Experience

CIBSE

• United Kingdom
• Non-profit Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Financial Accountant

  • Apr 2009 - Present

  • All aspects of CIBSE’s financial reporting requirements• Partnering with non-finance colleagues, providing accounting and financial reporting guidance• All balance sheet reconciliations (including bank)• Maintenance of the fixed asset register• Investment portfolio accounting• Full inventory management• VAT reconciliation and submission (including partial exemption calculations)• Calculating the monthly accruals, prepayments and payroll journals• Annual adjustments to the financial statements including staff benefits• Analysis of income and expenditure accounts• Preparation of annual auditors’ schedules• Management of Accounts Payable and Collections• Working on ad-hoc projects



Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust

• United Kingdom
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 700 & Above Employee

• Accounts Receivable Accountant/Administration Manager

  • Nov 2006 - Mar 2009

  Key Duties:• Full completion of the sales ledger function• Analysis of data and the completion of various quantitative and qualitative reports• Assisting in the preparation of the department’s business cases• Management of the office administration team



PowerGen

• Interim Management Accountant

  • May 2002 - Jul 2002

  Key Duties:• Preparation of statutory reports such as VAT, PAYE, NIS, Business Levy, etc.• Member of the budget preparation team• Reconciliation of the company’s 7 multi-currency bank accounts



Stechers Limited

• Trinidad and Tobago
• Retail Luxury Goods and Jewelry
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Interim Manager Finance & Administration

  • Sep 2001 - Apr 2002

  • Preparation of monthly financial reports (Balance Sheet, Income Statement, Cash flow, etc.) and the annual strategic plan• Fixed asset maintenance• Management and training of finance staff• Preparation of payroll and all statutory payments• Inventory management included bonded warehouse stock



McCann New York

• United States
• Advertising Services
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Assistant Accountant (Credit and Collections)

  • May 2000 - Jun 2001

  Key Duties:• Collection of all inter-company receivables with other McCann companies in Latin America, the Caribbean, North America, Europe and Asia• Collection of receivables from Coca Cola, L’Oreal, Nestle, GlaxoSmithKline, etc.• Reconciliation of AR sub-ledgers with their corresponding nominal accounts



Broadway Video

• Entertainment
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Assistant Accountant (AR Credit & Collections)

  • Sep 1997 - Apr 2000

  Key Duties:• Conducted credit checks on potential customers using Dunn and Bradstreet• Collection of receivables from MTV, Showtime, VH1, Nickelodeon, ABC, NBC, etc.



Neal & Massy Enterprises Ltd (Electrical Industries Ltd / EIL)

• Financial Accountant

  • Apr 1990 - Aug 1997

  Key Duties:• Preparation of monthly management accounts and annual statutory financial accounts• Managed and trained finance staff of 7• Fixed asset maintenance• Preparation of payroll for both monthly paid and weekly paid staff• Inventory management & costing, and management of customs bonded area• Reconciliation of multi-currency bank accounts• In house systems administrator for finance system using UNIX and Oracle



Chase Manhattan Bank

• Commercial Teller

  • Mar 1989 - Mar 1990