Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Career Aspiration
Achievements
Interests
References
Timeline
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Bhupinder Kaur

Taylors Hill,Vic

Summary

Meticulous Accountant with strong analytical, financial modelling and cause-and-effect skills. Successful at managing multiple projects with scrupulous attention to detail and consistently meeting deadlines under pressure. Self-starter, with proven ability to initiate detailed analysis to identify emerging trends. Leveraging strong analytical skills to support operations through robust modelling to facilitate executive level decision making, highlighting risks and opportunities where necessary. Quickly adapt to new technologies and shifting business needs in an efficient manner. Strong stakeholder management skills with the ability to work collaboratively with and influence diverse groups of people.

Overview

18
18
years of professional experience

Work History

Management Accountant

Red Energy
01.2023 - Current
  • Perform analysis of complex financial and operating data and identify financial trends, patterns and variances against budget and forecasts.
  • Develop solutions to complex financial issues such as price/volume impacts.
  • Prepare and present monthly corporate financial reports (Opex, Capex etc) to executive senior leadership team.
  • Develop reporting frameworks that support strategic and operational needs and enable better business decisions.
  • Preparation and presentation of monthly EBIDTA projections to senior management.
  • Partnering with operational management to assist with finance related queries and support in preparing budgets and forecast.
  • Other adhoc duties- Perform Fringe benefit tax and State revenue liability calculations (Payroll tax, Unclaimed money etc.) for the whole group.

Accountant

Red Energy
06.2018 - 12.2022
  • Prepared monthly balance sheet account reconciliations and intercompany journals.
  • Prepared monthly end to end P&L report for Direct connect within the retail group.
  • Payroll accounting - Processed payroll journals, accruals, super reconciliations, monthly and annual payroll tax calculations of over 1,200 employees.
  • Monthly payroll reporting /comments of actuals vs budget variances across retail group at cost centre level.
  • Calculation and lodgement of annual Workcover premiums across different states.
  • Calculation and lodgement of annual FBT for retail group.
  • Interacted with internal and external auditors to help complete audits and resolve issues. Represented business in interaction with tax authorities and provided knowledgeable litigation support to resolve financial issues.
  • Government concession invoicing and management.

Accounts Receivable Specialist

Red Energy
06.2017 - 06.2018
  • Allocation of payments to customer's accounts.
  • Reporting and analysis of Aged debt reports.
  • Performed various accounts receivable functions, handled cash receipts posting, updated cash flow reports and researched chargebacks and write-offs.
  • Investigated billing discrepancies and implemented effective solutions to resolve concerns and prevent future problems.
  • Prepared and maintained customer's monthly reconciliation schedules.
  • Maintained accounting records by performing routine calculating, posting and verifying duties.

Customer Initialisation Specialist

New Connection, Red Energy
11.2008 - 06.2017
  • Helped Managers with implementing process changes.
  • Escalation point of contact for New Connections team, Builder’s Channel, Solutions and networks
  • Liaising with internal and external stakeholders while handling escalations, prioritisations and ombudsman complaints.
  • Weekly Team Manager reporting and report writing
  • Coaching colleagues with handling tough enquiries.
  • Updated of ‘Product and Pricing’ schedules if rates and prices change.
  • Helped conduct Solar Induction training for the business.

Customer Service and Team Leader Support

Telstra Teletech International
07.2006 - 11.2008
  • Handling escalations
  • Proactively organised training, development and floor support for new team members.
  • Liaising between debt collection agencies and the customer.
  • Interpreting and analysing accounts for fraud detection.
  • Analysis of daily data, provide reporting and deliver call quality and coaching.

Education

Certified Practicing Accountant (Near Completion) - Accounting And Finance

CPA Australia

2019-2021 Completed CPA Foundations Program - Accounting And Finance

CPA Australia
12.2021

Graduate Diploma - Biomedical Engineering

Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology
12.2006

Masters - Engineering (Electrical & Microelectronics)

Department of Microelectronics, Victoria University
12.2005

Bachelor of Technology (B Tech) - Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering

Punjab Technical University
01.2003

Skills

  • Work Prioritisation
  • Reporting and Presentation
  • Stakeholder Management
  • Financial Projections
  • Flexible and Adaptable
  • Variance Analysis
  • Microsoft Office Expertise
  • Adaptive Reporting
  • Ellipse Accounting Software

Career Aspiration

Having had the opportunity to apply my core financial understandings to several commercially focused roles within Energy retail, I am now seeking to further the application of my financial and leadership expertise to the next level.

Achievements

  • Prepared Payroll reporting dashboard in Workday adaptive (Red Energy). It made analysis of variance against budget more efficient and accurate.
  • Automated Bank reconciliation process (Red Energy) in excel model. It saved processing time from 5 hours per week to 2 hours per week.
  • Prepared EDD (Efficient degree days) dashboard in RAP (Red Energy) to assist with CFO weekly and monthly reporting. It saved time by just refreshing the data by the click of a button from manually uploading the information in excel.
  • Mentoring and coaching colleagues within the team to grow, develop and reach their full potential.

Interests

  • Keeping fit and healthy through various activities including running,dance classes etc.
  • I enjoy travelling and visiting family.

References

References available upon request.

Timeline

Management Accountant

Red Energy
01.2023 - Current

Accountant

Red Energy
06.2018 - 12.2022

Accounts Receivable Specialist

Red Energy
06.2017 - 06.2018

Customer Initialisation Specialist

New Connection, Red Energy
11.2008 - 06.2017

Customer Service and Team Leader Support

Telstra Teletech International
07.2006 - 11.2008

Certified Practicing Accountant (Near Completion) - Accounting And Finance

CPA Australia

2019-2021 Completed CPA Foundations Program - Accounting And Finance

CPA Australia

Graduate Diploma - Biomedical Engineering

Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology

Masters - Engineering (Electrical & Microelectronics)

Department of Microelectronics, Victoria University

Bachelor of Technology (B Tech) - Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering

Punjab Technical University
Bhupinder Kaur