Experience

Warakirri Asset Management

• Australia
• Investment Management
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Financial Accountant

  • Oct 2022 - Present



Bulla Dairy Foods

• Australia
• Dairy Product Manufacturing
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Senior Financial Accountant

  • Jun 2018 - Jul 2023



Coventry Group LTD

• Australia
• Wholesale
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Snr Financial Accountant

  • Apr 2017 - May 2018



SMEC

• Australia
• Engineering Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Financial Accountant

  • Jun 2015 - May 2017

  Reporting to the Group Financial Controller, this position involves a broad range of responsibilities that include: month end accounting responsibilities for Singapore entities, statutory accounting for Singapore and Australia entities in accordance with their respective GAAP , liaising with internal and external stakeholders including KPMG for the stats audit and Singapore company secretary firm for the statutory fillings in that country , inter company transaction and reconciliations and assisting with the year-end management reporting packs. Show less



GE Capital

• United States
• Financial Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Group Accountant

  • Dec 2014 - May 2015

  Lead the preparation of special purpose and general purpose statutory financial statements in accordance with GE Accounting policies, Australian and New Zealand IFRS, and the Corporations Act including analytical reviews and detailed supporting workpapers. Ensuring appropriate documentation of significant accounting matters and reporting to the relevant stakeholder groups, particularly the business financial controllers and making sure that adequate documentation is in place for the signing directors. Ensuring the timely and accurate preparation and documentation of Stat-to-GAAP adjustments. Maintaining accurate consolidated financial data for GE legal entities, including supporting work papers and documentation. Providing technical accounting advice including performing impairment reviews of legal entities. Monitoring and driving timely submission of audit requests and closure of KPMG Management Letter Points. Show less



Rackspace Technology

• United States
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 700 & Above Employee

• Finance Manager - Statutory

  • Apr 2014 - Nov 2014

  •Prepare the UK, Australia, Netherlands and Hong Kong statutory accounts from start to finish. This includes the income statement, balance sheet, cash flow statement and all the related notes and disclosures in compliance with IFRS, Hong Kong Financial Reporting Standards and Dutch GAAP. •Liaising with KPMG, and agreeing the time lines with them in terms of deliverables to them and the audit timetable. Also updating the accounts with any revisions required •Provide EY with the details needed to complete the Tax computation. This includes all details of fixed assets acquired, disposed or written off during the year and the depreciation charge for the year. The information required also involved analyses of certain profit and loss accounts to make sure that they contain expenditure deductible for UK, Australia, Netherlands and Hong Kong corporation tax. Obtain tax note disclosures and workings from EY and make sure everything ties and casts with TB. •Providing published account information to other departments within Rackspace Hosting. •Work with KPMG to obtain tagged accounts for submission to HMRC with tax return. Check that all the information that should have been tagged has been tagged. Communicate with KPMG on any potential revisions to the tagging in compliancy with the taxonomy. •Co-ordinate with local managers in the Netherlands, Hong Kong and Australia and file the financial statements with their respective regulatory bodies. Show less



Lucozade Ribena Suntory

• United Kingdom
• Consumer Goods
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Financial Controls Manager

  • Jan 2014 - Mar 2014

  The Lucozade &Ribena business was part of the GSK group. The Lucozade &Ribena business has been purchased by Suntory group with the deal effective from 31/12/2013. Suntory has a very limited presence in the UK which required Lucozade &Ribena to establish its own financial and commercial operations in a new company. The work done during the 3 months contract included the documentation of processes and controls for the following areas: •Order to Cash Receipt of orders from customers, allocation of trade funds adjustments and deductions, recording of sale and receipt of funds and documenting the risks and controls profile for the process. •Purchase to Pay Raising purchase orders, receipting goods and services, approving purchase orders, processing invoices and documenting the risks and controls profile for the process. •Record to Report Processing the revenue, cogs and indirect purchasing processes to the Lucozade &Ribena general ledger. Designing the templates to be used for the preparation of financial statements in line with UK GAAP and documenting the risks and controls profile for the process. •Assets Processes to record assets and liabilities correctly in terms of existence and valuation including fixed assets, stock and debtors and documenting the risks and controls profile for the process. The documentation included setting up asset procurement forms and making sure all fixed assets acquisitions are properly approved and within budget. •Liabilities Processes to record liabilities correctly in terms of existence, valuation and completeness and documenting the risks and controls profile for the process. •Bank and Cash -Document processes and controls over all cash and bank transactions -Documentation of accounting policies and processes in line with IFRS and UK GAAP and documenting the risks and controls profile for the process. Show less



The United Methodist Church

• United States
• Religious Institutions
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Finance Chairman

