Jodeen Shereen Shillingford
Riviera Beach,FL
Summary
Skilled audit and assurance professional with strong foundation in financial analysis, risk management, and regulatory compliance. Known for fostering team collaboration and driving impactful results. Adaptable to evolving business needs and highly reliable. Expertise in stakeholder communication, process improvement, and strategic planning.
Overview
6
6
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Audit and Assurance Senior
Deloitte
06.2024 - 10.2024
- Supervise audit staff and interns to achieve reporting deadlines
- Develop and maintain productive working relationships with client contacts
- Ensured regulatory compliance by staying current on industry standards and updating policies accordingly.
- Assisted in management of audit projects from planning to completion, maintaining strict deadlines and budgets.
Audit & Assurance Staff
Deloitte
09.2022 - 06.2024
- Assists the audit team in auditing client financials, transactions and internal control processes
- Collaborates with audit team to deliver exceptional audit client service delivery
- Performs data interrogation and analysis to reveal meaningful insights to client
General Accountant
Grambling State University
02.2022 - 05.2022
- Performed reconciliations for major bank accounts
- Managed receipt and disbursement of funds using the QuickBooks software
- Performed other tasks as assigned by the Controller and Senior Financial Reporting Accountant
Summer Fellow: Independent Consultant Internship
Ogx Consulting
06.2021 - 08.2021
- Supported client in building a strategic plan for diversity, equity, and inclusion
- Facilitated communication internally and externally
- Produced project deliverables to include slide decks, models, interview transcripts, etc
- Collected, analyzed, and interpreted data
- Built business process workflows within the Asana tool
Accounting Intern
Grambling State University
05.2021 - 07.2021
- Performed reconciliations for various accounts
- Supported timely processing of accounts payable
- Assisted in filing of payroll records
- Supported travel department in timely processing of paperwork
Financial Systems Support Analyst-Account Reconciliation Manager (ARM)
Cummins Inc.
05.2018 - 05.2019
- Supported users who utilized the ARM system for periodic close activities
- Engaged in systematic efforts to leverage existing ARM system
- Led Graduate student project to improve standardization in reporting
- Assisted in projects to improve internal controls over financial data within data models
- Assisted in Six Sigma project to improve the financial close process
Education
Master's degree - Public Administration
Grambling State University
Grambling, LA12.2021
Bachelor of Science - Accounting and Computer Information Systems
Grambling State University
Grambling, LA05.2018
Skills
- Strategic Thinking
- Staff Development
- Data Analytics
- Audit Planning
- Audit Documentation
- Client Relationship Management
- Performance Improvement
- Teamwork and Collaboration
Certification
Certified Public Accountant, Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation, 07/24
Affiliations
- National Association of Black Accountants
- National Society of Leadership and Success (Sigma Alpha Pi)
- Beta Gamma Sigma Honor Society
Accomplishments
- NASPAA Batten Public Policy Simulation Competition Regional Winner, 2020
- Highest Ranking Graduate, Grambling State University Fall 2018 commencement, 2018
- Who's Who among Students in American Universities and Colleges, 2016
- Recipient of various scholarship awards from NABA, LCPA, etc.
Activities
- Indiana University field consulting project with Graduate Accounting students, 2018-2019
- Grambling State University NABA Student Chapter Vice President, 2016-2018
- Wiley CPA Campus Representative, 2017-2018
- GSU Center for Student Professional Development, 2015-2017
References
Available upon request
Timeline
Audit and Assurance Senior
Deloitte
06.2024 - 10.2024
Audit & Assurance Staff
Deloitte
09.2022 - 06.2024
General Accountant
Grambling State University
02.2022 - 05.2022
Summer Fellow: Independent Consultant Internship
Ogx Consulting
06.2021 - 08.2021
Accounting Intern
Grambling State University
05.2021 - 07.2021
Financial Systems Support Analyst-Account Reconciliation Manager (ARM)
Cummins Inc.
05.2018 - 05.2019
Master's degree - Public Administration
Grambling State University
Bachelor of Science - Accounting and Computer Information Systems
Grambling State University
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