Rate My Professor Michael Roofe

Michael Roofe serves as a Lecturer in the Finance and Accounting Unit of the Mona School of Business & Management at the University of the West Indies, Mona Campus. He earned a B.Sc. (Hons.) in Management Studies with a concentration in Accounting in 1985 and an M.Sc. in Accounting in 1989, both from the University of the West Indies, Mona. Roofe holds professional qualifications as a Certified Management Accountant (CMA), Chartered Global Management Accountant (CGMA), Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (FCCA), and Certified Public Accountant (CPA, Georgia, 2000). He teaches undergraduate courses including Management Accounting I (ACCT2017), Accounting for Managers (ACCT2019), and Management Accounting II (ACCT3039), and graduate courses such as Advanced Management Accounting (ACCT6105).

With more than 25 years of professional experience in financial management, management accounting, and financial reporting across private and public sectors, Roofe previously served as Finance Manager at GraceKennedy Limited, Finance Director at the National Commercial Bank of Jamaica Limited, Finance Manager at the Urban Development Corporation, Bank Examiner at the Bank of Jamaica (1996-1999), Lecturer at the University of Technology (1993-1996), Management Accountant at Mutual Security Bank (1991-1992), and Operations Auditor at the Revenue Board (1989-1991 and 1986-1987). He has been a Lecturer in the Department of Management Studies at the University of the West Indies since 2003. His research interests include cost and management accounting and factors informing executive compensation packages in the private sector. Key publications and presentations feature "A Commentary on SMEs in Brazil: Lessons for Jamaica and the Caribbean," co-authored with Alison E. Stone Roofe in Social and Economic Studies (Volume 65, nos. 2 and 3, 2016), presented at the 2015 Inaugural Mona School of Business and Management Conference, and a 2017 conference abstract on integrity in business finance, corporate governance, and ethics with case studies from Jamaica and Brazil.

Roofe was awarded the 2012-2013 Faculty of Social Sciences Excellence in Teaching Award. He contributes to committees including the Public Sector Accounting Standards Committee and the Jamaica Stock Exchange Listing and Disclosure Committee.