Deshaun McKenzie
Kingston
Summary
I am a member of Jamaica’s local accountancy body, ICAJ. Having acquired over a decade of accounting experience, I have worked in various industries. These include manufacturing: BPO, Hospitality and Telecommunications, covering specific areas related to bookkeeping, payroll and statutory computations, auditing, financial reporting and group accounts consolidation. I am a quick learner who has a keen eye for detail and will work diligently to achieve the company’s goals by applying my knowledge and skills set.
Overview
15
15
years of professional experience
Work History
Group Consolidation Accountant
Digicel Group
09.2024 - Current
- Preparation monthly consolidation for adjusting, eliminating and recurring and non-recurring journals
- Preparation of the monthly group consolidation of income statement, balance sheet and cash flow at multiple consolidation levels for external reporting (actuals, budget and forecast)
- Ensure accurate accounting for dividends, loans, other intergroup transactions, minority interests, acquisition accounting, disposals and group restructuring
- Responsible for ensuring all appropriate balances, transactions and cash flows are eliminated upon consolidation
- Prepare sub ledger reconciliations and audit support for consolidation entries
- Assist with the preparation of Budgets and Forecasts for Group holding companies
- Assist with the completion of consolidated and sub-consol level balance sheet reviews providing analysis of key movements
- Participate in the preparation, review and delivery of diverse financial reports on a routine basis under IFRS, including consolidated financial statements and quarterly Lender reports
- Completion of audit workbooks for consolidation journal level group reporting packs
- Ensure that appropriate disclosures are made in external reports, and embed the collection of the required data into the close process
- Facilitate the group and market audits, assist in the coordination of annual audit and quarterly review activities; ensure they are completed within deadlines with no surprises or material audit adjustments
- Resolution of audit issues, control points and management letter recommendations
- Participated in projects related to the finance transformation and support process improvements including adoption of new IFRS within core finance systems
- Analysis of various key components in relation to key company performance metrics: EBITDA, Segment Revenue, below the line items, restricted cash, depreciation and amortization, immaterial subsidiary testing
Management Accountant
Sandals Resorts
03.2020 - 08.2024
- Journal entry posting related to accruals, account reclassification and accounting true ups
- Preparation of Fixed Assets Schedule to record movement of property, plant & equipment
- Monthly Filing of Withholding Tax & GCT returns
- Preparation of Balance Sheet Schedules for month end reporting and yearly financial statement audit
Financial Manager Trainee
Sandals Resorts
03.2020 - 08.2024
- Underwent a series of training to understand hotel operations:
- Review various property revenue outlets SPA and watersports to ascertain their daily operations
- Cost Control- review daily reports related to utility, food and beverage consumption
- General Cashier- Observed the general cashier procedures related to the disbursement and lodgment of cash received from front office
- Payroll-Revision of weekly payroll
- Income Audit- Revenue Analysis from property revenue outlets, review daily management report used to track and record, revenue generated from each area, occupancy levels and no-show arrivals
- Review of work in progress schedule to accurately track capital expenditure done at hotel
Accounts Payables Manager
Sandals Resorts
03.2020 - 08.2024
- Responsible for the day-to-day management of the accounts payables team to ensure:
- Supplier sub-ledger is updated accurately and on a timely basis, to ensure smooth operation of weekly payment runs and adequate checks to ensure the correct payments are made to suppliers
- To provide technical accounting advice on financial transactions and ensure accurate coding within the department
- Execute month-end closing procedures, ensuring that monthly reconciliation of balance sheet control accounts and bank accounts are carried out in compliance with the company’s internal control policies and International financial reporting standards
- Management of General Ledger in the areas of prepayments, accruals, inventory clearing and price variance
Junior Accountant
Sandals Resorts
03.2020 - 08.2024
- Record, Post and Pay supplier invoices
- Perform period reconciliation on supplier and intercompany account balances
- Preparing Profit & Loss and Balance Sheet Schedules
- Perform monthly bank reconciliation
- Journal entry posting to accrue, reclassify and recode transactions
- Preparation of the weekly supplier payment list in accordance with agreed credit terms specific to each supplier
- Weekly balancing of Payables controls sub-ledger, general ledger and aging report
Adjunct Tutor
University of the West Indies-Western Jamaica Campus
01.2020 - 01.2021
- Administer evening tutorial sessions in Introduction to Financial and Cost Accounting
General Accounting Clerk
Caribbean Producers Jamaica Ltd.
