Collaborative Finance professional with extensive years of expertise helping clients attain financial goals. History of delivering tailored client service while responsibly driving business development.
Overview
4
4
years of professional experience
Work History
FINANCE OFFICER
LUCAS GROUP OF RESTAURANTS
96 FLINDERS ST, MELBOURNE VIC 3000
11.2022 - 10.2023
ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE
Processing and completing daily bank reconciliations for all group entities
Reconciling daily takings to H&L POS software, processing tills for each venue and investigating variances and H&L Debtor account issues
Reconciling and ensuring all receipt transactions are accounted for correctly and in a timely manner including merchant Transactions, Direct Deposits, Cash deposits (including accounting for Petty cash claims), Intercompany Invoice receipts and transfers
Reconciliation of online payments (Stripe) to H&L POS Software, ensuring all transactions accounted for correctly and in a timely manner
Liaise with venue staff, events and Guest services teams to ensure timely entry for all receipts related to their departments
Process weekly Petty Cash reimbursement, ensuring receipts are obtained to support all disbursements.
Processing each venue's wastage journals
Monitoring debtors/creditors account
ACCOUNTS PAYABLE
Inbox management
Collaborated with the venue managers and department heads to ensure accurate tracking of purchase order approvals and receipt of goods.
Process invoices accurately and efficiently in the system.
Assisting in preparation and processing of weekly payment runs via EFT and other approved payment methods.
Maintained organized filing system for all accounts payable records, reconciling supplier statements and resolve discrepancies in a timely manner.
Process and pay employee expense claims in accordance with company policy.
Financial Reporting
Assisting month-end processes and reconciliation of balance sheet accounts, including accruals.
Managing intercompany loans register, reconcile against intercompany accounts.
Journalising and month-end processing
General ledger maintenance
Assisting and Providing insight in developing accounting
policies/procedures to assist senior management in decision making
ADMINISTRATION
General enquiries and customer service for finance related tasks for the business
Undertake other ad hoc tasks as instructed
Maintaining accuracy of data integrity.
FINANCE OFFICER
GUARDIAN NETWORK PTY LTD
SUITE 6, 1401 BURKE RD, KEW EAST, VIC 3102
11.2020 - 11.2022
FINANCIALS
Assisting in preparation of month-end reports
Preparation of sales and aged receivable reports
Assisting in cashflow preparation
Preparation of clients Statements
Assisting on BAS preparation
PAYROLL
Collecting and Saving all timesheets and verifying schedule to Icare System
Entering employee information and payroll data into the system. (new employees)
Processing and Importing payroll inputs from Icare to MYOB Advanced (300+employees)
Answering employees' questions and concerns regarding payroll.
Calculating payable hours, bonuses, taxes, and deductions.
Processing employee termination files
Issuing statements detailing earnings and deductions.
Issuing and delivering paychecks to employees.
Investigating and resolving payroll discrepancies.
Maintaining and updating payroll records.
Processing Superannuation quarterly in MYOB
Preparing periodic payroll reports.
Assist in posting payroll statutory obligations, including PAYG payments,superannuation payments, single touch payroll reporting
ACCOUNTS PAYABLE
Checking all invoices received from supplier and saved to appropriate folder for processing
Coding and entering supplier and customer invoices to MYOB and Procura
Review all supplier invoices and ensure that they have been approved for payment
Processing all payments and sending for authorization (100 transactions -weekly basis)
Keep track on all payments – includes P.O and statements
Send Remittance advises to supplier
Ensuring to respond to all vendor queries
Payment process improvement
ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE
Processing/Sending invoices from Icare and importing to MYOB advanced (1,000+ invoices per fortnight)
Applying payment receipts on MYOB
Performing collections by sending statements/ email / calls as a reminder of due accounts
Investigate customer concerns and queries and resolve them
Processing adjustments to accounts if any
Preparing Ageing report and Analysis for the management
AD HOCS
Replenish of Petty Cash
Answering Phone calls – AR/AP/Payroll concerns
Generating Statements from MYOB to all HCP clients and contribution from the Government
ACCOUNTS OFFICER
VEDDER AUSTRALIA PTY LTD
51-53 MALCOLM PL., CAMPBELLFIELD VIC 3061
05.2019 - 10.2020
Posts revenue by entering invoices in the system (MYOB)
Posts customer payments by recording cash, checks, and credit card transactions.
Resolves collections by examining customer payment plans, payment history, credit line; coordinating contact with collections department.
Summarizes receivables by maintaining invoice accounts; coordinating monthly transfer to accounts receivable account; verifying totals; preparing report.
Verifies validity of account discrepancies by obtaining and investigating information from customers
Using MS Excel to enter, extract and update data monitoring daily business activities.
GL reconciliations of Balance Sheet Accounts
Preparation of monthly P&L reports.
General business support, queries via phone calls and emails.
Liaise with stakeholder for goods receipt as necessary
Bank & credit card reconciliation
All other admin and general clerical duties.
Education
CPA PROGRAM -
CPA AUSTRALIA
SOUTHBANK, VIC
06.2025
DIPLOMA IN ACCOUNTING -
ACADEMIES AUSTRALASIA POLYTECHNIC
MELBOURNE, VIC
06.2021
DIPLOMA IN BUSINESS MANAGEMENT -
GREENWICH MANAGEMENT COLLEGE
MELBOURNE, VIC
12.2019
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN ACCOUNTANCY -
SYSTEM PLUS COLLEGE FOUNDATION
ANGELES CITY, PHILIPPINES
04.2014
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN ACCOUNTING TECHNOLOGY -
HOLY ANGEL UNIVERSITY
ANGELES CITY, PHILIPPINES
04.2013
Skills
Proficient in MYOB (Advance & Account Right), XERO
Proficient in Oracle Netsuite
Background using SAP
Intermediate to Advance in MS Office (Word, Excel, PPT, Outlook)
Strong Accounting foundation
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Ability to work in a diverse team with different demands and requirements
Demonstrated ability to multi-task and deliver on-time
Ability to learn new processes quickly and demonstrate ownership of those processes
Able to communicate clearly and effectively with people across the organisation and externally, building effective working relationships along the way
Proven success within a finance team, meeting deadlines and providing support to key stakeholders
Able to take on new and ad hoc challenges quickly and enthusiastically