Experience

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  NCI Packaging

  • Head Of Finance And Administration - New Zealand

    • Jun 2020 - Present

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  GO Rentals New Zealand

  • Auckland, New Zealand

  • Financial Controller

    • Mar 2017 - Jun 2020
    • Auckland, New Zealand

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  DS Smith, Plastics Division

  • United Kingdom
  • Manufacturing
  • 700 & Above Employee

  • Financial Controller - Rapak Asia Pacific Limited

    • Jan 2006 - Aug 2016

    • Member of the Executive Team and providing financial input into key decisions, considering investment criteria and impact of other management actions;• Managing the month end process, ensuring that all business, divisional and group reporting deadlines are met with high quality financial information;• Preparing annual statutory accounts;• Managing the budgeting and planning processes including presenting budget pack to Divisional CEO and FD;• Managing the corporate plan and strategy plan preparation;• Managing internal and external audits;• Managing the team responsible for all aspects of high level and routine accounting transactions and supervising all aspects of accounting and financial management at the Auckland and Thailand sites;• Responsible for safeguarding company assets, insurance cover, risk assessment;• Ultimate responsibility for company statutory compliance and taxation compliance – including tax planning to maximise company’s benefits;• Ensuring accounting practices and reporting comply with NZ Accounting Standards and are consistent with group reporting requirements;• Supporting ongoing management of IT Services on site with emphasis on ensuring accurate and reliable financial reporting and data integrity are maintained;• Ensuring continuous systems review and improvement;

  • Financial Accountant - Rapak Asia Pacific Limited

    • Mar 2005 - Dec 2005

    • Financial Reporting – prepare accurate monthly accounts and annual statutory accounts, preparation and analysis of financial and non financial KPI’s• Financial Accounting – full reconciliation of general ledger, provide useful and timely accounting reports• Forecasting / Budgeting – preparation of accurate and timely annual budgets and monthly forecasts• Product Costing• Standard Costing and analysis of variances• Project Accounting for filling machine manufacture in Melbourne• Preparation and review of Australian Branch Accounting• Review and preparation of Capital Requests• Compliance – establish and monitor internal controls• Taxation – preparation of New Zealand and Australian tax returns, VAT returns and FBT returns• General Accounting – cash flow management and accounting

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  Ernst & Young

  • Assistant Manager

    • 2002 - 2005

    • Coordinating, leading and managing audit teams- staff and timings• Completing statutory audits including identifying risks; testing of controls; understanding and documenting client systems and procedures and completing substantive auditing procedures.• Recognising business improvement opportunities• Preparing consolidations and issuing annual financial accounts, including group accounts and those for branches of overseas companies.• Preparation of cash flows• Analytical review and variance analysis of actual vs budget and prior periods• Financial statement analysis, including ratios, trend analysis and benchmarking• Review of taxation calculation to ensure compliance of returns – GST, PAYE, FBT, RWT• Meeting with clients and advising on business, financial reporting, tax, business risks and internal control issues• Dealing with a range of clients with varying degrees of technical expertise and abilities• Preparation and instruction of staff training courses• Briefing senior partners on client issues and liaising with other specialists• Managing work in progress, billing and client responsibilities• Commitment to meeting internal targets, for example, sales, chargeability, billing and debtors management• Responsible for building a good working environment and maintaining relationships with Staff within the Company

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  Arthur Anderson

  • Supervisor

    • 1998 - 2002