Zahra Raza

 Zahra Raza Tel:- / Email:- SUMMARY An ambitious and hardworking individual with 8 years of professional Administrative/Accounting background combined with meaningful extracurricular experience. Possess strong leadership and organization skills along with the ability to deal creatively and practically with problems/issues and able to work independently/within a team. EDUCATION Macewan University, Edmonton, Alberta 2014 Bachelor of Commerce (Majors in Accounting) COMPUTER SKILLS Proficient in: SAP, People Soft, MS Windows, MS Word, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint, JDE, Adobe Acrobat, GroupWise/Microsoft office email, Internet Explorer, Word Perfect. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Aboriginal Affairs Department, Edmonton, Alberta2014 – 2019 Financial Advisor Managing and analyzing financial issues and providing options and recommendations to management. Collaborating within a cross section of interdepartmental program staff for the purpose of creating reports, presentations and budget forecast in Excel. Creating and forecasting salary for new and assigned employees by using SAP and People Soft. Performing accurate reconciliations for account payables at the end of each month for the whole department. Supporting as a backup for account receivable process while performing daily job duties. Updating and balancing cash flows for the yearly budget to be in compliance with the policies and procedures of the department. Reviewing monthly funding transfer agreements for different bands before being mailed out to the respective First Nations. Working independently and in teams for analyzing and preparing financial reports, agreements for use in managerial meetings. Students Association of Macewan, Edmonton, Alberta2013 – 2014 Reception/Administrative Assistant(Student position) Recorded Financial transactions in cash books for accounting department use. Managed A/R, A/P, and reconciliation at the end of every month. Helped executive and managerial staff with clubs and student association events. Drafted contracts/agreements and electronic forms for office and club use. Problem Solved queries from students and clubs, scheduled and booked appointments for staff and managers. Trained new administrative assistants in performing day to day reception and administrative duties. Government of Alberta Edmonton, Alberta2013 – 2013 Administrative Support 3(Summer Student position) Reduced the wait times for licensing applications by maintaining the accuracy of organizations database system. Reviewed client’s application for credit clearance while maintaining the confidentiality of the client’s information. Drafted and uploaded minutes of Board meetings for review by staff members on a monthly basis. Supported Licensing department with administration duties at peak times. Utilized computer word processing, spreadsheet, and database software to prepare reports, memos, and documents. Parkland Fuel Corporation Red Deer, Alberta2012 – 2013 Administrative Assistant Maintained efficient and fast invoicing system by processing daily transactions from suppliers. Coordinated meeting rooms, meal, and travel arrangement, for executive staff in a timely manner. Handled highly sensitive and confidential information and issues in an appropriate and professional manner. Investigated discrepancies in liters between billing and purchase orders as well as locating site numbers for billing purposes. Reviewed error and exception reports for follow up and resolved issues in regards to meter tickets. Aboriginal Affairs Department, Edmonton, Alberta2012 – 2012 Social Support WorkerSummer Student Reviewed, scanned and uploaded Accounting summary sheets, Income Support and Assisted Living sheets for each month of the fiscal year into government fund transfer system. Processed and recorded invoices of first nations into excel for processing. Updated different bands income support and assisted living sheets on a daily basis. Analyzed and discussed ways to improve the First Nations education through meeting with the provincial government. Validated bands monthly Income Support sheet and Assisted Living sheet for compliance with AANDC’s rules and regulation. . Quraishi Law Office Edmonton, Alberta2011 – 2012 Social Support WorkerStudent Position Drafted complex billing statements for clients. Deposited Bank cheques and cash for A/R and A/P activities Built and maintained positive relationships with clients by being friendly understanding and working to best of my abilities to solve clients concerns and issues. Communicated with clients and other business parties via e-mail as required. Created and maintained a monthly calendar for Scheduling and Booking appointments for daily and monthly use. VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE Food bank Team Leader at Grant Macewan University. - Coaching and mentoring students at Grantmacewan University. - Next Gen (Federal government youth leadership program) member. 2013-present GCWCC Ambassador. - (working with United Way to raise money for charities)