Andrea Compton Email & Phone Number

Wellington, Nz

Wellington, Wellington Region, New Zealand

Wellington, Wellington Region, New Zealand

Wellington, Wellington Region, New Zealand

Ngauranga to Petone Cycleway

Wellington Region, New Zealand

• Working in the Grid Delivery Division providing support services to the capital delivery teams who deliver $300m of capital works per year.• Managing a team of 15 staff, three direct and two Team Leaders. • Providing Administration, Coordination and Analytical Services to Senior Managers and their Project Managers (40+) throughout New Zealand.• Establishing the governance, systems, frameworks, reporting, controls, and assurance to support streamlined and robust project and programme delivery.• Designing the flow and use of project and programme data and information to understand performance, compliance and identify process enhancements.• Successfully restructured and rebuilt the function for more streamlined service.• Mitigated business risk through changes to processes and procedures.• Set up Management Operating Systems (MOS) meetings to report KPI’s and drive performance through accountability.

Wellington, Wellington Region, New Zealand

• Managed a team of six Management Accountants.• Presented monthly Business Performance reports to the CEO and GMT.• Produced annual budgets, monthly OPEX and CAPEX reporting packs and monthly board reports on Major CAPEX projects.• Assisted Project Managers with decision making and provided financial support to Cost Centre Managers, Project Managers, and their support teams.• Merged the Grid and Non-Grid Management Accounting teams together.• Developed and implemented modern reporting packs for Senior Management.• Designed and implemented the OPEX budget system, replacing spreadsheets with a systemised tool, creating efficiencies.

London, United Kingdom

Honeywell provided the Intergrated Security System for the London 2012 Olympic Games. My role was Financial Controller which involved the following:• Forecasted and reported monthly revenue, margin, and variation results.• Analysed over/under expenditure against budget.• Forecasted and monitored Labour expenditure.• Authorised and reconciled budgets combined with Variations from the client.• Monitored expenditure and Cost to Complete forecasts daily.• Forecasted Expenditure for length of Project.• Maintained financial integrity of the SAP system.• Assisted Commercial team with payments and retention releases.• Assisted with external auditors.• Analysed Subcontractor pricing which led to substantial savings against budget.The role required me to efficient and accurate and highly organised. I needed to be pro-active and deal with both internal and external people on all levels.I reported to Paul Bowley (Finance Manager) and Tom Bain (Project Director).

London, United Kingdom

Reconciling the General Ledger to the Olympic Development Authority Claims, dating back to 2006.Monthly Claims to the Olympic Development Authority.Completing Monthly Cost ReportsVariance Analysis of Cashflow Forecasts.Reconciling two accounting systems.Compiling Subcontractor payments for head office payment, approx £25mil per month.Assisting with Weekly Cashflow when required.Authorisation and reconciliation of budgetsAssisting with Year End Information, including liaison with Auditors.Forecasting Expenditure for length of Project.Maintaining financial integrity of the Cost Management System.Reported to Julie Higman, Project Controller, then Craig Jenner DD&C Financial Controller2 Direct Reports, Project Accountant and Assistant Project Accountant.Promoted to Project Controller to cover Maternity Leave.

Worked for Transit prior to merger with LTSA.I was the Financial Accountant, reporting to Treasury and the Ministry of Transport.Preparation of Annual Financial Statements, including liaising with external auditors.Preparation of Financial Submissions to the Transit Board.Preparation of Quarterly report to the Ministry of Transport.Preparation of Monthly Financial Reports to Treasury.FBT and GST returns and payments to the Inland Revenue Department.Credit ManagementMaintenance of Fixed Asset Register.Reported to John Clark, Corporate Finance Manager.

Preparation of month end accounts for Fulton Hogan and Horokiwi Quarries (a Joint Venture of Fulton Hogan). Including turnover, job margin reports, current assets and balance sheet.Management of 4 direct staff and 3-4 indirect staff members within the administration team.Management of Fulton Hogan’s Insurance claims.Daily bank reconciliation’s and cash banking for Fulton Hogan and Horokiwi Quarries.Preparing GST, FBT and PAYE returns for Horokiwi Quarries.Entering and reconciling payment certificates for various contracts with Transit New Zealand and other Local Authorities.Preparation of year-end accounts for Fulton Hogan and Horokiwi Quarries, including liaising with external and internal auditors.Assisting training of engineers in the financial aspects of their role.Internal auditing and system improvements.Preparation of annual budgets.Initially employed to do the month end accounts, however after one month was managing the payroll, AP, AR and fleet staff members. Also indirectly managing staff that performed other administration tasks such as reception.Reduced the current reporting time-line from 10 days to 8 days, and was further working to reducing it to 6 days.Reported to Nigel Lockhart, Business Manager.

I worked for Horwath Wellington Ltd, who have since merged with BDO spicers.Preparation of month end accounts, year end accounts and tax returns for Companies, partnerships, sole traders, trusts, individuals, joint ventures and LAQC’s.Liaising with clientsBudgetsGST, FBT and PAYE return to the Inland Revenue Department.Preparing KPI’s for clients.Liaising with the tax team and providing tax advice to clients.Provide on-going training to the teamShare transfers and maintaining share registers.New company set-upsLiquidation of companiesConsolidationsGifting and liaising with LawyersAsset and depreciation maintenanceShare buy backsDividend preparation.Provisional tax calculations and payments.Review of two employees work, although not direct reports.Reported to Bruce Lay, who was the team leader. Partner was Roger Shackelford.