Experience

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  Auckland Council

  • New Zealand
  • Government Administration
  • 700 & Above Employee

  • Reporting Specialist

    • Feb 2020 - Present

    • Monitoring and controlling Vested Asset processing and capitalization including setting up a process with the resource consent team. Liaise with Audit on all vested asset queries and processes.• Analyzing Work in progress (WIP) and capitalizations trends for Auckland Council assets and creating departmental reports for the team.• Worked with the BI technical teams and developed BI reports for different business units in the Financial transactional team• Project management – Retrofit interest calculations for customers effected due to incorrect interest rates entered in SAP, Worked as an SME in Sundry billing integration project, migration of Legacy systems to SAP.

  • Financial Technician

    • Sep 2018 - Jan 2020

    My responsibilities include:• Produce financial reports and analysis on financial transactions as required to assist the Senior Financial Advisor and various budget managers in the business/organization• Assist in the preparation of budgets, reporting financial performance, preparations of forecasts and upload them in SAP financial system• Monitoring actual spend against projects and cost codes in SAP to identify coding errors and preparing journals to transfer the costs. Includes clearing out of old profit center postings. Prepare and process all journals in SAP• Planning and monitoring business performance e.g. completing month end, half year end process• Implementing performance measurements and control systems through Opal 3 commentary, variance analysis and management reporting• LGOIMA – Collection and analysis of data as per customer requests• Projects appraisals like business case review before it goes for approval• Prepare requests for new and improved SAP coding structures to ensure data integrity• Identify and contribute to the on-going opportunities for process and system improvement. Collaborate with the Finance Managers and Senior Financial Advisors to assist the business to develop and execute improvements.• Provide support to purchasing staff on codes to use and train them on financial policies and processes • Provide support and give advice to managers and staff on financial processes, systems and business rules. First hand support and training provider to managers for self-service online financials tools• Meetings with the departmental managers to discuss their monthly results.

  • Reporting Specialist

    • Jun 2017 - Sep 2018

    My responsibilities include:• Produce the monthly/quarterly/half yearly management reports such as Debt Committee report, KPIs, Opal 3, and reporting against service level agreements • Assist with the collection and analysis of data for customer requests such as LGOIMA, Audit • Monitor adherence to statutory and regulatory requirements, recommending and implementing controls where required • Worked as a backup for Hyperion system administrator• Worked as an SME in Sundry billing integration project

  • Banking & Accounting Analysts

    • Feb 2016 - Jun 2017

    My responsibilities includes :-• Rates allocation for AC owned properties to different business units • Weekly reporting to different Business units.• General ledger reconciliations including intercompany transactions• Daily bank reconciliations, Cash forecasts, Payment runs including domestic and foreign payments, Petty cash and staff reimbursements.• Month ends journals example fleet journals, bad debt recoding and accruals in SAP.• Assisting with daily process of loading statements from PC banking system to SAP, People soft, Pathway and other legacy systems.• Ensure that the bank balances are reconciled daily with the general ledger• Investigating and resolving any bank or GL reconciliations errors• Initiating and verifying payments and making sure all ASB/IB4B and SAP payments are processed and confirmed by bank in timely manner.• Actively involved in testing’s whenever system integrations takes place. Document the internal processes and finding ways to improve them.

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  Foodstuffs North Island Limited

  • Mt Roskil, Auckland

  • Group Accounting-Assistant accountant

    • Sep 2015 - Jan 2016
    • Mt Roskil, Auckland

    My responsibilities includes:-Preparing monthly KPI Board Packs.Preparing members fees and levies for the group.Daily, weekly and monthly reportingPreparing dishonours summary daily and transferring credits/debit to the appropriate accountsManaging month-end process re P&L and Balance sheet reconciliationPreparing FBT returnsExternal Audit preparations & participations.Raising purchase orders and goods receipting them as and when requiredPayroll/Wages clearing Adhoc work as and when required

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  Turners & Growers

  • New Zealand
  • Food and Beverage Services
  • 700 & Above Employee

  • Assistant accountant

    • Jun 2010 - Aug 2015

    My responsibilities includes :-• Supplier/customer reconciliations including Foodstuffs, Progressive Enterprises Ltd • Preparations of statements for key customer accounts• Intercompany customer/supplier sub-ledger accounts reconciliations• Responsible for monthly rebate calculations for key vendors• Assisted with monthly journals postings to the general ledger as part of the month end process• Assist with monthly/half yearly reporting • Stock reconciliations• Fixed asset back up• GST review• Value Financials (Statutory reporting software)-Preparations of financial statements for Group subsidiaries.

  • Finanacial Accountant (Secondment)

    • Jan 2015 - May 2015

    • Intercompany P&L reconciliation for group consolidations report• Quarterly FBT returns and worked on the project of automations of FBT return preparation• Balance sheet reconciliations • Uploading of non-SAP company trial balances into SAP• Supplier/Customer reconciliations• Month end/year end annual reports notes preparations• Payment authorization

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  Turners & Growers

  • New Zealand
  • Food and Beverage Services
  • 700 & Above Employee

  • Accounts Payable Administrator

    • Dec 2007 - Jun 2010

     Purchase order entry for packhouse/glasshouse into SAP  Match invoices with the delivery dockets and then good receipt them, was solely responsible for the accounts payable department Monthly Accruals Raise manual invoices and credit notes in SAP Cash Sales Crates and pallets reconciliations Maintained pricing table in SAP for the products sold to customer Enter orders as per purchase orders received form customers

  • Packhouse Administrator

    • Apr 2006 - Nov 2007

     Providing administrative support to the packhouse Preparations of bonus for the glass house workers using Piece –Rate system through PRIVA program. Freight/Stock reconciliations Prepared the dispatch notes for the delivery of goods in SAP Checked Transport invoices off against dispatch summaries or load sheets Receptions duties