Kelvin Sutherland
Darwin,Australia
Summary
Driven and dedicated professional with public and private sector business services experience who is flexible and adapts seamlessly to current and evolving processes and systems. A dynamic and service-oriented individual who possess excellent communication and management skills who is competent in solving problems while concurrently working with stakeholders and management in achieving desired outcomes. One who has a strong work ethic complemented with the ability to meet deadlines and maintain composure while under pressure.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
Work History
Principal Trust Officer - Manager
DEPARTMENT OF ATTORNEY-GENERAL AND JUSTICE, NT GOV
06.2023 - Current
- Provide effective leadership, supervision, feedback and support to members of the trust team
- Act as first point of contact for potential new trust matters, allocate trust files to appropriate trust officers, manage staff workloads and performance
- Review and develop appropriate business policies and procedures related to the trust administration process and implement strategies to ensure high customer service standards
- Prepare monthly reports for the Deputy Public Trustee and the Public Trustee highlighting statistics and trends related to new cases, revocations, deceased estates and annual reviews.
- Ensure requests for financial reports from the Tribunal for various hearings/matters are provided in a timely manner.
- Review trust clients cash balances and ensure trust officers action recommendations to either invest or redeem funds.
Acting Finance Foundation Specialist (Secondment)
POWER AND WATER CORPORATION
10.2023 - 06.2024
- Led the reporting and execution of assigned strategic initiatives and business unit actions for Finance and Business Services.
- Contributed to the delivery of the Finance and Business Services Business Unit Plan for FY24/25.
- Coordinated the unit's monthly performance report by gathering inputs from key senior personnel and ensuring timely delivery to the Strategic Enterprise reporting team.
- Led crucial consultation meetings with stakeholders to gather information for analysis and provide improvement recommendations for initiatives.
- Prepared high-level correspondence, including memos, briefing papers, board papers, and PowerPoint presentations, for the Executive Leadership Team to provide updates on initiatives and seek approval for recommended improvement actions.
- Assisted in delivery of other ad hoc projects in the business unit such as coordinating the updates of the finance control policy documents.
Senior Financial Analyst
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, NT GOV
07.2019 - 06.2023
- Prepare and post various accrual journals as part of agency financial accounting end of month and end of year process
- Prepare and post journals to reallocate expenditure for schools and corporate cost centres
- Perform monthly analysis of payroll reports to ensure accuracy of allowances and stand down for school staff
- Prepare various acquittal reports for grant programs administered to the department by the Commonwealth government
- Perform monthly balance sheet reconciliations to ensure accuracy of the agency’s ledger accounts
- Review agency’s monthly BAS and annual FBT returns and liaise with DCDD taxation for submission
- Provided information to and liaised with auditors in relation to the agency’s compliance, value-for-territory and end of year audits
- Assisted in the preparation of the agency’s financial statements and accompanying notes
- Prepare and distribute grant payments for the Australian Education Act Recurrent Funding to non-government schools
- Prepared estimate briefs related to topics such as agency consultancy, grants and outputs
- Prepared end of month finance reports and performed analysis of categories of costs (employee, operational and grants) and provided recommendations to divisional heads for assigned corporate divisions and business units
- Prepared and posted various internal budget and actual expenditure journals for the purpose of allocating and reallocating budget and expenditure to correct cost centres
- Maintained agency budgets by preparing various APEX journals for different variation periods related to commonwealth agreements, cabinet decisions, cross agency transfers and movement of funding between years
- Assisted in the preparation of agency budget development papers
- Reviewed finance information for agency estimates briefs in preparation for the estimates hearing process
- Prepared monthly DTF output report with commentary related to material variances
- Prepared monthly agency finance brief with commentary related to material variances for the Education Executive Board meeting.
