Avegail Pitman Email & Phone Number

Sydney, Australia

Seven West Media is one of Australia’s leading integrated media companies, with a market-leading presence in broadcast television, magazine and newspaper publishing and online.Manage the Group’s financial accounting and reporting, ASX reporting, management and Board reporting.Control the finance and accounting methods, practices and procedures of the.

Sydney Area, Australia

• My role was focused on the timely delivery of audited financial statements and management of client expectations. I was required to manage teams of up to 30 staff split across multiple clients, while simultaneously.
• Deliver positive and negative financial statement adjustments to clients
• Maintain audit quality and standards across multiple teams and clients
• Maintain audit budget and profitability
• Managing cultural diversity and team cohesion under pressure
• Deliver difficult messages to a variety of stakeholders

London, United Kingdom

• I gained international experience dealing with the challenges faced by Listed Companies, having coordinated the audits of Live Nation, Gannett/Newsquest, Virgin Media, Universal Music and Orange mobile with operations.
• Experience in IFRS, USGAAP, UKGAAP & Sarbanes Oxley reporting
• A sound understanding of UK statutory reporting requirements.
• A wide variety of small, medium, large company experience, including both listed and private companies
• Extensive experience working with international teams, both in reporting into overseas teams and in managing overseas teams reporting to me
• Leading engagement teams of up to 15 people, including individuals from a wide variety of countries and cultural backgrounds.Clients included:

Sydney, Australia

• Starting life at Ernst & Young as an accountant, I gained experience and developed through to Senior Accountant (transferring to UK at Assistant Manager level).Achievements
• Developing audit approach for shared service centre for APAC region
• Designed and implemented procedures to ensure initial Sarbanes-Oxley compliance
• Gained qualification for Institute of Chartered Accountants Australia
• Leading teams of up to 15 people while as first year senior accountant
• Co-ordinating teams across APAC region as a first year senior accountantClients included: