Experience

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  NZ Super Fund

  • Auckland, New Zealand

  • Senior Financial Accountant

    • May 2022 - Present
    • Auckland, New Zealand

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  ASB Bank

  • New Zealand
  • Banking
  • 700 & Above Employee

  • Senior Financial Reporting Accountant

    • Oct 2017 - May 2022

    Statutory and regulatory reporting - Group Financial Reporting team

  • Senior Financial Accountant

    • Aug 2015 - Oct 2017

    Financial accounting - Accounting Operations team

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  Apollo Management International, LLP

  • London, United Kingdom

  • Fund Accountant

    • Jul 2013 - Jun 2015
    • London, United Kingdom

    Fund Accountant for a group of real estate funds, investing in direct real estate assets across Europe and Asia.• Reviewing monthly and quarterly financial statements prepared by external administrators, including detailed review of journal entries, expense accruals, prepayments, and movements in investments;• Quarterly internal reporting of investment performance data;• Preparation of quarterly published investor reports;• Involved in quarter-end valuation process;• Managing year-end audit process, including working with external auditors to produce final signed accounts, and ensuring all reporting deadlines are met;• Co-ordination of capital calls from and distributions to investors, including analysis of capital requirements, preparation of call/distribution letters, and arranging distribution wires;• Responding to regular and ad-hoc investor queries.

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  Perpetual Trust Ltd

  • Auckland, New Zealand

  • Fund Accountant

    • May 2012 - Apr 2013
    • Auckland, New Zealand

    • Sole accountant of in-house managed funds, based in the Auckland head office;• Ownership of all aspects of accounting for the funds, including: - Preparation of monthly financial statements and management reports; - General ledger maintenance; - Monitoring cashflow requirements and overseeing banking and treasury functions; - Ensuring all month-end deadlines met; - Preparation of annual statutory IFRS-compliant financial statements for a variety of entities; - Managing external audit process; - Processing distributions and redemptions; - Satisfying all tax obligations; - Preparing forecast information for senior management; - Responding to ad-hoc queries from directors, senior management, financial advisors, and the public.• Management of an assistant accountant;• Managing mortgage assets held by the funds.

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  BDO New Zealand

  • Auckland, New Zealand

  • Assistant Manager

    • Mar 2006 - May 2012
    • Auckland, New Zealand

    Financial and Management Accountant, beginning as a graduate and progressing through to Assistant Manager. • Preparing annual statutory and monthly management financial statements for a range of clients in different industries;• Working directly with clients to improve financial performance;• Forecasting and budgeting;• Consolidation work;• Working in conjunction with the partner to manage the team’s workload;• Reviewing the work team members;• Liaising with Inland Revenue, solicitors, banks and the Companies Office on behalf of clients;• Consulting with clients’ regarding their business structures and succession plans;• Tax compliance work;• Training junior staff, including presenting in-house trainings.