Manager Financial Services - Contract
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, NT GOV
11.2022 - 02.2023
- Prepare and post various accrual journals as part of agency financial accounting end of month and end of year process
- Prepare and post journals to reallocate expenditure for schools and corporate cost centres
- Perform monthly analysis of payroll reports to ensure accuracy of allowances and stand down for school staff
- Prepare various acquittal reports for grant programs administered to the department by the Commonwealth government
- Perform monthly balance sheet reconciliations to ensure accuracy of the agency’s ledger accounts
- Review agency’s monthly BAS and annual FBT returns and liaise with DCDD taxation for submission
- Provided information to and liaised with auditors in relation to the agency’s compliance, value-for-territory and end of year audits
- Assisted in the preparation of the agency’s financial statements and accompanying notes
- Prepare and distribute payments for the Australian Education Act Recurrent Funding to non-government schools
- Managed the financial accounting and control team by providing guidance and direction for tasks to be completed, training for skills development and support for positive team morale.
Senior Budgets Analyst
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, NT GOV
11.2018 - 07.2019
- Prepared end of month finance reports and performed analysis of categories of costs (employee, operational and grants) and provided recommendations to divisional heads for assigned corporate divisions and business units
- Prepared and posted various internal budget and actual expenditure journals for the purpose of allocating and reallocating budget and expenditure to correct cost centres
- Maintained agency budgets by preparing various APEX journals for different variation periods related to commonwealth agreements, cabinet decisions, cross agency transfers and movement of funding between years
- Assisted in the preparation of agency budget development papers
- Reviewed finance information for agency estimates briefs in preparation for the estimates hearing process
- Prepared monthly DTF output report with commentary related to material variances
- Assisted corporate divisions and business units with drafting and reviewing funding submissions that were provided to Resource and Budget Committee for consideration
- Provided secretariat function to the Resource Budget Committee.
Business Manager - Contract
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, NT GOV
04.2018 - 11.2018
- Managed the business support team by providing guidance and direction for tasks to be completed, training for skills development, performance management and support for positive team morale
- Provided adequate and relevant high-level advice on matters for unit’s senior managers and staff including but not limited to budget preparation and monitoring, financial compliance, reporting, risk, procurement, work, health and safety and corporate finance system functions/processes
- Contributed to the unit and agency change management process as a member of the change coordinator’s working group during the agency’s realignment process
- Assisted GMHR in effectively managing $8m budget by providing accurate month end financial reports and monitoring expenditure for relevant cost centres and projects ran by the business unit
- Provided information and assistance to unit staff and senior managers on various corporate finance systems and business functions best practices
- Accurately coded invoices in EIMS and sent to relevant delegates for approval
- Managed other ad hoc activities for the unit such as IT equipment and office furniture purchases
- Ensured unit staff and management adhered to procurement and work, health, and safety policies as per agency and NTG frameworks
- Drafted procedure manuals for reception area related to general tasks, access cards and use of the panic button in case of a threat.
Senior Accountant-Contract
SALVATION ARMY
08.2017 - 08.2017
- Performed quality review checks for a variety of social project program files ensuring compliance with company financial and governance policies
- Reviewed general ledger accounts for various social programs financial reports (income & expenditure, balance sheet) and adjusting where necessary
- Compiled and provided financial support information for external auditors relating to social programs acquittal audit for FY 16/17
- Reviewed financial information submitted from social centers to regional office to ensure accuracy and correct accounting treatment
- Drafted acquittal statements for various social programs administered throughout financial year
- Performed analysis and provided management with variance report explaining variances between actuals and budgeted figures.
