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Saran Virtue Trainee Accountant

Jamaica
Bank Reconciliation

Objective To gain and develop skills and experience that will lead to continued growth, building up to a successful career in Business Management/ Finance. Summary of Accomplishments • Completion of ACCA Level I (FAB) in December 2011. • Fundamental knowledge of accounting and GAAP • Efficient, detail-oriented, adaptable with a highly professional work ethic. • Strong analytical and problem solving skills and the ability to work well on own initiative as well as an excellent team player. • Proficient in QuickBooks Accountant/Pro & Enterprise, Microsoft Solomon, Microsoft Office, with functional knowledge of TurboPay, ParaPay and a compliment of other Accounting, Medical and Shipping software. Experience November 2018 – Present Staff Accountant Business Pro Ltd. Kgn, JA. Responsibilities: ▪ General Ledger Bookkeeping with a focus on Accounts Receivables, Bank and other Ledger Accounts reconciliations. ▪ Posting General Journal Entries representing all bank transfers, bank charges, interest charges and payments, loan principal etc. ▪ Maintaining Excel Spreadsheets representing Insurance and Other Receivables for Electronic and Paper Claim Submissions. March – July 2018 Office Manager (Project/Temp) Dental Office Kgn, JA. Responsibilities: ▪ Hired temporarily to improve operations in a small Dentist’s Office including Human Resource, Administrative and Accounting Functions. Achievements: ▪ Implemented a daily report for patient visits and payments received. Prior to this patient records were written manually on patient cards and prospective appointments made in a diary. ▪ Created a logo and letterhead template for the office along with other business forms, such as receipt and invoice book templates for printing customized duplicate books. ▪ Provided the Director with an accurate report on current outstanding receivables which allowed for collection of outstanding sums.

Created and updated an Insurance Receivables Reconciliation report for January to June 2018. ▪ Addressed and improved issues with professionalism in Customer Service and Office Decorum by holding a mini workshop on Internal and External Customer Service and implementing an Office Dress Code. ▪ Created and maintained Human Resource files for each employee inclusive of Job Descriptions and Disciplinary warning letters. May 2017- December 2017 Volunteer Work (Church Sponsored) Local Ministry June 2016- April 2017 Administrative Support (Contract/Project) Transformed Life Church Kgn, JA. Responsibilities: ▪ . Provided administrative support for the church’s 5th Anniversary Committee with at least 4 sub-committee. ▪ . Acted as recording secretary for all committee meetings and other meetings such as the Member’s meeting, Board meeting and Building Steering Committee meeting. ▪ . Assisted with planning and co-ordination of 3 major events for the church’s 5th anniversary celebrations including the launching of their first album. ▪ Liaised with and greeted government officials and other specially invited guests for the Main Anniversary and Corporate Recognition Services. ▪ Assisted with data entry projects and other database management activities for the church’s Assimilation Team. Achievements: ▪ . Main achievements include contributions to event planning and other areas which saved on unnecessary expenses. 2015 Health Insurance/Receivables Officer//Manager Liguanea Theatre Company Kgn, JA. ▪ Responsible for the overall management and smooth running of Medical Facility/Surgical Unit. ▪ Responsibility for and performed several functions including accounts receivables and payables, some payroll and human resource management. ▪ Accounting functions performed using QuickBooks Accounting Software. Provided and used QuickBooks Reports at Director’s request and for reconciliation of vendor and customer accounts etc. ▪ Management and scheduling of seven full time staff members and several sessional workers including theatre and registered nurses.

Liaised with Doctors, Directors and Shareholders as well as procured new business for the facility. Also liaised with international and local suppliers of medical equipment and consumables. Achievements: ▪ Initial work in receivables saw collections/reconciliation of six million dollars or half of the total receivables for the period 2013-2015. ▪ Income increased during my tenure with more than one million dollars being deposited weekly etc. 2014 Staff Accountant (Contract) Business Pro Limited Kgn, JA. ▪ Provided On-Site Accounting services for Company’s Client. ▪ Sorted Accounting Documents provided by the Client for the year 2014. ▪ Set up of Client’s Accounts in QuickBooks Enterprise Software inclusive of Chart of Accounts, Item List, Customers and Vendors etc. ▪ Posted all Income, Expense, Payables and Receivables for two Companies (One Company consisted of Four Locations with separate Income and Expenditure), for the period of January 1, 2014 to December 18, 2014. ▪ Posted Deposits, Cheques, Service Charges and all Banking Transactions and reconciled Jamaican and US Dollar Bank Accounts (Six Bank Accounts Total). ▪ Posted Expenses and Reconciled Petty Cash and Payroll Accounts. ▪ Liaised with Banking and Other Third Party Personnel to retrieve lost documents and Loan and Vendor Balances etc. ▪ Liaised with Staff and investigated issues in order to provide detailed observations which were used in the compilation of a Formal Business Plan submitted to the Company’s Directors for the improvement of Business Operations and to secure much needed Investment Capital. ▪ Assisted Business Manager to investigate and reconcile issues in the preparation of Interim Final Accounts needed for preparing Business Plan. Achievements: ▪ Completed task of posting all business transactions from January 2014 to Current in 16 weeks on location. ▪ Interim Final Accounts prepared from Company File data created in QuickBooks Enterprise. ▪ Observations used in compilation of Business Plan submitted to Client’s Board of Directors and Financial Institutions. 2013 – 2014 Profit Analyst/Agent Account Auditor ZIM Int. Shipping Services Kgn, JA. Responsibilities:

