Accountant

• Feb 2012 - Present

 Internal control maintenance and continues strengthening  Financial statement consolidation for Central holding and subsidiaries  Prepared and presented the annual budget and forecast to senior management and the Board  Analysis of Variances between actual financial performance and forecast  Support/facilitate efficient and effective internal audit planning and execution  Compiled and presented internal audit findings and recommend/proposed practical business improvement  Managed A/R, A/P payroll, tax returns, month-end closing, management reporting, bank and GL reconciliations, commissions and profit sharing calculations (process incoming payments, timely processing of outstanding bills)  Prepared month end Journal Entries in accordance with GAAP  Partner with IT department (new system designed and process improvement between accounting and IT)  Oversees transactions processing operations, policies and procedures to ensure compliance with GAAP, IFRS & ASPE  Review payroll transactions for completeness & accuracy, validate and confirmed reports (verify salary, adjustments and hours worked, maintain chart of accounts) in conformance to accounting standard  Designed organizational structure to achieve goals and objectives approved by management  Review and approve team’s journal entries and account reconciliations.  Assisting in month end closing, bank reconciliations for all accounts, credit card reconciliations, Balance Sheet reconciliation, as well as reconciling all costs associated with client ledgers  Prepared Balance Sheet, Income Statement and Cash Flow Statement in accordance with GAAP.  Assist and prepared documentation for internal and external audit request in accordance with GAAS Preparation of all GST/HST and PST compliance fillings for Canadian legal entities and interacting effectively with various tax authorities  Prepared Excel spread sheets with forecast trend over specific time frame (approved by management)   Show less

• Jul 2009 - Feb 2012

• Responsible for strict adherence to risk and compliance requirement for core activities (Which include multi-national legal requirements relating to economic sanctions and terrorist sanctions).• Risk detection and mitigation analysis• Set up CIP, KYC and AML Compliance functions• Effectively managed AML, ATF and related reputational and regulatory risks as related to financial institutions.• Employee training and development program on Anti-Money Laundering & Anti-Terrorist Financing identification and reporting of suspicious transaction for new and existing employees• Identifying weaknesses and gaps in internal system processes • Assist in system design in relation to various stages of money laundering (Placement, Layering/ structuring & integration) Show less

• Mar 2006 - Jul 2009

• Accountable and responsible for risk decisions and regulation reporting of incidents worked.• Monitoring financial transaction of existing clients to identify money laundering activities & potential terrorist financing• Analyze and Investigate US accounts, if activity is suspicious and unusual file SAR to fintract.• Analyze and action daily alerts generated by AML system.• Carry out Enhanced Due Diligence (EDD) on high risk clients • Investigates Unusual Transaction Reports and if transaction is suspicious, file Suspicious Transaction Report to FINTRAC/FINCENT • Set up KYC / compliance review system for Money Service Businesses (MSB) • Subject matter expert for end to end analysis and investigation of potential money laundering and terrorist financing transactions. Show less