Experience

Elegant Hotels Group

• Barbados
• Hospitality
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Assistant Director Of Finance

  • Jun 2022 - Present

• Financial Controller for Treasure Beach Hotel and The House

  • Nov 2021 - May 2022

  Key Finance & Management responsibilities· Preparation of monthly management accounts· Supervision of all on-property accounting activities, including those of the cashier, night auditor and storekeeper· Assisting the General Manager with the control of costs and the maintenance of internal controls· Reconciliation of bank accounts and balance sheet accounts· Preparation of the VAT, tourism levy and room levy filings· Preparation of the annual budget and monthly forecast· Review and approval of all journal entries · Support and liaise with the General Manager in meeting the strategic goals of the organization.Key Corporate responsibilities· Review and first approval of capital expenditure requests and disposals (up to March 2020)· Submission of capital expenditure RFPs to external suppliers and review and analysis of proposals· Generation of depreciation and Fixed Asset Reports in Netsuite (up to December 2021)· Preparation of the monthly capital expenditure forecast (up to December 2021)· Preparation of the monthly interest expense forecast (up to September 2019)· Preparation of the monthly consolidation (up to December 2021)· Preparation of financial statements and annual report· Management of the audit of the Group· Preparation of the tax computation for the Group· Liaising with external stakeholders such as Barbados Revenue AuthorityKey Audit management responsibilities· Serving as a point of contact regarding the overall audit process including the drafting and routing of management responses.· Effectively communicates audit issues to all levels of management and staff personnel within the area under audit review· Schedule the stock counts across the properties· Management of audit portal to ensure timely submission of requests· Allocate key hotel staff with auditors to facilitate the effective process documentation· Assisting in reviewing and responding to draft audit findings, recommendations, management letter points and reports. Show less

• Financial Controller for Crystal Cove Hotel

  • Apr 2019 - Oct 2021

• Financial Controller for Treasure Beach Hotel and Daphne's Restaurant Limited

  • Aug 2017 - Mar 2019

• Finance Contractor

  • Mar 2017 - Jul 2017



PwC

• Professional Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Audit Manager

  • Aug 2015 - Jul 2016

  * Management of audit engagements including cost maintenance, billings and variance recognition* Ensuring audit quality on engagements* Ensuring compliance with standards, PwC’s policies and procedures, and ethical principles* Assessing staff requirements for engagements as well as assigning responsibilities on the engagements* Resolution of any conflicts, with escalation to leadership where appropriate* Preparation of complex written documents and presentations* Providing coaching/guidance to engagement team* Consulting with risk management for situations such as restatement of prior financial years or going concern* Review of working paper files and electronic database* Management and supervision of the engagement team* Review of financial statements and annual reports where necessary* Liaising with clients and other external parties such as financial institutions, legal counsel and corporate secretaries* Assessing the acceptance/continuance of engagements* Provision of feedback to junior staff and mentees* Review and summarization of complex documents such as lease agreements, loan agreements and purchase/sale agreements* Attendance at client meetings* Participation in training seminars Show less

• Audit Supervisor

  • Jul 2013 - Jul 2015

• Senior Accountant

  • Jul 2012 - Jun 2013

• Staff Accountant

  • Jul 2011 - Jun 2012

• Staff Assistant 2

  • Jul 2010 - Jun 2011

• Staff Assistant 1

  • Aug 2009 - Jun 2010



Transport Board

• Intern

  • Jul 2008 - Aug 2008

  Review of daily reconciliations Review of daily reconciliations



PwC Barbados

• Summer Intern

  • Jun 2008 - Jul 2008

  - Mailing of confirmations - Compiling external working paper files - Tracing client transactions to the supporting documentation - Performing the audit testing for cash and bank balances - Referencing financial statements to the audited working papers - Attending and observing clients' physical inventory counts - Mailing of confirmations - Compiling external working paper files - Tracing client transactions to the supporting documentation - Performing the audit testing for cash and bank balances - Referencing financial statements to the audited working papers - Attending and observing clients' physical inventory counts