Dinease Peiris

Company Overview: Leading product development and manufacturing specialist for infant care accessories, custom fabrics and home textiles

• Overseeing monthly financial statements, budgeting, forecasting, cash flow statements and reporting processes
• Analysed and reported on key performance metrics to senior management
• Managing cost control, estimation, budgeting, and oversight for each department
• Led hiring, onboarding and training of new hires to fulfil business requirements.
• Product Costing, Landed Costing and Average Costing for FMCG, soft goods, niche apparel
• Analysed data trends to identify potential bottlenecks in operations workflow, implementing strategies to mitigate risks accordingly.
• Coordinating stock takes during the financial period while upholding established procedures and control standards
• Preparing reports for R&D claims
• Engaging with stakeholders such as national major clients (Kmart, BIGW, Woolworths, TK Maxx), overseas suppliers in India and Thailand, banks and freight forwarders
• Overseeing all eCommerce platforms and approving final product submissions before launch

• Prepared accurate financial statements for management review, aiding in informed decision-making processes.
• Provided journal entries and performed accounting on accrual basis.
• Maintained detailed financial records of accounts receivable and payable status and bank reconciliations using both Jcurve and Xero accounting software.
• Assisted with monthly and quarterly income statements, balance sheets and cash flow reports to inform decision-makers.
• Assisted in preparation of variance analysis reports, providing valuable insights into financial performance.
• Work with Microsoft Packages – Excel (V & X Lookup, Sum IF, Pivot Tables etc.), Word and PowerPoint
• Debt Management, liaising with customers and following up on outstanding invoices and resolving customer queries
• Process fortnightly payroll, manage superannuation contributions and scheduling payments to employees
• Coordinate with freight forwarders to allocate shipping containers and manage air shipments effectively
• Creation of product submission forms for both major retailers and e-commerce platforms
• Process refunds via EFT, Cheques, PayPal & Stripe

• Participating in weekly rehearsals, providing constructive feedback to the students in preparation for recitals

• Processed wide variety of retail banking transactions for personal and commercial customers.
• Assisted customers with banking needs and inquiries.
• Educated customers on online banking and mobile banking applications.
• Processed applications for new accounts.

• Carried out audit tests on financial documents on client sites
• Assisted in preparing financial accounts and reconciling them
• Liaise with customers in rectifying the issues they come across while performing audit duties
• Collected, arranged, and input information into database system.