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Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

• Comprehensive accounting for Real Estate Investment Trusts;• Preparation of management and other fee calculations;• Preparation of capital call and distribution schedules and notices;• Preparation of monthly/quarterly distribution calculations and related tax statements;• Accounts payable process;• Monthly financial reporting to shareholders;• Preparation, co-ordination and review of BAS, Income tax and other tax returns as required and liaising with external tax advisors;• Preparation of annual financial statements and coordination of the annual audit;• Co-ordination of annual and semi-annual fund audits;• Review and incorporation of monthly property accounting packs prepared by the property managers and other services providers;• Accountability for delivering monthly reporting according to predefined deadlines;• Performing of the month-end process (journals);• Assisting the Finance & Operations Director with finalising daily and quarterly asset valuations for Federation managed Funds;• Review of administrator produced daily or quarterly NAV calculations as appropriate;• Liaising with external investor and platforms regarding to different requests;• Preparation of monthly valuation paper of the investments;• Member of the Valuation Committee;

Sydney, Australia

• Implementation of the QuickBooks;• Maintaining and operating of cloud-based accounting system (QuickBooks);• Performing of the month-end process (journals);• Responsible for all financial accounting activities;• Preparation of monthly and yearly journal entries (accruals and prepayments);• Performing general ledger reconciliations;• Bank reconciliations;• Full accounts receivable and accounts payable function (transactions, process payments, processing of invoice);• Payment and control of staff expenses;• Maintaining fixed asset register (additions, disposals, depreciation and journal preparation);• Preparation and reviews of monthly and annual financial statements (Balance Sheet and P&L) and daily, weekly and monthly management reports;• Liaising with ATO;• Preparation of Business Activity Statement (BAS), Instalment Activity Statement (IAS), GST, Payroll tax (PAYG);• Tracking employee’s working hours, overtime, leave taken, entitlements, superannuation;• Point of contact for the employees queries on payroll and resolving any payroll discrepancies;• Managing and processing monthly payroll function/transactions (STP);• Preparation of HR and payroll reports;• Monitoring Cash flow on daily basis;• Management of Fixed asset.

Mona Vale, New South Wales, Australia

· Recording organisation’s financial transactions on Microsoft Dynamics GP and Microsoft BC (financial software);· Bank reconciliations;· General Ledger Journals;· General Ledger reconciliations;· Accounts Receivable & associated Debtors collections;· Accounts Payable;· Assist with the full year audit processes for the business unit including production of all supporting information in line with requirements;· Involvement in system implementation – migration from Microsoft GP to BC.

Sydney, Australia

• Working within a team to assist with all phases of the audit engagement, as guide by the Senior Auditors;• Conducting sample testing & other specialised audit techniques;• Assisting with financial audits of rental and sales trust accounts according to the requirements;• Tracing cash outflow and inflow from Journal, Ledger, Trial Balance and EFT statements

Sydney, Australia

- Support the finance operation in Sydney- Assist in various finance tasks (AR, AP, Account reconciliation etc)- Working with Xero

Sydney, Australia

• Record the financial transactions of the organisation in the financial software (Dynamics GP);• Maintain monthly bank and balance sheet reconciliations;• Issue invoices to customers;• Accounts payable and receivables transactions, journal entries;• Report any irregularities in data to management;• Produce balance sheets, income statements and other financial documents and reports;• Preparation and monitoring the annual budget, forecasts;• Assisting on the preparation of quarterly Business Activity Statement (BAS);• Assisting in auditing processes.

São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

• Responsible for the full year financial management reports delivery to assist in decision making for Brazil, Luxembourg and Bahamas;• Preparation of consolidated financial statements;• Accountable for auditing accounts and balance sheet reconciliation;• Accounting and financial systems updates and general ledgers;• Liaising with both internal and external auditors and with stakeholders, discussing and reviewing findings;• Monitoring investments and suggest new actions to capital gains;• Responsible for controlling fixed assets and depreciation adjustments;• Accountable for carrying out a cost reduction project; • Responsible for the annual budgets and monitoring of the monthly forecast;• Monitoring of treasury and cash-flow management;• Monitoring all payments in accordance with the yearly established budget plan;• Responsible for all taxes’ calculations, payments and taxes returns;• Management of accounts payable and receivable;• Issuing of invoices;• Accountable for the management of a team of motivated and committed professionals, establishing goals to reach the set objectives, training and developing the team; • Creation of the risk matrix proposing quick solutions to non-compliance;• Responsible for the Implementation of several internal procedures, improving the administration processes and ensuring efficiency in operations;• Supervising junior team members including reviewing and delegating work;• Tracking employee’s working hours, annual leave taken;• Point of contact for the employees queries on payroll and resolving any payroll discrepancies;• Managing and processing monthly payroll function/transactions;• Preparation of HR and payroll reports;• Responsible for the payroll budgets and forecast.

São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

• Completing standard auditing activities for review;• Panning out and responsible for audit engagements alongside Audit Lead;• Ensuring all audit files are completed effectively;• Understanding of clients’ business;• Auditing reconciliation of bank accounts, detecting the integrity of the information, pointing out nonconformities and reporting to the responsible sector;• Auditing all contracts with outsourced companies, verifying dates, clauses and values;• Analysing the nature and composition of the assets and liability accounts;• Analysing the revenue recognition as well as the analytical review of assets, liability and P&L accounts;• Internal controls environment on client’s processes (sales, purchase, human resources), recommendations of new procedures for control improvement; • Preparing business reports and management letters for clients to highlight key issues and recommended actions;• Analysis and support in customer stock control;• Assets control and depreciation calculation;• Team management and leadership, coordination and review of the work performed be the team;• Auditing under International Standards, IFRS, SOX (Sarbanes-Oxley), USGAAP and BRGAAP;• Maintaining up-to-date technical knowledge to ensure compliance with all statutory and regulatory requirements.

São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

• Auditing of accounts payable and receivable;• Implementation of procedures and policies for the finance area;• Auditing bank reconciliation;• Analysis and support in customer stock control.• Analysis of contracts with outsourced companies.

Education record

Master'S Degree, Master Of Accounting

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Management Of Financial Institution - Banking

Bachelor'S Degree, Accounting