10.2017 - 03.2020
- Process Foreign Vendor Payments
- Preparation of monthly supplier and balance sheet reconciliations
- Prepare and Journal entries in accordance with IFRS
- Analysis of supplier accounts to ensure payment terms and credit limits are adhered to
Junior Accountant
Kiuki Tours and Transportation Limited
09.2016 - 10.2017
- Prepare in-house, forecasted and common size financial statements
- Preparation of Ad hoc reports to analyze operating expenditure by departments
- Accounts payables management
- Preparing weekly cash flow management report
Payroll & Accounting Clerk
Itel-BPO Solutions
12.2015 - 09.2016
- Calculate payroll on a bi-monthly and monthly basis in accordance with Jamaica’s and Bahamas’ Income Tax Act and Labor and Laws
- Review and update payroll master file
- Transmission Bank Transfer text files for salary disbursement
- Enter and pay vendor invoices in QuickBooks
- Create journal entries in accordance with IFRS
- Assist with the preparation of SO1, SO2, NIB and GCT returns
- Forecasting payroll projections based on the needs of the Finance Department
- Perform supplier and bank reconciliations
Payroll Administrator
Xerox Commercial Solutions
12.2011 - 12.2015
- Auditing client’s source documents to ensure new hires, termination, OT hours agree to payroll
- Review payroll runs to ensure consistency and conformity with client’s source documents
- Review month ending payroll files (General Ledger, Final Payroll Run, Pay slips and taxes files)
External Financial Auditor
Deloitte & Touché
09.2010 - 11.2011
- Performing Substantive Audit procedures on various accounting sections: (Revenue, expenses, cash, fixed assets, receivables and payables) to test for any material misstatement and conformity with IRFS
- Evaluate internal controls to validate their reliability
- Preparing adjusting and reconciling journal entries in Audit System
- Preparing audited and unaudited Financial Statements (Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Cash Flow Statement) for external, internal and taxation purposes
Education
ACCA -
Association of Chartered Certified Accountants
07-2025
Master of Science - Accounting
Mona School of Business
09-2021
BSc. - Management Studies, Accounting
University of The West Indies (Western Jamaica Campus)
07-2017
Skills
- Accounting and bookkeeping
- Financial reporting
- Attention to detail
- General ledger management
- Financial analysis
- Microsoft Excel
- Spreadsheet proficiency
- IFRS expertise
- Financial statement preparation
References
Stacia, Gordon, Lecturer, Stacia.gordon02@gmail.com, 1(876)-276-6760, UWI Mona-WJC
Timeline
Group Consolidation Accountant
Digicel Group
09.2024 - Current
Management Accountant
Sandals Resorts
03.2020 - 08.2024
Financial Manager Trainee
Sandals Resorts
03.2020 - 08.2024
Accounts Payables Manager
Sandals Resorts
03.2020 - 08.2024
Junior Accountant
Sandals Resorts
03.2020 - 08.2024
Adjunct Tutor
University of the West Indies-Western Jamaica Campus
01.2020 - 01.2021
General Accounting Clerk
Caribbean Producers Jamaica Ltd.
10.2017 - 03.2020
Junior Accountant
Kiuki Tours and Transportation Limited
09.2016 - 10.2017
Payroll & Accounting Clerk
Itel-BPO Solutions
12.2015 - 09.2016
Payroll Administrator
Xerox Commercial Solutions
12.2011 - 12.2015
External Financial Auditor
Deloitte & Touché
09.2010 - 11.2011
ACCA -
Association of Chartered Certified Accountants
Master of Science - Accounting
Mona School of Business
BSc. - Management Studies, Accounting
University of The West Indies (Western Jamaica Campus)
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