Experience

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  Database Solutions, a division of NTT Ltd.

  • Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand

  • Staff Accountant

    • Nov 2022 - Present
    • Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand

    •Support the management of overall financial forecasting processes.•Review financial records to ensure they comply with company policies and accounting principles.•Undertake a regular review of the accuracy of regulatory calculations and submissions.•Reconcile accounts, resolve discrepancies, and collaborate across various finance and non-finance functions.•Analyze journals, produce data analysis and reports and assist with variance analysis.•Assemble the annual audit information for external auditors.•As a partner in the accounting process, recommend how to improve efficiency using automation.•Analyze past performance financial data and prepare budgets and forecasts for business unit management.•Implement effective financial controls, including systems reconciliations and ensuring the integrity of reported figures.• Process month-end activities which include the preparation and processing of month-end journal entries, bank account entries and reconciling these accounts, and executing a variety of actions in the accounting system.•Perform cash management activities and produce the bank reconciliations for company bank accounts and process all the necessary bank account entries required.•Regular tax calculations and reports to ensure compliance including determining and managing sales tax compliance.

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  New Zealand Federation of Multicultural Council

  • Wellington Region, New Zealand

  • Financial Officer November 2019 – November 2022

    • Nov 2019 - Nov 2022
    • Wellington Region, New Zealand

    • Financial planning and report management framework • End of year preparation• Responsible for the annual Performance Report• Processing financial transactions• Grants and projects financial management• Prepare Accountability reports• Assist with annual audit• Month end accounting • Coordinate AP & AR• General Ledger and bank reconciliations• Company credit card management• Oversee fixed assets register• Administering Payroll functions• GST preparation

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  Agfa HealthCare

  • São Paulo

  • Senior Financial Analyst

    • Nov 2011 - Aug 2017
    • São Paulo

    • Coordination of Budget process since the elaboration to reviews.• Sales rolling forecast planning and daily sales figures supervision.• Experience in elaboration statements and periodic analyses of resulting report, financial statements, management reports to support decisions.• Budget management, monitoring deviations and ensuring • Preparation and analysis of detailed reports to monitor the expenses by G/L account and cost centre. • Elaboration and analysis of profitability reports.• Managed the Credit and Collection department leading 2 people.• Experience collaborating closely with clients to settle billing disputes, explain statements, resolve past due balances.• Mapping deficiencies within the system and processes with the view to improve the financial management.• CAPEX controlling and purchase requisition approval in SAP according to budget.• Administrative and financial support for other departments.

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  Groupe SEB

  • Controlling and Accounting Analyst

    • Apr 2005 - Mar 2009

    • Elaboration and dissemination of financial statements for Executive Board in Brazil • Support in analysis and determination of operational result by product line and customers to maintain the planned profitability. • Monthly and yearly reporting do financial package to HQ.• Preparation of presentations that meet international demands.• Budget preparation by cost centre and projects, as well as Forecast.• Monitoring and analysis of monthly variations between the budget and realized.• Preparation and review of monthly and annual report of expenditure by cost centre and nature of expenditure.• Posting of financial transactions and events in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, using SAP FI.• Accounting, banking and reconciliation.• End of period financial statements.• Quarterly and annual financial statements.• Analysis of balance sheet accounts and results, financial statements and expenditure.• Accounting Support to various departments of the company.• Support to internal and external audits.