Experience

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  Marley New Zealand Limited

  • Auckland, New Zealand

  • Company Accountant

    • Mar 2023 - Present
    • Auckland, New Zealand

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  Total Access

  • Auckland, New Zealand

  • Company Accountant

    • Feb 2022 - Mar 2023
    • Auckland, New Zealand

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  Laminex New Zealand - a division of Fletcher Building Products Ltd

  • Auckland, New Zealand

  • Commercial Accountant

    • Dec 2021 - Feb 2022
    • Auckland, New Zealand

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  Intergroup Ltd

  • Auckland, New Zealand

  • Business Partner

    • May 2021 - Nov 2021
    • Auckland, New Zealand

    This is a contract role in the interim for adding value to InterGroup business through analysis and insights on profit center performance; partnering with senior management to develop forecasts that inform tactical and strategic decisions and providing/presenting regular reports to stakeholders.

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  Kangaroo Island Council

  • Kangaroo Island, South Australia, Australia

  • Finance Manager

    • Jan 2021 - Feb 2021
    • Kangaroo Island, South Australia, Australia

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  Thomas Foods International

  • Adelaide, Australia

  • Credit and Treasury Officer

    • Dec 2019 - Apr 2020
    • Adelaide, Australia

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  Co-op Money NZ

  • Auckland, New Zealand

  • Accounting Manager

    • Aug 2016 - Aug 2018
    • Auckland, New Zealand

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  Waitemata District Health Board

  • Auckland, New Zealand

  • Management Accountant

    • Jul 2016 - Aug 2016
    • Auckland, New Zealand

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  Broadspectrum (New Zealand) Ltd

  • Commercial Accountant

    • Dec 2015 - Apr 2016

    • Monitoring and reporting financial performance and trends• Supporting businesses and the Commercial Finance Manager in business growth and operational improvement• Risk management• Health, Safety and Environment• Monthly forecasting and budgeting for 2016-17

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  Transfield Services (New Zealand) Ltd

  • Financial Controller

    • Aug 2015 - Nov 2015

    • Strengthening financial controls• Supporting NZ Corporate Support Managers in reviewing actual costs, forecasting and budgeting,• Consolidation of NZ results ensuring compliance with Group Policies, highlighting risks• Driving system and process improvement across all business streams• Preparation of statutory financial statements and managing external audit• Management of treasury requirements for NZ• Management of all NZ tax issues• Financial system integrity.

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  Hawkins Construction

  • Auckland

  • Contract Accountant

    • Feb 2011 - Jun 2015
    • Auckland

    • Overhead budgeting for all the cost elements across all the regions in New Zealand.• Loading budgets in the accounting system.• Overhead cost analysis by cost centres, comparison against budget and writing commentary.• Analysing vehicle, mobile phone and travel costs and producing management reports.• Revenue and gross margin analysis by jobs and writing commentary on variances against budget.• Streamlining GST accounts and monthly/bi-monthly GST returns for Hawkins and JV businesses.• Streamlining vehicle and driver records and updating online records of outsourced managers.• AR analysis and follow-up with account managers.• Liaising with bank on accounts administration.• GL Reconciliations• Assisting with audit preparations and queries• Providing information for Statutory Reports• Responding to Tax Calculation queries

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  Fexco Pacific (NZ) Ltd

  • Auckland, New Zealand

  • Finance/Systems Analyst

    • Aug 2010 - Dec 2010
    • Auckland, New Zealand

    • Creating a data-warehouse in Palo (an open-source OLAP system) for the three major businesses of the company.• Creating report templates for the weekly management reporting for all the businesses.• Providing user-guide for the operation of the reporting system post-implementation.

