Alexander King
Brisbane City,QLD
Summary
Detail-oriented Accountant with 2 years effectively maintaining accurate accounting information for large-scale financial organizations. History working as part of financial team to manage diverse financial functions, tax management and reporting. Works closely with executive management on complex mergers and acquisitions and divestitures.
Overview
3
3
years of professional experience
Work History
Accountant
KPMG
07.2021 - Current
- Managing monthly accounts for accurate reporting.
- Completed daily cash functions like account tracking, payroll and wage allocations, budgeting, donating, and cash, and banking reconciliations.
- Documented cash, credit, fixed assets, accrued expenses, and line of credit transactions.
- Gathered financial information, prepared documents, and closed books.
- Reconciled accounts and reviewed expense data, net worth, and assets.
- Used advanced software to prepare documents, reports, and presentations.
- Maintained up-to-date knowledge on professional accounting standards to manage financial recordkeeping.
- Detected and corrected mistakes early on and implemented systems to avoid recurring issues.
- Evaluated and improved financial records to make important business decisions.
- Improved data collection, financial analysis and financial modeling to optimize practices and retain customers.
- Prepared and filed tax forms to meet needs of customers.
- Modified comprehensive reporting to reflect changing financial structure.
- Researched technical tax issues to define tax effect or impact of certain tax positions.
- Itemized taxpayer expenses to identify maximum adjustments, deductions and credits.
- Prepared working papers, reports and supporting documentation for audit findings.
- Provided journal entries and performed accounting on accrual basis.
- Tracked funds, prepared deposits and reconciled accounts.
- Maintained integrity of general ledger and chart of accounts.
- Developed financial models to assess and analyze financial performance of clients.
Administration & Accountant Assistant
MSI Taylor
06.2020 - 07.2021
- Consulted with leadership to identify processes requiring improvement to support growth and success.
- Assisting with accountants workflows and process management.
- Interacting and communicating with clients.
- Document management.
Education
Graduate Diploma -
Chartered Accountants Australia & New Zealand
12.2024
Taxation
The Tax Institute
Australia12.2022
Bachelor of Commerce - Accounting & Business Information Systems
University of Queensland
Brisbane, QLD11.2021
Skills
Financial Statements
- Financial statements preparation
- Deferred taxes
- Consolidations
- AASB16 - Accounting for leases
- AASB 3 - Business Combinations
- General Purpose Financial Statements
Forecasting & budgeting
- Working closely with client to produce accurate forecasts ranging from 1 to 10 years
- Three-way forecasting
- Making detailed adjustments to cashflow
Management Reporting
- Preparing management reports for providing to banks, shareholders, directors and third parties
- Critical analysis of financial statements and revenue and COGS drivers
Timeline
Accountant
KPMG
07.2021 - Current
Administration & Accountant Assistant
MSI Taylor
06.2020 - 07.2021
Graduate Diploma -
Chartered Accountants Australia & New Zealand
Taxation
The Tax Institute
Bachelor of Commerce - Accounting & Business Information Systems
University of Queensland