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AccountManager

ABDULLAH WARDAK

Parramatta

Summary

Talented financial leader well-versed in accounting principles and regulations. Motivated to keep company financial operations compliant, accurate and cost-effective. Ready to bring 10+ years of experience and take on challenging new role.

Skilled Financial Controller with experience working in different organizations largely within construction industry. Proven leadership skills and successful in leading teams in achieving financial goals. Accomplished in working with executive leaders to develop business, financial and growth strategies.

Proactive Financial Controller with strong background in financial analysis, budgeting and forecasting. Develops and implements financial plans and delivers strategic financial advice.

Overview

15
15
years of professional experience

Work History

Group Financial Controller

Killard Group
07.2019 - Current
  • Implementation and management of Group financial functions, processes and procedures including accounting, finance, risk and compliance, and relevant supplier management;
  • Undertake operational planning initiatives working closely with the Director and other senior managers in developing the budgets and cashflows to support strategic goals;
  • Continual evaluation of best practices in relation to internal systems, processes and resources, with an eye toward both future needs and budget realities
  • Support the management and delivery of the finance function including timely and accurate collating, preparing and interpreting of reports, budgets, accounts, commentaries and financial statements for monthly and annual financial reporting periods;
  • Prepare as required, materials and metrics for the management review;
  • Manage and deliver the financial and management accounts, financial forecasting, and cash flow needs;
  • Manage internal and external audit requirements that supports compliance to accounting standards and mitigates issues identified by external auditors;
  • Identify variances and recommend required accounting actions;
  • Summarise current financial status by collecting information; preparing end of month financial position statements and other reports with preparation of reports to internal stakeholder as required;
  • Ensure the timely preparation of statutory requirements including BAS, FBT, PAYG and other obligations as applicable;
  • Management of payroll including salary packaging and FBT;
  • Comply with federal, state, and industry sector financial and legal requirements by studying existing and new legislation, enforcing adherence to requirements, and advising management on needed actions;
  • Undertake data analysis to determine the organisation's state of financial health with identification of trends in revenue and expense variations;
  • Maintain accounting controls by reviewing, updating and recommending policies and procedures that comply with current accounting standards and practices, streamline procedures and achieve improved efficiencies;
  • Assist with the month end processes as required with preparation of journals, general accruals, prepayments;
  • Maintain the fixed asset register and inter company transactions;
  • Oversee the finance team and coach and mentor team members by coordinating activities and answering questions;
  • Producing and analysing high level management reports to the board and recommendations based on reports findings
  • Advise on investment activities, mergers and acquisitions and provide strategic outlook
  • Maintain cash flow and financial health of the organisation
  • Analyses costs, pricing, sales results and the company’s actual performance compared to the business plans
  • Evaluate and review cost reduction opportunities
  • Develop projection for the firm finances, goals and future direction
  • Oversee operations of the finance department, set goals and objectives, and design a framework to meet these objectives
  • Liaise with ATO, States Revenue Offices, and Financial institutions on daily basis
  • Correspond with various other departments, discussing company plans and agreeing on future paths to be taken
  • Oversee Finance, budgeting and accounting, including (foreign transaction reconciliation) for $40-$60M non-building construction firm.

Business Manager

Killard Infrastructure Pty Ltd
01.2019 - 06.2019
  • Responsible for managing day to day business which delivers 40 million plus turnover per annum with approximately 100 employees in the ground and in the office
  • Managing clients and suppliers
  • Working closely with Bid Manager and tender team when pricing and negotiating tenders with clients
  • Attend tender review meetings with clients
  • Making high level finance decisions about leases, overdraft facilities, property acquisitions etc
  • Business productivity and profitability analysis on daily/weekly basis to make sure the business overall objectives are met and new measures implemented when there is a need for improvement
  • Weekly WIP/Resources meetings with field Managers/Supervisors, updating weekly minutes, actions plans, highlights
  • Meet deadlines of delivering projects
  • Introduce analyse and implement new business ideas
  • Business expansions to new market segments
  • Business opportunity analysis
  • Review People and Plant and make necessary decisions in line with demand from the field to ensure smooth operation of daily business operations
  • Review HR policies and procedures
  • Review and implement business structure
  • Mergers and acquisitions, Information memorandum and due diligence on business when considering acquisitions.

