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Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Dataweavers provide Sitecore at the speed of marketing; end-to-end continuous Sitecore delivery on Azure PaaS that accelerates delivery for both development and marketing teams.As CFO, reporting to the Board and investors, my role is to create and run an end-to-end finance function to guide the day-to-day activities of the business. Responsibilities include:- Financial Accounting & Month-End Board Reporting- Budgeting & Forecasting - Cashflow and working capital management- Commercial and Operations support- Statutory Reporting (GST, PAYG, Payroll Tax, Income Tax & Financial Statements)- Compliance & Risk

Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Essence is a global digital media agency, which manages over $4bn in annual media spend for a number of clients including Google, L'Oreal, BT, Nandos and AirBnb.The agency is more than 1,800 people strong and operates via 20+ offices globally. Essence is part of WPP Plc.An all-round finance role, leading the FP&A, Financial Accounting, Financial Reporting & Accounts Payable teams of the European business. Reporting into the EMEA CFO and includes management of c. 10 staff.Tasks include budgeting/forecasting, month end and year end close, management reporting, SOX/Statutory audit compliance, and ongoing management of foreign currency risk.

London, England, United Kingdom

Brisbane, Australia

Short-term contract role over year end within the Group Advice & Delivery team to assist Suncorp Group Limited, in the delivery of the 2018 Annual Group Financial Statements and other key year-end deliverables.

Brisbane, Australia

Reporting to the Group Financial Accounting Manager, I managed a team of five direct reports as the lead accountant for the both the Corporate & Treasury Accounting Functions. In addition to completing monthly management reports for each function, my role also involved assistance with the half-yearly Statutory Reporting requirements (and liaison with the external auditors); the provision of accounting advice on complex transactions, and assistance with a number of ad-hoc projects.

Brisbane, Australia

Varied role ranging from the completion of month end journals and analysis through to the preparation of the annual financial statements, acting as the primary contact for the annual audit. Assisting in compliance with statutory obligations (FBT, Tax, GST) as well as taking an active role in the budgeting and forecasting of the Bradnam's Group.

Brisbane, Australia

Managing the delivery of a number external audits across a variety of industries, with a personal annual fee base of $1M+Part of the management team overseeing a department of 50+ staff. Actively involved in recruitment of new staff members, as well as coaching and training of existing staff.

Association Of Chartered Accountants (Aca)

The ICAEW Chartered Accountant qualification, the ACA, is one of the most advanced learning and professional development programmes.

Education record

The Tax Institute is Australia’s leading educator and professional association in tax.