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Forest Lake, Qld, Au

Forest Lake, Queensland, Australia

We work with SMEs and support them to manage their accounting function to ensure business gains control and clarity in underlying financials which are essential for business growth. This is delivered through understanding business needs and reviewing/improving the underlying processes and better use of the accounting platform.We specialize in Keypay, Xero, MYOB and Intuit software.We offer below services either onsite or offsite.1. Book-keeping including Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Bank Reconciliation2. Payroll Services3. BAS Compliance4. Support with Year End/Audit Processes5. Financial Reporting / Analysis6. Cashflow Reporting

Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Milton, Brisbane

As a General Accounting Team Lead reporting to Financial Controller, I am responsible for reporting and compliance of finance functions and supporting wider business community in analysing the results along with supervising/mentoring team of 5 Accountants.Achievements:• Achieved accurate transition of 200+ leases including 10 Property Leases into IFRS 16 accounting. Building leases included complex terms around lease incentives and rent free periods.• Developed Graduate Accountants to a level where they can work with minimal supervision.• Improved the existing reports available out of ERP to provide better financial information and reduce reliance on Excel based template which help to gain time savings of approx. 1 day.• Automated reporting by identifying / verifying reports available out of ERP with a view to reduce reliance on Excel based templates and using ERP to its full potentials.• Transitioned two financial accountant roles into one for two entities by implementing process standardisation and improvements.• Subject matter expert for general accounting related issues to ensure the accuracy of processed transactions. • Participated in transitioning rule based General Accounting work to external service provider and train the cross-border team effectively and at the end of contract successfully transitioned work back to local office and trained/coached new team members to perform the work.• Aligned Chart of Accounts with the revised Business Structure to increase costs visibility.• Enhanced or modified existing Excel Files including modifying macros to upload all the required reports into BPC and achieved substantial time saving by eliminating manual data entry.• Assisted in successful implementation of new accounting system.• Compilation of large data set into meaningful report for International Dealing Schedule for Tax Compliance.

Milton, Brisbane

As a Financial Accountant reporting to Finance Manager, I am responsible for supporting country finance in General Accounting process.Responsibilities:• Perform the review of GL Accounts to ensure the accuracy of the records and rectify the errors if any and prepare balance sheet GL reconciliations.• Maintain financial reporting templates for upload into SAP BPC for Global Consolidation.• Preparation and submission of financial reports like Profit & Loss Statement and Balance Sheet as per reporting timetable.• Maintain Fixed Assets Register.• Prepare month end depreciation and accruals journals.• Review the stock register on monthly basis to analyse the stock movements.• Analyse gross margins and cost to identify the variances and underlying causes.• Prepare Annual Statutory Accounts for Companies Office New Zealand.• Provide required data from ERP for various tax compliances like GST and annual tax returns.• Support or train other team member by sharing the process and system knowledge.

New Zealand

Preparing monthly management reports, annual budgets and analyzing variances between actual and budgets. Assist Country Finance Manager in daily running/operation of finance department. • Supervise AP Functions to ensure the invoices are coded as per the organisations policy and recorded in timely manner to finish the monthly reporting.• Oversee monthly payments to Vendors, which are generated from Accounting System and transferred to internet banking for payment, to ensure only valid payments are sent to bank.• Review the expense claims for proper authorisation and compliance with company policy before payment.• Review Debtors Ageing Report on monthly basis and liaise with Credit Controller to analyse old outstanding balances.• Maintain and Reconcile bank accounts.• Foreign Currency Management such as analysing the currency requirements and performing revaluations at month end.• Maintain Fixed Assets Register and reconcile Fixed Assets Register with GL.• Perform the review of GL Accounts to ensure the accuracy of the records and rectify the errors if any and prepare balance sheet GL reconciliations.• Prepare recharge invoices to Group Companies and perform inter-company reconciliations on monthly basis.• Prepare month end depreciation and accruals journals.• Review WIP for service jobs and prepare necessary journals to ensure accuracy of WIP balances.• Prepare Capital Expenditure Proposals for expansion of existing facilities or for acquisition of new capital equipment.• Assist in ad hoc analysis of business cases such as continuation of business location or outsourcing the business activity.

Associate Chartered Accountant

Bachelor Of Business, Accounting