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Melbourne, Vic, Au

Dandenong, Victoria, Australia

Footscray, Victoria, Australia

Annecto is a Not For Profit organisation which provides aged care and disability support services that supports not only the individual, but the community as a whole. Whatever your story, we want to work together to help you achieve your best life. As an experienced aged care provider, our focus is on you. We offer individualised aged care services that help address your needs and achieve your goals. Whether you’re looking for more connections with your community, or to live comfortably in your own home, we’ll work alongside you to achieve what’s important to you.Annecto works across multiple regions and states of Australia, including Victoria, NSW, Queensland and ACT.We also partnered with the Kinchela Boys Home Aboriginal Corporation (KBHAC) in 2013 and started working closely with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders communities in NSW.

Brunswick, Victoria, Australia

Hope Street Youth and Family Services Limited ("Hope Street") based in the Northern and Western regions of Melbourne, is one of the longest established specialist youth homelessness services in Victoria delivering a broad range of support services to young people who are experiencing or at risk of homelessness. With 40 years' experience in delivering responsive services to young people in local communities, Hope Street provides both strategically targeted and holistic programs for young people aged 16 – 25 years old, including young families. These programs incorporate the following: • Short term supported crisis accommodation.• Assertive outreach support.• Youth reconciliation involving counselling and support for young people and families.• Advocacy, resource and referral services.• Supported transitional housing.Hope Street is a not-for-profit organisation whose vision is a society in which all young people and young families have a safe place to call home. Our purpose is to influence change to end youth homelessness and empower young people and young families to reach their full potential. Our values are Fairness, Collaboration, Social Justice, Integrity, Diversity and Hope.

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Responsible for the coordination and day to day smooth running of the festival’s finance / business management and administrative environment to best support the Chief Executive and Board to meet the artistic and cultural vision and objectives of the Festival in a progressive and sustainable way.Critical in the lead up to, throughout festival delivery and during evaluation and planning processes for each festival as well as for a range of development projects held throughout the year. Proactive approach to analysis of past and current trends leading to comprehensive forecasting of business options for the future. Responsible for the operations of all administrative governance processes, the accounting systems, up to date financial forecasting and general reporting to funding / governance bodies, general office administrative systems and processes including policies and HR, IT and communications systems (ICT) and ensuring that all external governance requirements are met by the organisation in a timely fashion. Assess, maintain, and where practical develop and implement systems and processes that are consistent with budgetary, corporate governance and reporting requirements, the Festival’s Strategic Overview and general operational requirements.

Townsville, Queensland, Australia

OverviewTAIHS is an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community controlled and managed corporation. TAIHS aims to empower Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to take control of their individual, family and community health, which encompasses physical, social, emotional, cultural, spiritual and economic well-being. The community has access to holistic primary health care that is culturally appropriate and incorporates prevention, promotion and treatment. The approach to business is underpinned by principles of collaboration and sustainability. TAIHS provides a holistic primary health care service incorporating a bulk-billing general practice medical clinic, a dental clinic, an individual support and advice service, mental health counseling, community health screening and health promotion activities. TAIHS also provides a range of community services, including crisis accommodation, child safety and early family intervention programs, and a specialist service for young people.TAIHS seeks to improve health and social outcomes for the community through; strategic partnerships, advocacy for needs, promotion of awareness and education in improved health and social practices, promotion of knowledge and understanding of underlying issues and unique needs and development of the evidence base.

Townsville, Australia

OverviewThe Diocese of North Queensland covers the area from south of Sarina to the islands of the Torres Strait and westwards to Mount Isa. There are 54 Ministry Units in the Diocese and operates commercial stores in the Gulf. The Diocese has separately incorporated Co-educational Schools in Cairns (Trinity Anglican School), Townsville (The Cathedral School of St Anne and St James) and Mackay (Whitsunday Anglican School). The other main institutional thrust of the Diocese is in welfare, with the operation of the following: • Anglicare North Queensland • The Good Shepherd Nursing Home, Townsville (Co-trustee)• The Good Shepherd Lodge (Aged Persons Home) Mackay The North Queensland Diocese is a supporter of Wontulp-bi-Buya College in Cairns which specialises in indigenous adult education including theological studies. This college is an ecumenical venture and is the Queensland partner of Nungalinya College, Darwin.

