Financial Accountant

• Jun 2022 - Present

Financial Accountant

• Jan 2022 - Jul 2022

• Preparing daily sales and monthly sales report to provide updated sales performance to management team; • Reconciliation of internal company transactions and communicating with internal company to resolve the internal company transaction variance; • Fixed asset management including periodic fixed asset count, updating fixed asset system, month-end fixed asset reporting &reconciliation; • Maintaining NGLAB system to ensure all leasing information adhere to IFRS 16 leasing requirement. Preparing monthly leasing journal and reporting based on IFRS16; • Working with HR team to ensure accurate monthly payroll costing get posted in Dynamic 365 system and providing payroll report for management team; • Preparing and posting month-end journal and assisting financial controller to complete month-end closing as per group reporting time schedule.

Finance Business Partner

• Jun 2021 - Jan 2022

Financial processing and reporting • Leading and improving the month-end processing with improved accuracy and efficiency. • Responsible for monthly board reporting and present it to senior management. • Rebuilding Balance Sheet reconciliation and implementing corrective plan. • Partnering with Purchasing Department for cashflow forecast and reporting cash flow forecast on a weekly basis. • Working closely with Production Department for job costing analysis and project budget variance. System implementation and education • Proposing and implementing ACE labor timesheet system to improve labor costing accuracy. • Project Lead in implementing Fishbowl system to better manage master data in purchasing. • Partner with IT team to provide Fishbowl system training to internal stakeholders. Internal control and improvement • Identifying stock control issue and partner with warehouse manager to improve stock management. • Working with purchasing team on purchasing plan to ensure material supply meeting production requirement. • Reviewing BOM costing accuracy for annual production budget.

Management Accountant

• Feb 2021 - Jun 2021

Billing revenue integration and reporting • Reviewed group billing report and maintaining group sales revenue record by daily sales integration. • Performed weekly sales accrual by analyzing working in progress report and billing variable report. • Responsible for preparing group weekly revenue report. Weekly costing reporting • Prepared weekly costing reporting: fuel, toll charge, subcontractor and agency cost. • Reviewed data from file bound invoice system and entities operation worksheet to accrue costing for weekly P&L. Group weekly P&L reporting • Prepared weekly P&L for group consolidated level and subsidiaries level; • Responsible for explaining P&L queries from a diverse set of stakeholders. • Performed weekly P&L analysis and worked with group business partner to improve weekly P&L reporting. Commercial supporting • Responsible for monthly fuel levy calculation and provide supporting for billing team. • Resolved billing issue and support credit team AR reconciliation.

Senior Financial Accountant

• Jul 2019 - Feb 2021

Month-End Closing & Reporting • Completed month-end journals to get all financial information for the timely reporting. • Prepared monthly department P&L and monthly balance sheet reconciliation. • Completed group reporting package and intercompany reconciliation for UK head office. • Prepared monthly sales reporting package and providing ad hoc sales analysis as per sales department request. • Completed monthly company KPI report for board meeting. • Worked with AR &AP with aged debt collection, prepayments, and invoice/credit notes postings, AP payment run etc. Project Accounting • Supported project team to managed different projects. E.g., QLD Toowoomba reginal council project, VIC LINE, VIC DELWP project etc. • Responsible for project revenue and costing recognition adhere to accounting standard and project status. • Prepared monthly project reporting analysis and presented project performance in monthly project meeting. Fixed Asset Management • Responsible for CAPEX request processing adhere to Simoco company policy. • Maintained Asset Pro System to record fixed asset movement and depreciation. Statutory Reporting & Audit • Dealt with external auditor to complete YE audit and assisting Finance manager for preparing YE statutory reporting. • Key team member to perform Simoco annual internal audit. • Responsible for Payroll tax, BAS, workover lodgment and FBT return. Monthly Forecast and Annual Budget • Prepared cash flow forecast on a monthly basis. • Assisted Finance Manager in monthly Sales forecast and P&L forecast. • Assisted Finance Manager in annual budget preparation.

Senior Accountant

• Oct 2018 - Jul 2019

Formulate and improve financial policy and processing • Setting up month-end close procedure and working with finance team to improve month-end close efficiency. • Building up Travel & Expense Reimburse Policy and leading Concur expense system implementation. • Setting STD costing rate calculation model to improve accuracy of Hygain standard costing system. Month-End Close and Monthly reporting • Monitoring AP& AR month-end posting and preparing month-end Journal. • Preparing Consolidated P&L & Balance Sheet and Cashflow Statement for Hygain Group (6 entities). • Preparing monthly sales analysis report for Sales team. • Preparing monthly board reporting package for board meeting. • Responsible for monthly balance sheet reconciliation for 6 entities. • Building ad hoc commercial reports by using Cognos reporting tool. Internal Control processing • Daily AP payment checking and authorization to ensure AP payment is adhered to company policy. • Preparing weekly cashflow forecast and handling FX deal for FX payment requirement. • Responsible for purchasing order checking and releasing. • Reviewing STD costing variance account and improve accuracy of standard costing. • Working with warehouse team for stock take to ensure accuracy in inventory. Tax Accounting and Payroll • Responsible for group tax accounting (GST, FBT and company tax). • Reviewing and approving weekly and monthly payroll prepared by payroll officer. Audit • Dealing with external auditor for YE audit and support CFO for annual statutory reporting (Australia and New Zealand).

