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Shavonne McDowell

Summary

A driven Assistant Financial Accountant skilled in streamlining financial processes and enhancing accuracy. Prioritises and multitasks to achieve multiple demands within deadlines. Flexible and adaptable for responsive accounts assistance in changing environments.

Overview

8
8
years of professional experience

Work history

ASSISTANT FINANCIAL ACCOUNTANT

Matthew Clark Bibendum
03.2020 - 07.2025
  • Assist with preparation of quarterly VAT returns in line with HMRC guidance.
  • Streamlined accounting VAT and sample processes for increased productivity and accuracy.
  • Support month-end processes including accruals, prepayments, and double entry journals using JDE 9.2 and Hubble software.
  • Reconcile multiple profit and loss accounts and resolve unreconciled items.
  • Managed accounts payable and receivable functions to optimise cash management.
  • Respond promptly to queries from staff, customers and suppliers; ensured strong relationships and trustworthiness.
  • Enforce compliance with industry best practices, ethical and regulatory requirements to reduce company vulnerabilities.

ACCOUNTS ASSISTANT

Euromoney Institutional Investors Plc
03.2018 - 03.2020
  • Applying double entry journals between customer accounts and
  • Daily cash allocations using financial systems NetSuite and Sun Accounts.
  • Ensured compliance with accounting standards through diligent record keeping, nominals such as withholding tax, bank charges, VAT, and revaluations.
  • Checking bank statements to identify payments made by clients that may have been missed out by the cashiers team – Bank Reconciliations.
  • Ensuring that all duplicate payments and outstanding credits are refunded or applied to outstanding invoices by the company.
  • Close liaison with business units to ensure queries are resolved within the set timescales.
  • Provided administrative support to the finance team for seamless operations.
  • Creating end of month reports of outstanding debts for all division in the business for the Financial Managers.
  • Assisting the Management Accountant with producing Accruals and Prepayments – on a consistent basis to ensure month end figures are accurate.
  • Producing and completing supplier forms, ensuring bank and VAT details are accurate.
  • Working closely with the Tax Manager to detect discrepancies, filing for treaty withholding tax certificates for all subsidiary businesses, couriering apostilles and tax residency certificates to clients.

HUMAN RESOURCES & PAYROLL OFFICER

Gilbarco Veeder-Root
10.2017 - 03.2018
  • Mainly responsible for a project which required liaising, cross-referencing and merging all data from different HR systems used across Europe into one software.
  • Given a tight timescale of six months for the new HR system “Simply Personnel” to go live alongside committing to HR and payroll duties.
  • Responsible for recording, updating and consolidating KPI reports on a monthly basis to upload on SharePoint for HR contacts across Europe.
  • Creating and updating folders and HR Systems for starting and leaving employees.
  • Requesting references for new starters via email or post.
  • Preparing engagement forms and salary information for the payroll department.
  • Liaising with IT software providers to ensure functionality and relevant data is updated onto all software's,
  • Updating employee profiles and contracts if changes occur, in salaries, pension schemes, bonuses, and benefits.

Education

Association of Chartered Certified Accountant -

Kaplan Level 7 Accountancy and Tax Apprenticeship
09.2022 -

BSc (Hons) - Business Management & Finance

Anglia Ruskin University Chelmsford
09.2014 - 09.2017

A Level - Business Studies, Sociology, Film Studies, Extended Project Qualification

St Charles Catholic Sixth Form
09.2012 - 08.2014

GCSE - 9 A-C GCSE’s including English, Maths & Science

Maria Fidelis Convent School FCJ
09.2007 - 08.2012

Skills

  • Balance sheet/Profit & loss reconciliations
  • VAT returns preparation
  • Tax compliance
  • Double entry journals
  • Invoicing, Expenses & Cash allocations
  • Performance monitoring
  • Financial reporting
  • Ethical decision-making
  • Time management
  • Team collaboration

References

References available upon request.

Timeline

Association of Chartered Certified Accountant -

Kaplan Level 7 Accountancy and Tax Apprenticeship
09.2022 -

ASSISTANT FINANCIAL ACCOUNTANT

Matthew Clark Bibendum
03.2020 - 07.2025

ACCOUNTS ASSISTANT

Euromoney Institutional Investors Plc
03.2018 - 03.2020

HUMAN RESOURCES & PAYROLL OFFICER

Gilbarco Veeder-Root
10.2017 - 03.2018

BSc (Hons) - Business Management & Finance

Anglia Ruskin University Chelmsford
09.2014 - 09.2017

A Level - Business Studies, Sociology, Film Studies, Extended Project Qualification

St Charles Catholic Sixth Form
09.2012 - 08.2014

GCSE - 9 A-C GCSE’s including English, Maths & Science

Maria Fidelis Convent School FCJ
09.2007 - 08.2012

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