John Ventra
Adelaide,Australia
Summary
Dynamic finance professional with a proven track record at PwC Australia, excelling in finance consulting work. Adept at leveraging analytical skills and effective communication to drive process improvements and deliver insightful reporting. Recognised for enhancing team collaboration and achieving timely results in high-pressure environments.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
Work History
Associate, Corporate tax
PwC Australia
01.2023 - Current
- Liaising with multi-national teams across the corporate tax business stream within PwC Australia
- Leading department wide presentations
- Working alongside the senior team in allocating tasks to junior staff
- High-net-worth Individual tax returns
- Fringe benefits tax returns
- M&A, Due Diligence reports
- Assisting private equity investing into infrastructure assets
- Payroll reviews for large Australian companies’ remediation work – reviewing methodology.
- Data collection, i.e., on Executive benchmarking to complete reviews to the highest standards
- Developing initiatives and strategies for continual improvement of processes such as AI and practices
- Working to tight deadlines, providing timely and insightful reporting on various reviews to the wider corporate tax teams
- Multi-tasking projects with other competing priorities with expectational time management
Accountant, Finance shared services Australia
Woolworths Group
09.2015 - 01.2023
- Contributed to a wide range of tasks with the Property accounting team
- Driven initiatives and strategies for continual improvement of processes and practices
- Review and investigate weekly and monthly trading department results in accordance with the Service Level Agreements
- Daily analysis of inventory valuation of Supermarkets
- Reviewed, investigated and performed monthly reconciliations on selected balance sheet accounts
- Provided timely and insightful reporting of balance sheets to the relevant finance teams
- Identified areas of risk and opportunity and articulated to key stakeholders
Business practicum (Internship)
University of South Australia
01.2021 - 12.2021
- Rotation around the finance shared services Adelaide Teams
- Assisted with posting journals
- Balance sheet reconciliations
- Running reports
- Gained valuable knowledge from team members about how their teams contribute to the wider business.
Mentorship Program
University of South Australia
01.2020 - 12.2021
- Working with a business mentor to enhance my leadership skills and my aspirational future career goals
Archives Assistant
Schiavello Group
07.2015 - 08.2015
- School vacation work
- Assisted with business administrative support
- Coordinated paperwork
- Established new filling system for Adelaide city office to maintain efficiency and organisation.
Cash Office Assistant & Customer Service Supervisor
Woolworths Group
- Permanent part-time work, fast-paced teamwork environment
- Supervising and managing a dynamic and diverse team
- In charge of opening and closing the store
- Coordinating and multi-tasking of key store functions
- Conducting safety checks on registers weights, scanners and security
- Accurate recording-keeping of all accountable documents and communication
- Cash office administration, including ticket reversions, cash handling and record keeping
- Onboarding and training new employees
- Providing administrative support to cash office
- Participating in-store team management meetings and contributing to store health and safety requirements
- Serving and resolving customer enquiries and complaints
- Relief night fill team member
- Working at multiple stores
Education
Bachelor of Business - Economics, Finance and Trade
University of South Australia
City West01.2022
Year 12 SACE -
St Ignatius College
Adelaide01.2017
Skills
- Analytical skills
- Market research
- Competitive analysis
- Financial modelling
- Economic principles
- Problem-solving
- Critical-thinking
- Communication skills
- People skills
- Data analysis
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft Word
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- Google Sheets
- PowerBI
- AI tools
- ChatGPT
- Detail-oriented
- Time management
- Task management
- M&A due diligence
- Tax compliance
- Financial analysis
- Risk assessment
- Payroll review
- Executive benchmarking
- Presentation skills
- Customer service
- Data collection and analysis
- Result interpretation
- Financial acumen
- Customer service orientation
- Workflow management
- Basic accounting
- Computer skills
- Adaptability and flexibility
- Collaborative teamwork
- Team collaboration
- MS office
- Creative problem solving
- New hire training
- Oral communication
- Proposal writing
- Attention to detail
- Reliable and punctual
- Data entry
- Record and file management
- Problem-solving abilities
- Work Planning and Prioritization
- Research
- Calendar management
- Relationship building
- Task prioritization
- Verbal and written communication
Languages
- Fluent in English
- Fluent in Greek
Awards
- 2020, Unisa outstanding mentee award finalist
- 2017, St Ignatius Eckersley’s Award Year 12 Design
References
References available upon request
Work Experience And Community Service
- 2021, University of South Australia Business practicum (Internship) - Rotation around the finance shared services Adelaide Teams, Assisted with posting journals, Balance sheet reconciliations, Running reports, Gained valuable knowledge from team members about how their teams contribute to the wider business.
- 2020 - 2021, University of South Australia Mentorship Program - Working with a business mentor to enhance my leadership skills and my aspirational future career goals.
Coursework
- Macroeconomics and Microeconomics
- International Trade and Global Economics
- Business Strategy and Decision Making
- Financial Management and Analysis
- Marketing and Consumer Behaviour
- Statistics and Econometrics
- Managerial Economics
- Entrepreneurship and Small Business Management
- Unisa business Practical internship with Woolworths
- Architecture, culture and environment
- Architectural documentation
- Design construction principles
Languages
Greek
Elementary
Accomplishments
2020 - Unisa outstanding mentee award finalist
2017 - St Ignatius Eckersley’s Award Year 12 Design
Affiliations
2021 - University of South Australia Business practicum (Internship)
· Rotation around the finance shared services Adelaide Teams
· Assisted with posting journals
· Balance sheet reconciliations
· Running reports
· Gained valuable knowledge from team members about how their teams contribute to the wider business.
2020 – 2021 - University of South Australia Mentorship Program
· Working with a business mentor to enhance my leadership skills and my aspirational future career goals
References
References available upon request.
Timeline
Associate, Corporate tax
PwC Australia
01.2023 - Current
Business practicum (Internship)
University of South Australia
01.2021 - 12.2021
Mentorship Program
University of South Australia
01.2020 - 12.2021
Accountant, Finance shared services Australia
Woolworths Group
09.2015 - 01.2023
Archives Assistant
Schiavello Group
07.2015 - 08.2015
Cash Office Assistant & Customer Service Supervisor
Woolworths Group
Bachelor of Business - Economics, Finance and Trade
University of South Australia
Year 12 SACE -
St Ignatius College
Similar Profiles
Jennifer HoangJennifer Hoang
Payroll Associate at PwC AustraliaPayroll Associate at PwC Australia
Lucy wangLucy wang
NA at PwC AustraliaNA at PwC Australia
Ian GithinjiIan Githinji
Data Strategy Manager at PwC AustraliaData Strategy Manager at PwC Australia
Siyuan YinSiyuan Yin
Casual Math Tutor at Golden Key EducationCasual Math Tutor at Golden Key Education
Issy LoetscherIssy Loetscher
Education & Product Manager at Curaprox AustraliaEducation & Product Manager at Curaprox Australia