Accounts receivable related work, both recording receipts and review of work processes

Casual position to check and finalise E.B.A calculations for approx. 600 staff in order for backpay to be finalised in accordance with new E.B.A agreement

Reported to the Corporate Services manager 4 days per week in a fixed term position for 12 months, followed by casual periods June-Aug 18, Nov-Dec 18, May 2019,March 2020 & May 2020• Liaised with Auditors on year-end accounts.• Prepared monthly financial reports for programs managers & board meetings.• Prepared general journal entries and general ledger reconciliations.• Quarterly BAS return

A dual role working 0.2 EFT for Medical Services and 0.8 for Womens and Childrens departments. Provided consultancy and financial advice in business and month end reporting, financial planning, analysis and forecasting.• Prepared business cases for managers of the above departments.• Provided EFT analysis and costings for staff replacement.• Attended monthly divisional performance meetings and presented financial data.

A business partnering role, within the ‘Business Centre for Academic Divisions’; a shared services environment. Responsible for preparing the monthly management reports and analysis for the Senior Vice-Principal’s (S.V.P) and Vice Chancellors Office (V.C.O). • Budgeting and forecasting assistance for the S.V.P and V.C.O departments.• Liaison between the Finance and Planning Group in various compliance matters.• Key Business User of Oracle based, Hyperion People Management and forecasting system.• Secondment to I.T. for five month period, two days per week to assist with preparing (Excel) reports for managers and project completion.• Selected and mentored employee as my replacement for two days per week

UGL is an ASX listed company in Australia, operating in 52 countries. The position was based in Ballarat but the majority of the work related to accounting for Keswick and Great Southern Rail who operated the Ghan and all interstate passenger trains.• Provided ad hoc reports, balance sheet reconciliations, and assistance to the Senior Management Accountant for the Ballarat rail site.• Provided costing to GSR on alternative services that could be provided, with the objective of reducing client costs and maintaining UGL’s contract with them. • Provided monthly results and analysis for the General Manager of the Keswick operation in Adelaide. Prepared draft budget for presentation at client meeting.

Income for Western Region $33M. Reported to Melbourne Head office. As part of the senior management team, participated in decision making for the Western region. • Improved the purchase order system thus providing increased control, better information and ownership/responsibility by the appropriate staff.• Established an ‘adjustments register’ to ensure that all client requests were being attended to promptly. Initiated visit with major client to rectify outstanding issues.• Co-ordinate month end process, prepare monthly financial reports and commentary, balance sheet reconciliations, fixed assets.• Annual budget quarterly forecasting.• Supervision of clerical staff in Ballarat and Mt Gambier offices.

Income (2010) $258M. The position was responsible for the monthly results and analysis for the Medical, Surgical and Emergency departments. • Prepared result statements and EFT reports (Actual v’s budget) for above areas.• Held training sessions for staff on using the financial system.• Identified and corrected a major budget error, resulting in a more accurate budget for comparison and analysis. Also recommended areas for compensating cost reductions to ‘balance the budget’ to government funding.• Recommended changes to procedure for authorising overtime in Clinical Services which led to increased control and reduced costs in this area.• Initiated corrections to invoicing for Lithotripsy following investigation and analysis of contracts and financial information, which led to improved information flow between departments and increased revenue.• Performed modelling, using alternative rosters for surgical services to determine optimum position for that department. Also business cases on staffing/revenue.

University Income $231M. Reported to the Director of Management Accounting & Budget for .0.6 of the position, which involved providing advice and assistance in relation to Budgeting and financial reporting to School Administration Managers. Reported to the Head of the Arts Academy for 0.4 of the position, which involved preparing the budget and managing the finances of the Arts Academy. Subsequently seconded to ITMS to complete Year-end accounts, finalise 2011 Budget, monitor research projects, prepare acquittals and assist with financial planning.• Contributed to the preparation of the five year strategic plan. This identified areas for corrective action in order to achieve long term sustainability and competitiveness with other universities.• Worked with School Administration Managers to ensure the required accounts were set up correctly for the new finance system (Oracle-PeopleSoft).• Provided advice and support to managers of all Higher Education schools to enable budgets to be completed and increase their understanding of their departmental reports. • Worked effectively with managers and staff at the Arts Academy in order to increase their understanding and application of financial policies and procedures. This eliminated problems in processing payments by the Finance department and improved accuracy of financial reports. Prepared a policy and procedure manual (in line with university practices) to complement this process.• Investigated causes of cost over-run, and implemented controls to turn this around. This led to more pro-active cost management and brought the Art faculty’s results in to line with budget.

The position was part of the senior management team, and as such, provided advice as to where savings and/or improvements could be made. Responsible for accuracy of the results for The Courier and regional newspapers. Turnover $26M, Staff 154. Reported to the General Manager at The Courier and the Accounting Manager at Rural Press Ltd. • Co-ordinate month end process, monthly, quarterly, and KPI reporting. • Budgeting and forecasting for six newspapers.• Statutory reporting, Year-end accounts and tax package, and liaison with audit. • Supervision of five clerical staff and two Assistant Accountants. • Investigated inter-company printing charges and had print charge corrected to reflect print order.• Initiated review into the high number of newspaper returns and worked with the Circulation Manager to reduce this.• Highlighted the high number of credit notes and provided information to the department manager with a view to reducing these. This action was successful in reducing the number of credit notes raised.

Online Personnel is a labour hire agency operating in Ballarat. Turnover $24M, Staff 22. The position reported to the Managing Director, and was part of the management team providing recommendations as to where improvements could be implemented. • Responsible for supervising a team of clerical and payroll staff at Ballarat and Footscray offices. • Updated job descriptions, procedures and training of office staff.• Prepared financial reports and budgets for four companies.• Prepared BAS return, fixed assets and year-end accounts.• Improved the quality of information provided to managers regarding performance compared to budget.• Reduced debtor days and resolved issues with major clients.

Assisted managers of Clinical and Medical departments with their budgeting. Provided monthly financial reports, analysis and advice to departmental managers. Liaised with D.H.S on funding. Supervision of clerical and payroll staff.• Cash flow preparation and management.• Review of payroll, and set up and monitor salary packaging for staff.• Reviewed purchase orders to implement cost control.• Project acquittals for fund providers.• Year-end accounts and liaison with auditors.