Gavin Colaco Email & Phone Number

Auckland, Nz

Auckland, New Zealand

Auckland, New Zealand

· Ensure understanding and management of contracts, following up on contractual items on a regular basis.· Negotiate claims, variations, changes and disputes with contractors in collaboration with Project Management and others as required.· Evaluate and prepare supplier claims as required.· Ensure communication of contract administration process, changes to contracts and subcontracting activities to all key stakeholders. · Facilitates contract life cycle management from planning to execution and performancestewardship and feedback.· Develop and administer contracts and procurement compliance plans.· Develop and execute administrative processes that advance the Project’s procedures, goals andobjectives.· Interface with the project team, internal departments and external vendors on matters such as cost, performance, progress assessment, payments, reporting, trends, and change orders.· Liaise with subject matter experts on the Project team regarding functional areas.· Manage contract milestone activities, and close-out activities, ensuring orderly turnover of Project.· Act as a liaison and coordinator amongst key stakeholders.

Auckland, New Zealand

Auckland, New Zealand

•Assisting in the transition of AP activities from Methven Ltd to GWA group Ltd.•Timely and accurate processing of invoices•Organising payment runs for local and international suppliers.•Supplier statement reconciliations.•Quick and effective resolution of accounts payable issues.•Month-end journals and reconciliations.•Expense claims and credit card processing.•Providing additional support to the wider Finance team.

Auckland, New Zealand

• Responsible for all financial transactions within STC, ensuring all mandatory data is present and policies have been adhered to within agreed service level agreements and to re-educate where issues are identified. • The primary tasks include the validation of transactional documents and generating requisitions / Purchase Order requests on behalf of the University, handling customer as well as supplier queries, invoice processing, running payment cycles and suggesting ways to improve the process and enhancing customer experience.• Despite being in the process for less than a year, I have been able to understand and operate under all the transactional categories and also attained an in-depth knowledge on SciQuest which enabled me to resolve critical problems on behalf of the faculties. Also, being receptive to the feedback from senior staff helped me grow within the organization.

India

• The job primarily consisted of consolidating and administering the clients’ accounts from an accounting perspective. We also provided additional services to them by rendering monthly statements, notifying them of upcoming premium payments and redressing their queries.• It also included activities such as conducting bank reconciliations and monitoring cash flow operations such as collection of premiums from clients and arranging payments to Insurers.• As a senior team member, I undertook activities such as generating and monitoring debt control & outstanding cash reports leading to effective reduction of the company’s debt and efficient allocation of cash inflows.• Worked closely with the Operations manager and team manager in forecasting future revenues and also recommended procedures for streamlining the process to ensure the team goals were aligned with that of the organization.

Master'S Degree, Business Administration, Management And Operations, 6.1

• Specialized in Business and graduated with Merit (GPA = 6.1). • The key subjects covered were Economics for managers, Managing people &.

Bachelor Of Commerce - Bcom, Business/Commerce, General, First Class

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