Daphne Chivayo ACCA
Summary
Committed Financial Accountant with experience delivering timely, quality month- and year-end account management functions. Adept in standard and statutory reporting and accounts consolidation for insightful, accurate records. Collaborates well with transactional teams for good department communications and productivity.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work history
Interim Group Financial Accountant
Konica Minolta
02.2024 - Current
- Leading Statutory Accounts preparation and Consolidation for the UK Group accounts and cause of change analysis
- Leading Tax return workings and preparation liaising directly with external Tax consultants
- Leading and coordinating UK external Audit reviewing and allocating audit information requests
- Working closely with management accounts and commercial finance teams
- Maintaining the relationship with Group Auditors providing support needed including all deliverables and answering of audit queries.
Interim Statutory Accountant
Landsec
08.2023 - 12.2023
- Statutory Accounts preparation for more than 20 entities at Stats level
- Stats Workbook preparation under FRS 102 & 101 for UK reporting
- Direct contact with Auditors managing allocated entities and responding to all queries
- Direct involvement with the Audit process to sign off and filing.
Senior Management Accountant
Omnicom Media Group
11.2021 - 08.2023
- Preparation and initial review of monthly reporting and ownership of the month end timetable
- Preparing month-on-month analytical review and budget/forecast variance analysis
- Preparation and reviewing of Balance sheet recs
- Payroll reconciliation and posting into ERP
- Tax Pack preparation, review and posting CT & DT
- Assisting the Budgeting and Forecasting process
- Reviewing and preparation of Working Capital and Cash Forecasts weekly / monthly
- Key accounting contact for liaising with other group departments and subsidiaries, EMEA, US and other international teams
- Overseeing Audit and Statutory Accounts preparation in OneSource and monthly P&L & BS submissions
- Reviewing Weekly Cashflow and Working Capital
- Integration of new subsidiaries and Disposal of an Entity
- Preparing and submitting quarterly VAT returns
- PSA calculation and submission
- Inhouse Tax and VAT questionnaires
- Financial Accounting processes to support service delivery and risk assurance via Controls implementation.
Senior Accountant/Finance Analyst
Informa UK
01.2019 - 11.2021
- Yearly Budget and monthly Forecast preparation and submission working with budget holders
- Revenue analysis and review using Power Query to ensure Accuracy
- Monthly review of the P&L against Forecast with commentary against variances
- Working with budget holders to prepare rolling Forecasts and capture costs for accrual
- Management Accounts preparation from Trial balance and publishing results in SAP
- Treasury postings and balance sheet reconciliations
- Assisting in the Integration of new subsidiaries
- Providing monthly reporting on trends across Direct cost for senior management
- Financial Accounting processes to support service delivery and preserve balance sheet integrity.
Corporate Accountant
BUUK Infrastructure
09.2016 - 01.2019
- Month end procedure including journals, accruals, and prepayments and Balance sheet recs
- Statutory Accounts preparation from trial balance and Tagging for Tax Compliance
- Fixed Asset acquisition, disposal, depreciation and reconciliation
- Preparation of annual PSA return, P11ds and ONS submissions
- Provide support on the completion of year-end tax provision and Audit.
Temp GL Agent/ Finance Assistant
DHL Express
01.2016 - 09.2016
Temp Credit Controller
East of England Co-operative
10.2015 - 01.2016
Temp Finance Assistant
Greene King
07.2015 - 09.2015
Accounts Assistant
Elizabeth Holdings
01.2015 - 07.2015
Education
4 ‘A’ Levels and 9 ‘O’ Levels including Math’s, Accounting, Business and English -
ACCA
United KingdomSkills
- Account reconciliation processes
- Tax accounting specialization
- GAAP understanding
- Interpersonal communication skills
- Accounting
- Advanced bookkeeping skills
- General ledger accounting
- Problem solving strength
Custom
- MS Office Udemy Courses completed -Power Query, Data Analysis with Pivot Tables, Advanced Excel formulas & functions, Data Visualization excel charts & Graphs.
- SAP
- Oracle
- HFM
- Microsoft Dynamics AX
- PSF Accounting
- Aurora
- Cognos
- Sage
Affiliations
- I love running, Yoga, and nature. I listen to podcasts and learning new things.
Certification
ACCA 2019
Timeline
Interim Group Financial Accountant
Konica Minolta
02.2024 - Current
Interim Statutory Accountant
Landsec
08.2023 - 12.2023
Senior Management Accountant
Omnicom Media Group
11.2021 - 08.2023
Senior Accountant/Finance Analyst
Informa UK
01.2019 - 11.2021
Corporate Accountant
BUUK Infrastructure
09.2016 - 01.2019
Temp GL Agent/ Finance Assistant
DHL Express
01.2016 - 09.2016
Temp Credit Controller
East of England Co-operative
10.2015 - 01.2016
Temp Finance Assistant
Greene King
07.2015 - 09.2015
Accounts Assistant
Elizabeth Holdings
01.2015 - 07.2015
4 ‘A’ Levels and 9 ‘O’ Levels including Math’s, Accounting, Business and English -
ACCA