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Mohammad Rabbani

East Hills,NSW

Overview

9
9
years of professional experience

Work History

Assistant Manager – Finance and Business Support

Intercontinental Sydney Double Bay
11.2024 - Current
  • Engage with external stakeholders, including owner representatives and auditors, to ensure accurate financial representation and reporting.
  • Coordinate and participate in monthly meetings with the Accounting Business Support Centre (BSC), reviewing outcomes and ensuring compliance.
  • Identify and eliminate inefficiencies, with a focus on optimized rostering practices.
  • Communicate financial performance and insights regularly to department managers and provide cost-saving recommendations.
  • Collaborate with department managers in forecasting and budgeting to ensure consistency and financial accuracy.
  • Maintain reconciled general ledgers and bank accounts, resolving variances promptly and liaising with IHG Corporate accounting as needed.
  • Prepare and deliver timely, accurate financial reports including month-end closure, daily revenue updates, payroll processing, and accounts payable.

Finance Specialist

Intercontinental Sydney Double Bay
09.2022 - 11.2024
  • Conducted thorough reconciliations of trial balances and liability accounts, identifying discrepancies and taking proactive measures to resolve issues promptly.
  • Spearheaded a targeted initiative to significantly reduce the open folio balance, resulting in a remarkable 60% reduction through strategic account reconciliation and resolution.
  • Skillfully managed the process of collecting outstanding debts, successfully recovering multiple accounts that were previously deemed as bad debt.
  • Played a crucial role in the end-of-month journal process, ensuring precise financial reporting and contributing to the company's data integrity.
  • Generated accurate financial reports to measure profitability and cashflow, resulting in 10% increase in profits while decreasing annual expenses by 6% in F&B outlets.
  • Led the strategic implementation of a new payment gateway in F&B, which returned a notable 5% increase in monthly revenue.
  • Assisted internal and external auditors in the audit process, conducted timely reviews and ensured adherence to established procedures and regulations.
  • Successfully sourced and onboarded a diverse range of new suppliers, resulting in substantial cost savings of over $30,000 through competitive pricing and favorable terms.
  • Transformed the traditional refund and invoicing process by introducing a streamlined paperless system, resulting in substantial annual cost savings of $10,000.
  • Devised and implemented innovative process enhancements that contributed to a remarkable 10% increase in guest satisfaction scores, while successfully keeping costs below budget.
  • Stepped into the role of Interim Purchasing Manager after a colleague's resignation, ensuring continuity in procurement operations and maintaining supplier relationships.
  • Stepped into the role of Finance Manager during an extended period of leave, seamlessly managing and overseeing financial operations to guarantee business continuity (Intercontinental Sydney).

Assistant Night Manager

Intercontinental Sydney Double Bay
06.2021 - 08.2022
  • Maintained billing system, generated invoices, investigated and resolved imbalances and ensured files and records are up to date.
  • Managed recruitment and hiring of new colleagues.
  • Managed credit card and cash reconciliations, and arranged daily banking where required.

Business Analyst and Internship Coordinator

Linda & Co
03.2021 - 07.2021
  • Created and developed functional requirements of systems to improve quality, performances, external interfaces, and constraints.
  • Trained interns in job duties, company policies and arranged appropriate training for employees.
  • Evaluated the work of employees and interns to ensure that programs are of appropriate quality and resources are used effectively.
  • Managed process related to the planning and buying of goods and services.

Student Services Team Member

La Trobe University
10.2016 - 02.2020
  • Assisted in the preparation of Orientation activities and materials.
  • Assisted with the class registration process using Students Administration System.
  • Acquainted students with campus services, activities, facilities, campus rules and regulations.

IT Intern

Macquarie Bank
03.2018 - 10.2018
  • Worked in a group of 5 to develop an application which will connect and fetch data from multiple dynamic databases without redundancy.
  • Designed and implemented SQL database as data storage, used HTML, CSS and Bootstrap for front end user interface and JavaScript, PHP, jQuery for back end.
  • Produced high quality technical documentation and project reports on Confluence for client.

Education

Master of Teaching (Secondary) - STEM

Western Sydney University
05-2026

Graduate Diploma of Management -

Australian Institute of Business And Technology
11-2024

Diploma of Travel and Tourism -

Australian Institute of Business and Technology
09.2023

Bachelor of Information Technology -

La Trobe University
10.2019

Skills

  • Microsoft Office
  • Tableau
  • Microsoft Power BI
  • Java
  • SQL
  • HTML and CSS
  • JavaScript
  • Python
  • Adaptability
  • Leadership
  • Communication
  • Teamwork
  • Management
  • Analytical reasoning
  • Financial analysis
  • Strategic planning
  • Project management

Timeline

Assistant Manager – Finance and Business Support

Intercontinental Sydney Double Bay
11.2024 - Current

Finance Specialist

Intercontinental Sydney Double Bay
09.2022 - 11.2024

Assistant Night Manager

Intercontinental Sydney Double Bay
06.2021 - 08.2022

Business Analyst and Internship Coordinator

Linda & Co
03.2021 - 07.2021

IT Intern

Macquarie Bank
03.2018 - 10.2018

Student Services Team Member

La Trobe University
10.2016 - 02.2020

Graduate Diploma of Management -

Australian Institute of Business And Technology

Diploma of Travel and Tourism -

Australian Institute of Business and Technology

Bachelor of Information Technology -

La Trobe University

Master of Teaching (Secondary) - STEM

Western Sydney University
Mohammad Rabbani