QUALIFICATIONS

CAREER HISTORY

Accounts Officer                                                                                       Oct 2009 - Present
Tower Accountants                                                                                 

Tower Accountants is a tax firm situated in Blacktown, NSW which provides Financial Services to Clients in Australia, including preparation of financial reports, tax preparation and lodging tax returns to Australian Tax Office (ATO)

Key responsibilities:

• Preparing of BAS using accounting systems such as MYOB and Handiledger
• Preparing General ledgers and financial statements
• Preparing P&L, Balance sheet and budgets for client firms
• Preparing GST returns of clients
• Analysis and accounting of Accounts payable & Accounts receivable
• Analysis of expenses and data entry into MYOB and Handiledger
• Reconciliation of accounts
• Directly interacting with clients to attend to their needs.

Accountant                                                                                                Dec 2007 - Sep 2009
Alcatel - Lucent

Alcatel- Lucent was formed from the merger of Alcatel (a Subsidiary of la Compagnie Generale d'Electricite) and Lucent Technologies. It is considered as one of the largest innovation powerhouses in the communication industry.

Key responsibilities:

• Preparation of monthly accounting statements such as cash book, P&L, Balance Sheet, Cash flow statement and all account reconciliations
• Establishing project income and expenditure forecast
• Managing of treasury by liaising with the banks and financial institutions and negotiating with such banks for better interest rates.
• Dealing with banks to arrange bank guarantees, foreign currency remittances and traveler's cheques for suppliers, staff etc
• Verification of payroll computation done by the external service provider, to ensure that salaries and taxes are accurately computed. Further it was my duty to ensure that taxes are remitted to the tax authorities on a timely basis.
• Carrying out monthly/ annual tax computations and ensure timely payments to tax authorities.
• Evaluation of reasonability of payments done had to be assessed.

Finance Executive                                                                                    Aug 2006 - Nov 2007
Hayleys Group

Hayleys Advantis Group is the transportation wing of Hayleys PLC, a leading conglomerate Hayleys Advantis Limited, the parent Company comprises of 24 subsidiaries at present. These subsidiaries consist of Ship owning companies, Shipping agents, Freight forwarding agents, and general sales agents for airlines such as Qantas and British Airways.

Key responsibilities:

• Preparation of monthly accounts of the company and consolidated accounts of the Hayleys Advantis Group on a quarterly basis. (Which includes 24 subsidiaries in shipping, freight forwarding and aviation sector)
• Preparation of annual budgets of all departments, coordinating with the individual departmental heads.
• Managing the monthly reconciliation of all balance sheet items to be provided to external auditors
• Fund Management - negotiating with banks for interest rates for loans and investments and investing or borrowing appropriately.
• Handling all tax issues and lodging tax returns on time.
• Ensuring that the other payments done by the Company are authorized by the relevant parties and that the payments are supported appropriately by invoices and other documents.
• Calculation and application of depreciation for all types of fixed assets.
• Coordinating with insurance companies for insurance of high valued fixed assets, cash and cash equivalents, and maintaining insurance policies for employees.

                                                                                                 
Management Auditor                                                                               1998 - 2001
Ernst & Young

Ernst & Young is one of the top four global accounting firms renowned for its quality and dedicated service to its prestige client base hence.

Key responsibilities:

• Evaluating the internal controls of each client
• Ensuring that the process are in line with the procedure manuals
• Evaluation of risk and recommending methods to mitigate such risks
• Detection and control of errors/frauds

COMPUTER LITERACY

• MS Office Products (MS Word, Excel, Power Point, Access, Outlook)
• Various accounting software packages such as MYOB, handiLedger, handiTax

REFERENCES
Available upon request