ASIM NAWAZ
Brisbane,QLD
Summary
Competent, proactive, and results-driven accounting professional, equipped with well-developed qualifications, combined with extensive experience in diverse areas involving corporate accounting, financial reporting, and management of direct reports. Demonstrate efficiency in environments requiring problem resolution, economic expertise, and business acumen, all in fast-paced and high-volume settings. Utilize strategic planning and decision-making skills in initiating positive changes along with strengths in improving existing processes and defining continuous improvement to generate outstanding results. Adept at analyzing operational and financial needs; proficient in simplifying and communicating complex financial scenarios. In my present role, I provide high-level supervision to the accounts team, and I am heavily involved in helping to balance the company's commercial and financial considerations. Right now, I would like to work for a company that has an environment where I can drive process improvements.
Overview
20
20
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Accounts Manager
Mcnamara Law Firm
01.2024 - 08.2024
- Administer trust accounts, ensuring all transactions are accurately recorded and classified.
- Process deposits, disbursements, and investments according to the trust's terms.
- Monitor cash flow and manage the allocation of income, expenses, and principal as per the trust agreement.
- Prepare and review periodic trust financial statements, including balance sheets, income statements, and cash flow reports.
- Prepare tax filings related to the trust accounts, ensuring timely submission to authorities.
- Provide regular updates to trustees and beneficiaries regarding account balances, investments, and performance.
- Ensure that all trust transactions comply with Queensland Law Ssociety, fiduciary regulations, and the trust agreement terms.
- Assist in internal and external audits, providing necessary financial documentation and explanations.
- Maintain up-to-date knowledge of changes in accounting standards, tax laws, and fiduciary responsibilities.
- Collaborate with financial advisors to monitor investment portfolios of trust funds.
- Ensure investments align with the trust's goals, objectives, and legal guidelines.
- Evaluate and report on the performance of trust investments.
- Serve as a point of contact for trustees, beneficiaries, and external parties regarding trust account issues.
- Address inquiries and resolve discrepancies in a timely manner.
- Maintain accurate and complete records of all trust transactions, ensuring documentation is readily available for review.
- Ensure proper filing and retention of trust-related documents for legal and auditing purposes.
- Perform regular reconciliations of trust accounts to ensure the accuracy of balances and transactions.
Accountant
Bunya Care
05.2023 - 09.2023
- Prepare financial statements and reporting
- Manage audit and compliance and group reporting packages
- Monitor and analyse financial data, identifying trends and variances with emphasis on capital expenditure, personnel costs and operating expense review
- Processing Payroll
- Manage month-end processes including journal review, preparation of monthly management accounts and reconciliations
- Collaborate with a finance team to ensure smooth running of an organisation's accounts department
- Manage accounts payable and accounts receivable duties
- Assist with day-to-day operations of the finance department
- Assisting with other adhoc accounting tasks, as required
Finance Manager
North West Queensland Indigenous Catholic Social Services Limited
01.2015 - 05.2023
- Provide and interpret financial information
- Monitor and interpret cash flows and predicting future trends
- Regular budgeting, forecasting and scenario planning to assist with organisation goal execution
- Analyze change and advising accordingly
- Formulate strategic and long-term business plans
- Research and report on factors influencing business performance
- Analyze competitors and market trends
- Develop financial management mechanisms that minimise financial risk
- Conducted reviews and evaluations for cost-reduction opportunities
- Managed a company's financial accounting, monitoring and reporting systems
- Acquittal lodgements with funding bodies within the required time frame
- Liaised with auditors to ensure annual monitoring is carried out
- Develop external relationships with appropriate contacts, e.g
- Auditors, solicitors, bankers and funding bodies (various departments)
- Assisting in process improvement and systems enhancement initiatives
- Produced accurate financial reports to specific deadlines
- Providing adhoc analysis to drive business decisions and support the executive teams
- Oversee company’s payroll, including maintenance of employee’s payroll files, leave entitlements, and EOFY processes, as well providing backup to finance team for processing fortnightly payroll as needed
- Oversee EOM process, including reconciliations of all balance sheet accounts, and journal entries for accruals, prepayments, providing backup to the finance team as needed
- Oversee company’s Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable functions
- Supervised staff