Investigation of errors, missing variable and fixed costs for each voyage. ▪ Responsible for analyzing profit, variable and fixed costs; calculation and allocation of expenses per voyage, for seven (7) shipping lines (feeders). ▪ Calculation of fuel consumption, posting transactions for transfer of fuel inventory and allocation of swap expense items based on agreement with shipping partners. ▪ Posting of all manual adjustments for expense and or income to Profit & Loss Statements for each voyage and closing approximately thirty- five vessel voyage accounts monthly. ▪ Responsible for updating and maintaining weekly forecast files for lines and providing reconciliation and standard activity reports to relevant departments and management team. ▪ Audit functions include checking and approving invoices and matching expenses with third party agreements submitted by Agent monthly. Verifying collections and investigating discrepancies. ▪ Responsible for liaising with Agency Representatives and following up on outstanding balances. ▪ Analysis of Statement of Accounts and report of results to direct manager and other departments as requested. Achievements: ▪ Reports submitted were useful to local management team and sent to Head Office for further analysis. ▪ Through continued follow-up on outstanding balances, Agency has paid over approximately USD$300,000.00 of unpaid freight from 2011-2013. 2010 – 2013 Accounting Clerk (Contract) Ruthven Medical Centre Kgn, JA. Responsibilities: ▪ Posting of all transactions using QuickBooks Accountant/Pro for both the Company and the Director’s personal accounts. ▪ Preparation of weekly and monthly reports in Excel representing Income, Receivables, Expenses and Insurance Claim Submissions. ▪ Completion of monthly Bank Reconciliations for at least five current accounts and two savings accountants. ▪ Completing certain administrative duties when required, including preparation of letters, medical certificates and medical transcription of notes to patient records on Kairos Medical Software. Achievements: ▪ Reports submitted have assisted Director to secure Investment Loans from Financial Institutions and provided Management with information for overall governance.

Receivables reporting contributed to approximately 70% of the outstanding receivables totalling $700,000.00 being collected for 2010 and 2011. Oct. 2009 – Feb. 2010 Assistant-Accountant (Contract) MCS Kgn. JA Responsibilities: ▪ Supervision of Receivables Functions. ▪ Processing of all invoices generated by the company using Microsoft Solomon Accounting Software. ▪ Posting of All Transactions including deposits, transfers, withdrawals and finance charges for all current, savings and foreign exchange accounts. ▪ Preparation of Bank Reconciliations for five (5) or more bank accounts. ▪ Daily, Weekly and Monthly submission of reports monitoring bank balances, collections etc. 2008-2009 Accountant MCS/ Transactions Epins Ltd. Kgn, JA. Responsibilities: ▪ Purchase and Monitoring of E-Pins and Airtime inventory. ▪ Supervision of Accounts Payables and overall supervision of the other areas within the department. ▪ Investigation and Reconciliation A/R Customer accounts, preparation of monthly statements as well as recommending actions for bad debt collection. ▪ Assumed additional responsibility of completing Bank Reconciliations for 11 Bank Account. Achievements: ▪ Successful inventory control achieved which meant less and eventually no out of stock periods. 2003-2007 Assistant Accounts Officer/Sales Auditor/Acc. Receivables Officer PriceSmart Jamaica Ltd Kgn, JA. Responsibilities: Assistant Accounts Officer ▪ Responsible for Accounts Payable Function including posting of all vendor invoices and approved expense payments. ▪ Also responsible for preparing Bi-Weekly Wages and the printing of reports for disbursement to bank accounts and Management Approval. As well as assisted Accounting Officer with all tasks as required for team to meet deadlines. Sales Audit ▪ Ensured company’s policies were strictly adhered to at the Front End/Point of Sale (POS) area on a daily basis. Monitored EFT terminals and resolved issues with any unsettled batches and discrepancies with credit card transactions at the POS area. Audit and reconciliation of the cash sales and vault deposits made each day. Corrected Submitted reports reflecting accurate daily sales figures. Accounts Receivables officer ▪ Training and Oversight of Sales Auditor’s duties and Audit of reports submitted to Accounts Department. Posting corrected Sales figures to accounting software AS400. Preparations of invoices and collection of all Receivables. Liaised with Bank Personnel for the purchase of Foreign Currency, Bank Drafts and processing telegraphic transfers. Assisted Accounts Payables Officer with fortnightly payroll using ParaPay Software and other payables functions, including posting invoices and paying cheques. Achievements: ▪ Submitted timely reports each month and contributed to the efficient operation of the Accounting Department by utilizing good organizational and time management skills which enabled the department to meet deadlines. Education 2013- 2014 Personal Study ACCA F4- F8 2012 ACCA/Acorn Tutors, Kgn, JA. ▪ Started classes for F4 Taxation and personal study for F8 Audit and Assurance. 2008-2011 ACCA/Acorn Tutors, Kgn, JA. ▪ Passed F1 and F4 in December 2011. ACCA Level 1 completion. Certificate Course in Payroll Administration using TurboPay Software. Certificate Course in Practical Accounting using QuickBooks Software. Completed F2 Management Accounting and F3 Financial Accounting in 2008. 1997 Infoserv Institute of Technology Kgn, JA ▪ Professional Certificate in Computer Technology including Microsoft Word and Excel. 1994 Immaculate Conception High Kgn, JA. ▪ Earned 1 Distinction and 5 Credits in CXC/GCE O’Levels. References Available upon request