Clarence Tang, Cpa Email & Phone Number

Melbourne, Vic, Au

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

* Providing financial analysis and reporting to the regional finance leads for Nutrien’s finance products* Reporting on KPI metrics to both internal stakeholders and to the North American parent company* Compiling data and performing UAT for executive management dashboard

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

* Leading budgeting and quarterly forecasting process for Australian business* Developing, revising and distributing budget and forecast templates to corporate business partners and commercial managers* Identifying TM1 system enhancement opportunities, and working with the systems accountant to provide UAT and proof of concepts for improvements* Preparing budget and forecast submission packages to North American parent company* Analysing and providing month end commentary for P&L categories, and being backup for team* Preparing and collating monthly management report for executive leadership team

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

* Providing guidance and commentary to property maintenance and leasing managers regarding store occupancy cost* Analysing and reviewing monthly occupancy spend vs budget* Developing new P&L template for new store opening business case capex requests* Providing financial support for the China team for online sales and profitability reporting via the Tmall (Taobao) and Alipay platforms

Melbourne, Australia

Providing business partnering and guidance to R&D function, month end and forecasting.* Providing monthly and full-year forecast spend for $35M R&D projects and resource group budgets* Maintaining cost centre forecast by account for G&A, facilities and corporate function cost centres* Providing monthly and ad-hoc reporting and feedback to cost centre and project owners on spend* Reviewing and approving vendor payment runs for accounts payable clerks* Performing bank reconciliation for all bank accounts* Providing monthly mid-month forecast for expected over/underspend by department* Performing month end duties – accruals for facilities, warranty provision calculation, third-party project spend, foreign currency revaluation, project labour recovery hours* Preparing month-end flash commentary and for senior finance director* Ensuring and correcting month end system validation errors are corrected prior to system close* Updating iBuy (purchase order system) approval matrix for cost centre and project/subaccount approvers* Providing and maintaining headcount movement reconciliation and open headcount forecast in conjunction with HR* Assisting in implementation and roll-out of R&D project time tracking system* Maintaining fixed asset register, assisting business with business case and data for capex submissions and approvals* Providing first point of contact for internal and external audit enquiries* Performed internal balance sheet audit for overseas business unit twice

Melbourne, Australia

* Providing monthly profitability analysis by model variant and sales/distribution channel* Providing first point of contact for internal and external audit enquiries* Preparing accounts to Trial Balance for local and consolidated Profit & Loss and Balance Sheet reports* Posting month end journals and accruals to maintain suitable provisions as required* Integrating and validating local financial results into global corporate systems via SAP Financial Consolidation, including intercompany purchases/sales, metrics for functional reporting (customs, logistics, IT KPIs)* Budgeting and forecasting for volume and profitability of vehicles in consultation with Marketing & Product teams* Preparing and validating of payment file to Renault France for parts and vehicles ordered/purchased* Developing in-house reporting and analytics for ad-hoc analysis using Data Warehouse * Analysing and adjusting provisions for dealer claims and incentives* Determining appropriate incentives and bonuses paid to dealers based on retail and wholesale targets* Analysing, monitoring and controlling expenses such as roadside assistance, freight and stock holding* Invoicing of direct fleet sales, including applying and calculating contractual discounts* Providing profitability analysis and strategic recommendations of proposals and tenders* Coordinating with third-party logistics/compound provider regarding receipt and transfer of vehicles* Maintaining vehicle RRP and options pricing, dealer margin and incentives/bonuses by model and sales channel* Validating accounting parameters and ensuring correct data integrity between Mainframe and SAP interfaces* Liaising with Nissan counterparts and Nissan IT to identify, alert and resolve business-critical system faults* Identifying system inadequacies and incorrect processes, designing most appropriate solution and implementing fixes* Recruitment, selection and mentoring of Finance Coordinator position

Melbourne, Australia

* Developing and publishing content for digital channels (websites, search, social media, campaigns, online advertising)* Reporting on website statistics and trends using digital analytics* Building reports using SAP WebI data warehouse to provide insights to the business* Photographing terminals, employees and cylinders for website usage