Finance and Administration Officer
North West Queensland Indigenous Catholic Social Services
01.2010 - 01.2015
- Administer Accounts Payable and Receivable
- Payroll Processing
- Timely and accurately produce the quarterly Business Activities Statement
- Reconciling bank accounts
- End of month processing and account reconciliations
- Set up new customer accounts in business systems
- Ensure timely renewals of insurance, worker’s compensation, memberships and subscriptions
- Maintaining accurate and up-to-date financial records, ensuring compliance with company policies and accounting standards
Project Event Administrator
Australian Career Insight
07.2009 - 12.2009
- Assisted in setting up and coordinating public speaking events at different venues
- Organized seating, brochures, charts, videos and advertising used for events
- Organized and coordinated ticketing for patrons and process EFT and cash transactions
- Organized and prepared stationery and resources to be printed and distributed
- Act as conduit between team and managers and external parties, suppliers, stakeholders and clients
- Performed accounts receivable - chase up outstanding payments and update accounting reporting
- Kept track and manage expenditure during project creating performance reports used by management
Customer Service Consultant
ANZ
03.2007 - 07.2009
- Act a frontline 'operator' dealing directly with customers to grow branch’s clientele base
- Processed cheques, cash deposits and withdrawals
- Complied with security and identity checking processes to minimise fraud
- Used high attention to detail to handle significant cash transactions
- Access the general ledger to maintain and check certain transactions and bank cheques
- Offered advice on best insurance, credit card, loan and investment deals for individual customers
Sales & Solutions Representative
UCMS (BPO)
01.2006 - 01.2007
- Performed warm and cold calling the phone residential and commercial clients to win business
- Up-sell and cross-sell Telstra’s wide range of telecommunication solutions
- Performed general helpdesk activities, especially related to activations and technical support to dealers
Finance & Taxation Clerk
Capital City Pty Ltd
09.2004 - 12.2005
- Performed accounts payable (20-30 per week) and accounts receivable (60-80 per week)
- Assisted in PAYG payroll, preparing timesheets, updating leave and superannuation entitlements
- Prepared GST / BAS paperwork for business
- Coordinated accounting entries including tax return preparation for various departments, calculation and entry of journal entries, prepared financial statements, income statements, balance sheets, inventory control
- Handled the company's external communications, short-term loans, and banking matters
- Planned and implemented new policies and procedures advised by the Financial Controller and monthly verification of those procedures
- Administer various accounting functions, including billing, accounts receivable, bank reconciliation, job costings, contracts administration and financial statements
- Advise management of business activity's effect on the bottom line and tax liabilities
Education
Bachelor of Business Accounting -
Central Queensland University
Melbourne, VIC06.2006
Skills
- Capital expenditure
- Dealing with change
- Delivery through people
- Invoice payment
- Cash flow management
- Financial audits
- Credit control
- Accounts payable and receivable
- Forecasting and Budgeting
- Staff Training and Development
- Reconciliations
- PAYG payroll
- Superannuation and leave administration
- Team Development and Management
- Job Costing
- GST / BAS preparation
- Profit and loss reporting
- Prepare and process FBT return
- Organizational skills
- Communication skills
- Leadership skills
- Interpersonal skills
- Budgeting skills
- Scheduling skills
- Reporting skills
- Listening skills
- Time management skills
- Tax planning
- Customer relationship management
- Accounting systems experience
- Monitoring spend
- Simplifying complex situations
- Maximizing corporate investment return
- Challenging business reports
- Understanding of accounting principles
- MS Office Suite
- MS Operating Systems XP
- MS Operating Systems Vista
- ERP Systems
- CRM Systems
- MYOB
- Employment Hero
- Xero
- Lexis Affinity
Certification
Member of Certified Public Accountant (CPA)
References
- Faisal Khan, Chief Executive Officer, NWQICSS Ltd, fkhan@nwqicss.org, 0457879430, 0747498500, Mount Isa, Queensland
- Julie Gibson, Finance Lead, Good Shepherd Parish, plugger.gibson@gmail.com, 0408421793, Mount Isa, Queensland
Timeline
Accounts Manager
Mcnamara Law Firm
01.2024 - 08.2024
Accountant
Bunya Care
05.2023 - 09.2023
Finance Manager
North West Queensland Indigenous Catholic Social Services Limited
01.2015 - 05.2023
Finance and Administration Officer
North West Queensland Indigenous Catholic Social Services
01.2010 - 01.2015
Project Event Administrator
Australian Career Insight
07.2009 - 12.2009
Customer Service Consultant
ANZ
03.2007 - 07.2009
Sales & Solutions Representative
UCMS (BPO)
01.2006 - 01.2007
Finance & Taxation Clerk
Capital City Pty Ltd
09.2004 - 12.2005
Member of Certified Public Accountant (CPA)
Bachelor of Business Accounting -
Central Queensland University
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