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Keisha Padmore

Keisha Padmore

Windsor Hill, St.George

Summary

Talented financial leader well-versed in accounting principles and regulations. Experience in financial analysis, budgets and forecasting. Motivated to keep company financial operations compliant, accurate and cost-effective. Ready to bring 10+ years of experience and take on challenging new role. Decisive leader with an analytical and flexible approach to solving problems with proven ability to model financial performance and provide reports to leadership. Extremely familiar with the daily operations of different companies. Possesses strong analytical and problem solving skills. Excels in a team environment but can also work alone. Possesses a sound working knowledge of the International Accounting Standards.

Overview

13
13
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Regional Finance Manager

PricewaterhouseCoopers SRL
09.2020 - Current
  • Collaborated with the executive team in preparation of annual capital and operating budgets, forecasts, and all financial reporting and analysis.
  • Manage and update Power BI financial reporting dashboards used to provide business insight to key stakeholders across eight countries.
  • Led and reviewed the preparation monthly comparative reports to assess performance against budget and prior year results for various business units within the firm.
  • Conducted detailed analysis of company financial statements analysis inclusive of revenue, gross margin, and operating profit.
  • Analyzed operational performance and efficiency to identify and implement cost-reduction initiatives and process improvements.
  • Devised strategies for monitoring, evaluating, and tracking operational achievements.
  • Provided financial expertise to all departments across the firm including human resources and legal.
  • Analyzed financial statements against forecasts to prepare high-level variance analysis.
  • Leads routine close process, maintained clean, accurate, and accessible records, and monitored transaction updates throughout each quarter.
  • Identified improvement changes regarding key processes for internal controls and accounting procedures.
  • Prepared quarterly board presentations to support the core leadership team's decision-making.
  • Prepared monthly flash reporting to provide a high-level overview of the firm's YTD performance
  • Assigned tasks, reviewed the performance and devised improvement plans or corrections.
  • Developed junior team members and cultivated collaborative culture.
  • Trained and mentored ten new personnel hired to fulfill various roles.
  • Coach a team of six persons, creating individual development plans for each team member to support career growth and development
  • Devised and executed annual training plan for the finance team, new managers and new partners to ensure efficient execution of their respective roles.
  • Mentored junior finance team members on best practices in financial analysis, boosting departmental productivity and enhancing overall performance.

Senior Associate

PricewaterhouseCoopers
05.2016 - 09.2020
  • Preparation of quarterly financial packages inclusive of supporting schedules and executive summaries providing business insight and analysis for the period under review;
  • Prepare ad hoc reports and partner metrics for the core leadership team decision making;
  • Reviews various all necessary reconciliations to ensure completion and accuracy; assist in the engagement economic management of the firm’s operations, and prepare management reports to assist in the efficient running of the firm;
  • Prepare consolidated monthly and quarterly statements and reports on the Caribbean region’s financial results;
  • Manage and maintain of the region’s inter-company receivables, ensuring timely receipt of funds;
  • Review of the financial data for any discrepancies, interrogating the various data sources to identify the source of any discrepancies and liaising with support personnel to investigate and resolve them;
  • Prepares consolidated quarterly budget to actual reports and monthly flash reports for the core leadership team;
  • Monthly management and review of balance sheet and profit and loss general ledger accounts;
  • Liaise with internal auditors, implementation and supervision of internal controls
  • Maintain the general ledger for regional operations, including preparation of payroll;
  • Responsible for the management of special projects focused on process improvement;
  • Manage the firm’s regional cash receipt process to ensure accuracy and acceptable cash levels, preparing the cash receipts to be submitted for application, maintaining cash summary reports for each Caribbean territory and conducting ad hoc research to assist end users with any queries;
  • Maintain the general ledger for regional operations, including preparation of payroll;
  • Responsible for the management of special projects focused on process improvement;
  • Complete performance reviews with team members which provide real time feedback and design a development plan for each team member based on identified areas of development;
  • Supervise the day to day operations and coach finance staff both locally and regionally.

Analyst

Central Bank Of Barbados
12.2011 - 04.2016
  • Performed critical analyses of data of the financial services sector (offshore banking, trust and commercial banking companies) as well as government spending and the foreign exchange market.
  • Prepared various reports for dissemination as required to fulfill the organization’s local data requirements;
  • Conducted financial analysis for various entities in the banking sector. The analysis, which includes trend and time analysis, resulted in improved data quality and the identification of trends across the respective industries;
  • Participated in the documentation of procedures and preparation of the department’s manual of operations in keeping with the overall strategic plans;
  • Developed and maintained various analytical excel databases used to monitor the activities of the financial services sector, government spending and the foreign exchange market.
  • Reviewed several processes and made recommendations to improve efficiency and overall output quality;
  • Monitored and analyzed government revenue, expenditure and debt, and forecasted the government’s cash flow requirement.
  • Fulfilled various data requests for both local and international institutions;
  • Was actively involved in the sourcing of a replacement statistical programme to handle the output requirements for the department, including testing of the prototypes from various vendors and preparation of sample data to facilitate the vendors’ requests.

Education

Master of Science - Financial Management (With Distinction)

The University of West Indies
Cavehill Campus
10.2022

Association of Chartered Certified Accountants

The London School of Business And Finance
Online
12.2016

Bachelor of Science - Economics & Accounting (With Honors)

University of West Indies,
Cave Hill Campus
10.2010

Skills

  • Decision making
  • Financial Modeling
  • Problem solving skills
  • Team Leadership
  • Financial Statements Expertise
  • Financial Analysis
  • Staff Management
  • Account Reconciliation
  • Documentation
  • Performance reviews
  • Financial Statement Analysis
  • Closing Processes

Affiliations

  • Fellow- Association of Certified Chartered Accountants
  • Member - Institute of Chartered Accountants of Barbados

Certification

2022 Leading with Intentions

PricewaterhouseCoopers

2017 Leading Teams Workshop

PricewaterhouseCoopers

2012 Research Methods and Technical Writing for Professional

Economist Workshop

Central Bank of Barbados

2012 "Emotional Talent: The Final Leadership Frontier" Conference

Central Bank of Barbados

Organisations

Treasurer - Sports & Activities committee, PricewaterhouseCoopers

Mentor - First Chance Mentorship Programme

Coordinator - ACCA Student Support Forum- Finance

Member – ICAB Education & Student Services Committee

Languages

English
Native or Bilingual

Timeline

Regional Finance Manager

PricewaterhouseCoopers SRL
09.2020 - Current

Senior Associate

PricewaterhouseCoopers
05.2016 - 09.2020

Analyst

Central Bank Of Barbados
12.2011 - 04.2016

Master of Science - Financial Management (With Distinction)

The University of West Indies

Association of Chartered Certified Accountants

The London School of Business And Finance

Bachelor of Science - Economics & Accounting (With Honors)

University of West Indies,

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