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Sydney, Nsw, Au

North Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Key Responsibilities:• Completion of the Annual Financial Statements and notes• Monthly submission of GST and annual FBT Return• Control and maintain the general ledger by regularly reconciling balance sheet accounts, producing necessary journals and creating new account numbers when needed.• Apply current knowledge of Australian accounting standards to ensure all functions and processes are performed in line with ATO and legislative requirements.• Liaise with auditors regarding the preparation of annual financial statements and notes.• Initiate improvements to financial processes to ensure ongoing efficiencies.

Wollongong, Australia

Key Responsibilities: • Being part of Interim & Year End audit teams on engagements • Auditing Financial Statements (both stand alone and consolidated entities) in accordance with KPMG’s Key Audit Manual and Australian Accounting Standards• Producing Financial Statements (both stand alone and consolidated entities) in accordance with Accounting principles and standards

Jardine Street, Fairy Meadow

Not-For-Profit ♦ Disability Service Provider ♦ Financial AccountingKey Responsibilities:• Preparation of the Annual Financial Statements and notes• Monthly cash flow statement, cash flow forecast, balance sheet and commentary for Board Meetings• Prepare various statutory returns (i.e. Australian Bureau of Statistics) and grant acquittals for state and federal government departments.• Asset management and identification of capital acquisitions and sales, capitalising accordingly.• Perform monthly depreciation and accruals.• Control and maintain the general ledger: - Reconcile balance sheet accounts. - Produce necessary journals. - Create new account numbers.• Submit the monthly GST and annual FBT.• Generate various reports relating to budget and expenditure for internal staff and managers.• Maintain loan accounts and supervise monthly statement reconciliations of bank balances and investments.Selected Achievements:• Created effective claiming methods during the NDIS transition, resulting in regular revenue into the bank account.• Created a new asset management register in line with Australian accounting standards which has enabled the organisation to easily capture more data relating to assets. This new register can now easily show the breakdown of owned, managed and leased assets. • Developed processes to capture motor vehicle operating expenditure, as well as Technology One Xlone reports to regularly report and analyse this data. This has resulted in the ability to report on how much motor vehicles are costing the organisation at an operating level. In turn, management is able to use this information to assist them in making strategic decisions with regards to transport in the future.

Sydney, Australia

Local Government ♦ Financial AccountingKey Responsibilities:• Provided strong leadership and supervised Finance and Accounting staff to support a compliant and efficient accounting function.• Prepared various statutory returns and grant acquittals. • Asset management. • Managed Section 94 Development Contributions.• Prepared annual financial statements. • Controlled and maintained the general ledger. • Processed various journal entries.• Produced various reports with regards to budget and expenditure for internal staff and managers.Selected Achievements:• Successfully finalised year end processes in new role as Financial Accountant, as well as year end processes in previous role as Accountant (due to a 3 month lapse of the position being filled). This was achieved during a difficult and challenging time within council due to the threat of a possible merger.

Sydney, Australia

Local Government ♦ AccountingKey Responsibilities:• Prepared various statutory returns and grant acquittals. • Prepared and submitted FBT return and GST. • Generated Note 9 - Property, Plant & Equipment in annual financial statements.• Identified capital acquisitions and sales. • Maintained the asset management system.• Reconciled monthly income and expenditure for the Kiama Leisure Centre.• Supervised monthly statement of bank balances and investments.• Maintained the loan register and calculated interest applicable for long term debtors. • Controlled and maintained the general ledger. Selected Achievements:• Worked closely with the engineering department to overhaul the asset management system and integrate it with the engineering asset data using work orders. This resulted in the financial asset system being identical to the engineering asset system, therefore, council could be confident that all assets were accounted for appropriately. It also made budgeting for capital works, capitalising assets and reporting on expenditure much easier due to the work orders that were now linking to both systems.

Sydney, Australia

Scholarship ♦ Finance & Logistics DepartmentResponsibilities & Achievements:• Awarded the UOW Integrated Learning Scholarship and worked within the Finance & Logistics Department:- Created, entered and updated vendors and customers in SAP.- Created and entered journals for accruals and prepayments in SAP.- Produced and analysed monthly cost centre reports in SAP.- Entered data for unit account balances in preparation for financial statements.

Sydney, Australia

Sydney, Australia

Responsibilities & Achievements:• Created, entered and updated journals. • Created and maintained ledger account numbers, reporting structures and budgets. • Prepared FBT and GST returns.• Monitored expenditure and assisted with the preparation of monthly/quarterly reports.• Assisted with the preparation of financial statements, budgets and management plans.• Performed monthly reconciliations of clearing accounts and bank accounts.• Reconciled the trust register to the ledger monthly.• Managed council’s investments. • Processed Payroll and Accounts Payable whilst staff where on leave.• Prepared and monitored grants income and expenditure and claims.• Awarded ‘Employee of the Quarter’ on 2 occasions (Jul - Sep 2007 & Apr - Jun 2009).• Selected for the Women in Local Government Mentoring Program in 2009. • Participated in the Local Government Challenge in 2009.

Cpa, Accounting

Bachelor Of Business & Commerce, Accounting, Distinction

Advanced Ms Excel

Diploma Of Accounting, Accounting