Finance Assistant resume examples

• Assisted in consolidation, taxation, compliance and audit activities across the business entities which were assigned.
• Prepared monthly reconciliations for all General Ledger items relating to multiple business entities/projects.
• Facilitated account closing procedures at month end.
  
• Maintained integrity of general ledger, including the chart of accounts.

• Performed complex general accounting functions, including preparation of journal entries, profit and loss account analysis and balance sheet reconciliations.
• Prepared taxation requirements including BAS/FBT/income tax returns for Australia and New Zealand subsidiaries.
  
• Identified and investigated variances to financial plans and forecasts by interpreting financial results (monthly utilisation reporting and inter-department salary recharge).
• Maintained the Work in Progress account and reported to the global consulting management team to assist making better financial decisions. 
• Assisted with the year-end audit and processes including preparation of audit files, work papers, statutory notes, gathering data and responding directly to audit queries.
  
• Trained new employees on accounting principles, company procedures and financial management information system.
• Answered P&L queries from Finance, Non-Finance Managers and Operational Directors.
• Summary of major projects;  

Designed NetSuite dashboard allowing the CFO to easily visualize KPIs and flexible reports that are integrated with real-time data providing insights to drive better business decisions.  

Rolled out new employee expense system “Employee Centre” (NetSuite) this automated and streamlined the start to end expense management cycle. Designed user manuals for employees/managers, which are available throughout the company. Streamlining the expense system allowed accurate, timely expense reporting and overall expense management by departments and project managers. Resulted to seamless to tracking and submission of expenses for rapid reimbursement and client billing.

• Analysed monthly balance sheet accounts for corporate reporting.
• Owned the monthly consulting revenues/WIP summaries, invoicing and utilization reporting to global consulting management team.
• Maintained monthly fixed asset register and depreciation schedule, accruals, prepayments and inter company recharges.
• Assisted in preparing working papers and financial statements for New Zealand subsidiary audit.
• Cooperated with Sales Management team in the annual Upgrade and Support Program (USP) which included weekly meetings with regional account managers, invoicing calculations and customer relationship management.
• Compiled debtor and creditor reconciliations and ageing schedules for reporting to the Financial Controller.
• Summary of major project;  

Worked alongside Finance Manager on Annual Upgrade and Support (Maintenance) Billing Process; Result of the project was a systematic approach, timely invoicing resulting in advance payment and a positive cash flow benefit to the business and accurate commutation of USP resulted in accurate billing and a direct success of annual revenue.

The ANZ USP is a powerful income stream representing 40% of the overall global revenue streams for Objective Corporation Limited.

• Maintained bank reconciliations, full accounts receivables and accounts payable functions in accordance with the company policy.
• Cash Management and credit control.
• Performed financial statement audit procedures such as fluctuation/ratio analysis/analytical reviews and substantive testing.  
• Reconciled and managed corporate credit cards.
• Performed adhoc tasks supporting the finance team and auditors.
• Maintained integrity of petty cash account.
• Summary of major projects;  

Developed and setup workflow for company credit cards that effectively kept track and accountability for cardholders, supervisors and project managers; improved processes and department/region cost allocation per budgets.  

Involved in the implementation and testing of accounting system NetSuite from MYOB v.19