Mahewash Shahid
Headford,Ireland
Summary
Dedicated professional with extensive expertise in customer service, problem solving, and strong communication skills. Proven ability to work under pressure while maintaining attention to detail and ethical integrity. Proficient in Microsoft Excel, IDEA, BrightBooks, Conformation.com, and Sage software. Experienced in audit preparation, bank reconciliation, corporate tax preparation, VAT calculating and preparation, and GAAP knowledge. Adept at critical evaluation and time efficiency with a commitment to continuous improvement and adaptability within team environments.
Overview
5
5
years of professional experience
9
9
years of post-secondary education
Work history
Accounts assistant
Andrew P. Quinn & Associates Limited
Ballycoolin, Dublin 15
2025.03 - 2026.04
- Assisting with audit engagements, including preparation of audit files, performing substantive testing, and requesting supporting documentation from clients
- Carrying out audit procedures such as sample testing and reconciliations, and rolling forward workpapers from prior periods
- Preparing financial statements in accordance with relevant accounting standards and statutory requirements, including detailed checks on formatting, calculations, and consistency with notes
- Liaising directly with clients to request information, follow up on outstanding items, and resolve queries in a timely manner
- Preparing corporation tax computations and CT1 returns, including analysis of financial statements, identification of disallowable expenses, and calculation of taxable profits
- Supporting the preparation of income tax computations for individual clients, ensuring all income sources are accurately captured and assessed
- Assisting in the preparation of bimonthly VAT reports and coordinating with clients to gather the required information
- Monitoring compliance deadlines to ensure all filings and obligations are met on time
- Participating in engagement team meetings to provide progress updates and flag any issues
- Actively engaging in professional development to build technical knowledge across audit and tax disciplines
Trainee Auditor
Grant Thornton
Dublin
2023.10 - 2024.11
- Review draft financial statements with attention to detail, conducting thorough grammatical, punctuation, and arithmetical checks, while ensuring alignment with FS notes.
- Execute cash cut-off testing and unrecorded liabilities testing, ensuring accuracy and completeness of financial data.
- Proficiently complete FRS 102 checklist.
- Co-ordinate with team members to allocate tasks and address inquiries effectively, fostering productive collaboration.
- Actively engage in ongoing professional development through Grant Thornton CPD.
- Summarise board minutes and vouch invoices using Datasnipper, ensuring accuracy and compliance with audit standards.
- Facilitate smooth transition by rolling forward work-papers from previous audits to current engagements.
- Participate in regular catch-up meetings with the engagement team to provide updates on audit progress and address any challenges.
- Conduct substantive testing for expenses, and financial statement notes, ensuring accuracy and reliability of financial information.
- Prepare planning workpapers, get manager feedback, and update review comments to enhance work quality.
- Utilise kiteworks to request and track client information, proactively following up to ensure timely submission.
- Actively participate in firmwide Teams calls, such as lunch and learn sessions and town halls, contributing to organisational knowledge sharing.
- Validate independent confirmation balances to client figures, ensuring accuracy and reliability of financial data.
Sales assistant
JD Sports Fashion PLC
Galway
2022.05 - 2022.09
- Welcomed all customers who entered the store.
- Ensured the store remained clean and tidy.
- Update prices on clothing.
- Interacting customers and dealing with any queries from them.
- Working as a team to achieve goals.
- Assisted in setting store promotions and displayed such as discount tags an item.
- Ensuring each product had the correct barcode and prices.
Sales assistant
New Look
Galway
2021.10 - 2021.12
- Greeted all customers with kindness.
- Ability to work under pressure during Christmas season.
- Ensuring all products had the correct discount displayed.
- Keeping the floor tidy.
- Working as a team to achieve company’s target and goals.
- Maintained company standards by ensuring item had correct barcode and prices.
Education
Chartered Accountants Ireland
Bachelor of Business (Hons) - accounting
Atlantic Technological University
Galway 2019.01 - 2023.01
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Our lady’s college
Galway 2016.01 - 2019.01
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Mean Scoil Mhuire
Galway 2014.01 - 2016.01
Skills
- Customer Service
- Working under pressure
- Active Listener
- Problem Solving
- Strong Communication Kills
- Teamwork
- Microsoft Excel
- IDEA
- BrightBooks
- Conformationcom
- Attention to detail
- Adaptability
- Ethical integrity
- Audit preparation
- Bank reconciliation
- Corporate tax preparation
- Time efficiency
- Critical evaluation
- GAAP knowledge
- VAT preparation
- VAT calculating
- Basic tax knowledge
- Sage software
References
Available on request.
Interests and Achievements
- Won first place for “best overall app” in NUIG for science event.
- I enjoy different sports ranging from basketball, archery, and badminton.
- Won many sports competitions in secondary school and college.
- Organized different events in secondary school such as a bake sale for Irish cancer society and raised over 1500 euro.
Languages
English
Native
Urdu
Fluent
Timeline
Accounts assistant
Andrew P. Quinn & Associates Limited
2025.03 - 2026.04
Trainee Auditor
Grant Thornton
2023.10 - 2024.11
Sales assistant
JD Sports Fashion PLC
2022.05 - 2022.09
Sales assistant
New Look
2021.10 - 2021.12
Bachelor of Business (Hons) - accounting
Atlantic Technological University
2019.01 - 2023.01
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Our lady’s college
2016.01 - 2019.01
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Mean Scoil Mhuire
2014.01 - 2016.01
Chartered Accountants Ireland