Experience

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  Allied Petroleum Limited

  • Logistics Coordinator

    • Apr 2016 - Present

    Using SAP and Greentree, I provide data entry support to the Schedulers and Distribution Team for the North Island to ensure that Exxon Mobil clients replenishment requirements are satisfied.

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  Leading Edge Services/Edtech Financial Services Limited

  • Auckland

  • Financial Consultant

    • Nov 2010 - Oct 2015
    • Auckland

    With my client base of sixteen primary to secondary schools, I provided financial accounting support and ongoing advice to the individual Boards of Trustees via liaison with administration staff and Principals. I also provided psychological support when the auditors came to visit them.!!My role primarily involved providing to each of my clients, Monthly Financial Reports, Annual Report data for external audit, filing GST Returns, maintaining Asset Registers, General Ledger Reconciliations and other ad hoc matters such as Charitable Trust Annual Returns.Accounting in the Education sector had it's own challenges notwithstanding the GAAP compliance requirements and it was an exciting role and I thoroughly enjoyed the positive feedback from my clients.

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  Home

  • Fulltime Dad

    • Jan 2006 - Nov 2010

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  Audit New Zealand

  • Auckland, New Zealand

  • Audit Supervisor

    • 1997 - 2000
    • Auckland, New Zealand

    Coming from Internal Audit at Farmers, I was involved in Risk and Assurance Services and carried out a number of engagement reviews for a number of Audit NZ clients including NZ Blood Services, Auckland City Council and it's operating divisions. I was seconded to Auckland City Council to work with the Risk and Assurance team on a number of assignments.I also was involved in supervising financial attest audits for a range of public sector clients.

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  Farmers Trading Company Ltd

  • Group Internal Audit Manager

    • 1990 - 1997

    Mainly involved in developing and driving successful strategies to protect margin primarily by bringing inventory shrinkage under control. Following analytical reviews of stock take results at store level, my team performed retail store audits across the country and reported audit findings to Area and Operations Management including the Managing Director. Within five years, my team, closely working with Operations Management had successfully brought shrinkage to well below retail industry norms.I was also involved in Information Security and Distribution Centre/Logistics reviews