CHRISSY ROACHFORD
California
Summary
At The National Gas Company of Trinidad and Tobago Limited, I spearheaded Financial Planning and Reporting, enhancing compliance and strategic decision-making. My expertise in financial management and relationship building, coupled with a knack for developing and implementing policies, drove improvements in performance and operational efficiency.
Overview
25
25
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Manager ,Financial Planning and Reporting
The National Gas Company of Trinidad and Tobago Limited
Orinoco Drive, Point Lisas Industrial Estate, Point Lisas, Couva
06.2016 - Current
- Deliver Financial Statements for NGC (Parent) and NGC Group of Companies (Consolidated)
- Developed and implemented strategic plans to achieve company objectives.
- Ensure compliance with regulatory and statutory requirements
- Provide leadership, insight and mentoring to newly hired employees to supply knowledge of various company programs
- Deliver annual corporate budget and forecasting
- Established and monitored KPIs to evaluate performance and identify areas for improvement.
- Oversee daily operations, maintaining efficiency and quality standards.
- Create monthly reports for senior management board of directors and sub committed
- Enhance cost efficiencies and value strategies.
- Manager external financial audit for NGC Group of Companies
- Mediate conflicts between employees and facilitated effective resolutions to disputes.
- Assign tasks to associates to fit skill levels and maximize team performance.
Accountant -Treasury Services
The National Gas Company of Trinidad and Tobago Limited
01.2011 - 06.2016
- Oversee cash management process
- Direct the management of investment portfolios for varied time frames.
- Analyzed financial data to predict cash inflows and outflows
- Manage debt administration processes effectively.
- Maintain compliance with legal and regulatory requirements.
- Monitor and update Risk Register regularly.
- Create departmental budget.
- Supply essential data to facilitate corporate financial planning.
- Continuous refined existing policies and protocols.
- Handle coordination with investment consultant for continuous portfolio management.
- Manage annual credit rating reviews
Accountant , Financial Reporting (Ag)
The National Gas Company of Trinidad and Tobago Limited
01.2007 - 12.2009
- Prepare accurate financial statements.
- Delivers comprehensive financial and operational data to assist in corporate reporting.
- Maintain compliance with applicable regulations and laws.
- Assessed and verified detailed tax computation
- Review of taxation and VAT returns
Assistant Accountant, Financial Reporting
The National Gas Company of Trinidad and Tobago Limited
01.2006 - 12.2009
- Implement changes in accounting standards governing financial statements.
- Compile financial statements for parent and subsidiary companies
- Prepared detailed working papers for financial statements
- Ensure timely preparation and remittance of quarterly taxes to the Statutory Board.
- Prepare Corporation, Supplemental Petroleum, and Petroleum Profit Tax returns for submission.
- Prepare external reports for submission to Ministry of Finance.
- Coordinated closure procedures for the accounting system each month.
- Facilitate communication and coordination with external Accounting and Statutory (BIR) auditors.
- Develop on-demand internal and external reports.
- Conduct thorough reviews of journals, schedules, and reconciliations.
- Supervising and coaching of Accounting Technicians
Accounting Technician,Payroll
The National Gas Company of Trinidad and Tobago Limited
01.2004 - 01.2005
- Support monthly payroll processing for permanent, temporary, and trainee employees.
- Ensure accurate preparation of statutory payments including NIS, Health Surcharge, PAYE and Benefit in Kind.
- Facilitate deducting third-party expenses.
- Support the preparation and processing tasks for TD4's.
- Generate journal documents.
- Preparation of schedules and reconciliations
- Liaising with employees
Assistant Accountant, Accounts Payables (Ag)
The National Gas Company of Trinidad and Tobago Limited
01.2002 - 12.2003
- Managed invoice updates for payment processing.
- Managed cash proposals to pay suppliers.
- Managed payment processes for foreign travel.
- Managed the processing of credit card transactions with accuracy.
- Communicate with external Accounting auditors.
- Reviewing of journals, schedules and reconciliations
- Directed task management for Accounting Technicians.
- Manage relationships between internal and external suppliers.
Accounting Technician, Accounts Payables
The National Gas Company of Trinidad and Tobago Limited
01.2000 - 12.2004
- Executed processing of supplier invoices, both local and international.
- Generate accurate journal entries for all transactions.
- Preparation of schedules and reconciliation
- Preparation of adoc reports when arises
- Liaising with both internal and external customers
Education
The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA)Certified Accounting Technician -
Student Accountancy Centre
Chaguanas, Trinidad And TobagoThe Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) Qualification - Accounting
Omardeen'School of Accountancy
Chaguanas ,Trinidad And TobagoSkills
- Policy and procedure development
- Financial records oversight
- Relationship building
- Risk management
- Time management
- Financial management
- Decision-making
- Regulatory compliance
- Documentation and reporting
Certification
- Financial Modelling training
- Leadership training
References
References available upon request.
Timeline
Manager ,Financial Planning and Reporting
The National Gas Company of Trinidad and Tobago Limited
06.2016 - Current
Accountant -Treasury Services
The National Gas Company of Trinidad and Tobago Limited
01.2011 - 06.2016
Accountant , Financial Reporting (Ag)
The National Gas Company of Trinidad and Tobago Limited
01.2007 - 12.2009
Assistant Accountant, Financial Reporting
The National Gas Company of Trinidad and Tobago Limited
01.2006 - 12.2009
Accounting Technician,Payroll
The National Gas Company of Trinidad and Tobago Limited
01.2004 - 01.2005
Assistant Accountant, Accounts Payables (Ag)
The National Gas Company of Trinidad and Tobago Limited
01.2002 - 12.2003
Accounting Technician, Accounts Payables
The National Gas Company of Trinidad and Tobago Limited
01.2000 - 12.2004
- Financial Modelling training
- Leadership training
The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA)Certified Accounting Technician -
Student Accountancy Centre
The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) Qualification - Accounting
Omardeen'School of Accountancy
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