Senior Accountant
ARNHEM LAND PROGRESS ABORIGINAL CORP
07.2016 - 07.2017
- Prepared monthly and quarterly financial statements and management reports for assigned remote retail stores utilized by Operations managers and aboriginal board members for effective decision making
- Performed analysis of financial statements to assist management in monitoring remote stores revenue, expenditure, and profit levels
- Managed Fixed Assets Register and CAPEX reporting for assigned retail stores and ensured adherence to company’s reporting policies
- Prepared and lodged Business Activity Statement, PAYG and Installment Activity Statement returns with Australian Tax Office
- Organized interim and year-end audit of retail stores financial reports as well as providing financial documentation and other relevant support information to external auditors as requested
- Prepared and submitted acquittal reports for various indigenous grant programs to Prime Minister and Cabinet (PM&C)
- Reviewed and approved accounts receivable and payables transactions processed by finance officers
- Prepared annual budget and forecast for assigned retail stores and submitting to Finance Manager for approval
- Performed month end bank, cash and balance sheet reconciliations
- Lodged financial and other ad hoc reports with the Office of the Registrar of Indigenous Corporations (ORIC)
- Managed the administration and reporting of various grants funded by Prime Minister and Cabinet (PM&C).
Audit Accountant
KPMG
02.2016 - 07.2016
- Assisted in executing various audit engagements such as acquittals, reviews, compliance, and financial statement audits for a variety of clients across NT government agencies and private businesses
- Prepared accurate audit working papers and presented findings to management
- Clearly coordinated and communicated with clients to obtain required financial information to perform fieldwork testing
- Prepared engagement letters and other audit deliverables (management letters, audit reports) for various engagements worked on
- Performed financial statement analysis to identify trends and to understand reasons for variances and correlation between statement captions/items
- Assessed client’s internal controls to identify areas subjected to potential risks and providing recommendations to improve operational efficiency
- Worked on consultancy projects which involved reviewing/developing financial models and providing ad hoc accounting services.
Customer Service Representative
WESTPAC BANKING CORP
09.2015 - 02.2016
- Performed banking services such as cheque cashing/drafting, account deposits/withdrawals, local and international transfers, processing loan repayments and updating client information in banking information system
- Provided information and assistance to clients related to various banking issues, products and/or services
- Scheduled appointments between customers and banking specialists for various reasons including but not limited to home/personal/business loan applications
- Cross selling and referring customers to appropriate financial products as required as well as promoted new financial products and services to new and existing customers
- Addressed customers’ complaints with professional courtesy and urgency
- Greeted customers professionally and politely upon entering branch and meeting daily sales targets and KPIs.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Management Studies And Accounting
UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES, MONA
Kingston, Jamaica2010
Skills
- Able to work autonomously or in team setting
- Strong relationship building and organization skills
- Effective leadership and communication (written/verbal) skills
- Strategic thinking and planning
- Emotionally calm and intelligent
- NTG Systems and Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, Outlook)
- Strong analytical skills
Personal Information
- Citizenship: Australian Citizen
- Driving License: NT Driver’s License
References
- Michael Hoare, Senior Manager Finance Foundations, Power and Water Corporation, 0417-851-728, Michael.hoare@powerwater.com.au
- Leonie Smith, Deputy Public Trustee, Public Guardian and Trustee, Dept. of Attorney General and Justice, 0417-837-279, Leonie.Smith@nt.gov.au
Timeline
Acting Finance Foundation Specialist (Secondment)
POWER AND WATER CORPORATION
10.2023 - 06.2024
Principal Trust Officer - Manager
DEPARTMENT OF ATTORNEY-GENERAL AND JUSTICE, NT GOV
06.2023 - Current
Manager Financial Services - Contract
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, NT GOV
11.2022 - 02.2023
Senior Financial Analyst
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, NT GOV
07.2019 - 06.2023
Senior Budgets Analyst
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, NT GOV
11.2018 - 07.2019
Business Manager - Contract
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, NT GOV
04.2018 - 11.2018
Senior Accountant-Contract
SALVATION ARMY
08.2017 - 08.2017
Senior Accountant
ARNHEM LAND PROGRESS ABORIGINAL CORP
07.2016 - 07.2017
Audit Accountant
KPMG
02.2016 - 07.2016
Customer Service Representative
WESTPAC BANKING CORP
09.2015 - 02.2016
Bachelor of Science - Management Studies And Accounting
UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES, MONA
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