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EMILY XIA

Higgins

Summary

CPA professional with strong analytical skills and precision in financial management. Proven ability to drive results through team collaboration and adaptability to changing needs. Expertise in financial reporting, budgeting, and compliance, with focus on accuracy and efficiency. Reliable, dependable, and committed to achieving organizational goals.

Overview

8
8
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Accountant

Geocon Group Pty Ltd
02.2024 - Current

Project Reporting

  • Prepare monthly project cost/profitability reporting to wider team and CEO
  • Corporate with project managers and the construction team to review and update forecasts
  • Provide detailed variance analysis on project cost movements

Month-end Reporting

  • Prepare month-end journals, including accruals, prepayments, assets depreciation
  • Prepare monthly management reporting pack for construction unit, including profit & loss and rolling forecast
  • Identify key variances and provide meaningful analysis and commentary to key movements on revenue, cost of sale and overheads
  • Prepare other reporting for management team as required

Lodgements and other Reporting

  • Prepare FBT returns, Payment Times Reporting, TPAR, Portable LSL return, ABS surveys
  • Prepare tax planning for construction unit
  • Prepare annual budget for new financial year

Governance and Compliance

  • Reconcile and review balance sheet accounts monthly
  • Support the external audit process in collocation with PwC

Payroll and other Duties

  • Conduct checking for EBA weekly wages and monthly salary payroll
  • Approve new purchase orders, payment batches

Accountant

Pacific Formwork Pty Ltd
09.2021 - 11.2023
  • Maintain accurate and timely general ledger and carry out monthly general ledger reconciliation
  • Prepare IAS, BAS and annual FBT for both trading and non-trading entities
  • Responsible for the schedule of accruals, prepayments, lease liability, fixed assets, and depreciation journals
  • Preparation of financial reports including balance sheets, income statements, trial balance and other financial reports as required
  • Manage payroll function, including STP, payroll tax, long service leave return and superannuation
  • Process accounts payables, including subcontractors' progress claims
  • Perform bank and credit card reconciliation
  • Assist in annual external audit and compliance activities

Accountant

Scafeast Building Supply
02.2020 - 09.2021
  • Process Accounts Receivable and Accounts Payable on a weekly basis
  • Reconcile bank statements
  • Prepare monthly management reports and financial statements
  • Prepare monthly/quarterly sales reports
  • Process inner-company loan and adjust inner-company transactions
  • Manage cash transactions
  • Assist Sales team with quotation, ordering and invoicing
  • Assist with client credit application approval
  • Liaise with external accountants
  • Assist in budgeting and business procedure improvements
  • Support in any ad-hoc duties as assigned by the finance manager

Finance Officer (TEMP)

DTMF Group
05.2019 - 01.2020
  • Process day-to-day accounts payable and accounts receivable
  • Complete daily, weekly and monthly bank reconciliations
  • Daily and monthly invoicing for contract clients and other ad-hoc clients
  • Process statements and debt collection
  • Process fortnightly payroll for contacted cleaners including timesheet processing, approvals and timesheet entry
  • Assist with managing the annual client budgets
  • Assist with company reporting on a monthly basis
  • Assist with contract variation and staff variation
  • Issue petty cash and staff expense claims
  • Project assistance to other departments as needed

Accounts Support

Changjiang International Express Pty Ltd
08.2017 - 03.2019
  • Process daily invoices and allocate payments
  • Manage accounts receivable to ensure the collection of overdue accounts is performed
  • Maintain good relationships with clients and suppliers
  • Daily bank reconciliation
  • Assist with month-end closing
  • Other ad-hoc accounting and administration duties as required

Education

Master of Management - Accounting

The University of Melbourne
Melbourne, VIC
12.2018

Bachelor of Business Administration -

Tianjin University of Technology
12.2016

Skills

  • Financial Reporting
  • Management Accounting
  • Budgeting and Forecasting
  • EBA Payroll Management
  • Excel Proficiency
  • Power BI
  • Financial Statements
  • Tax compliance
  • Quick Learner
  • Attention to detail

Certification

  • Certified Public Accountant (CPA) - CPA Australia

Timeline

Accountant

Geocon Group Pty Ltd
02.2024 - Current

Accountant

Pacific Formwork Pty Ltd
09.2021 - 11.2023

Accountant

Scafeast Building Supply
02.2020 - 09.2021

Finance Officer (TEMP)

DTMF Group
05.2019 - 01.2020

Accounts Support

Changjiang International Express Pty Ltd
08.2017 - 03.2019

Bachelor of Business Administration -

Tianjin University of Technology
  • Certified Public Accountant (CPA) - CPA Australia

Master of Management - Accounting

The University of Melbourne
EMILY XIA