Principal Accountant
Current• Establishment of strong working relationships with internal and external stakeholders by delivering high level of legislative interpretation to improve their compliance against ATO and Queensland Treasure, as well as reducing their exposure to tax liabilities and costs.• Negotiating with external stakeholders on FBT and GST legislation analysis and interpretation. Recently changes in FBT legislation such as LAFHA and Vehicle Parking had to be interpretated and it was required to determine a standardised approach of how to apply the legislation in the analysis of the FBT data across the portfolio of corporate clients. • Liaison with the ATO and OSR QLD and its respective equivalents in NSW and VIC in order to resolve tax related debt issues and to avoid penalties.• Management of team training and workshop presentations.• Management of a multicultural and age diverse group including conflict resolution, liaison with HR to resolve interpersonal conflict between team members, organisation of recruitment processes for new team members and for acting roles within the team and organisation of productivity incentives across the team due to challenging situations as part of EOFY processes and deliverables.• Definition of strategy for team culture improvement and redesigning performance metrics to focus the group on organisational and Customer Service Agreement requirements. • Management of the NTER (National Tax Equivalent Regime) annual return and monthly PAYG and Annual Return. In addition, management of the PRT (Payroll Tax return) Annual Return and monthly instalments. • Management of the FBT and GST Business Activity Statement end to end processes for all the Government Departments under my supervision.• Development and implementation of monthly GST compliance process improvements through standardisation and automation to improve service quality.• Development of specific advice in several tax topics.
