Experience

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  OTBB Ltd

  • New Zealand

  • Managing Director

    • Apr 2020 - Present
    • New Zealand

    I have over 30 years working in Finance across several industries and within small, mid-sized and larger corporate businesses. This experience has enabled me to hone my skills and implement the learnings to provide a service for my clients that is second to none.

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  Self-Employed

  • Financial Services Professional

    • Apr 2014 - Apr 2024

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  Carters

  • National Support Office

  • Management Branch Accountant

    • Dec 2013 - Apr 2014
    • National Support Office

    Training new Branch Accountants as they are being recruited into the role after a four week handover from previous Branch Accountant.Management of Gross Margins for all Product Lines for all Branches.Management of Fixed Asset Process at Carters to ensure accurate Reporting for Monthly Reports to Rank Group Detailed analysis of Stock Movement on a bi-annual basis for all branches, based on stocktake roster. Report is then produced outlining an assessment and strategy for any improvements for the Branch Manager.

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  Animates NZ

  • Accountant

    • Feb 2012 - Oct 2013

    In June 2012 I successfully Managed a new Software Project to work alongside the, to be implemented DGMS Process, which was being launched nationwide across all stores. This involved integrating our current POS Software with our Accounting Software. This was successfully integrated without errors within 5 weeks.I was heavily involved in the Audit Management of the Stores Banking Process, which was undergoing an extensive overhaul to manage the integrity of the data flowing through to Support Office. Moulding the finance team into a cohesive and functioning unit that works well under pressure and to tight deadlines. This has been achieved in greater part to the introduction of new processes, implementing new software development and empowering the team to utilise their skills to go above and beyond when under pressure. Within three months into this role I had successfully brought the Creditors Ageing down from 120 days + to within terms across all major Suppliers. This was brought about with the introduction of new automated processes, to reduce labour hours to reconcile large supplier accounts, and updated the accounting system, to obtain accurate information for reconciling.

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  Fletcher Steel

  • Otahuhu, Auckland, New Zealand

  • Contract Accountant

    • Jun 2011 - Jan 2012
    • Otahuhu, Auckland, New Zealand

    The Fletcher Steel AP team had moved to a new system process and due to new system teething errors was struggling to get on top of their major accounts due to volume and transactional errors. Working with the Senior Company Contract Accountant to establish a better process to reconcile accounts, identify error trends and to eliminate the manual process of working through the volume, I was able to bring the majority of the accounts under control in my short time with Fletchers

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  Metlifecare

  • Greenlane, Auckland

  • Senior Assistant Accountant

    • Mar 2010 - Mar 2011
    • Greenlane, Auckland

    Implementation and Development of a new Software programme that would capture the revenue from our Hospital and Resthome sites and integrate directly with our Finance Software. The process included Testing of Software with various amendments to include all contingencies of the various Village anomalies. The villages were rolled out in stage, and the process included creation of a training manual, training of Village Administrators and ongoing support to the Villages

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  Infrastructure Management Limited

  • Papakura, Auckland, New Zealand

  • Project Coordinator

    • Oct 2008 - Jan 2010
    • Papakura, Auckland, New Zealand

    The role required effective time management to co-ordinate several Projects on the go. Communication with Stakeholders was essential to ensure requirements were being met to their standards, and to ensure costs were being kept within budget. Due to several project commitments, it was important to ensure time management was kept well in check with effective organisations and prioritizing

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  Living Water Enterprises Ltd

  • Assistant Accountant

    • 2004 - 2008