Hendra Purwanto

• Budgeting - Heavily involved in annual budget building and presentation to Client (Coles DC) at Coles HQ.
• Forecasting - Monthly forecast update to Corporate Accounting team for UK consolidation purpose.
• Monthly reporting - Monthly reporting and presentation to GM Finance, GM Operation & Director Operation.
• Weekly reporting - Weekly cost reporting to Coles DC and City operations, including presentation to ops when manager is not available.
• Finance Induction for new operation managers
• Project Tracking & Invoicing
• Adhoc AP/AR, Audit queries
• Management Accountant mentoring

• Cashflow Management - Created a new cashflow template to ensure cash is forecasted as accurate as possible, especially major cash outflow such as Trade Finance repayment, major suppliers payment, etc.
• Profit & Loss Management
• Balance Sheet Reconciliation
• Bank Reconciliation
• AP/AR Management

Significant Achievement

• I created an AP workbook that consisted all 400+ suppliers in individual tabs, enabled AP team to maintain 1 spreadsheet instead of 1 spreadsheet per supplier (400+ of them), hence saved many hours and improved work quality and minimized errors. I also trained AP team on basic excel skills.
• Explained to Finance Manager how Labour Recovery works and recommended a few changes to improve how P&L is presented to the business.

• Started as Accounts Clerk back in 2011
• Worked my way up to Financial Accountant with qualified CPA.
• Had exposure to end-to-end financial accounting functions such as Cashflow Management, P&L & BS Management, Annual Audit, Budgeting, Finance and Operating Lease Contract Management, etc.