Lamisa Rawan Husain
Advertising and Corporate Restaurants Accountant @A&W Food Services of Canada Inc.
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WORK HISTORY
Advertising and Corporate Restaurants Accountant @A&W Food Services of Canada Inc.
North Vancouver, BC, CA
Responsible for the accurate and timely reporting of the National Advertising Fund (NAF) accounting, including advertising contributions and all NAF media, promotional, gift card and administrative expenditures. This included preparing the P&L analysis, leading financial review meetings for the NAF each period and preparing the annual financial statements for the NAF.• Monitored NAF contributions and expenditures in conjunction with budgets and forecasts and worked with the advertising agencies and the Marketing department to highlight any discrepancies or areas of over/under spending and made recommendations on how to improve effectiveness of spend. • Maintained A&W’s gift card program, including the reconciliation of accounts related to gift cards and calculation of the breakage revenue.• Prepared and analyzed forecasted revenue and expenditures for the NAF to assist the Marketing team and National Advertising Advisory Council (NAAC) with strategic decision making. • Provided financial oversight over A&W’s corporate restaurants and prepared P&L analysis and led financial review meetings of each period. Prepared a quarterly presentation for the executive team that summarizes the financial results and business initiatives for the corporate restaurants. • Assisted with the annual profit planning for the NAF and corporate restaurants, including creating templates and models to be used by budget owners that yield efficiencies and improve the accuracy of the budgets. • Responsible for the full-cycle accounting for A&W subsidiaries, including the preparation of period-end journal entries, reconciliations, reports and the annual external financial statements.
EDUCATION
The University of British Columbia
Post-Baccalaureate Diploma in Accounting (Dip.Acct), Sauder School of Business, Vancouver, BC
Sunbeams School
GCE Ordinary Level (Edexcel International), Dhaka, Bangladesh
The University of British Columbia
Bachelor of Commerce (B.Com), Option: Marketing, Concentration: Sustainability, Sauder School of Business, Vancouver, BC
Chartered Professional Accountants of Canada (CPA Canada)
CPA Professional Education Program (PEP), CPA Western School of Business
The Aga Khan School, Dhaka
GCE Advanced Level (Cambridge International Examinations), Dhaka, Bangladesh
ABOUT LAMISA RAWAN HUSAIN
Graduated with a Bachelor of Commerce (B.Com) degree in Marketing and Sustainability, and a post-graduate Diploma in Accounting (Dip.Acct) from the Sauder School of Business, University of British Columbia, Vancouver. Developed a strong work ethic and a solid ability to work in a team environment as well as independently through accounting experience in the food service industry in Vancouver, BC (A&W Food Services), internship experiences in audit & assurance (Big 4 professional service firms PwC and KPMG), banking (Mutual Trust Bank, BRAC Bank) in Dhaka, Bangladesh, and various university projects in marketing for clients in Vancouver, BC (Sappho New Paradigm, Nada, Kit and Ace, imagine1day, The Brew Creek Centre, Menchie\'s Frozen Yogurt, UBC AMS Events). Possess strong verbal and written communication, critical thinking and problem-solving skills acquired through diverse work experience and academic participation. A proven versatile, analytical and diligent worker, accomplished in preparing various accounting reports. Dedicated and driven to continuously learn from new experiences, and committed to personal development and growth.Proficient in using NetSuite and MS Office. Fluent in Bengali and English (bilingual). Basic proficiency in French (DELF - Diplôme d’études en langue française A1 completed with 92% grade). Completed CPA PEP Core 1, Core 2, Performance Management, and Finance Modules, Capstone 1, Capstone 2, and CFE (Common Final Examination)
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