Accounts Manager

Killard Infrastructure Pty Ltd
03.2015 - 01.2019
  • Financial Accounting
  • Provide monthly balance sheet reconciliations with supporting documentation and present them to the Board, Liaising with the company’s Executive General Manager.
  • Preparing BAS lodgement in a timely and accurate manner, using Auskey, liaising with ATO as the authorised person, representing Killard and associated companies, prepare all documentation and payments
  • Payroll
  • Managing Payroll up to 100 employees for 3 related entities with all associated tasks from setting up employee’s cards to processing payroll for salary employees as well as shift workers
  • Submitting PAYG, Lodging EOFY Payment summaries
  • Submitting Superannuation
  • Payroll Tax and administers Worker’s Compensation covers in NSW, QLD and ACT
  • Accounts Payable
  • Processing of accounts payable for close to 850 bills a month with precise checking, ensuring accurate entry and timely recording of all creditor’s invoices, credit notes, staff expense claims reimbursement, processing of all material purchase orders, confirming correct pricing, processing invoices
  • Ensure Creditor’s payments are made on an accurate and timely basis, processing and reconciling 5 corporate statements
  • Liaising with suppliers on payments, generating remittance advises, reconciling supplier’s statements, chasing up missing invoices
  • Accounts Receivable
  • Processing of accounts receivable, posting customers payments by recording cash, cheques and credit card transactions, ensuring timely collection of payments
  • Conduct credit checks, negotiating with clients in non-payment cases
  • Setting up Credit account customer’s by processing Credit Applications
  • Dealing with credit insurance companies and debt collectors
  • Issuing customer statements and reminders, supporting Accounts Receivable Clerk daily and training new team members, ensuring that collection procedures are compliant with standard regulations
  • Property Leasing & Vehicles
  • Responsible for managing monthly leases
  • Managing leases and finances
  • Depreciations
  • Banking & Cash Control
  • Recording and tracking all deposits, withdrawals and transfers of funds accurately and in timely manner
  • Performing daily bank reconciliations for 5 entities and 11 bank accounts for cash flow reporting purposes to the management
  • Maintaining banking relationships, administering companies’ loans, overdrafts and, documentations and maintaining spreadsheets
  • Insurances
  • Administer Workers Compensation insurances, Trade Credit Insurance, Product and
  • Public Liability insurance as well as Professional Indemnity Insurance on a timely and accurate manner
  • Administering certificates of currencies, and documentations, processing payments
  • Sales Invoicing
  • Managing Sales invoicing team, ensuring invoice are issued in timely and accurate manner, prepare monthly, quarterly and annually Sales Reports
  • Company Administration
  • Ensuring all companies’ policies are adopted, keeping appropriate filing to all companies financial documentations, archiving, keeping systematic filing for the 5 entities, including individuals
  • Accounting/Office Systems Skills
  • MS Office-Outlook, Xero, MYOB and ERP, Microsoft Dynamics

Accounts/Office Manager

Yascorp Civil Pty Ltd
07.2013 - 02.2015
  • Accounts Receivable and Accounts Payable
  • Payroll
  • Office Admin
  • Bank Reconciliation
  • Presenting financial reports the Director and senior management
  • Set up credit accounts with suppliers
  • Managing weekly monthly cashflow and revenue projection
  • Managing office overheads

Payroll Assistant

Woolworths Pty Ltd, Head Office
07.2010 - 12.2011
  • Assisting payroll team
  • Assisting with queries from employees
  • Processing payroll
  • Maintaining payroll records
  • Analysing weekly payroll cost against budget
  • Assist with Superannuation payments
  • Assisting in setting up employees with default Super

Project Supervisor

APPEN Pty Ltd
07.2009 - 06.2010
  • Working on language project
  • Transcription of audio data, using very comprehensive and detailed mark-up conventions
  • Careful interpretation of speech data in both sound and visible wave formats
  • Entering data in Pashto and English in a large database to be used in the later stages of the project
  • Very extensive checking and post processing of the transcribed data and phonetic processing of a large database of lexical items, all in the Linux operating system
  • Working on Pashto translation project.

Education

Master of Business Administration -

Australian Institute of Business

Bachelor of Business and Commerce - Accounting

Western Sydney University

Diploma and Advance Diploma of Accounting -

Granville College of TAFE

Bachelor of Economics -

Kabul International University
2007

Skills

  • Finanncial Management
  • Project Finance
  • Cost control
  • IFRS Proficiency
  • Procedure Development
  • Budget Administration
  • Revenue Generation
  • Profit and Loss Management
  • AP/AR Invoicing & Management
  • Month-End and Year-End Closings
  • Internal Control Management
  • Staff Management
  • Balance Sheet Management
  • Non-Profit Accounting
  • Public Accounting
  • Risk Management
  • Monitoring Expenditures
  • Budgetary Planning
  • Accounts Payable and Receivable
  • Audit Process Management
  • Financial Planning
  • Quarterly Reviews
  • Payroll Processing
  • Financial Statements Expertise
  • Team Oversight
  • Facilitating Auditions
  • Regulatory Compliance
  • Payment Disbursement
  • Shareholder Relations
  • Accounts Payable and Receivable Auditing
  • Account Reconciliation

Timeline

Group Financial Controller

Killard Group
07.2019 - Current

Business Manager

Killard Infrastructure Pty Ltd
01.2019 - 06.2019

Accounts Manager

Killard Infrastructure Pty Ltd
03.2015 - 01.2019

Accounts/Office Manager

Yascorp Civil Pty Ltd
07.2013 - 02.2015

Payroll Assistant

Woolworths Pty Ltd, Head Office
07.2010 - 12.2011

Project Supervisor

APPEN Pty Ltd
07.2009 - 06.2010

Master of Business Administration -

Australian Institute of Business

Bachelor of Business and Commerce - Accounting

Western Sydney University

Diploma and Advance Diploma of Accounting -

Granville College of TAFE

Bachelor of Economics -

Kabul International University

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