Rusheda Mitchell

I am a resourceful and goal-driven individual with knowledge of logistics management, customer service and accounts payables and receivables. A self-motivated quick learner, who thrives on challenge and learning opportunities, supported by a positive work ethic and commitment to excellence. I am a team player, capable of handling multiple priorities, while staying focused on timelines.

Accounts Payables Officer/Supervisor - Rubis Energy Jamaica Limited

(2025-02 - 2026-04)

• Oversee the processing of vendor invoices, ensuring they are entered into the accounting system accurately and in a timely manner
• Manage the weekly, bi-weekly, or monthly payment cycles including cheques and wire transfers
• Monitor and prioritize payment deadlines to maintain good vendor relationships
• Build and maintain strong relationships with vendors and suppliers. Address and resolve payment discrepancies, disputes, or other vendor inquiries
• Maintain and update vendor files to include contact information
• Review and prepare monthly vendor reconciliations of vendor statements and ensure AP Team resolves issues promptly
• Perform month-end close by preparing necessary accounts payable reports, including aging analysis, and ensuring all AP transactions are recorded accurately and posted
• Assist with internal and external audits by providing necessary documentation and answering audit-related questions about AP activities
• Identify and implement process improvements to streamline accounts payable operations, increase efficiency, and reduce costs
• Work closely with the procurement team, accounting staff, and other departments to ensure accuracy in the coding and approval of invoices and purchase orders
• Prepare Monthly Journals

Financial Reporting Accountant - Digicel

(2023-05 - 2025-02)

• Support the GL Accounting team
• Interact with business partners on all levels to identify their needs
• Support with the reviewing of general ledger reconciliations
• Supporting in period end close processes
• Support with the reviewing of preliminary trial balances
• Processing management adjustments
• Support internal control testing
• Providing external audit support
• Assist with developing standard procedures and templates
• Performing Key activities in the general ledger close
• Recording accounting transactions assisting with P&L and BS accounts
• Analyzing and reconciling balances and period end activities
• Performing revenue and cost accounting
• Assisting in intercompany processing where required

Intercompany Accountant - Digicel

(2022-02 - 2023-04)

• Preparing and submitting monthly intercompany Journal entries
• Recording intercompany accounts
• Investigating and resolving intercompany variances
• Assisting with the intercompany Elimination process
• Verifying accuracy of intercompany receivables and payables
• Monitor and manages intercompany accounts and reconciliation across entities

Intercompany Analyst - Digicel

(2021-07 - 2022-01)

• Preparing and submitting monthly intercompany Journal entries
• Recording intercompany accounts
• Investigating and resolving intercompany variances
• Assisting with the intercompany Elimination process
• Verifying accuracy of intercompany receivables and payables
• Monitor and manages intercompany accounts and reconciliation across entities

Accounts Receivables Officer/Payroll - Chicken Mistress Limited

(2019-04 - 2021-06)

• Contact with customers on due date of receivables
• Coordinating monthly transfers to account invoices account and verifying
• Respond to customer queries in a professional and timely manner
• Participating in Monthly stock count/Auditing activities
• Compiles reports to support monthly receivables totals
• Follow up with customers and quickly respond to needs for copy of invoices, statements etc
• Arrange with bearer for collection of payments
• Follow up of GCT approved zero rated from customers
• Lodgement to various companies' account
• Follow up on electronic payment, wire transfers and other types of payment
• Investigate and resolve billing discrepancies or misapplied cash
• Bank reconciliation
• Package and distribute customer invoices
• Prepare quotation
• Stamp lunch vouchers as per customer request
• Apply payments
• Prepare monthly Journals
• Enter CMS
• Entering employee hours into payroll system
• Checking and verifying employee information
• Entering payroll journals

Accounts Payable Officer - 2 Hampers & A Mule Ja Ltd

(2017-10 - 2019-03)

• Check all invoices received for appropriate payment approval
• Check all hand-written Invoices for mathematical accuracy, signing to indicate verification of same
• Ensure that all invoices with a GCT component meet the legal requirements of a 'Tax Invoice'
• Ensure that all prepayments are substantiated and followed through with the necessary Supplier Invoice, Receiving Report and other supporting documents
• File all invoices in appropriate folders until date of payment
• Monitor aged payables to ensure that no payments are overlooked
• Monitor aged payables to ensure that there are no differences between invoices and payments left unresolved (as may result from pre-payments)
• Monitor payment terms of Suppliers so that payment can be made, as far as possible, within the stated payment terms
• Prepare weekly list of invoices to be paid, obtaining approval for these payments from the accountant/accounts manager before preparing cheques
• Enter all credit card transactions in Peachtree when credit card slips with attached documentation are received, ensuring that all supporting documentation is received
• Reconcile G.L. credit card accounts to monthly Bank Credit Card Statements
• Review expense schedules on a monthly basis
• Liaise with vendors on the telephone, responding to all inquiries
• Ensure that vendor statements are in accord with our books and reconcile as required
• Reconcile AP Subsidiary Ledger to the G. L. on a monthly basis
• Prepare and Submit GCT Return

Accounts Clerk - National Health Fund

(2016-02 - 2017-08)

• Prepare Tax withheld Certificate
• Prepare Audit schedule
• Entering general payment invoices to Payables Software and submit for checking
• Enter invoices for payment to Jadep suppliers
• Relieve the Cheque Disbursement Officer
• Prepare Monthly Bank reconciliation for the NCB ADMIN Bank a/c
• Prepare petty cash
• Prepare retroactive
• Enter payments for Promotion Agents
• Prepare Journal Entries
• Filing
• Perform other related duties as assigned

Data Entry Clerk/Customer Service Rep./Assistant to Warehouse Supervisor - Jamaica Beverages Limited

(2014-10 - 2015-03)

• Customer Satisfactory Report
• Use AX to create Consolidated Shipments
• Delegate Tasks to pickers
• Batch Customers to load trucks
• Count Stocks
• Use AX to put in customer Orders
• Use AX to Mix Products(BOM)

Accounts Clerk - National Health Fund

(2014-07 - 2014-08)

• Preparation of tax certificates
• Entering JADEP invoices using ACCPAC
• Verifying Financial Data
• Filing

Sales Representative - Canton Enterprise

(2012-06 - 2012-08)

Sales Representative - Maxies Department Store

(2010)

• Assist customers
• Inventory management
• Stock Taking

Accounting Assistant - House of Parliament, Jamaica

(2008-07 - 2008-08)

• Filing
• Reconciliation of Documents

BBA - Business Administration (Major Accounting, Minor Banking and Finance) - University of Technology Jamaica (2010 - 2014)

Level 2 - ACCA (2016 - 2017)

Diploma - Advanced Proficiency Diploma - Bridgeport Center for Advance Studies (2010)

CAPE Units 1&2 - Caribbean Studies, Pure Mathematics, Management of Business, Communication Studies, Accounting - Bridgeport Center for Advance Studies (2008 - 2010)

CXC - Principles of Accounts, Principles of Business, English Language, Human & Social Biology, Mathematics, Spanish, Physics - Bridgeport High School (2003 - 2008)