Ashley Whiting
Albany
Summary
A well organised and reliable candidate successful at managing multiple priorities with a positive attitude. Willingness to take on added responsibilities to meet team goals. To seek and maintain full-time position that offers professional challenges utilizing interpersonal skills, excellent time management and problem-solving skills.
Overview
30
30
years of professional experience
Work History
Office Administrator & Book Keeper
Albany Engineering
04.2024 - Current
- Lister Pty Ltd - Running of accounting processes prior, during and after sale of business using MYOB
- Tidying up of accounts for Financial year end.
- Preparing reports for accountant to lodge BAS and PAYG Monthly
- Weekly payroll, staff accounts, Superannuation
- Monthly paying & reconciling of creditors & debtors, as well as chasing up outstanding monies.
- Daily updating of bank statements and reconciliation of bank accounts
- Quarterly BAS & Superannuation payments
- Daily administration of responding emails, answering phones, checking & balancing of eftpos, invoicing.
- Continuation in new financial year of running the accounts, chasing up Debtors and up loading into Customers Portal for big companies such as Water Corp, Svitzer etc.
- Dines Ent - running of new accounts in Xero, payroll and pretty much the same as Lister Pty Ltd as per new owners
Lecturer
Southern Regional TAFE
07.2022 - Current
- Lead daily classes to facilitate student learning and engagement.
- With assistance of mentor, Sandy, created materials and exercises to illustrate application of course concepts.
- Understanding each unit, what needs to be demonstrated and still learning how this is to be mapped
- Used variety of learning modalities and support materials to assist learning process
- Following guidelines for each unit and showing initiative to fill in blanks from my own experience from working in theatre.
- Carry out Professional activities relating to position such as emails, USIQ, attending staff meetings & professional development, continued learning via blackboard for Staff induction videos.
- Worked across two campuses in 2022
Owner
Ashley Whiting Creative
01.2015 - 06.2022
- Consulted with customers to assess needs of garments and propose optimal solutions.
- Daily running of studio which included flow of work, management of garments and work to be done, liaising with customers and suppliers, sourcing materials, accounting and administration
- Daily sewing of garments or made to measure garments
- Organise and run arts programmes, host sewing workshops
Costume Dresser
Crown Theatre / Perth Concert Hall, Shakespeare WA
01.2010 - 03.2014
- Maintained positive, professional attitude during long technical rehearsals and when dealing with difficult people.
- Adjusted clothing once actor was dressed, making sure all garments fit properly and looked perfect.
- Tracked all clothing and accessories used in shows and photo shoots.
- Steamed and pressed garments prior to shows.
- Skilled at working independently and collaboratively in team environment.
- Completed general labor tasks such as loading and unloading materials, cleaning up job sites and operating sewing machines
- Paid attention to detail while completing assignments.
- Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written.
- Participated in team projects, demonstrating ability to work collaboratively and effectively.
- Applied effective time management techniques to meet tight deadlines.
- Making set costumes and headpieces for certain characters where required
- Cleaning and maintaining costumes on daily basis back stage
- Working back stage in dressing capacity to lead actors and ensuring high level of detail, keeping actors on task
Director
Trans Diesel
01.2009 - 12.2012
- Set up of bank accounts, suppliers accounts, eftpos, offices, legal and accounting requirements.
- Monitored cashflow
- Observed tight deadlines and strict budgetary controls to avoid waste and streamline costs.
- Work closely with partners to guide operational strategy.
- Daily management of office and dealing with customers
- Managing debtors and creditors
Hire Coordinator
Access Group
09.2006 - 12.2008
- Working with departmental managers to ascertain hiring needs and subsequently provide suitable solutions
- Dealing with hire of machinery to corporate partners
- Billing of hiring of machinery each month
- Manage maintenance of EWP's,
- Co ordinate training for EWP's
- Assistance to director with regards to corporate functions
Management Accountant
CTI Logistics
10.2002 - 09.2006
- Management accountant for 13 Companies within group
- Compiled general ledger entries with 100% accuracy.
- Cooperated with senior leaders to create operating budgets and initiate financial planning.
- Prepared working papers, reports and supporting documentation for audit findings.
- Partnered with auditors to track errors and add contributions to maintain accuracy.
- Maintain lease and hire purchase documentation and depreciation registers of all assets across organisation
- Manage Asset register
- Controlled and forecasted incomes and expenditures.
- Prepared thorough reports, commentaries and financial statements.
- Used several different software packages to conduct financial analysis, presenting findings to management.
- Collected and reported monthly expense variances and explanations.
- Reviewed accounts, resolved coding areas, and tracked recurring expenses for accrual entry.
- Tracked funds, prepared deposits and reconciled accounts.
- Reconciling accounts
Various Temp Positions
Agency
07.2002 - 09.2002
- Between positions, worked various temp positions in Book keeping, Senior Creditors Clerk, data entry, Receptionist
- Gained extensive knowledge in data entry, analysis and reporting.
- Identified issues, analyzed information and provided solutions to problems.
- Paid attention to detail while completing assignments.
- Work on specific projects
- Managed time efficiently in order to complete all tasks within deadlines.
