• Job TypePermanent
• PayAvailable for a competitive rate
• Reference5405916

Professional qualifications/key skills

• Chartered Accountant since 2015
• Management and financial accounting
• Supporting and training junior staff
• Extensive software knowledge

Comments

My candidate is a highly skilled accountant with extensive experience in the small scale agriculture, technology, and telecommunications industries. They excel in preparing reports to support management decision-making, budgeting, month-end closing, and management reporting. They are proficient in managing fixed assets, cash flow forecasting, tax filing, and payroll. They have successfully led projects, including software transitions and improving vendor data quality. Additionally, they have a strong background in training and coaching staff, ensuring accurate job execution and continuous process improvement.

My candidate is seeking a role in which they can take on additional responsibility to grow their skill set, and they are happy moving in either a management or financial accounting direction.

Professional Membership & Education

CAANZ

Chartered Accountant

Since 2023

CPA Canada

Chartered Professional Accountant, Certified General Accountant (Canada)

Since 2015

University of International Business and Economics

Bachelor of Commerce (Accounting Major)

Completed 2008

Work Experiences

Small Scale Agriculture

Accountant

2017 to present

• Project Management
  1. Collaborated with nursery teams to document each step of plant production for the new ERP system
  2. Developed procedures for various transactions to provide clear guidance to nursery team members
• Reporting
  1. Prepare KPIs reports for the Senior Management team
  2. Organise monthly meetings with the procurement team to review inventory levels, offering purchasing suggestions based on previous sales data
  3. Prepare month-end closing reporting for the Management team
• Budgeting
  1. Prepare the annual budget, encompassing retail branches and wholesale teams
  2. Set external purchase budgets for buyers
• General Accounting Transactions
  1. Managed accounts receivable, billing, and reconciliation processes
  2. Oversaw accounts payable, including invoice coding and reconciliation
  3. Processed monthly expense accruals, and journal entries, and completed month-end closing, providing financial reports and analysis to management.
• Fixed Assets Management:
  1. Managed asset creation, depreciation, and disposal bookings, as well as the yearly physical inventory
  2. Maintained and updated the fixed asset register and CAPEX documentation
• PAYE, GST, and FBT filings and payments
• Managed weekly payroll and prepare monthly reports on staff turnover and holiday pay accrual
• Provided training and coaching to senior administrators to enhance their skills and ensure accurate job execution.

Technology Company

Accountant

2014 to 2017

• Accounting
  1. Corrected wrongly booked entries, processed monthly expense accruals, and completed monthly reconciliations.
  2. Managed accounts receivable for four companies, ensuring full reconciliation with intercompany balances; issuing credit notes to customers for rebate/commission before month-end closing, and taking reconciliation with customers.
• Fixed Assets
  1. Oversaw fixed assets management for 3 companies, including purchase, inventory, disposal, and monthly reporting.
  2. Prepare GAAP reports and other asset reports required by controllers or auditors
  3. Complete monthly closing report related to fixed assets
• Project Leadership
• Payments Management & Foreign Exchange
  1. Handled billing of exchange payments and telegraphic transfers for three companies, assessing the impact on cash flow
  2. Estimated foreign currency gaps by analysing accounts receivable and payable in foreign currencies
  3. Edited details procedure of BOE payment

Telecoms Provider

Fixed Asset Accounting Specialist

2009 to 2014

Simon Lawrence

Team Manager

Hays Senior Finance

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