BHARAT CHOUDHARY
Thornlands,Brisbane
Summary
I am a highly qualified Chartered Accountant with over ten years of diverse experience in corporate finance, management accounting and finance business partnering. I specialize in delivering strategic advisory services to business units and management, effectively translating complex financial data into actionable insights. My goal is to leverage my expertise in commercial and senior finance roles to drive organizational growth and enhance financial performance.
Overview
15
15
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Finance Business Partner
Mater Health Services
Brisbane, QLD
11.2023 - 03.2024
- Enhanced financial decision-making by providing accurate data analysis and insightful recommendations to executive leadership.
- Streamlined budgeting processes for increased efficiency and improved accuracy in financial forecasting.
- Collaborated with cross-functional teams to optimize resource allocation and improve overall business performance.
- Ensured compliance with financial regulations and internal policies, mitigating risk and maintaining a strong control environment.
Finance Business Partner
Logan City Council
Brisbane, QLD
06.2023 - 11.2023
- Cultivated interpersonal skills by building positive relationships with others.
- Identified issues, analyzed information and provided solutions to problems.
- Used critical thinking to break down problems, evaluate solutions and make decisions.
- Adaptable and proficient in learning new concepts quickly and efficiently.
Senior Management Accountant
Metlifecare Limited
03.2022 - Current
- Managing finance portfolio of nine retirement villages and property asset management for the group
- Business Partnering with village managers and operations managers for all finance matters.
- Preparing monthly accounts and commentary for management with in-depth analysis such as staff costs changes due to pay equity, profit margin variation with change in occupancy mix
- Successfully lead the completion of the annual budgeting process for new villages within first two months of joining
- Streamlined multi stream processes for property asset management, saving precious month end hours
- Helped streamline monthend processing to close the general ledger on working day 4 instead of day 5
- Participating in strategic initiatives to transform the business as a Finance representative
- Supporting the village managers in spotting the key drivers behind their business units' financial performance
- Participated in acquisitions and integration of new retirement villages
- Maintaining financial system processes and reviewing internal controls for finance tasks
- Supporting project to migrate to new finance system Microsoft D365.
Management Accountant/ AR Manager
The Selwyn Foundation
02.2018 - 02.2022
- Preparing annual budgets and quarterly forecasts for four villages
- Facilitating the annual financial audit involving numerous complexities as a result of implementing a new financial system
- Prepared thorough reports, commentaries and financial statements.
- Managing receivables team responsible for charges and billing, debt collection and other finance tasks for 1200 plus residents
- Working with Chief Operating Officer to prepare scenario modelling for non-performing villages including analysis on staff restructure and other commercial decision making
- Preparing Cashflow analysis
- Project lead for migration of residents billing data from Greentree to Technology One system. This involved managing the project timeline, timely communicating with all stakeholders, detailed cross checking of sensitive information for accuracy and completeness
- Key involvement in acquisition of Sprott retirement village in Wellington
- Filled in for the Finance Manager which involved writing high level commentary on monthly business performance and managing other the reporting deadlines
- Maintaining financial system processes and reviewing internal controls for finance tasks
- Assisted with preparing joint venture accounts for Haumaru housing and Inviga partnerships
- Reviewed and implemented new process for fixed assets capitalization in new financial system
- Prepared key notes on financial statements mainly Investment properties, property plant equipment and Intangibles.
Corporate Accountant
Regional Facilities Auckland Ltd
09.2014 - 02.2018
- Business partnering with department heads to review business performance and underlying drivers.
- Managing transactional team of six staff responsible for processing receivables, payables, purchasing and month end reporting
- Managing financial and operational reporting through multiple systems
- Business liaison for key finance projects
- Performed profitability and operations analysis for a non-performing cafe and made recommendations to the GM Finance
- Owned and coordinated the month end function
- Finance lead for managing systems and databases, chart of accounts, system upgrades and product enhancements
- Recruitment of team staff, providing coaching and training
- Inventory control management – Organising monthly stock takes, analyzing variances and managing multiple system reconciliations
- Team lead for system implementation and data migration from SAP to Ungerboeck
- Lead the chart of accounts redevelopment project to bring down the active GL accounts from 3500 to 400 accounts
- Prepared working papers, reports and supporting documentation for audit findings.
Assistant Accountant
Regional Facilities Auckland Ltd
01.2011 - 08.2014
- Preparation of event settlements and financials for the promoters
- Cooperated with senior leaders to create operating budgets and initiate financial planning.
- Managing stock reconciliation within various systems
- Maintained detailed financial records of accounts receivable and payable status and bank reconciliations.
- Standardized event settlements and processed entire season's settlement
- Suggested better ways to invest patron liability funds to maximize interest earnings
Accounts Receivable
The Edge
12.2009 - 12.2010
- Developed and implemented strategies to improve collection processes and reduce overdue payments.
- Managed to increase the debt collection percentage by significant number within first 3 months of employment
- Processing credit checks for new clients
Education
Graduate Diploma in Business - Accounting
AUT University
Auckland, NZ07.2008
Bachelor of Business Administration - Accounting And Finance
Gujarat University
India03.2007
Skills
- Process improvements
- Business partnering
- Cost and scenario modelling
- Understanding business drivers
- Building stakeholder relationship
- Implementing new financial systems and processes
- Strategic analysis and commercial mindset
Additional Information
New Zealand Citizen with indefinite working rights in Australia.
Certification
- Full member , Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand (CAANZ)
- Board member , Kohia Terrace School, Auckland NZ (Sep 2022-current)
- Financial Modeling for Financial Analysis, Forecasting and Budgeting in Excel (2016)
- Smart Seeds 2017 Innovation programme– Runners up prize.
Systems and Tools
SAP | Xero | Power BI | Technology One | Greentree | TM1| Ungerboeck | Hyperion | Qlik Sense BI | Leecare | Blackline | Concur | Promapp | Asana (project management) | Advanced Excel and other Microsoft office products.
Work Availability
monday
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sunday
morning
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Work Preference
Work Type
Contract WorkFull TimeImportant To Me
Flexible work hoursWork from home optionCareer advancementCompany CultureWork-life balanceTimeline
Finance Business Partner
Mater Health Services
11.2023 - 03.2024
Finance Business Partner
Logan City Council
06.2023 - 11.2023
Senior Management Accountant
Metlifecare Limited
03.2022 - Current
Management Accountant/ AR Manager
The Selwyn Foundation
02.2018 - 02.2022
Corporate Accountant
Regional Facilities Auckland Ltd
09.2014 - 02.2018
Assistant Accountant
Regional Facilities Auckland Ltd
01.2011 - 08.2014
Accounts Receivable
The Edge
12.2009 - 12.2010
Graduate Diploma in Business - Accounting
AUT University
Bachelor of Business Administration - Accounting And Finance
Gujarat University
- Full member , Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand (CAANZ)
- Board member , Kohia Terrace School, Auckland NZ (Sep 2022-current)
- Financial Modeling for Financial Analysis, Forecasting and Budgeting in Excel (2016)
- Smart Seeds 2017 Innovation programme– Runners up prize.
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