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Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

• Preparing and reviewing monthly accounts, reports, budgets and forecasts• Client liaison, building strong working relationships and effective communication channels with key stakeholders, resolving daily enquiries• Reviewing and analysing management accounts and treasury reports for trends and variances• Reviewing cost centres for accuracy of postings, assisting managers to interpret reports• Managing cash flow for multiple departments, coordinating and proposing daily allocation of funds • Forecasting weekly company cash flow requirements, preparing and submitting loan renewal documents• Balancing and reconciling all balance sheet items on a monthly basis• Preparing and processing daily treasury entries and weekly cash wool purchases• Downloading and importing weekly transactions from Talman (wool specific software) into Finance One• Preparing and reviewing monthly KPI, stock reports and board reportsKey Projects• Designing, implementing and utilising accounting software upload function to reduce processing time for treasure function by 80%• Designing and implementing Excel macros to reduce processing time pertaining to cash management, processing and planning• Analysing and reviewing historical accounts and processing procedures for accounting errors, resulting in a GST refund of $174k from the ATO

Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

• Managing and coordinating accounting functions for twelve companies across the group, with full function reporting to financial controller and chief financial officer• Supervising and mentoring personnel, resolving customer complaints and enquiries• Preparing and reviewing monthly accounts and reports for five companies• Reviewing and analysing management accounts for trends and variances• Reviewing cost centres for accuracy of postings and assisting managers to interpret reports• Managing cash flow for multiple companies, coordinating and proposing reallocation of funds across the group• Setting up and releasing creditor payments and vehicle pay-outs to relevant finance companies• Managing companies’ floorplan arrangements and limits• Calculating, managing and reviewing payroll for all five companies• Completing and reconciling all relevant tax returns including BAS, FBT and Payroll taxes• Processing and reconciling superannuation returns• Balancing and reconciling all balance sheet items on a monthly basisKey Projects• Designing and implementing a new cash flow forecasting tool to improve cash flow management• Analysing and reviewing historical warranty claims for accounting errors, resulting in a GST refund of $248 000 from the ATO

Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa

• Overseeing Accounting Department and Retail ATM Division, providing support to Operations for the entire company• Recruiting, supervising and coaching personnel• Building strong working relationships and effective communication channels with key stakeholders, resolving complaints and enquiries, chairing and mediating disciplinary disputes• Responsible for full function accounting for the entire company• Reviewing cost centres for accuracy of postings and assisting managers to interpret reports• Balancing and reconciling balance sheet items, preparing files for year-end audits• Submitting monthly reports to holding company• Preparing and reviewing monthly management accounts• Consolidating, reviewing and revising financial forecasts, consolidating and reviewing budgets• Performing as a strong leader of a cohesive team with strict enforcement of company policies and procedures, statutory regulations, quality standards, governance and compliance requirementsKey Projects• Designing, implementing, developing and improving the Retail ATM Application• Overseeing and managing handover of the sale of the division back to relevant banks, with zero discrepancies• Designing and implementing the monthly ATM profitability model in Hyperion

Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa

Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa

Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa

• Supervising, coaching, training, motivating and mentoring personnel, setting clear goals and expectations, providing relevant feedback and discipline as required• Overseeing month-end audits, cashbooks, payroll, as well as local and foreign creditors• Maintaining and processing fixed asset register• Processing foreign transactions, reviewing and processing payroll• Updating and forecasting weekly and monthly cash flow for entities in multiple countries including United Kingdom, Ghana and Botswana, processing intercompany accounts and necessary journals • Settling and monitoring intercompany loans, assets and purchase acquisitions• Evaluating and reporting on monthly accounts, debtors and creditors• Preparing year-end audit files for auditors in several countries and monthly reporting packs for head office in Holland• Processing statutory and tax returns in several countries• Preparing monthly management accounts, preparing and reviewing overhead cost centre reports• Maintaining Stratis, an in-house document, policy and procedure library• Ensuring compliance with statutory regulations and company requirements

Bachelor Of Commerce - Bcom, Accounting

Management Development Programme, Business Administration And Management, General

Cpa Associate Member (Studying Towards Cpa), Accounting