Merine Tulloch, FCCA

Lot 329 2 West Greater Portmore

St. Catherine, Jamaica W.I.

Tel: 1-876-320-2632

E-mail: [email protected]

Career Summary:

§  Managing the accounting team efficiently and have the co-ordination of various work processes with other departments.

§  Comprehensive knowledge of various management and accounting procedures and practices

§  Adept at using accounting and management software tools.

Qualification Summary

Professional Qualification

ACCA Level 111
completed 06/2003
ICAJ

ACCA Level 11
completed 06/2002
ICAJ

AAT Levels 1 to 111
Completed 12/1993
Utech (CAST)

Continuous Professional Development

Mastery in Applying Project Management
01/2016
04/2016
PMGI
Public Sector Procurement Series
07/2015
02/2016
InPri
Forensic Accounting
04/2015
05/2015
ICAJ
Enterprise Risk Management
09/2014
09/2014
Certified Information Security
Business Continuity Management
09/2014
09/2014
Certified Information Security
Treasury Management
04/2013
05/2013
Jamaica Sock Exchange

Professional Experience:

Chief Accountant, March 2013 to August 2016

Spectrum Management Authority

13-19arbour Street, Kingston

§  Accurate and on-time delivery of financial statements to internal and external directors on a

monthly basis through the effective mobilisation of the finance team.

§  Effectively analyse, examine and interpret financial performance and reconcile financial data.
§  Manage the administration of the Payroll using MCSPowerpay application to achieve consistent, accurate and timely delivery of payroll and its related transactions.

§  Prepare annual company tax and statutory returns for external submission.
§  Manage the Petty Cash process through the implementation of necessary internal controls.

§  Cash Flow management to ensure compliance with Ministry of Finance guidelines

while ensuring adequate funding of operations.
§  Ensuring the submission of accurate audit schedules Manage the financial audit process for submission to external auditors
§  Prepare organisational budget with the assistance of each department for submission to

the Ministry of Finance.

§  Manage the payables and receivables process and ensure that payment deadlines are kept.

§  Implementation of electronic receipt processing system to improve efficiency and remove

the need for manual data entry of receipts.

§  Liaise with external auditors in preparing the audit timetable and making submissions  to

achieve the finalising of the audit within deadline.

§  Conduct interviews for temporary audit staff annually.

Manager, March 2008-2013

Camm’s Telecon Ltd

Shop 118, Greater Portmore Shopping Centre

Supervise accounting and customer service staff to ensure company compliance with
statutory and company regulations.

Monitor and effect compliance licence agreement.
Maintaining asset register for inventory and fixed assets.
Payroll accounting using software and ensuring the filing of statutory returns.
Preparing financial statements and reconciliations of suppliers’ invoices.
Cash Flow management and projections to ensure effective funding and investing.
Cost monitoring and budgeting to effect maximum use of sales programmes.
 

Consultant- Project Accountant-SERP111 (EU Funded), August 2005-2008

Planning Institute of Jamaica,

10-16 Grenada Way, Kingston 5

Creating and maintaining accounting system for the Project
Preparing and producing financial records for the Project
Administering payments as appropriate under the Project agreement.
Creating and implementing record keeping procedure for the Project
Liaising with external bodies to effectively manage payments
Preparing funding reports and budgets
Reporting to the funding agents as required.
Preparation of contracts and review of contracts.
Preparing work plan and monitoring implementation.
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Accountant, April-July 2005

Jamaica Producers

6A Oxford Road

Reconciling Inter-Office accounts for three main accounts
Preparing financial statement for three subsidiaries
Filing statutory returns for three subsidiaries
Accountant, November-December 2004

Coconut Industry Board

118 Waterloo Road, Kingston 10

§  Assisting management in preparation of Financial Reports

§  Assisting Accounts Department in producing Financial Statements

§  Auditing Coconut Shop for sales, inventory and purchases

C Chief Accountant, Jan 2002-July 2004

Beal Industries Ltd

2 Bell Road, Kingston. 11

§  Authorising payments to suppliers

§  Cheque signing responsibilities

§  Preparing Financial Statement s for management.

§  Monitoring inventory – raw materials, fixed assets spares etc.

§  Supervising office staff

§  Conducting interviews as required

§  Liaising with external bodies on personnel and corporate issues.

§  Payroll Accounting
Finance Officer, Aug 2001-Jan 2002

Dyoll Insurance Company, New Kgn.

§  Payroll Accounting-for head office staff including tracing payments through the payroll bank statements.

§  Insurance Accounting-reconciling statements and tracing payments through the bank account.

§  Supervision of Cashiers by checking and verifying deposits versus system receipts.

§  Inventory management.-reconciliation of physical to documentation recommending changes where necessary.
Accounting Officer, March 1994-July 2001

Caribbean Examinations Council Arnold Road, Kingston 5

§  Supervise all accounting functions including receivables, payables and payroll.

§  Prepare, monitor and report on annual budgets by department and in total

§  Produce monthly and quarterly financial reports in the form of Performance/Variance

Analysis, Cash Flow projections, Foreign Exchange analysis, Balance Sheet etc.

§  Organise and prepare required schedules for internal and external audits.

§  Coordinate financial arrangements for EU funded activities

§  Conduct interviews as required.

Skills:

QuickBooks, ACCPAC, MYOB, Cash Register Plus, MS Word, MS Excel, PowerPoint, Project, Internet and Intranet, MCSPowerpay and TurboPay.

I have excellent communication skills and the ability to present complex information in a format that is easy to understand.
References:

Available on request.