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  Envirowaste Services Ltd

  • Auckland, New Zealand

  • Contract Accountant

    • Jul 2008 - Dec 2008
    • Auckland, New Zealand

    • Assisting the Corporate Accountant and CFO in year-end closing, group consolidation, preparing statutory accounts for the holding company and all its subsidiaries and obtaining audit sign-off.• Implementation of IFRS

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  Ricoh New Zealand Ltd

  • Company Accountant

    • Oct 2007 - Mar 2008

    • Responsible for all aspects of financial accounting including Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable and transaction processing up to finalisation. • Monthly management reporting to Executive Team, Branch Managers and other functional managers.• Reporting to Ricoh Group including budget comparisons and commentaries.• Managing the complete finance team of five direct reports and three indirect reports.• Managing the statutory audit process and obtaining sign-off.• Treasury management including managing current accounts, overdrafts, loan arrangements, forex management/cover etc.• Managing GST, FBT and Income Tax payments and returns.• Asset management and reporting.• Reporting to outside agencies such as Statistics NZ and RBNZ.• Involved in the preparation of three-year corporate plan and annual budgeting.• Administrative policies, process improvement and development and internal audit.• Responsible for data management, maintaining and resolving accounting system issues.• Processing monthly Executive Payroll, responding to queries, leave management and preparing reports for GL entries, PAYE returns, Kiwisaver etc.• Special projects Negotiated with the bank for interest on overnight balances in current account, enhancing interest income.

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  New Zealand Blood Service

  • Accounting and Reporting Manager

    • Apr 2004 - Oct 2007

    • Responsible for all aspects of financial accounting including Accounts Receivable and Accounts Payable. • Providing accurate and timely financial reports, including reports to the Board and commentary on the financial performance of the organisation.• Managing the accounting team.• Managing capital expenditure from budgeting and approvals, up to capitalisation of assets, depreciation and disposals. • Managing the statutory audit process and obtaining sign-off.• Dealing with finance focal points in the Ministry of Health and submission of monthly reports and annual budgets.• Assisting the Chief Financial Officer in all the information needs for the management of the organisation. Streamlined the entire capital expenditure process and tracking actual expenditure against budgets. Implemented FRx (a Microsoft reporting tool) for management reporting. Involved in the implementation of Great Plains (a Microsoft Business Solutions package) in NZBS. Focal point for user security administration, General Ledger chart of accounts and FA register. Created an additional income of approx. $250K per annum by way of interest through better management of funds in the bank.

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  Shell Markets Middle East Limited

  • Management Accountant

    • Feb 2001 - Nov 2003

    • Monthly segmented reporting to the group HQ (focal point)• Submission of Zonal MIS in the form of financial data, marketing/selling data and operating expenditure.• CAPEX report submission (focal point)• Providing customised MIS for the local management including corporate, global and zonal businesses.• Reporting year-to-date net income, businesswise, to the Chief Executive on a monthly basis for all the Shell companies in Dubai.• Quarterly MIS commentary with financial statements. • Focal point for annual planning/budgeting process and updating ERP (SAP) system with budget numbers.• Custodian of the Controlling and Special Ledger modules of the ERP system including maintaining and running the allocation cycles and cost centres.• Providing routine and ad hoc reports to the zone.• Providing statistics to the government.• Responding to all the ad hoc management information. Managed the implementation of the operating costs tracker module called OPEX bay in MIS. Managed the implementation of CAPEX bay in MIS.

  • Financial Accounting Assistant

    • Jun 1998 - Jan 2001

    • Financial accounting and recording all transactions for all the products handled up to gross margin reports.• Raising Debit/Credit notes as per requests from various business departments.• Verification of supplier invoices in the indent system and generating payment vouchers.• Handling queries from suppliers regarding payments and reconciling inter-company transactions.• Handling freighting transactions for various vessels and reallocation/recharging of costs.• Bank Reconciliations.• GL Reconciliations.• Quarterly review of intra-group purchases, sales and intra-group balances for group reporting.• Assisting in the preparation of quarterly group reports.• Preparing reports and reconciling group (marine) insurance.• Quarterly physical verification of stocks in various locations.• Co-ordination with Accounts Receivable and Accounts Payable functions. Able to independently manage monthly/quarterly finalisation in the absence of the Financial Accountant.

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  Shell Oman Marketing Company SAOG

  • Senior Operations Supervisor

    • Jan 1996 - Jun 1998

    Receipt, storage and distribution of bulk fuels.Receipt, storage and distribution of packed lubricants.Stock planning and inventory management.Managing labour staff.Vehicle inspections and heavy vehicle driver testing.

  • Aviation Supervisor

    • Oct 1987 - Dec 1996

    Supervising refuelling aircrafts at the airports, receiving products and managing their quality and managing labour staff.