GHADA ALI
Mississauga, ON • Skype ID: [email protected] • 647-885-0687

OBJECTIVE:
To apply high level of dynamic energy, skills, and experience to demonstrate solid performance in a Business Analyst

Role, as well as to support growth and continuous improvement of the organization with clear, accurate and accountable financial reporting for the top management.

PROFESSIONAL HIGHLIGHTS:
© Over 3 years of solid experience in all aspects of KPI reports and analysis.

© Proficient in the collection, preparation and interpretation of financial data. Developed in the preparations of financial statement reporting, costing, budgets, and project analysis.

© Experienced and detail-oriented professional with proven ability to perform broad range of functions quickly and accurately in a fast paced environment while adhering to company policies and corporate culture.

© Strong communication, interpersonal and relationship-building skills acquired through experience as project coordination, customer-service positions, volunteer work, captaining sports teams, and coaching activities.

© Attained high cumulative GPA in Business Management, Marketing, Accounting and Statistics courses while gaining valuable hands-on application knowledge in SAP (Accounting, Payroll, Reporting, SRM), Net-Gear, PeopleSoft, Bluebeam, Adobe Acrobat, MS Excel and Microsoft SharePoint, Business Outlook during career placements.

Relevant Experience
Financial Analyst                                                                                                    Sept 2015 – Present

Peter Kiewit Sons ULC, Eastern Canada and Quebec Overhead

© Monitored multiple construction project costs via production of excel based KPI and labor reports as required using SAP and cloud based database systems.

© Worked with advanced MS Excel including PivotTables, VLOOKUP, and Data Tables

© Collaborated with intercompany accounting to engage in all corporate accounting responsibilities of various projects valued between $250 to $500 million dollars

© Proposed and developed Kiewit Accounting Policies and Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for the Overhead department to ensure business-operating processes are run in an efficient and timely manner.

© Processed monthly intercompany billing documents, A/P functionalities and trained new hires and provided ad-hoc reports for Managers aggregated at the job level.

© Performed month end duties such as accruals, adjusted journal entries and assigned/split costs among multiple departments to ensure Overhead department costs are controlled.

© Set up new vendors and made sure all payments were made on a time for all vendors.

© Increased productivity by developing on track analysis using SAP. To utilize and to expedite vendor payment and to eliminate redundancies.

© Coordinated, completed and was responsible for the monthly/quarterly close process ensuring consolidated financial statements are closed on time and to an excellent standard; reporting directly to the Controller of the P3 group Canada. Liaises and prepares required documents for the internal and external audits.

© Ensures that all cost and cost adjustments are reviewed for accuracy to meet company standards and accounting rules

© Recognized the payroll and HR process workflow, and mastered the systems used to properly hire, transfer, terminate, and pay all employees

Achievements:

§ Lead the conversion of the travel and expense management from SRM to Concur

§ Created monthly financial reports. Found and eliminated recurring errors, saving the company 4% in waste per year.

Senior Financial Representative                                                                                                            Jan 2015 –Sept 2015

CIBC Bank – Mississauga, Ontario

© Meet with clients to understand their priorities, advised them on solutions, and provided a forward-looking financial plan. To help them with controlling their cash management, credit, investment and wealth protection to help them with meeting their goals.

© As a head financial representative welcomed, serviced client needs and questions. Assured all client accounts align with sales and perform cost/benefit analysis on either daily or weekly basis, while ensuring ethical standards a met.

© Utilized Up-Sell and Cross-Sell techniques in order to advertise products necessary to better suit the client’s needs.

© Upheld the company’s confidentiality policy to the fullest by ensuring that client information as maintained, updated, and disposed of properly.

© Excellent attention to detail with the ability to recognize discrepancies and maintained the highest of ethical standards while identifying new opportunities and made quality referrals to colleagues to meet company quota

© Effectively organized and prioritized work, maintain the bulk supply of branch cash, coin and foreign currency as well as   process bank machine and night depository contents according to policies and procedures as required

© The ability to work on multiple projects while maintaining effective attention to detail in order to meet deadlines.

Achievements:

§ Won quarterly achiever reward for outstanding customer service

§ Increased profits by 10% in a highly competitive environment by focusing on the less price sensitive customer segments who valued service, which eliminated the need to use price as a mechanism for securing new business.

Financial Representative                                                                                                 Jul 2011 – Dec 2014
CIBC Bank – Mississauga, Ontario
© Duties and responsibilities included the handling, processing and servicing of clients’ branch transactions in a prompt, efficient, and accurate manner.

© Processed customer deposits, withdrawals, and payments while controlling and monitoring the levels of cash in the teller drawer and following all check cashing and cash handling procedures.

© Addressed customer questions and concerns referring to appropriate internal resources for resolution and went a step further to identify fraudulent activity to prevent potential losses to the Bank.

© Prepared invoices and statements for customers to calculate mortgages, bank statements and future consumer goals.

Achievements

§ Won the employee of the month in the first 3 months of being hired

Account Manager                                                                          Jul 2007 – Nov 2009
Premier Poly Product – Oakville, ON
© Captured all the recorded company losses through in depth accounts analysis and transaction scanning within a short time frame which saved the company from losses and make adjustments to perform efficiently.

© Maintained records as required regarding job progress and costs while involving in the cost control system

© Supervised in-house creative staff in developing logos, web site, direct mail, and e-mail acquisition marketing; functioned as point person in external partner negotiations with suppliers.

© Scheduled and managed teams of 10-15 associates while maintaining a high sales quota, conducting meetings and being able to present company account details in front of head leaders.

© Completed month end activities including reconciliations of invoices and payments from vendors

Achievements

§ Met established sales referral and promotional sales goals, hitting targets by over 6% per annum.

§ Created and implemented payroll processing policies and practices

Recent Education
 

©  University of Bradford (London, England) – MBA in Business 2016

©  Nipissing University (Ontario, Canada) – Bachelor of Business Commerce (Specialization in Finance) 2010

©  Sheridan College (Ontario, Canada) – Advanced Diploma in Business Finance 2009

Specialist Courses: Accounting, Finance, Statistics, Auditing, Information Technology, Canadian Taxation, Marketing and Business Communications & Project Management.

Notable Accomplishments
 

University of Bradford                                                                                                                   September 2016

©  Received an award for an outstanding report for final thesis on the Barriers of Obtaining LEED Certification

Nipissing University: Stock Market Competition                                                                                November 2010

©  Nipissing University Awarded with Silver Medal and Second Place

©  Received 2nd place in the competition, which entailed $1000 in tuition money paid through the university.

CIBC Bank

©  Award of Excellence Achievements (3 consecutive years)

References
Professional references will be submitted upon request