Townsville, Australia

OVERVIEW Providing consulting and accounting solutions to SME sized business. Industries in which clients have operated include Government, Science, Aircraft Maintenance, Retail, Tourism and NFP.Responsibilities• Consultant/Financial Controller/Management Accountant/Financial Accountant/ Senior Bookkeeper depending on clients needs• Board/Management/Statutory and other stakeholder reporting• Processing or supervision/review of Accounts Receivable and Payable, Payroll, Fixed Assets, Trust Accounting, General Ledger Maintenance and reconciliations, Budgets and Forecasts, Treasury, Systems and Process development, Information System selection and implementation, Business Improvement Initiatives• Liaising with tax accountants and auditors, preparing schedules and financial statement notesAchievements• Contract extensions and permanent positions offered• Development of project costing system at Worland Aviation, identified which maintenance projects were profitable. staff allocations and job mix to maximise profitabilityMajor contracts include Australian Institute of Marine Science, Worland Aviation, Inclusion Works (NFP - Disability Support), Angus Smith Sportspower.

Townsville, Australia

OVERVIEWTownsville Enterprise is a NFP who is the primary engine for economic development, charged with leveraging the region’s assets and strengths to drive jobs, growth, infrastructure investment and improve quality of life in the region. In addition to its role as the peak Economic Development Organisation it is also the Regional Tourism Organisation and Convention Bureau.Responsibilities• Prepare Statutory, Financial and Management Reports for Internal and External Stakeholders• Revamping/development of the Management Reporting, accounting policies and procedures and evaluating current Finance Systems with view for replacement• Accounts Payable and Receivable, Fixed Assets, General Ledger maintenance and reconciliations, Budgets and Forecasts, Treasury• Manage all functions of the External Audit process including generating the audit file/work papers, prepare financial statements• Coordinate the annual budget process and associated forecasts• Liaise with external funding bodies ensuring funding requirements are achievedAchievements• Total revamp and modernisation of the organisations Management Reporting system which allowed the organisation to identify inefficiencies and implement solutions that allowed a return to profitability from a period of losses

Townsville, Australia

OVERVIEWDJ Jones Constructions specialises in modern homes designed with family living in mind. They are also the builder of choice in Townsville for Defence Housing Australia. As such they are one of the busiest builders in the Townsville region in a very tough economic environment. Revenue in excess of $20M. Responsibilities• Prepare Statutory, Financial and Management Reports for Internal and External Stakeholders, including development of budget and costing reports for individual projects• Accounts Payable and Receivable, General Ledger maintenance and reconciliations, Payroll and Treasury operations, cash flow being a significant priority• Liaising with External AccountantsAchievements• Reconciliation, general ledger correction and data input for 2 years of financial data. Also identifying errors in previous years that had a financial impact in the relevant period and developing cost reporting

Townsville, Australia

OVERVIEWFive entities within the group, a mixture of Unit and Discretionary trusts and Family owned Private Companies. Operations range from Sugar Cane, Cattle, Civil Engineering, building of Roads and Dams and general building construction. The group currently has operations in Queensland, Western Australia, Victoria and East Timor. Revenue in excess of $200M.Responsibilities• Management of department to ensure information is produced efficiently and accurately• Development of an expanded, improved and useful board reporting framework. Attend monthly Board Meetings• Prepare Statutory, Financial and Management Reports for Internal and External Stakeholders, including development of budget and costing reports for projects and banking covenants• Building and continuous refinement of the groups cash flow forecasts and requirements going forward. Project/Equipment evaluations to ensure the best utilisation of business resources. Negotiate and arrange borrowing• Review, recommend and implement improvements to the information system• Oversight and review of foreign operations, process financial information into group’s financial system. Ensure the accuracy of Group Asset Register• Preparation of financial models and development of financial strategies for the corporate strategic plan. Analysis of trending costs and recommend strategies for controllingAchievements• I identified the board was receiving a one paragraph financial report from the CFO. I took it upon myself to develop a full financial reporting framework including developing project costing reports, forecasting revenues and expenditure, cash flow forecasting, capital reporting, projected project profitability. This allowed the board make strategic decisions

Townsville Area, Australia And Cairns Area Australia

Both companies are fully owned subsidiaries of publicly listed RG Capital Radio Ltd.Townsville Radio Centre broadcasts Mix 106.3 and Sea FM 100.7, Cairns Radio Centre broadcasts Sea FM 99.5Duties performed include:- Preparation of year end Statutory Accounts for consolidation.- Completion of monthly Management Accounts and Board Reports.- Preparation of Half Yearly and Yearly Audit Files.- Completion of Annual FBT Returns and Taxation Files.- Other reports and returns as required including APRA and BAS returns.- Compilation of annual budget in conjunction with the General Manager of the radio centre’s. These budgets are reforecast throughout the year as required. Identify expense cuts- Perform Accounts Payable functions.- Over see Accounts Receivable functions.- Co-ordinate payroll with head office for completion of fortnightly pay runs.- Maintenance of employee files and vetting of employment contracts.- Co-ordinate with group insurers.- Conduct cash requirements analysis, maintain minimum cash balances and return surplus cash to the group.- Maintenance of Asset Registers.

