Senior Financial Accountant
Chirag Kothari
Vittoria Food & Beverage
Woodcroft,NSW
1
Certification
14
years of professional experience
Results-driven finance professional with expertise in end-of-month and end-of-year reporting, delivering accurate financial statements and insights to senior leadership. Experienced in annual budgeting and integrating board-approved budgets into ERP and BI systems. Strong in cash flow forecasting and strategic updates to the CEO. Collaborates with auditors and tax advisors to ensure compliance while advancing digital transformation for improved reporting and operational efficiency.
Work History
Senior Financial Accountant
10 Years 3 Months- Leading full EOM and EOY reporting cycles, delivering accurate financial statements with key insights presented to Senior Management and the Board.
- Managed cash flow forecasting with daily updates and direct reporting to CEO, enabling informed operational and strategic decisions.
- Playing a key role in annual budgeting for a $400M+ business, using a top-down approach, preparing Board-approved budgets, and uploading them into the ERP and BI systems.
- Acting as a primary liaison with external auditors and external tax advisors, ensuring timely completion of yearly audits, tax provisions, insurance renewals, and statutory lodgments.
- Partnering with multiple departments to provide financial insights, variance analysis, and ad-hoc reporting to support decision-making across the business.
- Partnered with multiple departments to deliver financial insights, conduct variance analysis, and produce ad-hoc reporting for informed decision-making.
- Drove ERP system enhancements to increase reporting accuracy, streamline workflows, and automate key finance processes.
Accounts Receivable Team Leader
3 Years 3 Months- Managing a team of 3 accounts receivable officers and 1 Allocation officer
- Setting up KPIs and performance development of individuals
- Motivating the team by providing incentives and creating competition within the team to hit their goals
- Dealing with Mercantile agents and lodging statements of claim.
- Focused on strategies to increase revenue and cash flow through effective collections management.
- Managed collections process to ensure timely payments from clients
- Maintained average DSO of 43 days while targeting reduction to 42 days through proactive debtor engagement.
- Review and authorize new account applications
- Assessed client rebate requests for accuracy and compliance.
- Conducted analysis of debtor accounts to identify trends and issues
- Monitored stop supply and placed accounts on hold.
- Reviewing Clients Rebate.
- Analyzing the further spend on each account
- Reducing companies overall Bad Debts & helping in End of Month Journals
- COS is the biggest Privately owned company in supplying complete range of office products all over Australia with a yearly turnover of more than $110M.
Education
Certified Practising Accountants - Accounting
Master of Professional Accounting - Accounting
Bachelors in Commerce - Accounting
Skills
Financial statement preparation
Tax auditing
Consolidation accounting
Fixed asset accounting
Year-end close
Cash flow optimization
Financial analysis
Jedox budget management
Audit coordination
ERP system improvements
Qlik and TM1 proficiency
Team leadership
Accomplishments
- Supervised a team of three staff, providing guidance, support, and workflow coordination to maintain high accuracy and timely completion of tasks.
- Led the implementation of the new BI tool (Qlik) and budgeting platform (Jedox), delivering improved data visibility, granular reporting, and enhanced insights for key stakeholders.
- Implemented the CCH Tax Integrator, streamlining direct tax workflows and reducing manual processing across compliance activities.
- Developed a Tax Fixed Asset Register within the ERP system, eliminating reliance on manual Excel spreadsheets and strengthening data accuracy and governance.
- Created an AI‑driven sales dashboard using Claude AI, enabling the sales team to identify priority areas, improve focus, and drive stronger sales performance.
Certification
CPA Australia - 2022
CANDIDATE INFORMATION
- Full Name: Mr. Chirag Kothari
- Residential Address: 81 Vasanta Glade Woodcroft NSW 2767
- Contact No: 0433 657675
- E-mail: chirag_a_kothari@yahoo.com.au
- MS Office Suite Skills: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook (Advanced)
- Accounting / ERP Skills: Anzio (Cobol based system), COSBCS(inhouse built), MYOB, Xero
Timeline
Senior Financial Accountant
Vittoria Food & Beverage
04.2016 - CurrentRead More
Accounts Receivable Team Leader
Complete Office Supplies, Sydney
01.2013 - 04.2016Read More
CPA Australia
Certified Practising Accountants from Accounting
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University of Ballarat
Master of Professional Accounting from Accounting
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Gujarat University
Bachelors in Commerce from Accounting
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