Ian Powles

• Acted in role of Finance Manager from Feb 2024 to current time due to long term illness of incumbent.
• Assisted with budget preparation by providing input on projected revenues and expenditures.
• Managed company-wide budgets, payroll, accounting and other financial operations.
• Managed financial acquittal of financial grants from multiple government departments.
• Prepared monthly, quarterly, and annual reports to ensure compliance with statutory requirements.
• Negotiated terms of vendor contracts to secure favorable pricing structures.
• Collaborated with other departments to analyze business performance metrics and develop actionable insights.
• Conducted regular audits of internal accounting procedures to identify potential issues or discrepancies in financial information.
• Performed variance analysis on actual versus budgeted results to identify trends or variances requiring further investigation.
• Analyzed financial data and generated detailed reports for senior management team.
• Identified areas of cost savings in order to maximize efficiency and reduce expenses.
• Developed and maintained accurate financial records for the organization.
• Reviewed accounts payable, receivable processes to improve accuracy and timeliness of payments, collections.
• Participated in meetings with external auditors during yearly audit process.
• Created and implemented best practices to standardize internal processes and procedures.

· Management of financial side of home care packages.

· Explaining details, budgets and ongoing implication of changes to stakeholders with varying levels of understanding

· Development and implementation of systems and procedures.

· Reconciliation of claims from Services Australia to in-house software package.

· Tracking spending for over 800 clients through Excel based statements.

· Preparation of monthly claim, exporting of results and responding to both internal and external questions.

· Reconciliation of accounts between in house software and Xero accounting package.

· Exporting reports from Xero and adapting to .csv for import.

· Using Excel to calculate Income Tested fees and voluntary contributions for over 1 200 clients.

· Staff training and supervision.