- 1025 Granville Ave, Apt 6 Brentwood Ÿ Xxxxxx, CA xxxxxx ( (xxx-xxx-xxxx * abc@xyz.com

Senior Financial Accountant

Qualifications Profile

    Highly self-motivated and results-driven professional (British and Australian citizen) with more than years providing high-performance customer service and technical support mostly in the healthcare industry.

    Detail-oriented, analytical and methodical with critical thinking to resolve work issues even under stress.

    Well-organized and resourceful with multitasking skills that optimize limited resources to achieve outstanding results.

    Strong people management and interpersonal communication skills that inspire confidence while forging teamwork synergies with colleagues across diverse ethnicities.

Key Expertise

    Business Planning & Execution Support

    Financial Management

    Full-Cycle Corporate Accounting

    Tax & Liability Accounting

    Relationship Management (Clients, Stakeholders, & Suppliers)

    Profitability Management

    Internal Audit & Control

    Budget Variance Analysis

    Fiscal & Budget Management (CAPEX & OPEX)

    Policies & Regulatory Compliance (i.e. OSHA, GAAP & Sarbanes-Oxley, etc.)

    Financial Risk Management

    Financial Records Management

    Loan Administration

    Cash/Fund/Equity Management

    Process/Workflow Improvement

Technical

    Accounting systems: PeopleSoft, Great Plains, MYOB, MRI, Yardi, & TASS

    MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, & Outlook)

    Email/Webmail, Web Research, Social Networking, & Online Collaborative Computing

Professional Experience

Abbotsleigh School (Not for profit private girls school) Ÿ Sydney

    Managed the annual audit process for the school and its Foundation working with external auditors, and processing statutory financial statements, supporting disclosures, and associated documentations.

    Liaised with senior management to prepare, finalize, and consolidate annual budgets across all departments.

    Implemented an improved G/L Chart of Accounts and reviewed monthly Balance Sheet Reconciliation process.

    Ensured compliance with local regulation, preparing and lodging GST and FBT returns.

    Reviewed, approved, and administered payroll, including AP and bank transactions.

Gencom Technology Group (Private broadcasting company) Ÿ Sydney

    Coordinated with Unit Managers in finalizing annual budgets for Australian, New Zealand and Singaporean firms.

    Produced and reviewed monthly P&L and balance sheet with associated budget vs actuals variance analysis for Australian and overseas companies, ensuring compliance with local tax regulation.

    Managed cash flow forecast and payments, including Australian and Singaporean payroll disbursements.

oOh! MEDIA (Private media company) Ÿ Sydney

    Managed the annual audit process for 2 Australian and 4 New Zealand firms coordinating with external auditors, and submitting statutory financial statements, supporting disclosures, and associated documents.

    Produced annual operating expense budgets for the Australia and New Zealand caf divisions.

    Managed debt rollovers, loan repayments, and quarterly loan covenant compliance.

    Prepared quarterly private equity management reports with associated variance commentary to provide bases of executive decisions.

Charterhall Group (ASX listed property group) Ÿ Sydney

    Prepared and submitted monthly management account reports with variance commentary and recommendation to senior management while managing daily unit pricing and quarterly distribution processes.

    Oversaw the annual audit process for 3 unlisted property funds, liaising with external auditors, and preparing statutory financial statements, supporting disclosures, and related documents.

    Prepared and lodged GST returns and annual income tax returns with full disclosure and legal compliance.

    Managed debt rollovers and ensured compliance with loan covenants

    Nominated super user leading the direct finance team in migrating from MRI to Yardi ERP property system. Trained other team members and users in using the new system, serving as the primary liaison between finance and IT.

- 1025 Granville Ave, Apt 6 Brentwood Ÿ Xxxxxx, CA xxxxxx ( (xxx-xxx-xxxx * abc@xyz.com

Professional Experience (continued)

AJ Lucas Group (ASX listed drilling, engineering, construction & investment company) Ÿ Sydney

    Prepared period-end balance sheet and P&L statements for joint venture investments, including joint venture reports to internal and external stakeholders.

    Prepared group journals, financial cash flow statement, revenue and work-in-progress reports, accounting for subsidiary transaction in joint ventures and investments.

    Reviewed group P&L statements for significant variances while reviewing key balance sheet reconciliation items.

    Managed external audit for joint venture companies and facilitated annual corporate budgets for overhead costs.

Broadcom UK, Ltd. (A subsidiary of Broadcom Corporation, Listed in the US NASDAQ) Ÿ Cambridge UK

    Prepared period-end balance sheets and P&L statements with associated variance commentary for 6 European firms in compliance with US GAAP and SOX mandates, facilitating external audit and statutory financial statement.

    Led and ensured compliance with accounts payable metrics that supported Senior Managements decision to re-integrate the accounts payable process back to the UK after outsourcing to India Managed and reconciled key balance sheet accounts for monthly reporting

    Transitioned European payrolls to a single payroll provider to streamline the payroll process and ensure compliance with local regulation.

    Prepared and filed items related to statutory compliance, including VAT and payroll reports,

    Promoted healthy working relationship between local accounting advisers and payroll specialists to ensure compliance with government and industry regulation.

    Produced and evaluated periodic performance benchmarking metrics across Europe and Asia for accounting processes,

    Identified and implemented efficiencies in the period-end accounting processes moving specific accounts to pre-closing and automating manual accruals to reduce the period-end closing errors and redundancies.

Johnson Matthey Plc (A UK FTSE100 chemicals & precious metals company) Ÿ Cambridge UK

    Managed audit assignments across Europe, Asia, US and South Africa, evaluating financial systems, controls and policies, including assessing creditworthiness, precious metal and currency exposure

    Reviewed physical and financial precious metal stock control, submitting audit reports to the Chairman s Executive Committee with recommendations for improved control and operational efficiency.

Ernst & Young Ÿ Cambridge UK

    Managed audit assignments in the UK and the US that also involved planning and budgeting, establishing and developing strong client and team relationships, as well as financial auditing and disclosures through application of financial reporting knowledge (IFRS and UK GAAP).

    Identified documents and recommended mitigation plans on high risk areas while designing test methods for financial controls and audit procedures. Conducted other performance assurance services such as auditing of PPRS and grant claims.

    Supervised, coached and developed new hires and junior team members.

    Provided consultancy services leveraging a diverse audit experience to small private companies as well as large publicly listed companies in manufacturing, technology and pharmaceutical (i.e. Greene King, News International and E2V Technologies, UK).

Education & Credentials

    B.A. in Business Management (Hons), UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM (2005)

Professional Training & Certifications

    Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland (CPA equivalent - first time passes) (2008)

(Chartered Accountant qualified with Ernst & Young, equivalent to US CPA)

Affiliations & Community Involvement

    Members/Volunteer: Caridad, Las Vegas, NV.

(Helping the homeless obtain ID and sending receipts to donors)