Responsible for company-wide financial and management accounting functions. Leader of a team of direct reports including Assistant Accountant, Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable, Payroll and Reception.Strategic• Prepare budgets and monitor performance, including forecasting, financing and cash flows.• Prepare board papers in relation to proposed distributions.• Liaise with shareholder analysts regarding all aspects of the company’s performance.Strategic Accomplishments• All Board papers approved without query.• Successful correlation of company and shareholder financial models.Finance• Scheduling and management of annual budgeting and monthly profit forecast process and preparation, including liaising with the departmental managers.• Preparation, analysis and timely submission of monthly financial results, cash flow and reports to senior management.• Manage the finance team to ensure that the yearly accounting processes and procedures are completed accurately and in a timely manner.• Oversight of receivables and payables to ensure, in particular, that all revenue is accurately charged.• Calculate distributions to shareholders, taking into account cash flows, bank covenants, retained earnings, reserves and franking credits.Finance Accomplishments• All audits completed without qualification.• Successfully researched solution to enable payment of dividends above the level of retained earnings of the company.• All statutory accounts lodged on time.Reporting• Prepare annual statutory accounts and returns.• Prepare ad-hoc reports as required.Compliance• Complete company, trust and consolidated statutory accounts within ASIC timeframes.• Ensure all taxation obligations (income tax, FBT, land tax, payroll tax) are complied with.Audit• Liaise with external auditors to complete the audit of statutory accounts.• Liaise with external auditors for internal audit items as directed by the board. Implement any improvements as recommended.

Financial management• Supervise and manage the financial function.• Prepare budgets and monitor performance.• Prepare and maintain payroll, taxation, superannuation and long service leave in accordance with legal and statutory requirements.• Prepare annual statutory accounts and returns.• Source and monitor government funding for capital and recurrent purposes.Administration• Act as Company Secretary as well as attending Board meetings.• Maintain office and administrative services, supervise non-teaching staff.• In conjunction with the Principal, recommend staffing structures and terms and conditions to the Board.• Management of contracts with external bodies.Property Management• Monitor and supervise the maintenance, upgrade and insurance of buildings, grounds and fixed assets.Risk management• Identify and make recommendations concerning OH&S and risk management policies and procedures in relation to staff and student safety within and outside the school precinct.• Develop and conduct evacuation, induction and other staff programs.