Group Financial Accountant

• Sep 2014 - Oct 2018

Financial & Statutory Reporting • Prepared monthly management reporting package for senior management team. • Interpreted monthly result to manager team about company financial performance and recommended improvement. • Prepared monthly financial result lodgment for global consolidation. • Responsible for the statutory reporting and external audit to ensure compliance. Annual budgeting and quarterly forecasting • Prepared annual budget of P&L and balance sheet for Saint-Gobain Industrial Ceramic and Saint-Gobain New Zealand. • Prepared annual costing center budget and set up framework purchasing order for budget internal control purpose. • Preformed quarterly forecasting of P&L and Balance Sheet. Inventory costing management and control • Managed daily inventory item STD costing releasing as per Saint –Gobain Group ATP (actual transfer pricing policy). • Responsible for inventory annual costing roll up and revaluation. • Worked with local warehousing manager for daily inventory management adhere to SGA inventory internal control policy and annual stock count. Tax accounting for SGA pacific region (AUS and NZ) • BAS and FBT preparation and lodgment for AU and NZ entities. • Worked with external tax consultant to ensure Australia and NZ annual income tax lodgment and transferring pricing lodgment is met with legislation requirement. • Monthly deferred tax and current tax calculation for NZ and AUS entities. • NZ IRD345 fortnightly lodgment and reconciliation. Group payroll accountant responsibility Group Fix asset accounting Audit – Internal and External Projects and achievement • Project Leader of the ADP payroll SAP interface project to improve SGA group payroll JL auto processing. • Key stakeholder to work on Travel and Expense Project to improve company T&E expense claim processing. • Key stakeholder to guide different level of staff to use Equip system for fixed asset and inventory processing.

Accountant

• Feb 2012 - Sep 2014

Financial Accounting and Analysis • Responsible for month-end close to publish the month-end result. • Reviewed monthly sales report and profitability analysis. • Prepared segment P&L and performed variance analysis. • Responsible for Balance Sheet reconciliation on a monthly basis. • Dealt with external auditor for Year-End audits. • Responsible for inventory accounting E.g., monthly cycle count, year-end stocktake and inventory report reconciliation. Payroll Supervisor • Reviewed payroll report prepared by ADP to make sure payroll compliance to the legislation and company policy. • Responsible for monthly accurate payroll costing got posted into SAP. • Performed internal audit for superannuation account E.g., Checking accuracy of monthly insurance fee & management fee billing. • Responsible for BAS, payroll tax and work cover monthly lodgment and annual reconciliation. • Managed new entity payroll implementation project. Project accounting • Responsible for project accounting daily processing and project system. Maintenance. • Responsible for project month-end closing.  Ensured accuracy of labor costing input by reviewing engineers’ timesheet;  Recognized project revenue and cost based on project status and GAAP. • Prepared monthly project summary report and proving project analysis. • Assisted Senior manager in setting up project annual standard costing. • Identified project accounting system issue and dealt with financial analyst to improve system. • Documented project system management, project accounting processing and reporting. FX Accounting • Responsible for month-end P&L and balance sheet account revaluation. • Prepared monthly FX summary report and improved FX month-end processing.

Accountant

• Oct 2011 - Feb 2012

• Responsible for project costing and billing posting. • Performed AR aged debtor analysis and follow up with outstanding debt issue. • Responsible for payroll processing and contractor payment. • Responsible for month-end close and prepared monthly financial reports and management reports. • Responsible for Tax Accounting (BAS, payroll tax). • Responsible for project costing and billing posting. • Performed AR aged debtor analysis and follow up with outstanding debt issue. • Responsible for payroll processing and contractor payment. • Responsible for month-end close and prepared monthly financial reports and management reports. • Responsible for Tax Accounting (BAS, payroll tax).

Financial Accountant

• May 2011 - Oct 2011

• Monitored integrity of revenue and costing processing. • Managed Fixed Asset Register by using MYOB system. • Responsible for month-end processing and reporting.  Responsible for daily and month- end journal entries;  Prepared monthly financial report (Profit & Loss & Balance Sheet);  Prepared monthly management reports;  Performed balance sheet reconciliation on a monthly basis. • Monitored integrity of revenue and costing processing. • Managed Fixed Asset Register by using MYOB system. • Responsible for month-end processing and reporting.  Responsible for daily and month- end journal entries;  Prepared monthly financial report (Profit & Loss & Balance Sheet);  Prepared monthly management reports;  Performed balance sheet reconciliation on a monthly basis.

Accountant

• Jul 2007 - May 2011

• Performed daily and monthly bank reconciliation. • Responsible for payroll functions and maintained HR3 payroll system. • Managed Fixed Asset register by using Priority fixed assets system. • Assisted Financial controller in managing inventory system. • Performed Month-End task and prepared monthly financial reports. • Commercial: Supported Sales team by providing monthly sales rebates calculation and monthly sales package. • Oversee AP and AR function. • Analysis: Analyzed expense variance (actual vs. budget) and provided supporting document. • Prepared monthly balance sheet reconciliation and followed up outstanding issues to maintain integrity of GL account. • Working Capital & Funding: prepared monthly cash flow report and organized invoicing financing based on working capital requirement. • Responsible for tax lodgment and reconciliation (GST, FBT, workover, payroll tax). • Dealt with internal & external parties to complete year-end audit and Funding organization audit. • Assisted Financial Controller in yearly budgeting and forecasting.

Junior Accountant

• Oct 2004 - Jul 2007

• Performed Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable function. • Reviewed debtor aging report and collected the overdue AR. • Performed multi-currency bank account reconciliation. • Responsible for FX payment and prepared intercompany reconciliation. • Prepared accounting journals to general ledger. • Assisted Senior Manager in preparing monthly & year-end financial reports. • Dealt with external accountant to prepare annual report. • Performed Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable function. • Reviewed debtor aging report and collected the overdue AR. • Performed multi-currency bank account reconciliation. • Responsible for FX payment and prepared intercompany reconciliation. • Prepared accounting journals to general ledger. • Assisted Senior Manager in preparing monthly & year-end financial reports. • Dealt with external accountant to prepare annual report.