Strategic Functions:• Providing strategic recommendations to the Board of Directors.• Conduct due diligence and financial modelling on potential acquisitions, alliances, mergers and other new business opportunities.• Providing leadership, direction and management of the finance team.Company Management:• Reviewing all formal finance and HR related procedures.• Create and execute capital-raising strategies to support a firm's expansion.• Direct and review the analysis and interpretation of statistical and accounting information for use in management decision making.• Initiate and implement plans to maximise use of financial resources to meet operating objectives.Financial Compliance:• Managing the processes for financial forecasting and budgets, and overseeing the preparation of all financial reporting.• Ensure compliance with financial regulations and communicate value and risk issues to investors and board.• Review, update and implement internal control procedures to improve the financial architecture of the business.• Direct the preparation of required regular reports of liquidity, profit and loss, debtors/creditors, sales and capital expenditure including the preparation of related management information materialCashflow Management:• Conduct a regular review of expenditure to ensure cash flow is adequate to meet future business needs.• Supervise income generation to ensure it is adequate to meet future business needs.• Ensuring company debtors is at level manageable to support company expenditure. Secretarial Policies:• Managing board processes – board and committee papers and circulation of agendas, minutes, discussion papers, proposals for the board and its committeesHuman Resource Management:• Control the selection and training of accounting team members, establishing lines of control and delegate responsibilities to subordinate team members.

Company Profile: A Liquor Retailing company with member stores across the Eastern Australia.Key Responsibilities include:• Directing and reviewing the analysis and interpretation of statistical and accounting information for use in management decision making;• Managing a team of bookkeepers and ensuring service standards to members are met;• Supervising the selection and training of accounting team members, establishing lines of control and delegating responsibilities to subordinate team members;• Developing and improving processes in the organisation. This included development of short and long term financial policies, objectives and plans and oversee their implementation;• Interpreting the financial position of the organisation and make recommendations for cost reduction;• Advising the Directors on banking negotiations, investment of funds, taxation policies and development of management accounting systems and controls;• Conducting due diligence and financial modelling on potential alliances, mergers and other new business opportunities;• Ensuring detailed and timely budgets are prepared, monitored and analysed to facilitate rapid management responses;Key Achievements: Progressed from Management Accountant to Financial Controller within the first 3 months of employment; Achieved a performance bonus in every quarter; Transformed the bookkeeping division from a loss making division in to a profitable one; Identified the imprudence of the accounting package in place hence proposed and managed the change of accounting packages; Considerably increased the organization’s cash flow hence being able to pay shareholders and members on time; Analyzed proposals from various banks, conducted negotiations and managed the changeover of banking institutions.

Company Profile: A mid-tier accounting firm with offices in most capital cities in AustraliaResponsibilities included:• Managing a portfolio of a variety of clients from the manufacturing, construction, medical and services industries (turnover up to $20 million);• Preparation of Financial Accounts for varied entities;• Preparation of Income Tax Returns for varied entities;• Identifying Fringe Benefit issues to be considered;• Identifying Div 7A issues and developing strategies to overcome these; • Conducting Tax Planning Strategies; • Preparation of Business Activity Statement (BAS);• Analysing and determining Capital gains tax;• Researching Tax Laws for various client issues;• Managing junior staff.