Experience

L.U. Simon Builders Pty Ltd

• Australia
• Construction
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Financial Controller

  • Nov 2019 - Present

• Senior Financial Accountant

  • Sep 2015 - Oct 2019



G4S

• Financial & Management Accountant

  • Oct 2012 - Aug 2015

  •Analysis on variance between actual vs. budget and actual vs. forecast for month on month and YTD figures •Prepared monthly variance analysis with commentary for senior management •Quarterly Forecast preparation and reporting •Annual Budget preparation – this is a 3 month project liaising with more than 30 stakeholders within the business •Provision of key reporting to the business, providing analysis and insights regarding significant variances and trends •Regular presentation of finance updates within business meetings, highlighting performance and producing insight of key brands and customers •Preparation of monthly CEO reports •Managing Cash flow and forecasting cash in flow and outflow for the company on fortnightly to monthly basis •Forecasting and Preparation of flash reporting before finalising month end results •Responsible for treasury function for the Australia and New Zealand sector •Accountant for three sectors/contracts of the company (the high-growth areas of the business with regular change). •Month end processing, GL journals, review/prepare monthly reconciliations of GL accounts •Ensuring monthly accruals, prepayments and depreciation expense are captured •Prepared monthly P&L statements and presented to Financial Controller •Responsible for SAP BPC reporting of the month end final results for the group in UK •Monthly BAS submissions for whole company including New Zealand •Yearly FBT return for the company •Monthly balance sheet reconciliations •Accountable for Quarterly preparation and submission of Treasury report •Regular liaising with senior management, contract managers and many different G4S stakeholders •Preparation and analysing financial statements on a monthly basis and reporting on variances and cash management issues, drawing alternative courses of action from those conclusions •Responsible for correcting discrepancies and explaining monthly variances – then reporting these to Managing Director at monthly trade review



Alfred Health

• Assistant Accountant

  • Jul 2012 - Sep 2012

  • Managing the AP team while the Manager was on Annual leave • Assisting the transactional processing teams in Accounts Payable. • Processing of transactions, preparation of paperwork and checking of data and validation of entries. • Handling petty cash and staff reimbursement and reconciliation of petty cash and credit card accounts • End to end accounts payable functions including Processing CHQ and EFT payments • Supporting with timely preparation of monthly financial data as required and general month end duties. • Assisting with improvements to the financial accounting systems • Bank, Creditor and GL reconciliations • Adherence to financial accounting policies and procedures • Assisting the finance team with day-to-day activities • Completion of transactional processing and data entry including month end tasks, including journals, schedules and balance sheet reconciliations. • Complex accounts reconciliation for key suppliers • Preparing AP reports and month end reporting • Assist in preparing requirements for new scanning and automated PO matching process. • Adherence to financial policies and procedures • Assisting initiatives to improve processes, reporting and use of technology • Send remittance advice for all payments made to all Staff, creditors and contractors



Think: Education Group

• Assistant Accountant

  • Aug 2011 - Jan 2012



Carrick Institute of Education

• Accounts Supervisor

  • Oct 2009 - Jul 2011



American Express

• Foreign Exchange Specialist

  • Aug 2007 - Aug 2009