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Summary
Over 10 years group financial accounting experience in varied industry area including month end and year end consolidated reports, balance sheet reconciliation, fixed asset maintenance, budgeting and forecasting, GST/BAS and payroll tax, cash flow reporting and variance analysis. Strong analytical skills and my ability to use those skills to see all sides of a problem. Highly effective communication skills and ability to work with all types of people.
Employment History
Jan 2009 – present:Senior Management Accountant
Sydney, NSW, Australia
Nestle Pty Ltd
Reporting to the GM of Finance, I am responsible for the preparation and interpretation of financial and operational reports to support senior management achieve profit targets. I also coordinate and prepare budgets and forecasts, partner across functions and geographies, allowing me to contribute to broader business strategies.
Jan 2005 – Dec 2008:Financial Accountant
Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Estate Properties of Australia
Responsible for the financial and management accounts of Estate Property Group, including 26 property investment and development companies, total value of worth approximately $630 million. Responsible for a team of 8 accountants.
Responsibilities:
Prepare monthly management accounts
Assisting the Financial controller when preparing statutory accounts
Assisting year-end group consolidation account
Involved in annual budgets preparation, monthly forecasts, and strategic plans for potential development site.
Tax consolidations accounting for sales in real estate properties
Annual payroll tax calculation
Assisting year-end group tax return
Liaison with auditors and prepare audit work papers
Prepare daily cash forecasts
Intercompany transactions
Review daily bank reconciliations
Review weekly suppliers’ payment
Weekly PAYG withholding lodgement
Review monthly property deposit reconciliation
Weekly loan & bank bill reconciliation
Monthly payroll tax calculation and lodgement
Monthly fixed asset ledger maintenance
Monthly insurance finance ledger maintenance
Maintenance commercial and residential lease income, sale and purchase settlement ledger
Assist in monthly cash flow reporting
Monthly inter-company loan reconciliation and suspense accounts clearing
Monthly and quarterly BAS
Dealing with all the management and financial transactions including borrowing costs, holding costs, assets register, bank bill, accrual and prepayment etc
Group land tax returns
Annual FBT return
Hire purchase and leasing
Keeping abreast of changes in accounting and taxation regulations
Key Achievements:
Involved in group annual budgets preparation with financial controller and directors, provide budget for borrowing cost base on 36 million first rank mortgage and $33 million secured loans to the high level management.
Involved in the funding strategy of EPG group including meet the operating costs of the entities and payments required to fund construction.
Created various models and analytical tools to facilitate variance analysis using advanced function of excel e.g. Pivot table
Provided support by way of a strategic plan for the sale of group assets when the organization was under volunteer administration, total sale price of group assets was 580 million.
Jan 2000 – Dec 2004:Senior Accountant
Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Allied Group Holdings Pty Ltd
Senior Accountant of approximately 20 property investment and development accounts, including public listed trust and construction joint venture accounts. Total property & develop management value of approximately $195 million.
Responsibilities:
Working alongside CFO when preparing statutory accounts
Month end processing, GL journals, review/prepare monthly reconciliations of GL accounts, including accounts adjustment between trust and property syndicate
Preparation of Business Activity Statement (BAS)
Assist with corporate budget in preparation and maintenance of budgets and projection using both Excel and Prolog Manager software
Manage accounting duties of syndicate capital funded start-up and review the investors funding detail
Assist financial controller in preparation quarterly distribution to investors
Assist in the consolidation of three listed property subsidiaries
Preparation of year-end tax return
Establish and maintain close relationships with bank managers, auditors and solicitors, ensuring compliance with all regulatory bodies
Review the reports from facility managers for four self-storage businesses
Accounts payable – processing and payment of invoices by due date
Debt collection and debtor management
Bank reconciliation; provide cash flow forecasts /analysis for senior management
Jan 1995 – Dec 1999:Accountant
Melbourne, NSW, Australia
Axel & Sons Consulting
Prepare, review and analyse financial statements
Write and present reports
Measure all financial operations including financial statements, expenses and requests
Meet with clients on a regular basis to discuss processes, accounts and financial statements
Manage and train staff for various accounting tasks
Deal with all technical client issues
Investigate and reconcile discrepancies when they occur
Comply with policies, procedures and standards at all times
Managed the accounts of our largest international clients
Nominated for Australia’s CA Candidate of the Year Award
Team leader for the implementation of a customer service survey
Education / Qualifications
Master of Accounting Victoria University Graduated: December 1994
Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Bachelor of Business (Accounting) Victoria University Graduated: December 1992
Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Skills
Name
Proficiency
MYOB
Advanced
SAP
Intermediate
ERP
Advanced
Oracle
Advanced
Microsoft Excel
Advanced
Immigration / Work Status
Australia – Citizen
Hobbies / Interests
Digital photography, political history, classical guitar, professional networking, triathlon, international travel, Asian cooking, architectural history, digital technology.