Shaleshni Singh
Nausori
Summary
I am a team player, trustworthy and dedicated individual who has a vision to excel in any given environment. Although I have extensive experience in finance and administration, I love to learn and accept new challenges. Being a team player does not confine me to work efficiently on my own. I am seeking a position where I can develop and excel while giving my best to my employer.
Team Leader with outstanding financial and management skills and experience in formulating budgets, management work planning, people management, project reporting and resource management, preparing financial reports, audit planning and preparation, implementing sound internal control procedures, business process mapping, procurement planning and action, practicing policies and procedures/alignment and advice to senior management, knowledge sharing and implementing change and achieving results.
Overview
24
24
years of professional experience
Work History
Accountant Treasury
USP Finance
09.2022 - Current
- Bank Reconciliations on all the University Bank Accounts (Laucala, Regional, and Overseas)
- Oversee the Treasury Officers on all the Bank Reconciliation performed
- Check, verify and confirm on the Bank Reconciliations performed by the Treasury Officers
- Work closely with the Regional offices to effectively manage treasury activity
- Cash flow management
- Prepare monthly cash flow forecast & actual
- Email Executive Director Finance the completed Monthly Cash Flow Actual with explanations for the abnormally high or low figures
- Prepare the Investment Schedule
- Prepare submission for Subvention to Campuses to Executive Director Finance for his approval on a quarterly basis
- Timely and accurate month-end journal upload
- Review Investment Schedule for local & International Term Deposits nearing maturing dates
- Department cash audits
- Act as a liaison officer with the banks, vendors, and for Projects
- Write up draft Finance policies and procedures with the design of relevant forms and prepare reports relating to area of responsibility for FIC, Audit committee, and RBF
- Update the Foreign Exchange Rates on the Finance Website
- Custodian of the Tender Box keys, sometimes member of TECs
- Key holder of the Finance safe located in the Finance Office archives
- Prepare and produce the Annual Work Plan for the unit
- Design the daily work schedule to ensure all required tasks, activities, and timelines are met
- Ensure continued training and development of staff
- Monitor staff performance by providing quarterly feedback and corrective action to avoid non-achievement of performance targets
- Encourage team coaching, mentoring, and peer support
- Conduct Team and Staff meetings
- Put in place measures for proper use of resources and to minimize misuse
- Ensure availability of adequate resources (staff, space, consumables)
- Any other duties, functions, and responsibilities as assigned by the Executive Director Finance or the Deputy Director Management from time to time
- Strong organizational skills
- Good analytical skills
- Supervisory skills with results-focused attitude and drive to deliver or achieve unit outputs
- Experience in managing multiple activities within tight deadlines
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
- Consultative and customer-focused attitude
- Teamwork
- Ability to manage staff
- Self-motivated
- Initiative-driven
- A team player
- Change-oriented
- Strong attention to detail
- Results-focused
- Committed to the organization
- Ethics – a person of integrity
- Capable of working after hours and weekends to complete assigned tasks
Assistant Accountant Regional Campus
USP Finance
06.2014 - 05.2022
- Responsible to the Accountant Regional Campus for the preparation of financial reports for the regional campus and ensuring the accuracy of regional campus transactions; to be posted correctly into the banner and providing firsthand support to all 13 regional campuses
- Timely and accurate transaction postings of all regional campuses
- Preparation of monthly reports for all campuses plus P&F RC and Security in a timely manner
- Monthly reconciliations are done and reviewed on time
- Preparation of monthly reports
- Ensure timely preparation of subvention with proper checklists and sent with EDF approval
- Ensure all the Fixed Assets Register forms are being filled out and sent to Laucala for addition in the FAR
- Regional Campus & VPRC budget upload
- Vouching acquittals and claims and arranging travels
- Preparation and checking of monthly regional campus journal vouchers and ensuring all transactions are posted correctly into the banner
- Monthly regional campus reconciliations
- Ensure all Project, operational, CAPEX vote codes are correctly accounted for and posted in the accounting software
- Liaising with the regional campus regarding the budget template and compilation of budget to be in compliance with USP policies and upload these templates in the banner
- Ensure timely preparation of regional campus and P&F RC and Security monthly reports
- Ensure proper maintenance of Regional campus fixed assets register
- Preparation of half-yearly and year-end financial report
- Liaising with internal and external auditors during audit regarding campus queries
- Verification of Regional campus bank and AR Reconciliations performed by finance assistant
- Check and verify claims sent by different faculties
- Check and verify all payment vouchers sent by the regional campus
- Inform and attend to monthly video conferencing amongst all the regional campuses and circulation of minutes
- Preparation and circulation of monthly exchange rates
- Carry out any other duties as assigned by the regional campus accountant
- Acted as Regional Accountant on various occasions, the recent acting as below: 13th October 2021 to 30th Jan 2022, 7th February 2022 to 6th May 2022
Assistant Accountant - Financial Statement
Post Fiji Limited
01.2001 - 06.2014
- Responsible to the Financial Controller for the preparation of financial reports for the management and the board
- Timely and accurate preparation of Financial Reports
- Analysis of financial reports giving timely feedback to the Financial Controller
- Ensure timely preparation of company annual budget
- Ensure proper maintenance of Fixed Assets Register
- Monthly reconciliations are done and reviewed on time
- Assist in Preparation and review the following reports for management and the board in a timely manner: Profit & Loss Statement, Balance Sheet, Financial Ratio & Analysis, Cash Flow Statement, Budget Variance Report, SBU report, Monthly General Ledger reconciliations, Cost Centre Report, Preparation of company annual budget, Ensure proper maintenance of fixed assets register, Preparation of half-yearly and year-end financial report, Assist in preparation of relevant tax schedules for tax effect computation and compilation of income tax return, Verifying the Profit and Loss statement for all the 60 Post offices, Ensure timely submission of quarterly rural billing report to Ministry of Communication and Ministry of Public Enterprises, Liaising with external auditors during annual audit, Supervision of PMBA and Financial statement team, Verification of bank Reconciliations, Interface - Accounts Payable, Payroll, Post link, Order Entry & invoicing, and WRE, Check creditors, payment vouchers, and accounts payable edits, Check the accuracy of POS data to the correct GL codes, Abide by the OHS rules and regulations & Accounting policies, Carry out any other duties as assigned by Financial Controller and Head of Finance
Education
Master of Commerce - Professional Accounting
School Name
Xxx12.2023
Bachelor - Accounting
Central Queensland University
Xxx12.2023
Diploma - Business (Office Administration)
Fiji Institute of Technology
School Name06.2018
Skills
Financial Management
- Financial Reporting & Analysis
- Budgeting & Financial Planning
- Cash Flow Management
Accounting & Compliance
- IFRS Compliance
- General Ledger Management
- Accounts Receivable/Payable
- Inventory & Fixed Assets Management
Financial Operations
- - Financial Statement Preparation
- - Journal Entries & Payroll
- - Invoicing & POS Software Mapping
Personal Information
Date of Birth: 03/23/80
Computersoftware
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft Word
- PowerPoint
- IMAS
- Microsoft Access
Timeline
Accountant Treasury
USP Finance
09.2022 - Current
Assistant Accountant Regional Campus
USP Finance
06.2014 - 05.2022
Assistant Accountant - Financial Statement
Post Fiji Limited
01.2001 - 06.2014
Master of Commerce - Professional Accounting
School Name
Bachelor - Accounting
Central Queensland University
Diploma - Business (Office Administration)
Fiji Institute of Technology
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