Salam Asmaro
15061–95A Avenue, Surrey, BC V3R 1E6
778-385-5962 ▫ salam_asmaro@yahoo.com
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Dynamic, driven and job-ready payroll clerk and bookkeeping professional with a technical trades background, offering business ownership experience and sound financials management strategies within professional working environments 

HIGHLIGHTS OF QUALIFICATIONS                                                          

•	Organized, conscientious, problem solver with expert situational management and personnel leadership abilities honed working as a engineer, owner of a heavy duty mechanics trades business, machine operator, and supervisory manager of hundreds of employees including trained technicians and engineers   
•	Certified, qualified and job-ready Payroll Compliance Practitioner with effective general accounting, payroll administration strategies and understanding of legislative requirements for compliance throughout the annual payroll cycle  
•	Fundamental office accounting skills include proficiency in SAGE 50 (Simply) Accounting and Microsoft Excel, Access, Outlook and Word 
•	Works well within organizational structures by displaying effective communications, managerial aptitude and strategic initiative while building ongoing relations with managers, team members and outside contacts
•	Meets project goals and deadlines through effective action-planning and targeted problem-solving while also firmly adhering to internal company policies, national laws and regulations, and accepted industry ethical practices

WORK HISTORY                                                                                         

Natural Factors Inc., Coquitlam, BC                                               2010-Present
Encapsulation Operator
•	Correctly identified, handled and operated machines to produce hard-shell capsules and tablet bulks in accordance with packaging instructions, Standard Operating Procedures and Good Manufacturing Practices 
•	Disassembled, cleaned and re-assembled encapsulation machine to clean and maintain their functional integrity – involved processes that took anywhere from three-four hours to two full work shifts to complete

Al Salam Heavy Duty Engines, Baghdad, Iraq                                    2001-2006  
Owner / Heavy Duty Mechanic
•	Ran all daily operations of a successful trades business including selling spare parts for heavy duty machines, performing client relations and creating sales contracts, and hiring a team of mechanical engineers
•	Rebuilt truck and heavy duty engines for graders, cranes and shovels, etc.

Al Nael General Trades & Construction, Baghdad, Iraq                     1992-2001
Engineer / Manager
•	Designed and estimated heating and cooling systems for buildings, calculating all that was needed and sending details to architects for schematics to be drawn
•	Managed production department with supervisory duties over four hundred employees including eleven technicians and three engineers
Salam Asmaro – Resume Page 2                                              778-385-5962
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PROFESSIONAL TRAINING                                                                       

Academy of Learning, Surrey, BC                                                              2019
Payroll Compliance Practitioner
•	Bookkeeping
•	Sage 50 (Simply) Accounting
•	Microsoft Office
•	Keyboarding

Al-Nahrain University, Baghdad, Iraq                                                        2001
•	Basic Accounting

University of Mosul, Mosul, Iraq                                                        1980-1985
•	Mechanical Engineer