- Developed strong communication and organizational skills through working on group projects.
- Manning reception and providing customer service
Bookkeeper
KMC Constructions & Maintenance
05.2001 - 06.2002
- Tracked financial progress by creating monthly quarterly and yearly balance sheets, P&L, budgets.
- Maintained excellent financial standings by working closely with Owner/Director to process business transactions.
- Management of Debtors and Creditors
- Worked alongside Financial BDO Auditors as company was in administration, now answerable to Auditors and flow of work changed to suit their requirements. Such as creditors owing, Payroll management
- Presented audit findings to Financial auditors
Book Keeper
Whitings Spar
07.1999 - 02.2001
- Reconciled account information and reported figures in general ledger by comparing to bank account statement each month.
- Supported management by processing invoices and documents with consistent on-time delivery.
- Posted daily receipts and payments in accordance with corporate protocols.
- Completed payroll for employees and maintained detailed records of procedures.
- Reconciled company bank, credit card and line of credit accounts, investigating and resolving discrepancies to keep accounts audit-ready.
- Compiled budget figures by reviewing past budgets, evaluating estimated income, and assessing expenses.
Book Keeper
Rolling Stone Clothing Company
06.1998 - 06.1999
- Reconciled account information and reported figures in general ledger by comparing to bank account statement each month.
- Processing invoices and delivery of merchandise to customers.
- Management of debtors and creditors
- Weekly payroll for employees and maintained relevant taxes, pensions, payroll tax etc.
- Personal assistant duties to director as and when required, booking accommodation and relevant travel
Book Keeper
High Voltage Construction - Power Construction
02.1994 - 02.1998
- First job out of school, started as Receptionist and worked up, by doing accounting diploma out of work hours
- Customer service on reception desk, answering telephone and switchboard management
- Handled incoming and outgoing package deliveries, working with vendors to complete special requests and track missing packages.
- Collected eftpos and cash payments, processed transactions and updated relevant records. Attend to banking each day
- Organized, maintained and updated information in computer databases.
- Managed multiple tasks and met time-sensitive deadlines. Assisting other staff member as and when required.
- Worked my way up to assisting on payroll weekly, managing debtors.
- Working on MS DOS computers and saving records to floppy discs
- Assisting directors with tenders documentation and filling in required information supplied by them using type writers etc.
- As the business grew, two companies merged. (High Voltage Construction and another company to form Power Construction). Assisted in merge transfer which was a few months work.
- Thereafter I was assistant book keeper and entered relevant bank info into the general ledger book and was responsible for balancing the income and expenses each day.
- Attended school at night to gain my Accounting Diploma to further my education and therefore my career.
Education
Advanced Diploma - Design For Live Production Theatre: Costume
Edith Cowan University, WAAPA
Perth, WA12.2012
Advanced Diploma - Accounting
Pitman Qualifications
Zimbabwe08.1997
Group Certificate - Secretarial Studies And Office Administration
Pitmans Examinations Institute
Academy Of Commercial Studies11.1993
Skills
- Sewing, Costume Design & Construction Expertise
- Financial Accounting & Administration Skills
- Superior Communication Skills
- Management Skills
- Organizational Management
- Project Management
- Customer Service
- Effective Problem Solving
- Computer Literate
- Thorough Work Ethic and work unsupervised
Accomplishments
- Working my way up through the ranks to be a management accountant.
- The first person in my family to attend university at the prestigious Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts
Additional Information
References:
Sonny Lister (Director Albany Engineering)
0429 380 005
sonny@albanyengineering.com.au
Sue Stokes (previous Training Operations Co-Ordinator)
0436 424 883
Sue.Stokes@srtafe.wa.edu.au
External
Fleur Kingsland (Head of Costume WAAPA)
0415 948 566
f.kingsland@ecu.edu.au
Sue Giles (Lecturer WAAPA)
0411 290 714
Penny Mazzuchelli (Head of Wardrobe WAAPA)
0431 708 511
p.mazzuchelli@ecu.edu.au
Timeline
Office Administrator & Book Keeper
Albany Engineering
04.2024 - Current
Lecturer
Southern Regional TAFE
07.2022 - Current
Owner
Ashley Whiting Creative
01.2015 - 06.2022
Costume Dresser
Crown Theatre / Perth Concert Hall, Shakespeare WA
01.2010 - 03.2014
Director
Trans Diesel
01.2009 - 12.2012
Hire Coordinator
Access Group
09.2006 - 12.2008
Management Accountant
CTI Logistics
10.2002 - 09.2006
Various Temp Positions
Agency
07.2002 - 09.2002
Bookkeeper
KMC Constructions & Maintenance
05.2001 - 06.2002
Book Keeper
Whitings Spar
07.1999 - 02.2001
Book Keeper
Rolling Stone Clothing Company
06.1998 - 06.1999
Book Keeper
High Voltage Construction - Power Construction
02.1994 - 02.1998
Advanced Diploma - Design For Live Production Theatre: Costume
Edith Cowan University, WAAPA
Advanced Diploma - Accounting
Pitman Qualifications
Group Certificate - Secretarial Studies And Office Administration
Pitmans Examinations Institute
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