IRENE NIRMALA DSOUZA
Hornsby,NSW
Summary
A highly skilled Chartered Accountant with 10+ years of experience in financial accounting, reporting, auditing, and taxation, with a proven track record of streamlining accounting processes and achieving operational and compliance deliverables results. I have excellent communication skills, and I am a value-added contributor to the management team and can efficiently manage multiple assignments while meeting stringent deadlines.
Overview
21
21
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Accountant, Finance Manager
Clime Investment Management Limited
07.2022 - Current
- Company Overview: Clime Investment Management Limited is a mid-sized ASX-listed company with a market capitalisation of approximately $27 million, over $1 billion in funds under management, and a team of 50 employees
- Clime helps advisers, individuals, and trustees manage their wealth by providing expert investment advice
- Integrated the accounting function of the acquired businesses in-house and facilitated the transition process
- In-house handling of complex accounting issues like acquisition accounting
- Process improvements in the area of preparation of consolidated financial statements and intercompany reconciliations
- Assisted in the implementation of new ERP within a short time
- Reporting directly to the Group CFO on financial matters including financial reporting, budgeting, forecasting, complex accounting treatment, tax compliances and statutory reporting
- Oversee the full spectrum of Finance function Clime Group
- Reviewing monthly Group consolidated management reports, and providing meaningful analysis of variances between actuals and budgets
- Manage half-yearly and annual audits and statutory reporting of a ASX listed entity, a ASX Listed Investment Company (LIC), an unlisted public entity, and multiple registered managed funds
- Review and approve managed funds distribution calculations and related compliances
- Manage Australian Financial Services Licence (AFSL) conditions compliance for the licensee entities by reviewing monthly AFSL financial compliance reports
- Review BAS, FBT, and annual Income Tax returns for the listed and unlisted entities and funds
- Assist the CFO/Company Secretary in preparing for various committee and Board meetings
- Assist the CFO/Company Secretary in preparing and lodging various ASX/ASIC announcements
- Coaching and development of junior team members
- Clime Investment Management Limited is a mid-sized ASX-listed company with a market capitalisation of approximately $27 million, over $1 billion in funds under management, and a team of 50 employees
- Clime helps advisers, individuals, and trustees manage their wealth by providing expert investment advice
Manager, Senior Manager, and Deputy General Manager
Quess Corp Limited
10.2015 - 02.2022
- Company Overview: A Company listed on the Indian Stock Exchanges and NSE
- Quess is the country's leading staffing company, providing staffing and manpower solutions, facilities and security management and integrated business services
- Quess has a global presence in more than 9 countries, a market capitalisation of USD 1.3 billion, more than 30 subsidiaries generating over $2,000 million in revenue
- Integrated the accounting function and financial processes of the acquired businesses
- Led the implementation of ERP and facilitated the migration of books
- Contributed to process improvement around management reporting
- Assisted the taxation team in ensuring tax compliance of acquired businesses
- Led the group in the first adoption of IFRS on financial instruments and leases
- Assisted the Group Statutory Reporting team in re-statement of 5 years financial statements as preparation for the Group's Initial Public Offering (IPO)
- Overseeing the preparation and review of monthly management accounts and meaningful analysis of variances between actuals and budgets
- Managing the quarterly and annual statutory reporting of 3 subsidiaries and 2 divisions of the consolidated Group
- Working in close collaboration with the Statutory Reporting Team to meet the statutory reporting obligations of the Group
- Assisting the FP&A team in the preparation of the Annual Operating Plan, budgets, and quarterly forecasts
- Preparation of workings for goodwill impairment testing for the acquired businesses
- Managing a team performing financial processes including Revenue accounting, Accounts Payables and Receivables, Payroll, Bank Reconciliation, and Fixed Assets accounting
- Periodic review of P&L, Accounts Receivables, Accounts Payables, Bank Reconciliations, CAPEX, and other balance sheet reconciliations and contributing to continuous process improvements
- Assisting the Tax Team in tax compliances and periodic submissions including direct and indirect taxes
- A Company listed on the Indian Stock Exchanges and NSE
- Quess is the country's leading staffing company, providing staffing and manpower solutions, facilities and security management and integrated business services
- Quess has a global presence in more than 9 countries, a market capitalisation of USD 1.3 billion, more than 30 subsidiaries generating over $2,000 million in revenue
Executive, Assistant Manager - Audit
KPMG
08.2010 - 10.2015
- Company Overview: KPMG is one of the big-4 accounting firms
- Specialising in the audits of manufacturing companies, I have been part of the teams that handled the statutory audits of a large multinational conglomerate, various listed manufacturing companies and private businesses
- Lead and guide audit teams on planning and executing the statutory audits
- Report to audit partners and managers on audit issues and propose solutions
- Functioned as an effective team player in conducting statutory and tax audits of various companies, focusing on compliance with relevant Generally Accepted Accounting Principles and other regulatory requirements
- Assessed internal control environment and identified control gaps of audit clients
- Performed IT General Controls Testing, and worked closely with the KPMG SOX audit team
- KPMG is one of the big-4 accounting firms
- Specialising in the audits of manufacturing companies, I have been part of the teams that handled the statutory audits of a large multinational conglomerate, various listed manufacturing companies and private businesses
Audit Associate
M/s Rodrigues & D'Souza, Chartered Accountants
08.2004 - 08.2010
- Performing audits of companies, partnership firms, and sole traders in compliance with the applicable Generally Accepted Accounting Principles and other regulatory requirements
- Preparing submissions to produce to the Tax office about the tax assessment of various clients
- Preparation and lodging of periodic direct and indirect tax statements and advising the clients on tax matters
Education
Chartered Accountant -
Institute of Chartered Accountants of India
12.2009
Bachelor of Commerce -
Mangalore University
12.2000
Skills
- Financial accounting
- ASX reporting
- ASX compliance
- ASIC compliance
- Financial reporting
- Listed Investment Companies (LICs)
- Managed funds
- Fund accounting
- Reporting
- Distributions
- Tax compliance
- Compliance reporting
- Statutory reporting
- AFSL compliance
- Technical accounting
- Mergers and Acquisitions
- Australian Corporate Taxation
- Analytical skills
- Technical accounting expertise
- MS Office
- Advanced MS Excel
- Written communication
- Verbal communication
- Interpersonal skills
- SAP/ERP
- MYOB
Timeline
Senior Accountant, Finance Manager
Clime Investment Management Limited
07.2022 - Current
Manager, Senior Manager, and Deputy General Manager
Quess Corp Limited
10.2015 - 02.2022
Executive, Assistant Manager - Audit
KPMG
08.2010 - 10.2015
Audit Associate
M/s Rodrigues & D'Souza, Chartered Accountants
08.2004 - 08.2010
Bachelor of Commerce -
Mangalore University
Chartered Accountant -
Institute of Chartered Accountants of India
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