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Hamilton, Waikato, New Zealand

Hamilton, Waikato, New Zealand

Auckland, New Zealand

Hamilton, New Zealand

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Contract role

Hamilton, New Zealand

Work in Finance Delivery Centre (old Fonterra Business Services) providing financial and management accounting requirements for Fonterra's Largest NZ entity. I have lead five different roles within Reporting services and currently leading two high risk roles being:- Inventory Accountant - Milk Accountant I have previously lead:- Global Supply Chain- Support ServicesI oversee these functions as well at doing reporting for COGS and leading the project team for FTE reporting.

Sydney - Australia

Business Analyst – Expense Management TeamWhile in this position I was responsible for:• Month end direct expense reporting• FTE reporting, focus on bridging gap between HR metrics and financial metrics, data clean up and analysis• Expense optimisation project – Telecommunications validation, data clean up and base lining of current costs• Resolving ad hoc queries from businesses and management• Extracting, Manipulating and amalgamating large amounts of data to create useful information for decision making

While in this position I was responsible for:• Month end accounts and monthly processing• Balance sheet reconciliations• Process improvement• Team Leader of GST transitional group• Liaising with different levels of management and frontline staff• Ad hoc analysis and interpretation of data.• Ensuring relevant accounting standards are being met and applied.• This role had elements of financial and management accounting.Key sectors:• Mental Health• Education• Employment &• Workforce initiatives.

While in this position I was responsible for:• Daily P&L process – Daily reporting of P&L and reconciliation to month end numbers.• Investigating large or unusual P&L transactions and liaising with other product controllers and business managers to clear items which were being held out of the daily P&L.• Month End reporting – Month end journals, Intercompany balances, Supplementary Data packs, Balance Sheet substantiation.• FX sells downs & rolling term deposits for subsidiary. • Aiding and ensuring that re-designation of assets from Held for trading (HFT) to Loans and Receivables (LAR) was correct and went to the correct business cost centres.Key sectors:• Global Banking Markets (GBM)• Corporate Banking

While in this position I was responsible for:• Entire audit file• Leading teams of up to 3 people, from planning to delegating work, reviewing and reporting.• Reviewing the juniors work• Mentoring/training the junior and ensuring that all sections or the audit were being completed and to a level ready to be reviewed by the manager and partner.• Testing and understanding of all material accounts and balances. Obtaining management explanation and analytical review.Key sectors audited while in financial services:• Master and feeder funds• Fund of Funds• Insurance companies (direct & reinsurance)• Securitisations • Management companies

While in this position I was responsible for:• Strong internal control focus and testing, testing of all seven major business cycles per Deloitte methodology.• Responsible for the entire audit file• Leading teams of up to 6 people, from planning to delegating work, reviewing and reporting.• Reviewing the juniors work• Mentoring/training the junior and ensuring that all sections or the audit were being completed and to a level ready to be reviewed by the manager and partner.• Audited opening balance sheet for transition from NZ GAAP to NZ IFRS, and audited prior year restatement to NZ IFRS. • Testing and understanding of all material accounts and balances.Key sectors audited:• Energy• Health• Local government• Banking• Fishing• Forestry/pulp & paper• Chemicals

While in this position I was responsible for:Preparing financial statements that complied with New Zealand Tax Law and NZ GAAPPreparing company and individual tax returns under the taxes payable methodPreparing goods and services tax returnsPreparing fringe benefit tax returnsKey sectors/entities accounts prepared for:Not for profit organisations, Sole traders, partnerships, Companies (exempt and differential)RetailPanel beaters/car paintersAviationBuilders

Bms, Accounting

Ca, Chartered Accountant

Bachelor, Management Studies; Accounting