Megan Le

Business Operations

• Prepare working papers, reports and supporting documentation for audit findings
• Provide journal entries and performed accounting on accrual basis
• Collect and report monthly expense variances and explanations
• Train new employees on accounting principles and company procedures
• Cooperate with senior leaders to create operating budgets and initiate financial planning
• Provide technical accounting advice around ad hoc scenarios and significant transactions
• Contribute to change management strategies and help drive continuous process improvement
• Preparation, review and lodgement of BAS returns
• Manage financial transactions, including AR, AP, payroll, and invoicing
• Effectively and efficiently liaise with different levels of stakeholders including managements, employees, vendors and government bodies
• Investigate and respond to the business, risk, P&L, settlements, confirmations, legal and IT queries
• Monitor and manage cash flows and expenses
• Generate routine and ad-hoc financial statements for management
• Assist in preparing audit schedules, compliance reports, tax returns and financial statements.

Funds and Wealth Management

• Calculate funds' net asset value for daily reconciliation and on weekly/monthly basis for ASX compliance reporting
• Collate daily shareholder activity reports and transmitted completed reports to Board of Directors
• Partner with Auditors and Compliance Team to track errors and add contributions to maintain accuracy as well as compliance to Funds Disclosure Statement
• Track funds, prepare deposits and reconciled accounts
• Portfolio investment performance tracking and reporting on daily basis
• Assist in handling investor queries for both listed funds and Self managed accounts
• Provide commercial & technical support to the Fund Managers and CIO
• Primary collaborator across functions to deliver strategic projects such as systems upgrades, platform migrations, funds set up
• Monitor and review management & performance fees
• Collaborate with different funds stakeholders including Managements, Investors, Fund Admin, Registry, Responsible Entity, Auditor
• Front-to-back reconciliations of listed funds assets and liabilities
• Trade operations and settlements for both listed funds and SMA and ensure that trade booking practices adhere to predefined models
• Contribute to preparation of investment recommendations and presentations
• Co-ordinate Compliance Committee and Investment Committee meetings and follow up action points
• Provide assistance to Wealth Management team and Corporate Transaction team
• Support SMA Management platforms including OneVue/IRess, XPlore/Hub24 and Praemium
• Source data from various systems including Fund Admin and Custodian, coordinate with different internal teams for sources, compiling data into different systems or software, and distributing via reporting platform for both periodical and ad-hoc reporting purposes
• AML Compliance and FATCA for funds under management
• Familiarity with Investment Management systems Alphadesk and Thompson Reuter
• Understanding of ASIC regulatory reporting
• Participate in generating fund balance sheets for distribution to shareholders
• Collaborate with fund managers regularly to align efforts to confirm accurate financial reporting
• Maintain accurate transaction processing records in Investment Management system
• Prepare cash and currency reconciliation reports for counterparty accounts
• Liaise with tax auditors and preparers to communicate fund details
• Perform daily accounting of assigned funds and performed fund analysis for decision-making purposes.
• Reconcile daily trading transactions to ascertain necessary month-end adjustment measures

Other skills and capabilities

• Ability to learn new technology and/or processes quickly
• Ability to work under pressure and meet tight deadlines
• High-level attention to detail and organised priorities
• Willingness to support senior staff and review junior staff's work
• Capability to work on projects both independently and collaboratively within teams

• Balanced bank and company accounts
• Worked closely with Project Management to monitor and manage clients' accounts
• Inspected all activities of general ledger that are revenue related in all departments in company, including Bank Guarantees and Project Retention Register
• Carried out bank and other accounts reconciliations as part of month end process and ensures that it is accurate and well detailed for comprehension
• Monitored and managed cash flow forecast in company revenue
• Collected financial records, liaise with other financial delegates in company and reports to management
• Inspected balance sheet and correct errors where available
• Handled with multiple stakeholders across different departments
• Reported to variety of management levels
• Performed any assigned ad hoc duties of Accounts and Finance team, including vendors accounts reconciliations and Supply Chain purchase orders processing
• Handled day-to-day accounting processes to drive financial accuracy
• Reconciled accounts and reviewed expense data, net worth, and assets
• Completed daily cash functions like account tracking, payroll allocations, budgeting, cash, and banking reconciliations.
• Detected and corrected mistakes early on and implemented systems to avoid recurring issues.
• Provided journal entries and performed accounting on accrual basis

• Maintained payroll information by collecting, calculating, and entering data
• Prepared reports by compiling summaries of earnings, taxes, deductions, and leave.
• Updated payroll records by entering changes in job status, job titles, department/division transfers and employment termination
• Set up new accounts upon work commencement of new employees
• Handled any payroll enquiries including leave requests and payslip queries
• Prepared and lodged year end payment summaries
• Prepared and lodged quarterly BAS and Superannuation
• Prepared payments by verifying documentation, and requesting disbursement
• Prepared payments by accruing expenses; assigning account numbers; requesting disbursements; reconciling accounts
• Prepared general ledger entries by maintaining records and files; reconciling general ledger and bank accounts
• Obtained revenue by verifying transaction information; computing charges and refunds; preparing and mailing invoices; identifying delinquent accounts and insufficient payments
• Maintained records of financial transactions by establishing accounts; posting transactions; ensure legal requirements compliance
• Verified accounts by reconciling statements and transactions
• Maintained cash flow by monitoring bank balances and cash requirements
• Provided financial information to management by researching and analyzing accounting data
• Maintained financial security by following internal controls
• Maintained compliance with regulations by forwarding required information to tax authorities
• Prepared financial reports by collecting, analyzing, and summarizing account information and trends
• Analyzed information and options by developing spreadsheet reports; verifying information
• Reviewed and renew business insurance by scheduling values of job categories.
• Provided guidance and training to accounting clerical staff

• Examined accounts and records and computed tax returns according to prescribed rates, laws and regulations
• Worked closely with clients to properly fill out tax forms and file tax returns electronically
• Kept up to date on current income tax developments and advised clients to make proper adjustments
• Prepared simple to moderate tax-related financial statement calculations, entries and disclosures
• Set up payroll systems and process pay runs
• Posted monthly journals
• Accounts reconciliation and end-of-period reporting
• Fixed asset reconciliation and depreciation
• Prepared and lodged quarterly BAS and Superannuation
• Prepared and lodged PAYG summaries
• Consultation on selection, installation and application of accounting information systems
• Transacted and handled disputes with taxation authorities
• Provided advice on business set up, plans and operations
• Transacted with government bodies about corporate governance of organisations
• Liaised with financial institutions and brokers for funds arrangements purpose
• Audited client financial records to determine tax liability.
• Prepared income tax returns for individuals, businesses, trusts, estates and non-profits
• Leveraged clients' accounting system, spreadsheets and databases to provide supporting documentation for schedules and journal entries
• Performed analysis on inventory, accounts receivable and accounts payable balance sheet accounts
• Recorded, classified and summarized financial transactions and events in accordance with accounting principles
• Performed tasks under limited supervision related to income tax compliance such as returns, forecasts and tax provisions for business sectors and business units