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Melbourne, Australia

• Manage junior accountants, provide guidance and advice on day to day duites and tasks.
• Manage the preparation of monthly P&L, Balance Sheet, Cashflow Forecasts, BAS and management reports; interpreting and analysing financial statements with supporting commentaries.
• Prepare board report used by senior management to understand financial indicators.
• Develop as necessary, financial policies and procedures to ensure an adequate system of internal controls.
• Prepare annual returns of indirect taxes, i.e. FBT & payroll tax
• Liaise with external auditors for statutory audits and tax accountants for income tax returns.

Melbourne, Australia

• Ensure financial performance is reported in a timely and accurate manner.
• Prepare month end balance sheet accounts reconciliation.
• Detailed sales and revenue reports, coupled with variance analysis.
• Work across the business to collate financial data, liaising with Executive Partners, Department Managers, Lawyers and other stakeholders; ensuring communication and objectives for data collection are clear.
• Drive continuous improvement efforts to ensure the seamless and accurate flow of data from business operating systems to the financial general ledger.
• Manage foreign currency transfer for offshore class action litigation, and take ownership for maintaining the office book for European subsidiary.

Melbourne, Australia

• Managed a large fixed asset register which holds over $20million worth of assets, taking control of fixed asset schedules and ensuring a correct audit trail exists.
• Maintained and reconciled upwards of 10 bank accounts, ensuring all monies are correctly accounted and allocated, and resolving any suspense items.
• Liaised with various levels of the business on allocation of monies received.
• Amortised prepayments and posted journals accordingly

Melbourne, Australia

• Initially joined Maurice Blackburn as an accounts payable assistant before taking on the position of Trust Administrator, overseeing trusts of each state (VIC, NSW, QLD and ACT).
• Worked with banks to get the best interest rate for the business.
• Processed and reconciled trust receipts and payments.
• Opened and closed special purpose trust accounts used for high class actions; these accounts can hold millions of dollars of clients’ money and are for the sole purpose of the class action.
• Ensured trusts are administered in accordance with Australian compliance law and regulations, and that statutory deposit holding are in accordance with special calculations.

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Bachelor Of Commerce, Accounting & Finance