Management Accounting

SHANTA K. DOODNAUTH (CPA,CGA)

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Brampton, ONT L6Y 0Z2

Tel: 905-***-****

Email: ************@******.***

CAREER PROFILE

- An accounting professional with specialized corporate financial experience in the banking, re-

insurance and audit environments, focused on providing efficient and high quality service in areas of

financial reporting, analysis, budgeting, forecasting, compliance, as well as exposure to project

management.

- Results oriented.

- Competent in managing financial activities and supervising management and staff. Working

knowledge of Canadian GAAP and IFRS

- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills- both verbal and written.

- A team player with the ability to identify problems, interpret data, recommend actions and help

develop solutions for automating financial tasks.

Education & Professional Certification:

Member of CGA Ontario.

Member of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants, U. K.

Completed the Association of Accounting Technicians Certificate Program, U. K.

Bachelor of Science in Accounting, University of Calgary.

CFA level 1 student

Computer Skills:

Computer literate utilizing Microsoft office applications with advanced proficiency in the development and

use of spreadsheets, database, query, financial modeling tools, and automated financial systems such as JD

Edwards, Oracle, Crystal Reports, Insite, DBS, Essbase,Microsoft Word, Excel, Acces, Powerpoint etc.,

Certified Quickbooks online.

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

CST Consultants Mar 2012 – Nov 2013

Senior Accountant – Plan & Investment Accounting

Responsible for the following areas:

• The journal upload process within oracle, run reports from Oracle and the monthly download

process of the subledger into the main general ledger.

• Responsibility for the grant allocation process and the recording monthly transactions relating to all

investments by the plans. I was able to break down the complex steps in Oracle to simplify the grant

allocation process for all grants

• Full responsibility for the reconciliaton process, ensuring a quick turn around time for all monthly

reconciliations. I documented the entire reconciliation process, simplifying the steps and controls

needed to carry out the monthly reconciliation process

• Assist in the preparation of the semi-annual and annual financials, including the rollover of prior

year’s figures for all the plans and the compilation of the notes to the financial statements and the

Audit and Risk Committee Memo

• Completed adhoc projects assigned by management on a periodic basis

SHANTA DOODNAUTH (CGA) Tel: 905-***-****

ACS Inc - A Xerox Subsidiary Aug 2010– Feb 2012

Senior Accountant

Duties include:

• Monthly and quarterly reporting for the ExcellerateHRO subsidiary company.

• Budget and forecast preparation and reporting to Head Office in the US.

• Setup of systems and procedures as per ACS job flows and methods. This included the initial setup

of the Accounting office – AP, AR, GST,QST, financial reporting etc.

• Prepare and remit GST/HST filing and remittances as well as the QST.

• Investigate subledger system in sync with GL at month end, variance analysis. Adhoc reporting,

accruals, income deferrals etc.

• Work on IFRS projects.

• Responsible for the month end close process, ensuring all accruals are up to date, all entries for

payroll and related activities are entered in the general ledger.

• Initiate and train staff on the new AP system – AP Workflow, helped with the initial setup of the new

system. Manage the AP system and ensure all payments and remittances made in a timely manner as

per agreed credit terms etc.

• Involvement in adhoc projects such as the Barrick Gold Cross Border reporting, etc.

ABN AMRO Bank, Canada Branch Oct 2002 – Jun 2009

Senior Accountant

Duties include:

• Compilation of the bank’s monthly and quarterly reports.

• Preparation of Canadian GAAP financial statements for submission to the auditors, along with

supporting schedules, lead sheets, notes to the accounts, comparatives etc.

• Worked on the annual budget, latest estimates, expense and revenue forecasts.

• Preparation of the raw capital requirements schedules, and computation of capital taxes based

thereon.

• Prepared the daily capital equivalency deposit ratio computations for comparison to statutory capital

requirements for OSFI etc.

• Prepared and submitted HST/GST/QST returns, reconciled all tax general ledger accounts to

statements received.

• Responsible for the bank’s reconciliation process monthly, ensured that Financial Controls (located

in the US) policies with regard to write off of accounts and accounts aging were followed.

Preparation of >90 days letters, certification of accounts using specialized software programs such

as ACT (account certification tool) and RMT (reconciliation management tool).

• Responsible for the allocation of support costs to the business units across the bank, utilizing actual

and budgeted figures in the allocation process., track expense variation monthly, explanation of

variances.

• Carried out the monthly inter-company elimination process, preparing the inter-company journals

etc. for consolidation of the books of the branch and 2 subsidiaries, ABN Leasing and Portfolio

Asset Management.

• Worked on special projects and ad hoc reporting requested by management.

• Preparation of the books for the portfolio asset management subsidiary (PCAM), acted as a stand

alone controller for this subsidiary – computation of management fees for assets under management

for institutional and third party clients based on the portfolio of funds. Answered margin calls,

booked futures and derivative transactions for PCAM. Reported to the head office in Amsterdam,

updated clients and products for the various PCAM funds, fund accounting. Computed and paid

advisory fees to foreign affiliates. Booked foreign exchange transactions. Involved in reporting for

Basel 2 and IFRS. Cross border revenue reporting monthly to affiliates in

• Amsterdam, Hong Kong, US etc. Also prepared the financial statements of this subsidiary for audit,

dealt with the auditors etc.

CLERICA REINSURANCE/SUNLIFE REINSURANCE Sep 1999 – Oct 2002

Reinsurance Accountant, Finance Department

• Reported to the finance manager. Was part of the finance team of 7 people. Responsibilities

included:

• Preparation of monthly and quarterly financial statements.

• Helped with OSFI reporting.

• Assist in the preparation of budgets, latest estimates, plans, reports etc., ad hoc projects, systems

testing, test Crystal reports etc.

SWISS REINSURANCE COMPANY Apr 1997-Aug 1999

Group Administrator, Canada Caribbean Unit

Reported to the departmental manager.

• Administered a block of 20 Canadian and 12 Caribbean client accounts, liaised directly with clients.

• Prepared the annual profit sharing computations for treaties

• Entered the premium accrued estimates in the general ledger and reconciled these accounts.

GELDA SCIENTIFIC CORP Jun 1994 - Mar 1997

Accounting Administrator

• Reported to the vice president of administration. Responsible for all accounting functions of the 2

divisions - Gelda Foods and Gelda Scientific.

• Run Accounts Receivable invoicing process monthly, review aging and follow up with collection

calls to clients.

• Manage the LC process, including payments approved by management.

• Help in inventory counts and reconciliations monthly, post information into Dac Easy accounting

software. Reconcile inventory figures to general ledger.

• Manage the Accounts Payable process, prioritize payments according to due dates, prepare and

submit cheques for approval.

• Book all inventory returns into the system, adjust customer accounts for credits.

• Run end-of-day backup for all general ledger transactions.

Previous positions held:

Chief Accountant – T Geddes Grant Group of Companies Guyana

Auditor – Office of the Auditor General of Guyana

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