Anna Fraser Email & Phone Number

Auckland, New Zealand

Responsibilities• Business Partnering with the Asset Investment (AI) team• Implementing the strategic plan as part of the AI leadership team• Providing the business with monthly financial reports and ad hoc analysis when required• Providing strategic and commercial advice and guidance for decision making • Reviewing business cases to justify capital spend• Producing and analysing monthly capital expenditure information• Producing budgets and forecasts in conjunction with business managersMy achievements to date are:• Key player in developing & testing a new capital expenditure report which meets the needs of both the Finance and Operational areas of the business• Implementing improvements to the capital expenditure process supported by guidance documents and training• Leading a project to review internal charge out rates for capital works to ensure consistency and a clear methodology for future reviews• Reducing the number of cost centres to simplify reporting whilst maintaining visibility of costs incurred

Twickenham, United Kingdom

Responsibilities• Managing the Finance and College Information System departments (14 staff in total)• Overseeing the month end and year end accounts production• Ensuring Government funding returns were submitted on time• Production and monitoring of annual budget in conjunction with budget holders• The main contact for internal and external auditors and insurers• Key player in the upgrade of the College accounting and enrolment software (Resource 32000)Achievements• Providing leadership and focus for a de-motivated department which led to increased productivity and a better service to the organisation and its stakeholders• Implementing a suite of reports to assist management with strategic planning• Creating a flexible workforce which ensured business continuity when holidays, unplanned absence and busy periods occurred • Continuous process and procedure review which ensured efficient working practices

Twickenham, United Kingdom

Responsibilities• Managing the Finance department (6 staff)• Producing monthly consolidated management accounts pack for Executive review• Producing statutory year end accounts and liaising with internal and external auditors• Production of budgets in conjunction with budget holders• Modelling recovery strategies with business managers for a failing organisation• Overseeing monthly payroll processing, purchasing and sales ledger functionsAchievements• Restructure of accounting reports and system coding to accommodate the new College structure• Implementation of a new payroll system from outsourced to in house which saved $100k per annum and a reduction in payroll staff by 0.5FTE• Working with colleagues to improve processes and procedures which led to major time savings and greater efficiency in, and effectiveness of, the finance department.• Mentored a colleague who gained a professional accountancy qualification.• Overcame numerous staffing issues to build a motivated, dedicated Finance department• Ensured all procedures were documented which were invaluable, particularly when unexpected absences occurred

Chelmsford, United Kingdom

Responsibilities• Shared management of the Finance department (5 staff)• Producing monthly management and year end accounts• Liaising with company managers to produce budgets and forecasts• Processing monthly senior managers payroll• Producing weekly cash flows and forecasts• Producing monthly and quarterly VAT (GST) returns• Liaising with solicitors in relation to property sales and land transactionsAchievements• Improving the presentation of the monthly management accounts, making them more user friendly to both financial and non financial colleagues• Reducing the number of days in which the management accounts were produced by 1 week, which provided management with more timely and accurate information• Modelling a new accounts file to incorporate budgeting and variance analysis

London, United Kingdom

Responsibilities• Preparing consolidated management accounts and statutory year end accounts• Accounting for finance leases• Accounting for intercompany loans• VAT (GST) returns with partial exemption calculations• Control account reconciliations including bank reconciliations• Maintaining a fixed asset register• Assisting in the implementation of an accounting system upgrade (Oracle)Achievements• Completed exams and relevant work experience and became an Associate with CIMA• Introduced a control process to ensure that all intercompany billings were recorded in corresponding ledgers in the same month. This improved cashflow with regards VAT (GST) returns• Advised colleagues on basic VAT (GST) rules which reduced the number of errors in VAT reports by 40%

Basildon, United Kingdom

Responsibilities• Processing purchase orders for equipment, machinery and repairs.• Capitalising items where appropriate• Processing a weekly manual payroll• Administering a pension payroll• Payroll control account reconciliations• Intercompany billings for expatriates salariesAchievements:• Liaised with colleagues overseas to reduce the number of unbilled expatriate salaries. This resulted in a clear reconciliation of salaries.• Commenced studies for CIMA qualification