Townsville, Australia

Duties performed include:- Design and development of Monthly Management Reports for the company’s operational departments.- Co-ordinate monthly cost meeting with heads of operational departments.- Design cost reporting for other cost centers in the company.- Ad hoc reports as required.- Completion of Annual Tax Returns.

Townsville, Australia

Duties performed include:- Supervision of staff in the Financial Accounting, Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable area.- Manage day-to day functions of the Financial Accounting Department.- Develop and implement new procedures for the streamlining of the Accounts Payable and General Ledger Reconciliation’s Functions.- Prepare Audit files for use by the External Auditors.- Prepare Statutory Financial Statements.- Accounting for Financial Currency Hedges.- Treasury Operations.- Cash flow projections. - Maintain Integrity of the Accounting System.- Special Projects as required.

Townsville, Australia

Duties performed include:- Fixed Asset Register maintenance during commissioning.- Built a 20-year Financial Business Model for the Company.- Member of Selection Committee for the Information Management System to be implemented.- Setup, implementation and testing of the Information Management System.- Reconcile the transfer of data from the old to the new Information Management System.- Take over the duties of the Financial Accountant on his departure (general ledger had not been correctly reconciled for over 6 months).- Annual Accounts and Audit preparation.- Financial System Integrity

Brisbane, Australia

Duties performed include:- Development, maintenance and review of Freight Costing Model.- Costing of specific freight movement.- Advising sales staff on appropriate rates to be charged.- Development of Profit and Loss Statements for the 46 Freight Distribution Centers in Queensland and the Interstate Operations.- Identification and allocation of the costs of the business.- Costing non commercial operations of the business for negotiation with the Department of Transport to secure a Government Service Agreement to fund and maintain these operations.

Brisbane, Australia

Assigned to the Department of Primary Industry, head office BrisbaneAccrual Accounting Project/Financial AccountingDuties performed include:- Preparing the Half Yearly Accrual Accounts for the Department of Primary Industries.- Preparing the Year End Accrual Accounts for the Department of Primary Industries (first major department to receive sign off on accrual accounts).- Designing and implementing Accrual systems. Work involved a number of team and individual projects.- Preparing files for Internal and External Auditors.- Commenting on Exposure Drafts

Brisbane, Australia

Assigned to the Department of Primary Industry, head office BrisbaneDuties performed include:- Assistance in preparing end of month reports- Preparing accrual based accounts for specific Businesses.- Review and clearance of suspense accounts- Specific assignments as required

Brisbane, Australia

Internal Audit SectionDuties performed include:- Accounts Payable- Treasury Reconciliation's and Days Work- Securities- Brisbane Branch- Fixed Assets

Townsville Area, Australia

Clients on which 1 work Include:- State and Commonwealth Authorities, Acting as Internal and External Auditors- Credit Unions- Private Schools- Private Companies- Companies limited By Guarantee- Incorporated Associations- Real Estate Agents- SolicitorsDuties performed include:- Supervision of junior staff within the audit section, review of work performed assigning work and liasing with the Audit Manager/Partner as required.- Act as Audit Manager on certain audit assignments and reporting directly to the Audit Partner.- Responsible for all day to day supervision of audit jobs, ensuring that it is successfully completed by the required deadline.- Make decisions on the audit process to be followed, and the planning and documenting of such decisions on fieldwork.- Review work which has been substantially completed by the Audit Manager, prior to submission to the Audit Partner.- Appointed to the Internal Audit team of C.E. Smith & Co, Townsville to conduct in house Quality Assurance audits.- Although predominantly employed full time in the audit section I have gained some experience within other areas of the firm's operations. These include approximately 3 months in a Tax section in 1988 completing Land Tax Returns and Preparing Financial Statements. In addition the Audit Partner acts as the Insolvency Partner, and as such, assistance is given in this area as required.- The client base is such that, in addition to the normal audit function, I am required to perform other duties. These include the preparation of cash flow, ensuring conformity to all applicable statutes and accounting standards, preparation of financial statements, making recommendations regarding the operation of client activities and recommendation of accounting software best suited to the clients' requirements.- Due to the varied client base. I have had exposure to numerous types of accounting systems. These range from simple manual based systems to multi-departmental computer systems

Townsville, Australia

Duties Included:- Accounts Payable- Invoice Clearing- Payroll- Limited access to the managerial accounting system.

Townsville, Australia

Duties Included:- Filing- Incoming mail- Accounts receivable

Cpa

Graduate Diploma In Applied Finance And Investment, Major In Corporate Finance

Ca Program

Certificate of Merit - Audit

Bachelor Of Commerce - Bcom, Business/Commerce, General

Certificate Iv In Bookkeeping