Daniel Smith Email & Phone Number

Sydney, Nsw, Au

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Sydney

Sydney, Australia

Sydney, Australia

Responsibilities:• Full financial management of finance function• Management of four staff members, including conducting staff reviews• Preparation of board reports on a quarterly basis• Preparation of management reporting pack on a monthly basis• Ad hoc reporting to senior managers (departmental and regional)• Preparation of cash flow estimates on a monthly basis• Overview of entire budgeting process, including variance analysis• Management of audit process with external auditorsKey achievements:• Review of charge out rates of resources resulting in a potential increase in revenue of approximately $2 million• Implementation of new Accounting System, from MYOB to SAP including documentation of entire process• Improved monthly management reporting for Departmental and Regional managers• Mentoring of a member of the finance team to pass her professional qualifications.

Sydney

Responsibilities:• Financial management of six separate companies• Control of month end accounting process• Taxation estimates on a quarterly basis• Management of five staff members, including conducting staff reviews• Preparation of cash flow estimates on a monthly basis• Treasury management of companies• Preparation of board reports on a monthly basisKey achievements: • Introduction of monthly processes to reduce month end close, to ensure greater accuracy of transactions and consolidations.

Sydney, Australia

Responsibilities:• Preparation of month end management accounts for relevant business units in line with Group finance month end processes and individual company timetables• Preparation of monthly, quarterly and annual budgets, monitoring of actual results against budget. • Preparation and review of forecasts, monitoring actual results against forecasts.• Reporting the results of this analysis to the various line managers in the company• Preparation and review of Cash Flow statements• Planning of monthly reporting including preparing timetables, pro-forma accounts etc• Ensure SOX compliance• Preparation of annual AIFRS financial statements for company and including pre-audit planning and preparation of audit file• Liaise with auditors to ensure accurate and timely delivery of accounts to stakeholders• Preparation of tax effect note for statutory accounts• Preparation and review of monthly, quarterly BAS/PAYG reports• Preparation/review of income tax returns and other statutory returns such as FBT, Payroll, Workers Comp declarations etcKey achievements• Implementation of a new payroll system• Introduction of improved reporting for senior management focusing on forecasting• Improvements in month end process resulting in more timely reporting for management.

Sydney, Australia

Responsibilities:• Preparation of Financial Statements and Income Tax Returns for various entities, including but not limited to:- Analysis of business against benchmarking to ensure the clients business is being run most efficiently.- Review of bookkeeping practices of the business to ensure the correct treatment for accounting / compliance- Preparation of quarterly tax reviews to prepare the companies stakeholders for annual taxation liability.• Other compliance / taxation issues- Regular contact with clients to ensure all compliance and taxation issues were adhered to.- Audit assistance with clients to ensure they are correctly prepared for audit by external auditors.- Contact with the Australian Taxation Office to ensure client’s taxation compliance deadlines are met.- Review of monthly accounts for larger businesses to ensure they are run most efficiently.- Assistance with start up companies in all areas of business, including internal controls and accounting systems.• Internal - Supervision of four employees, including staff reviews on a quarterly basis- Providing training on an ad-hoc basis.- Preparation of internal budgets for group, including timing of compliance work to ensure staff was able to commit to each of the jobs.- Implementation of new accounting reporting software for entire company, including training for all employees.

Graduate Diploma, Accounting

Commerce, Accounting