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Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

Melbourne, Australia

Working as a BP in Retail and Commercial, Australia Division, duties include: - Provision of business support and advice and strategic financial insight including drivers of financial performance to business and internal finance stakeholders.- Identification of business issues- Manipulation of large data assets to generate insights to enhance performance.- Monthly reporting of financial performance and data insights in a simplified and easily understood manner.- Setting of yearly operating plans, monthly rolling forecasts and 3 year strategic operating models.- Month end analytical review of both past (plan v actual) variance analysis and forward looking performance implications based on understanding drivers of performance.- Large stakeholder engagement across the enterprise including the Business, Risk, Operations, Group Functions such as M&A or Legal, Agile Tribes and other Finance areas.

Melbourne, Australia

- Ensuring compliance with Statutory requirements through month end close, quarterly submissions, half year and full year results.- Ensuring compliance with APRA Regulatory Reporting requirements through return preparation and submission on a monthly and quarterly basis.- Delivery of accurate financial results in a reliable and timely manner to enable compliance reporting and decision making.- Application of accounting policies, internal control frameworks and governance to ensure integrity of numbers.- Analytical analysis, problem solving and preparation of technical accounting papers.- Large stakeholder engagement within Finance and areas outside of Finance, such as the Business, Risk, Operations, internal and external auditors, project teams.

Melbourne, Australia

Senior Group Accountant Jul2016 – Dec2016Group Accountant Nov2015 – Jun2016Financial Accountant Apr2013 – Oct2015Responsibilities• Consolidation and review of the Group Profit and Loss, Balance Sheet and Cash Flow on a monthly basis with analysis of financial data, trends and commentary for variances of actual to budget / forecast and for preparation of the Group CFO monthly reporting pack for the Board and lenders• Setting of annual budgets, production of quarterly and annual rolling forecasts and aiding in the preparation of a refinancing proposal to lenders• Communication and dealings with internal stakeholders, overseas subsidiaries (UK), CFO, CEO, Board, external consultants, affiliates of firm and government agencies• Business combination accounting for legal entity and business asset acquisitions in the Group as well as accounting for disposal of investments• Consolidation accounting for the Group including subsidiaries in the United Kingdom• Preparation of half and full year statutory reports (Directors’ report, remuneration report, Financial Statements and Notes to the Financial Statements) in accordance with accounting standards and listing rules• Provide support to external auditors throughout the year, during half year review and year end audit plus audit planning and setting of audit timelines• Group accountant lead on the implementation of “Tagetik” a consolidation system for the Group including segments in Australia and the United Kingdom for year end, half year and monthly reporting, including working on the project in the United Kingdom• Dealing with foreign exchange rules and FCTR reserve, intercompany transactions and share based payments• Preparing monthly internal Management Reports, looking at trends in financial data, variance analysis and commentary and analytical review• Journal posting, month end general ledger close functions and reconciliations, including Fixed Asset Registers• Management of 2 staff.

Service Line - Transaction and Portfolio Management (“TPM”) within Markets and International Banking (formally GBM). TPM is responsible for managing MIB’s new and existing balance sheet assets, consisting of loans, derivative lines etc.; ResponsibilitiesDaily P&L, Monthly P&L and Balance sheet analyticsMonthly Balance sheet substantiation and sign-offApproval of fees to ensure business adheres to IFRS policy on revenue recognitionDaily communication with local finance teams and Front and Middle office to challenge revenue, resolve issues and improve efficiencyReview of source system reconciliation, timely investigation and clearance of breaks Provide support to external auditors throughout the year and during yearend audit

ResponsibilitiesSourcing and preparation of monthly PM APS data submissions for the EMEA and UK regions.Performing monthly analytical review of the global (EMEA, UK, NL, Asia and North America) PM APS Portfolio and production of statutory packs with commercially focused commentary for CEO and government authority (Asset Protection Authority – APA) meetings.Quarterly reconciliations of the APS database to the ledger with variance review and commentary for submission to the APA.

Adelaide, Australia

Graduate Diploma Of Chartered Accounting

Bachelor Of Commercebachelor Of Business, Commercial Law