SHERON J BRAITHWAITE

Sheronjb65@yahoo.com
917-892-6511
6949 Thursby Avenue
Arverne, NY 11692

OBJECTIVE:

Energetic, flexible team player seeking a challenging and dynamic environment with room for career
growth
and increasing challenges while working with team of professional.

EXPERIENCE:

CENTERLINE CAPITAL GROUP Manhattan, NY October 2005 - to present

Senior Accountant

• Prepared quarterly financial statements (statement of Income and expenditure, Balance Sheet,
Statement of Cash flow and Statement of Owners’ Equity) and maintained work papers files for
twelve corporate funds.

• Record quarterly operating results of invested real estate properties using Citrix.

• Analyze financial statements of the fund and their invested properties to identify variances in the
operating results.

• Maintain effective communication with other departments as a basis for assuring complete and
accurate financial information and appropriate documentation.

• Reconcile bank account, update general ledger(using excel) and record journal entries in
(PeopleSoft)

• Collaborate with numerous internal & external parties- including treasury, asset management,

• Train new junior accountant to manage six additional corporate funds.

• Aid in maintaining a system of internal control that is Sarbanes- Oxley compliant

Semi- Senior Accountant August 2004 - September 2005

• Assist in planning, organizing and maintaining the accuracy of all financial information recorded and
reported.

• Ensure the proper and continuous flow of accounting activities needed to maintain accurate
complete financial records.

• Maintain effective communication with other departments as a basis for assuring complete and
accurate financial information and appropriate documentation.

• Review general ledger coding for accounts payable and wire transfers as needed. Prepare work
papers and ensure compliance to regulatory and governance guidelines.

• Assist in performing analytical review at both the fund and property levels for the quarterly and
annual operating results.
• Interact with external and internal auditors with respect to applicable entities.

CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY SECRETARIAT (Caricom) - Guyana

Accountant (Donor Resources) September 1996- June 2004

• Monitored outstanding travel advances issued for Donor funded travels and processed travel

• claims to clear advances, prepared bank reconciliation and quarterly financial reports and
monthly payroll preparation.

• Responsible for the preparation of the Secretariat’s Financial Statements for Donor funded
projects for inclusions in the secretariat’s Annual Audited reports.

• Responsible for the preparation of monthly Project balances reports for all international Donors
funded Projects.

• Responsible for filing and maintaining all correspondence for Donor Funded projects, accounts
receivable, accounts payable and journals

• Responsible for inputting journals, accounts payable and accounts receivable credit memo to
clear donor- related advances and pay travel refunds.

• Responsible for the preparation of purchase orders, maintained vendor and customer’s
accounts.

• Responsible for preparation of checks and monitoring check quantity inventory, obtained
signatures and manage the check register for Donor – funded activities and preparation of
monthly Donor funded Payroll and remittances.

GUYANA CO-OPERATIVE MORTGAGE FINANCE BANK (GCMFB) Guyana

Assistant Finance Manager May 1991 - August 1996

• Assisted Senior Finance Manger to manage the accounts department with responsibility for payroll,
accounts payable, accounts receivable and stock option inventory

• Responsible for the preparation of monthly income, expenditure and cash flow statements for
review by the Board of Directors.

• Supervised the preparation of year-end financial reports, for audit purpose for inclusion in the
Bank’s annual reports

Accounts Supervisor July 1990-1991 April

• Supervised a staff of seven (7) employees in the general ledger section

• Supervised and coordinated the preparation of payroll, accounts payable and accounts
receivable, healthcare benefits and retirement packages for all employees

• Managed, reconciled and monitored loan investments, pre-payments, accruals and investment
schedule for inclusion in Bank’s Annual Report

• Monitored and supervised cash flow balance on a daily basis to ensure adequate funds was
available for payments.

Accounts Assistant II (GCMFB) July 1988-1990 June

• Responsible for the preparation of monthly payroll, posted receipts and payments ledger
on a daily basis

• Responsible for processing loan balance

GUYANA REFREDGERATORS LIMITED (GRL/IDEAL) 1987 – 1988 June

• Responsible for the preparation of daily sales record and petty cash

• Responsible for computation of costing of external jobs to be done by the production

unit.

EDUCATION:

UNIVERSITY OF GUYANA

Bachelor of Science B.Sc. (Accountancy) - Graduated November 1997

Diploma in Accountancy – Graduated November 1995

OTHER QUALIFICATIONS

Mary Kay Sale Director

Manage a team of 30 Beauty Consultants through training and meeting monthly sales targets.

International School of Ministry (ISOM) Certificate/Diploma – 2003

SKILLS

Microsoft Word and Excel 2007, Access, PowerPoint, Publisher, Adobe Reader knowledgeable and
trained Solomon IV accounting Package Solomon, Accounting system, trained in project
Management, PeopleSoft, SharePoint for Windows.