Experience

The University Club Of Western Australia

• Australia
• Hospitality
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Accountant

  • Oct 2021 - Present



Toolmart Australia

• Accounts and Analytics Supervisor

  • Aug 2020 - Oct 2021



Wolfe Systems IT

• Information Technology & Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Finance Manager

  • Dec 2019 - Aug 2020



Gulf Hydraulics Australia

• Mechanical Or Industrial Engineering
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Financial Manager

  • Oct 2018 - Oct 2019

  As the Financial Manager I am responsible for overseeing all aspects of the accounts for a variety of interdependent companies with a combined annual revenue of over $12m. Working closely with the tax accountants to substantiate all assets and to clean up neglected accounts. I have implemented budgets for the three trading companies and monitored budget vs actuals monthly. I have developed management dashboards to convey key metrics and a details explanation to the any variances. After a detailed review of the current accounting system (MYOB EXO), I made recommendations to change support providers and was the key change agent in moving the system forward to providing accurate numbers and improve utilisation of the by all staff. Lodgement of all compliance reports including BAS/ IAS, Payroll tax and Single Touch Payroll. Manage a team of four employees from Admin, Accounts and purchasing Key Achievements • Introduction of the first budgets in 10 years which has assisting in increasing revenue and cutting costs. • Working with external consultants to work through all of the internal system issues (inventory levels, process flows and staff training) to improve the quality of the data and processes moving forward.



Cormac Sharkey & Co Pty Ltd

• Practice Manager

  • Nov 2014 - Oct 2018

  Lead a team of two to implement a practice wide software transformation from server based to a cloud practice management, accounting and tax solution. Provision of staff training and ongoing support. Automate debt collections and client payment options Organise and coordinate an office move to new premises and make good on old office. Provision of annual budgets, monthly management reports and tracing and monitoring staff KPI’s Management of client jobs in the office through to completion. Key Achievements • Implementation of automated accounts receivable and client payment options which increased cash flow and reduced debtor days by 10 days • Implementation of cloud based software which improved job processing time by up to 40% for Self-managed Super Funds.



Carbon Business Group

• Senior Bookkeeper

  • May 2014 - Nov 2014

  Key Responsibilities Meeting with potential and new clients to sell a variety of services. Converting and on boarding new clients to Xero including one on one training. Manage offshore team of 10 to improve processes and efficiencies between local and back office teams. Manage a portfolio of over 120 clients and their bookkeeping and payroll needs. Working with other departments in the Carbon group to deliver client focused business solutions Attend weekly Business Networking International (BNI) meetings to promote and acquire new clients Key Achievements • Improve communications, processes and effectiveness of off shore team based in India.



Agile Bookkeeping Services

• Owner

  • Apr 2009 - May 2014

  Self employed bookkeeper responsible for various clients’ accounts, debtors’ management, payroll and monthly and quarterly statutory lodgement requirements. Provided management, financial and cash flow reporting for internal and external stakeholders. Worked closely with a key client to successfully obtain two federal government grants and setup three new regional dental clinics in the past year. Key Achievements • Setup and ran all administrative processes for two metro and two regional dental clinics via cloud based applications to centrally administer all four clinics. • Prepared and consolidated accounts from numerous subsidiaries accounts into parent companies numbers for annual financial reports • Prepared accounts and notes for the annual financial report of a publicly listed company



Cormac Sharkey & Co

• Practice Manager/ Financial Reporter

  • Apr 2009 - Nov 2012

  Managed a three person administrative team responsible for client job workflow, invoicing, debtor’s management, office policies and procedures, bookkeeping and IT. Created and presented an office KPI dashboards for weekly management meetings. Implemented a new integrated invoicing system to reduce invoicing time and improve businesses cash flow. Key Achievements • Instrumental in the transition from a legacy manual invoicing system to an integrated office wide system • Improved business revenue by 22% and collections by 26% as a result of new invoicing process



Australia Post

• Australia
• Consumer Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Business Analyst

  • May 2008 - Mar 2009

  Reported on the top 50 customers to verify transaction volumes and profitability for each of the three payment methods, phone, Internet and over the counter. Analysis of incorrectly applied Credit Card rates by American Express to Australia Post resulting in the recovery of overcharge amounts over $200k. Key contact between senior management and IT when there is a scheduled and unscheduled outage. Key Achievements • Isolated a one million dollar system loophole being exploited by Local Post Offices which was then referred to the audit team. • Alignment of four reporting systems across the organisation to produce consistent results. • Identification of overcharging by American Express which resulted in a refund of over $200k. • Creation of a process for what to do when an unscheduled outage occurs feathering key contacts and outage timeline.



Hewlett Packard Enterprise

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

• Sales Compensation

  • Nov 2004 - 2008

  Promoted to the Sales Compensation team and was personally responsible for over 120 Sales Representatives compensations plans and monthly bonus remuneration payments. Working closely with various sales managers, sales representatives and other key stakeholders to individually tailor reports and analyse data to find trends in sales to assist sales strategies. Key Achievements • Part of a team which achieved a major milestone which resulted in a trip to Beijing. • Worked exclusively on a project to map the data flow through multiple HP systems starting with SAP and then tracked these various fields to make sure the correct data was flowing through to downstream reporting tools. • Worked closely with senior managers during the integration of 30 new Sales Representatives to HP after the acquisition of Mercury Software which included resolving numerous adhoc issues associated with new sales team’s plans and data quality problems associated with legacy systems into HP systems.