Joyce Yin

• Perform monthly balance sheet accounts reconciliations.
• Input month-end journals for prepayment and accruals.
• Conduct cashflow forecasting and resolve potential deficits.
• Review Profit & Loss, investigate variances to the budget and discuss solutions with management.
• Comply with all established tax policies by preparing and lodging quarterly BAS and IAS and posting GST clearance journals.
• Facilitate year end accounting duties by liaising with firm accountants on annual reporting and tax returns.
• Maintain project controls by tracking time input in relation to the project budget and adjusting budges and forecasts.
• Interpret and analyze causes and consequences in project financials.
• Discuss solutions/recommendations with project teams.

Achievements

• Implemented financial control for design projects which improved project turnover by approx. 20%.
• Prepared and lodged BAS on time without a miss between the years 2014 and 2020.
• Reconciled and finalised accounts for FY13 which had been stuck in limbo for about 3 months by employing analytical and troubleshooting skills.

• Established MYOB accounting system to reflect accurate financial records.
• Reconciled cash and bank accounts.
• Processed payments by receiving, verifying and reconciling invoices from suppliers.
• Managed accounts receivables by issuing invoices and posting payments by recording cash, eftpos and electronic transfers.
• Prepared and lodged quarterly BAS, PAYG and superannuation.
• Managed and reported weekly cashflow forecast.
• Liaised with external accountants on annual reporting and tax queries.

Achievement

• Decreased energy costs by 15% between the years 2018 to 2019 by comparing offers and negotiating rates with energy suppliers.

• Tracked and analyzed time input and expense changes in projects.
• Analyzed projects’ financials and turnovers and report to engagement partners and managers.
• Assisted partners with project pricing and other financial needs by generating data from Oracle and providing analytical reports on project financial performance.
• Optimized department’s financial controls by developing a financial management protocol.
• Managed Accounts Receivables by liaising with clients’ AP centres/ financial controllers and interacting with Accounts Receivable Specialists to collect and reconcile payments.

Achievements

• Managed to improve department’s project average revenue days (a turnover KPI) from above 130 days to below 90 days for years between 2012 to 2013.
• Developed and implemented a financial management protocol to optimize the whole project management in relation to cost control, billing to debt collection.

• Established new customer accounts.
• Generated invoices and account statements for completed work and deliverables.
• Processed and allocated cheque and EFT payments to correspondent customer accounts.
• Conducted bank account reconciliations.
• Made contact with clients as needed to ensure payment of outstanding invoices.
• Input and coded AP invoices in accounting software and send AP invoices to Manager for payment approval.
• Point of contact with Debtors chasing payment of invoices.

Achievements

• Established a client/supplier contact database to efficiently manage contacts.
• Increased payment collection by approx. 30% through chasing accounts in a timely and effective fashion.