Experience

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  Avalanche

  • Cayman Islands

  • Senior Accountant

    • May 2024 - Present
    • Cayman Islands

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  University College of the Cayman Islands

  • Cayman Islands

  • Finance Manager

    • Jan 2024 - Apr 2024
    • Cayman Islands

    Overseeing the statutory authorities and government-owned company (SAGC) Finance department’s functions - AR, AP, unearned revenue, and other functions - including its annual audit and monthly close, monitoring cost centres and compliance with annual budget (activity-based costing), as well as, liaising with faculty heads in accordance with the SPS, reporting to the CFO and supporting the CFO’s reporting functions to the Board, EPS, other governing bodies and stakeholders

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  Maples Group

  • George Town, Cayman Islands

  • Assistant Vice President - Client Accounting

    • Nov 2021 - Dec 2023
    • George Town, Cayman Islands

    Provision of management accounts and financial statements for limited partnerships, SPV’s, and other private equity structures. Overseeing the audits of these vehicles, as well as, providing paying agency and loan administration services for LBO’s. Providing secondment services to international companies, and annual accounts to private equity holding companies in compliance with the DITC. Moreover, preparing and filing fund annual returns for private funds registered in the Cayman Islands in compliance with the Private Funds Act, as well as, supervising a group of senior accountants in Montreal, and providing B2B and B2C administrative support to directors, and other stakeholders.

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  Ernst & Young

  • Senior Auditor

    • Oct 2019 - Oct 2021

    Conducting financial statement audits for large hedge funds with AUMs > $900m, as well as, audits for financial institutions.

  • Auditor

    • Apr 2017 - Sep 2019

    Conducting financial statement audits for local and international clients, where tasks include, communication with clientele and audit team; audit planning; testing of internal controls and policies; verifying account balances, transactions and disclosures; identifying misstatements, as well as, executing audit finalization procedures.

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  Crowe Horwath International

  • Kingston, Jamaica

  • Junior Accountant

    • Apr 2016 - Mar 2017
    • Kingston, Jamaica

    Positioned in the firm’s Consulting & Risk (SME) department providing accounting services to clients, preparing management accounts, financial statements and other reports, as well as, assisting preliminary audit work for other clients.

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  eMedia Interactive Group Limited

  • Kingston, Jamaica

  • Operations Assistant/Coordinator

    • Apr 2014 - Jan 2016
    • Kingston, Jamaica

    Originally an internship, promoted in 2015 to full administration of the start-up operations reporting directly to the CEO. Responsibilities included, financial management (budgeting, AR, AP, payroll), implementation of internal controls, financial and non-financial reporting to investors, as well as, providing audit and M&A support

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  Jamaica Broilers Group Limited

  • St. Catherine, Jamaica

  • Accounts Payable Intern

    • Aug 2012 - Aug 2013
    • St. Catherine, Jamaica

    Interned in the company Head Office’s Payables department, where responsibilities included the day-to-day operations of the department and an international subsidiary, as well as, provided external audit assistance.