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Jessica Claire
  • Montgomery Street, San Francisco, CA 94105 609 Johnson Ave., 49204, Tulsa, OK
  • H: (555) 432-1000
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Professional Profile
  • Certified Accountant with more than 10 years experience working with company financial statements.
  • Vast experience in preparing tax returns.
  • Ability to critically review financial statements
  • Highly motivated manager with excellent administrative, organizational and communication skills.
  • Reliable person with more than 20 years work experience.
Highlights
  • Professional Accountant
  • Tax Auditing
  • Proficient in Microsoft office
  • Management expert
  • General and tax accounting
  • Expert in taxation
Skills
  • Good Communication
  • Customer Service
  • Problem Solver
  • Team work
  • IT Skill
  • Proficient in Quickbooks
Accomplishments
  • Setup a large taxpayer unit which collected over 70% of domestic taxes revenue.
  • Increased revenue collection by 20% over a period of two years.
  • Lead team that introduced the Tax Identification Number (TIN).
  • Developed a new process for employee evaluation which resulted in marked performance improvement.
  • Developed an enforcement process that improved revenue collection.
  • Improved customer relations.
Experience
Accountant, 05/2013 - 10/2013
Apartment Income Reit Corp. Pembroke Pines, FL,
  • Performed debit, credit and total accounts on computer using specialized accounting software.
  • Managed accounting operations, accounting close, account reporting and reconciliations.
  • Received, recorded, and banked cash, checks, and vouchers as well as reconciled records of bank transactions.
  • Assisted the Managing Director with the production of the monthly financial and management reports.
  • Prepared financial and regulatory reports required by boards of directors.
Commissioner of Taxes, 03/2011 - 03/2012
Brown Brothers Harriman Columbus, OH,
  • Managed over 80 staff responsible for the collection of domestic revenue
  • Managed the formulation and implementation of the annual operational plan and budget of the domestic taxes department
  • Prepared and managed the annual budget of the department
  • Formulated policy objectives and strategy of the department
Deputy Commissioner of Taxes, 03/2007 - 03/2011
Gambia Revenue Authority City, STATE,
  • Ensured that the Large Taxpayer Unit (LTU) maximises revenue collections
  • Managed and oversee the work of the LTU
  • Made monthly reports summerising progress against plans and account for variations
  • Established and reported trends in compliance and liaised with technical services unit to develop procedures or legal changes to counter threats to revenue
  • Liaised with other government departments and private institutions to establish arrangements for collection, collation and exchange of relevant data
  • Conducted performance appraisals on LTU staff
Inspector of Taxes, 2003 - 03/2007
Central Revenue Department City, STATE,
  • Conducted tax audits on taxpayers.
  • Produced tax audit reports.
  • Ensured taxpayers compliance with payment and filing obligation.
  • Advised taxpayers on tax issues.
Assistant Inspector of Taxes, 04/1999 - 11/2002
Central Revenue Department City, STATE,
  • Planned and executed enforcement activities.
  • Inspected tax returns and carryout desk audits.
  • Prepared and issued tax assessments to taxpayers.


Tax Officer, 01/1997 - 03/1999
Central Revenue Department City, STATE,
  • Ensured tax returns are processed efficiently.
  • Maintained and up to date records of taxpayers' liability and payments.
Senior Tax Clerk, 11/1991 - 1997
Central Revenue Department City, STATE,
  • Maintained taxpayer files.
  • Issued tax clearance certificates.
  • Provided first point of contact for taxpayers requiring assistance.
Education
Certificate: Management, Expected in 2009
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HMRC Staff College - Lincoln, England
GPA:
Status -
  • Leadership and management skills
  • Self-awareness and impact
  • Communication and presentation skills
  • Working collaboratively for improved performance
  • Managing performance
  • Managing change
  • Getting more for less
  • Delivering better compliance
  • Engaging with customers for improved performance
  • International tax and frontiers issues
  • Human resource management
Certificate: Management, Expected in 2007
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Management Institute for National Development (MIND) - Kingston,
GPA:
Status -
  • Management development and organizational development.
  • Understanding difference and learning about others.
  • Interpersonal skills, team skills and processes, leadership and performance management.
  • Systems thinking, continuous improvement, business planning and presentation skills.
  • Commonwealth perspective; tax administration module and best practice design for tax.
  • Risk management and strategic planning.
  • Tax compliance administration, audit case selection and risk based auditing.
  • Planning investigations/large company investigations and cost benefit analysis.
  • Value added taxes.
  • Management of disputes.
  • Tax evasion/avoidance and underground economy/money laundering.
  • Fraudulent transactions.
  • Issues relating to multinational corporates expatriate employees.
Certificate: Taxation, Expected in 2004
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HMRC Staff College - Lincoln, England
GPA:
Status -

Personal development

  • Self-awareness and impact.
  • Communication and presentation skills.

Engagement with the taxpayer

  • Customer focus.
  • Business tax interventions.
  • Personal tax interventions.
  • Accounts examination.
  • Case selection and risk analysis.
  • Techniques for collecting returns and payments.

Compliance strategy

  • Special investigations and civil investigations of fraud.
  • Understanding avoidance.
  • Criminal investigations in practice.

Presentation skills

  • Project and team working.
  • Tribunals including appeals, reviews and evidence.

International taxation

  • Transfer pricing.
  • Tax treaties.
  • Exchange of information.

Taxation of e-commerce

  • Computer record examination.
Association of Certified Chartered Accountants: Accountancy, Expected in 2002
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Kaplan Financial (FTC) - London, England
GPA:
Status -
  • Management Accounting
  • Financial Accounting
  • Financial Management
  • Taxation
  • Audit and Assurance
  • Business Analysis
Association of Accounting Technicians: Accounting, Expected in 1998
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Management Development Institute - Kanifing, KMC
GPA:
Status -
  • Preparing Financial Statements
  • Budgeting
  • Financial Reporting
  • Report Writing
  • Cash Management
  • Risk Management
  • Professional Ethics
Certifications

Certificate:Achieving Management Potential

Certificate: Taxation

Certificate: Management Development

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Languages

English

Affiliations
  • Association of Certified Chartered Accountants (UK)
  • Association of Accounting Technicians(UK)

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School Attended

  • HMRC Staff College
  • Management Institute for National Development (MIND)
  • HMRC Staff College
  • Kaplan Financial (FTC)
  • Management Development Institute

Job Titles Held:

  • Accountant
  • Commissioner of Taxes
  • Deputy Commissioner of Taxes
  • Inspector of Taxes
  • Assistant Inspector of Taxes
  • Tax Officer
  • Senior Tax Clerk

Degrees

  • Certificate
  • Certificate
  • Certificate
  • Association of Certified Chartered Accountants
  • Association of Accounting Technicians

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