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Stephanie Brown

Stephanie Brown

Summary

Proven expertise in conducting in-depth audits and devising successful improvement strategies.

Methodically evaluated documents and systems and initiated corrections in compliance with established standards. Superb analytical and communications skills enabled optimum results.

Highly-motivated employee with desire to take on new challenges. Strong work ethic, adaptability and exceptional interpersonal skills. Adept at working effectively unsupervised and quickly mastering new skills.

Overview

14
14
years of professional experience

Work History

Accountant – Employee Benefits Plans

Investment Management - Royal Bank Limited
09.2018 - Current
  • Prepare monthly, quarterly and year end financial statement for each Pension Fund Plan and Individual Management account as assigned, insuring IAS and IFRS standards are adopted
  • Collate information from the six-month financial statements and complete different Central Bank Returns for the various Plans following Central Bank guidelines
  • The income and expenditure must be monitored to ensure that fees and other monthly charges and income are collected/paid for the assigned Plan
  • Prepare fees schedules for the respective Plans
  • Liaise with external Auditors to have the assigned Plans audited at Plan’s year end
  • This entails: Booking the audit for the respective timeframe
  • Preparing documents such as Asset Movement Schedules, Schedules of Income and Expenses as it pertains to the Plan
  • Liaise with third parties to attain Third Party documents
  • Liaise with the Trust Company for Trustee documentation as it pertains to the Plan
  • Arrange meeting with external auditors and other Member of the Investment Management team e.g
  • Portfolio Managers and Risk Managers.

Transaction and Reconciliation Officer

RBC Royal Bank Limited
  • Monitor and clear assigned account on the General Ledger for the various Head Office Transits
  • The relevant account balances are reviewed and outstanding balances are escalated to the respective Department to clear the outstanding item
  • Perform reconciliation on assigned Merchant Bank General Ledger accounts
  • On a Monthly basis reconcile the PeopleSoft General Ledger balances to the T24 balances
  • In cases where there are mismatches extract any month-end Manual Journals that were completed by the Finance Department to offset the mismatch
  • Where mismatches still exist review account on PeopleSoft and/or T24 to ensure they are cleared
  • Reconcile Term Deposit Accounts
  • Download relevant accounts from the PeopleSoft and T24 systems Prepare Journal Voucher for TTD HFT Bond Liaise with the Payment and Trade Department for any Bond Trades Prepare the relevant Journals for any completed transactions Monitor any items that are not completed during the month to ensure proper accounting for any interest earned.

Assistant Accountant - Planning

RBC Royal Bank Limited
  • Responsible for the reconciling of the Fixed Asset Schedule on a monthly basis by retrieving the data from various departments with the Merchant Bank
  • Analyzing and reporting on all Intercompany transactions and maintaining the relevant reporting to ensure all outstanding balance were retrieved and recorded
  • Collating results on all Relationship Manager within the Corporate Banking across the various jurisdictions (Dutch, Bahamas, and Barbados etc.) and producing a comprehensive spreadsheet of income and it relationship with budgetary outlines
  • Generating the Income Statement for the Investment Banking area and also providing a variance report
  • Sales & Trading: Managing the Sales and Trading Bond portfolio and ensure that all trades coming unto the DEXIA system or on the relevant Banking Statement were allocated and cleared and (journalized to the General Ledger) within timeframe
  • Ensuring that all items appearing on the reconciliation statement were cleared before the month-end
  • Reporting on the Relationship Managers within this portfolio and collating there income activity
  • Responsible for the production of their Income Statement on a monthly basis
  • Collating the figures for the various departments and generating the report for the RBC Templates – Other Assets, Customer Deposit, Term Deposit and Fixed Asset
  • Ensuring that the assigned Central Bank reporting was compiled and completed for the CB90, CB115, CB Statement and CB30 and logging them with Central Bank on a monthly basis
  • Retrieving the relevant information from the various jurisdiction and producing the preliminary document for reporting: Expenses Report – Sales and Trading, Corporate Banking and Investment Banking for the various jurisdictions
  • Bond Trading Report – tracking and retrieving all bond transaction and completing a spreadsheet Gains/Loss made for the month
  • Responsible for the reconciling three suspense accounts
  • Liaising with Service Delivery department to ensure that all items Bond Trading items from the Nostro, TTD and DEXIA system are passed to the General Ledger with timeframe
  • Complete and file Value Added Tax form with BIR bi-monthly for Merchant Bank and the Leasing Department.

Senior Audit Officer

RBTT Bank Limited
04.2010 - 07.2011
  • Auditing the work of Merchant Bank Finance Unit Departments: Financial Management Accounts Officer (4) The Journals inputted against the T24, PeopleSoft and Inter 24 computerized systems as posted by the officer
  • The Reconciliation Statements on all the various Bank Accounts under the various currencies
  • The Accounts Payable Officer transactions for all the various units falling under Merchant Bank
  • The Funding transactions as posted by the Funding Officer and review items passing through the MM Servicing account to ensure all transaction were cleared
  • Management Accounting and Paying Agent Audit all Investment posted to the PeopleSoft and T24
  • Audit all Bond Trade transactions performed by the Sales and Trading Department
  • Responsibilities Ensure internal controls within the two areas in accordance with guidelines
  • Ensure proper authorizations are gotten from internal senior staff and in cases where client authorization is needed
  • Items are correctly posted as per instructions attached and the journal voucher properly documented with a relevant voucher number
  • Bills are correctly apportioned to the various departments under Merchant Bank Limited
  • Items posted to the correct accounts on the PeopleSoft, T24 and Inter24 System
  • In cases where there are breaches to the guidelines then access the risk and escalate as per guidelines
  • Maintain an up-to-date filing system for all working paper, Journal Voucher and Bills paid.

Education

Association of Certified Chartered Accountants - Accounting

Student Accountancy Centre
Southern Main Road, Montrose, Chaguanas

Skills

  • Bookkeeping
  • Auditing
  • Year-end close
  • Cash Flow analysis
  • Financial Reporting
  • Financial Analysis
  • Financial Statements
  • Auditing procedures
  • Administrative Support
  • Financial statement preparation
  • Regulatory Compliance
  • Variance Analysis
  • Statutory Reporting
  • MS Office Suite
  • Account Reconciliation
  • Internal Controls
  • Preparation Credit Documentation
  • General Ledger Entries
  • Reporting

Personal Information

Lot #14 Tarouba Heights, Tarouba Housing Development, Tarouba, Marabella

Academic Institutions

  • SELF STUDY – Level 3, Association of Certified Chartered Accountants, Present
  • Student Accountancy Centre, Association of Certified Chartered Accountants, 2009
  • San Fernando Technical Institute, Associate Degree in Business Management with Accounting, 2002, 2005

Training and Development

  • Microsoft Word
  • Microsoft Excel
  • Microsoft Power Point
  • T24
  • CAMRA System

Accomplishments

  • Recognition in assisting to complete a back log audit in order to meet Central Bank deadlines.

Timeline

Accountant – Employee Benefits Plans

Investment Management - Royal Bank Limited
09.2018 - Current

Senior Audit Officer

RBTT Bank Limited
04.2010 - 07.2011

Transaction and Reconciliation Officer

RBC Royal Bank Limited

Assistant Accountant - Planning

RBC Royal Bank Limited

Association of Certified Chartered Accountants - Accounting

Student Accountancy Centre

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