed. Show less
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Education
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2011 - 2013
CMA Professional Program
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2009 - 2010
CMA Accelerated Program
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2005 - 2009
Dalhousie University
Bachelor of Commerce, Accounting
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