Melbourne, Australia

* Providing monthly spend and financial results for logistics manager and fleet manager for decision-making* Producing month-end performance and KPI reports and presentations for senior stakeholders* Developing and preparing KPI metrics for 14 truck schedulers across Australia* Providing distribution pricing quotes to account managers, for new and recontracting customers* Producing weekly and monthly truck utilisation/movement reporting for 232 trucks nationwide* Producing monthly R&M by truck for variance analysis against budget of $7M* Answering ad-hoc queries regarding logistics’ $30M annual (EBIT) budget* Calculating and posting monthly freight accrual journalsAchievements:* Championed Windows 8.1 rollout for LPG business unit, first point of contact for user support* Reduced month-end reporting procedures from two days to less than 5 hours* Recommended and implemented changes to simplify scheduler KPI report production

Melbourne, Australia

* Forecasting monthly and quarterly capex spend of $40M across Australia and Asia-Pacific* Budgeting and allocating annual depreciation of $1.7M for Australian business* Reporting on monthly and YTD capex spend to management and corporate stakeholders* Approving capital project requests and creating/raising projects in Oracle, ensuring all documentation was attached* Ensuring asset transfers and disposals were recorded and processed in fixed asset register* Provided terminal managers with monthly cylinder stocktake reportingAchievements:* Reduced capital project number creation turnaround from 2 days to less than 20 minutes* Reduced capital work in progress (CAPWIP) balance to lowest in 6 years: $23M to $13M* Assisted with implementation of AssureNet balance sheet reconciliation software, as business unit champion* Implemented cylinder redeployment program, encouraging terminals to redeploy rather than purchase new cylinders* Implemented the expensing (instead of capitalising) of low-value QuickSwap BBQ gas cylinders, reducing assets on balance sheet by $3M and discouraging unnecessary business spending

Melbourne

* Reporting on organisational overtime, with an emphasis on reducing overtime costs by $1M+ annually* Developing audit process to identify and rectify discrepancies between metered LPG delivered and billed, across 1000 individual networks (16,000+ unique customers) with the potential of up to $300K reduction in revenue leakage* Streamlining and automating month-end reporting process, reducing time from 5 days to 2 days* Forecasting cashflow, P&L and balance sheet for marketing and management cost centres* Uploading, validating and consolidating forecast into Oracle Hyperion (HFM)* Providing month-end reporting to various stakeholders (account managers and regional managers)* Creating budget model and consolidating input from regional operational managers and accountants* Assisting marketing and business development staff by providing sales & volume statistics for decision making* Providing account managers with customers’ consumption reports to assist in renegotiations* Setting up and administering of complex Management SharePoint libraries, granting access and uploading reports

Melbourne, Australia

* Liaising with stakeholders (business managers, training manager, operations manager) to determine report KPIs* Creating and designing of financial and operational performance metrics for operational managers* Building of turnkey budget models for FY11 for JSA, DES and Training business streams, allowing for variable inputs by non-financial managers for scenario simulations* Collating historical information to determine benchmark performance

* Lodging income claims to DEEWR (government department) ensuring contractual compliance* Collating information/evidence and lodging of special overrides and claims* Monitoring of all DEEWR rejected claims, and resubmitting where necessary * Approving, reconciling and analysing of Employment Pathways Fund (EPF) expenditure* Ensuring suppliers were paid and corresponding EPF expense was reimbursed by DEEWR* Writing of financial policies for operational staff to ensure organisational compliance* Preparing Profit & Loss reports for overseas and local management* Designing and creating monthly KPI and financial management packs for overseas board and local site managers* Providing system training, contractual interpretation, general support and guidance to business managers* Liaising with DEEWR contract manager regarding contractual matters* DEEWR organisation security contact for password resets & system access

Melbourne, Australia

* Analysing of trends in contract costs and expenditure, and variances* Forecasting expenditure over life of contracts* Drafting reports to CEO explaining costs and trends* Deep diving into Telstra mobile usage bill to identify phone numbers with unknown owners

* Preparing figures and documents into ACCC fuel pricing inquiry* Developing spreadsheet models, fed information from data warehouse* Preparing operations/remuneration costs over/under budget to department* Reporting and analysing trends of sales/volume figures for senior management* Reconciling fuel delivered to sites and liaising with Shell regarding over/under-charges and discrepancies* Performing period end fuel reconciliation process to identify accounting/receipting errors vs actual fuel losses* Providing redemption rates per discount fuel docket promotions for marketing feedback* Assisting IT with end-to-end testing/implementation of new fuel discount promotions

Cpa, Accounting

Bachelor, Accounting

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