  • Jul 2013 - Dec 2013

  Achievements: •Researched an appropriate accounting system for the charity and helped with implementation including designing an appropriate chart of accounts. •Lead a team of trainers who attended a training course with Paxton Accounting Systems. As a team, we then embarked on a nation-wide tour to train treasurers (volunteers who are usually employed in other professions such as nursing in their daily lives) for the local branches of the charity which are spread out in the UK (more than 30 branches). •Designed and developed an accounting policies and procedures manual which is in compliance with local charity laws and accounting standards. This was well received and has been implemented with •I took charge of the consolidation of the financial statements for the charity for the year ended December 2012. We managed to complete the consolidation in record time. I then organised meetings with the external auditors to have the books and the financial statements audited. The charity has had a history of late submissions of audited accounts to the Charities Commission sometimes being late by more than 300 days. There has been a marked improvement and the 2012 financial statements will be submitted within 60 days of the Charities Commission deadline. •I have also been involved in selecting a firm of solicitors to help incorporate the Charity. This has involved meeting with the solicitors and members of the charity to explain t them the advantages of incorporation. This is an ongoing project with incorporation targeted for the end of the first half of 2014. My work with the United Methodist Church (UK) was voluntary and this was for the most part over and above my full time work elsewhere. The above 6 months experience was when I worked full time but still on a voluntary basis. Show less



CSC

• United States
• Information Technology & Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Statutory, VAT and Hyperion Accountant

  • Nov 2007 - Jun 2013

  •Responsible for the preparation of the statutory accounts for the group and addressing all External Audit queries, making sure that the accounts are finalised in time for the filing deadlines with Companies House. •Revenue analysis and revenue recognition by the various contracts, have attended various US lead revenue recognition seminars which included the correct application of SOP 97-2. •Perform various SOX tasks including internal business reviews in conjunction with Internal Audit, accounting process documentation and dealing with both Internal Audit and External Audit SOX queries •Monthly Hyperion processing for Nordic Region companies and the production of management reporting packs in 6 different currencies for more than 40 entities and a consolidated pack in USD. The management pack includes a balance sheet, profit and loss account, cash flow statement and the related variance analysis for month to month movements and also for comparison to budgets. •Responsible for the preparation of the annual budget for the Nordic group. This involves communication with various business units and compiling the budget for the whole region •Prepare the monthly forecast packs working with the contract managers of the business units •Responsible for a number of monthly balance sheet reconciliations which must be prepared to meet specific corporate deadlines and also at a high standard as stipulated by the corporate office and external auditors •Prepare the UK Group VAT return on a quarterly basis & specified Irish VAT Returns and deal with HMRC queries as referred by the Tax Department •Also provide information needed in Tax computations for statutory reporting purposes and review the iXBRL statutory accounts before these are filed with HMRC •Daily contact with the accounts payable and billing teams to make sure that all new transactions are properly accounted for in compliance with VAT regulations. •Involved in the preparation of US tax packs for year-end reporting Show less



PwC UK

• United Kingdom
• Accounting
• 700 & Above Employee

• Executive

  • Oct 2005 - Nov 2007

  Key roles: •Complete complex engagements including reporting / management letters and financial statements •Preparation of audit plans, planning of staff and staff appraisals •Quality assurance and risk management •Managing teams and staff development Key Client: FTSE250 real estate company, operating profit £172m and total assets £974.5m •Was appointed In-charge Auditor, just after the client transitioned to IFRS. Worked on the IFRS adjustments and reviewed the financial statements to make sure that they comply with IFRS • Reviewed the consolidation schedules and consolidation adjustments for the group with 16 property owning subsidiary companies. Managed to complete the consolidation in under a month, whereas in previous years the preparation of the financial statements including the consolidation took several months •Assisted the client management with the calculation of the Basic EPS, Diluted EPS and NAVPS •Performed quarterly reviews of the financial statements for the 2007 financial year •Reviewed the financial statements for the 16 subsidiary companies which were prepared under UK GAAP •Completion of a GAAP Checker to make sure that the financial statements are in compliance with the relevant Accounting Standards Key Client: Industrial fan manufacturing company, total revenue €480m and total assets €365m •Appointed In-charge Auditor for the consolidation process •The group has operations all over Europe and the work done involved reviewing the consolidation schedules, consolidation journals and other inter-company balances and transactions •The journals also included the elimination of unrealised profit in inventories Show less



Deloitte

• Business Consulting and Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Audit Manager

  • Jun 2000 - Sep 2005

  Key roles: •Due diligence reviews, share option scheme structuring and other specifically agreed upon procedures/ exercises •Manage debtors and Work in progress on client portfolios, including presentation of budgets to clients, billing and fee collections •Quality assurance and risk management •Complete complex engagements including reporting / management letters and financial statements •Helped clients in the preparation of statutory financial statements and tax computations •Planning and staffing of audits including team management and staff development. Achievements: •Through effective negotiations with clients was able to bill most clients in advance with minimal write-offs •Was the manager responsible for the calculation of the monthly efficiency bonus for all professional staff •Also lead a team during a fraud investigation process. This resulted in significant recommendations to the Board of directors for the improvement in the sales process and stock accounting procedures. •Was a member of the Quality Assurance Department which ensured that audit files complied with International Auditing Standards and the Deloitte methodology. Our efforts as a team resulted in the improvement in the grading for the Harare office during a peer review by the South African practice from Grade 3 to 2 (grade 4 being the worst and grade 1 the best) •Helped one client (a listed beverages manufacturing company) with the interpretation of the Income Tax Act of Zimbabwe. This resulted in the company being able to claim additional capital allowances which they had not been aware of, resulting in signification savings in tax payments. •Always looking at improving the efficiency of audits to cut down on the audit costs thus improving the profitability of my engagements and also cutting down on the costs for our clients. Show less