BROOKE TAURIMA

At GT I was responsible for various financial tasks including accounts payable, accounts receivable, credit control, bank reconciliations, financial project maintenance, staff timesheets, staff expense claims, corporate cards, cashflow, WIP, accruals, tax returns, journaling and monitoring finance inboxes. As GT is a small company, it was important for me to collaborate closely and maintain strong relationships with other departments to ensure we could support the business and meet both company and department deadlines.

I started at Dazed on a fixed term contract to assist in the backlog of data that needed to be investigated and reconciled. I later moved into a permanent position where I was the senior of a team of two and was responsible for ledger / supplier reconciliations, bank reconciliations, processing of more complex invoices, project data Investigation, audit queries, corporate credit cards, staff expenses, monitoring finance inboxes and covering Accounts Receivable duties.

I entered this role to assist with the newly implemented SAP system, Concur, across 200+ veterinary clinics nationwide. My main responsibilities included: viewing OCR images of invoices and expense claims due to recent conversion to paperless, weekly and urgent payment runs, staff expense claims, EOM bank and supplier reconciliations, journaling, monitoring AP inbox and setting up new vendors.

I was responsible for a broad range of tasks including overseeing lease renewals and expiries for 180+ vehicle repair sites, AP payment runs and processing of supplier invoices, rent, outgoings, fines, tolls, staff expense claims and company vehicle registrations. Bank and supplier reconciliations, creation of company record of leases, monitoring of multiple inboxes, landlord and legal team liaison, issue and return of security deposits and bank guarantees.

I played a key role in moving the AP function from their Adelaide office to the head office in Brisbane. I reconciled supplier accounts for 9 entities, processed a high volume of invoices (80+ per day), reconciled AP ledger, supplied weekly and monthly AP reporting and streamlined AP processes,

I started this role as an AP Officer and was later promoted to Team Leader. I lead the transition of the AP department from QLD to NSW, recruited, trained and lead a team of 4 AP Officers, ensured accounts were kept up to date for 50+ venues, processed 100-200 invoices per day and staff expense claims, reconciled supplier accounts, purchase orders and AP ledger, prepared weekly, monthly and ad hoc payments, month end reporting.