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KIMBERLY SETH

Cranbourne,VIC

Summary

Goal focused Accountant with over 5 years of managing accurate accounting information, reporting, bookkeeping and corporate operations. Astute financial professional with keen eye for detail and high level of integrity. Works well in both small and large teams in corporate environments.

Overview

7
7
years of professional experience

Work History

Accountant

Hunter Lab
Scoresby, VIC
06.2020 - Current
  • End-to-end finance function for a small business (revenue currently < $10m). This includes:

o Entering supplier invoices

o Generating sales invoices

o Preparing payment batches in the accounting software and on the banking platform

o Bank reconciliations

o Sending out customer statements and chasing up outstanding AR

o Payroll and all statutory requirements (ie. payroll tax, superannuation)

o Month end accounting

o Month end reporting

o Inventory reconciliations

o Annual budgeting and quarterly reforecasting

o Cash flow management

o Quarterly BAS submissions

  • Educating and developing wider team’s financial acumen

Junior Accountant

Steller Group
Caulfield, VIC
04.2018 - 08.2019
  • Accounts payable and Receivables
  • Daily Bank reconciliations
  • Month end processes- Depreciation journals, billing, prepaid journals
  • Monthly and Quarterly BAS
  • GL review/Balance sheet Rec's- Prepared journal entries and entered into system using Xero
  • Maintaining fixed asset register for numerous company assets over group
  • 3 way models forecast (Cash flow, P&L and Balance sheet monthly forecast)
  • Submitted daily/ monthly cash flow report that showed inflows, outflows and projections to controller.
  • Generated and submitted invoices based upon established accounts receivable schedules and terms.
  • Checked employee expense reports and submitted for signatures.
  • Set up and improved accounting systems and processes to meet business needs and maximize operational success.

Achievements

  • Automated processes for invoice processing
  • Set up templates for balance sheet Reconciliations
  • Set up templates for fixed asset register for 2 entities
  • Set up template for prepaid expenses
  • Reconciled Bank rec that was not reconciled since Nov 2017
  • Trained new employees on accounting principles and company procedures.

Assistant Accountant

Little Group
South Yarra, VIC
01.2017 - 03.2018
  • Reconciled company accounts for credit cards, employee expenses and commissions.
  • A/Payable for both Western Australia properties (land subdivision) and Little Projects (property development)
  • Bank reconciliations for both entities
  • Month end journals- Prepayments, Accruals, director’s fees, sales incentives journals, depreciation, Intercompany recharges (for both entities) etc
  • Maintaining financial models for WA properties
  • Maintaining fixed asset register for Little Projects
  • Cash flow distributions to shareholders for WA properties
  • Overhead allocations for Little Projects
  • Notional interest calculation for internal loans for Little Projects
  • Statutory- BAS & PAYG lodgments, Taxable reporting
  • Assisting with FBT for Little Projects
  • Settlements processing for both entities
  • Reviewed general ledger entries and assessed accuracy, along with Balance sheet reconciliations

Graduate Accountant

United Petroleum
Collingwood, VIC
12.2015 - 12.2016
  • Daily Bank reconciliations (high volume)
  • NAB/ANZ commercial rollovers for all borrowings
  • Assisting with BAS
  • Stock/Merchandise control for all sites in Australia
  • Security releases- Contacting banks to release securities for franchises
  • Bank guarantee requests
  • Updating property valuations in master sheet
  • Organizing bank cheques for property purchases
  • Assisting Accounts payable team by checking payment details and invoices for accurate processing
  • Balance sheet reconciliations
  • Month end reporting
  • Liaising with CFO and managers- (Ad Hoc Profit and Loss reporting)

Achievements

  • Implemented more efficient process for releasing of security for each of the stores
  • Outstanding security claims of 50 were sorted by 3 months
  • Completed all book keeping for sites running directly by United and was the key contact for area managers, and store managers to liaise with.

Payroll & Accounts Officer

Strategy One Human Resource
Dandenong, VIC
06.2015 - 12.2015
  • Basic accounting, including processing month end, Temp Payroll (500 Timesheets a week) and Perm payroll (22 staff- twice a month)
  • PAYG, Payroll tax, Superannuation payments
  • Assisted in implementing a Balanced scorecard to align corporate, strategies with KPI reporting

Achievements

  • Formulated weekly payroll deductions worksheet for recording purposes
  • Kept detailed and accurate accounting records and ensured compliance to current legislation
  • Maintained payroll information by calculating, collecting and entering data.

Accounting Intern

Geotechnical Engineering
Port Melbourne, VIC
06.2013 - 09.2014
  • Processing invoices (50/100 invoices daily)
  • Logging invoices (50/100 invoices daily)
  • Raising Purchase Orders (For Engineers)
  • Daily bank, supplier and intercompany reconciliations
  • Compiling and processing payment runs (Once a week for both companies)
  • Invoice log reports (Once a week)
  • Constant follow-up on invoices and approvals
  • Monthly allocation of credit cards
  • Creditor statements / supplier reconciliations (Monthly)
  • AR- Debt collection (Weekly)
  • Generating forecast reports for end of month
  • Generating month end internal charges
  • Credit applications (to set up accounts- 2 to 3 a week)
  • Regular review of committed orders to identify old orders to be cancelled or amended
  • Sorted and distributed mail for business office
  • Assisted with month-end closing and reporting duties.

Achievements:

  • Trained two employees at Geotech and introduced accounting software

Education

Institute of Chartered Accountants Australia
12.2021

Bachelor of Commerce - Accounting and finance

Swinburne University of Technology
Hawthorn, VIC
06.2015

Bachelor of Commerce - Accounting and finance

Loyola Marymount University
Los Angeles
2012

Victorian Certificate of Education - High Shcool

St John’s Regional College
Dandenong, VIC
2010

Skills

  • Relationship Building
  • Verbal and Written Communication
  • Reliability and Integrity Improvement
  • Flexible and Adaptable
  • Problem Solving
  • Positive Team Player
  • Attention to Detail
  • Teamwork and Coordination
  • Results Orientation
  • Dedicated/Hardworking

Additional Information

Competent with the following programs

  • Microsoft Office – Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Publisher, Quickbooks,
  • Google Docs
  • Good understanding of Financial Accounting systems (CHEOPS, is the company’s job costing, contract administration and financial accounting system at Geotechnical Engineering) MYOB, Fast Track (payroll), Xero, Accpac, Box & Dice and Brightfox

Timeline

Accountant

Hunter Lab
06.2020 - Current

Junior Accountant

Steller Group
04.2018 - 08.2019

Assistant Accountant

Little Group
01.2017 - 03.2018

Graduate Accountant

United Petroleum
12.2015 - 12.2016

Payroll & Accounts Officer

Strategy One Human Resource
06.2015 - 12.2015

Accounting Intern

Geotechnical Engineering
06.2013 - 09.2014

Institute of Chartered Accountants Australia

Bachelor of Commerce - Accounting and finance

Swinburne University of Technology

Bachelor of Commerce - Accounting and finance

Loyola Marymount University

Victorian Certificate of Education - High Shcool

St John’s Regional College
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