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Natalie Ayers

Kingsgrove,Australia

Summary

Highly qualified and professional Accountant with over 16-years continuous hands-on experience within high-profile Australian commercial company environments, and proven ability to effectively support operations by analysing key business drivers and implementing accounting systems, policies and procedures. A quick thinker with exemplary numerical skills who leads and inspires the team, combined with ability to complete multiple duties simultaneously and display expertise in financial management, reporting and administrative requirements in a competent, precise and timely manner to ensure the company’s objectives and profitability are continually achieved.

Overview

21
21
years of professional experience

Work History

Financial Accountant

Lederer Properties Group
Sydney
06.2017 - Current
  • Company Overview: Leading Properties founded by multiple retail centres, commercial tower buildings, industries, residential properties
  • Main responsible accountant for all properties for Profit & Loss, budget vs actual and taking control of 7 commercial towers, 8 retail centres, 10 residential and 2 industrial centres.
  • Liaise effectively with store managers and retail staff to get the stream line of the cost centres and finance divisions with an emphasis on delivering timely payments and projects.
  • Prepare and ad hoc reports including analysis and job costing and profitability of each properties.
  • Point of contact for the taxation issue and liaising with external accountant in preparation of BAS/FBT and Payroll Tax.
  • Tracking Bank Guarantees, securities and cash retentions.
  • Main responsibility for Daily cash flow and cash reconciliation from each properties from tenancy schedule.
  • Maintain Fixed Assets registers, and asset clearing accounts for all properties and running depreciation schedules and preparing Capital Gain Tax and Income Tax Returns for all entities.
  • In charge of Month end reporting and management reporting for senior management in preparation of board packs.
  • Communicate with external properties agents for taxation, reporting and cash flows.
  • Leading Properties founded by multiple retail centres, commercial tower buildings, industries, residential properties

Finance Manager

Otto Design
Summer Hill, NSW
04.2015 - 06.2017
  • Company Overview: Interior Architectural Property
  • Project Management Accounting for Australian Retails Shops, restaurants, Project specific feasibility reporting.
  • Property Management Accounting for leasing, liaising with clients for rental, building reporting, property developments.
  • Facilitating the Budgeting and Forecasting processes.
  • Preparation of group statutory reports.
  • Review month end reconciliations, maintains of Fixed Asset Controls.
  • Technical accounting support for business.
  • Maintain and drive improvements to internal operations.
  • Preparing Job costing reports and project profitability analysis.
  • Liaising with multiple functions across the business, specially sales and head of management to advise and guide accordingly.
  • Participation in Sales / Revenue / Pipeline management, including rolling revenue forecasts, sales metrics.
  • Monthly management reporting, variance analysis, cost & profit centre review with commentary.
  • Responsible for Taxation and Group Reporting.
  • Provide trend analysis and commercial analysis, indicators including all areas of revenue, cost of sales, and project, property expenses.
  • Liaising with clients, the ATO, OSR, ASIC, Banks, Insurance Brokers and external auditors.
  • Develop and streamline current business processes to improve efficiencies.
  • A pivotal role in managing the staff and internal operations and KPI’s review, providing training to junior staff personnel.
  • Ad-hoc analysis as requested from senior management and stakeholders.
  • Cash flow management and forecasting, BAS statements reports and GST, FBT tax calculations.
  • Responsible for project / business performance reporting.
  • Interior Architectural Property

Senior Accountant

ICE Design
07.2013 - 04.2015
  • Company Overview: Fashion Retailer
  • Taking responsibilities of Financial Management for 110 retail stores national wide of turn over 70 million in a challenging position.
  • Prepare Group Taxation, Company Taxation, Year End Audit.
  • Setting compliances, polices and internal control.
  • Establish fixed asset registers and depreciation schedules.
  • Staff management for account department as a head of the department.
  • Various general ledger, tribalance, reconciliations for group of companies throughout Australia, USA & China.
  • Liaise with external related parties, banking institutions, auditors, ASIC.
  • Responsible for complex Cash Flow management for weekly, monthly, quarterly and annually.
  • Preparation of monthly Profit & Loss for over 100 retail shops and group of wholesales company, analysis of monthly store performance reports.
  • Responsible for all sort of company’s financial management and budget and commercial analyst.
  • Fashion Retailer

Finance Officer

NSW Government Health Professional Council Authority
Sydney
02.2013 - 07.2013
  • Company Overview: Health Professional Council of NSW
  • Take control financial management for 14 council of NSW Government Health entities.
  • Prepare and assist in Audit Risk Committee.
  • Reconciliation of complex Intercompany account between various government bodies.
  • Manage large fixed asset registers and depreciation schedule.
  • Various reporting and assist NSW Government Audit & KMPG audit.
  • Responsible for the payroll timesheet of more than one hundred staff.
  • Responsible for budget and forecast, analysis of cash flow.
  • Health Professional Council of NSW

Finance Manager

Repucom International TY LTD
Rosebery, Sydney
05.2008 - 02.2013
  • Company Overview: Brand Media Research Analysis Company
  • Prepare monthly and annual financial and management reports including commentary to Head Office in Germany & US.
  • Ensure daily, weekly and monthly reports are provided timely and accurately across the business and responsible for Asia Pacific Region.
  • Coordinate and booking all travel and subsistence for Managing Directors, Executives, Business Development Managers and staff by liaising with travel agents and associate hotels, airlines lounges. Manage various the travel incentive reward loyalties programs.
  • Monthly reconciliation of travel costs for various departments and variance analysis between approved travel budget and actual costing. Review travel costing in monthly and quarterly manner in stream line with budget.
  • Main responsible person for issuing sales invoices to the clients from the direction of Sales Managers for all projects in timely and accurate manner.
  • Extraction data to Excel for preparation of weekly / monthly reports using Pivot Tables, VLOOKUP functions in multiple reports.
  • Integrating weekly Working Capital Report and cash flow reports for all regions, Japan, India, Europe, US, UAE, Singapore & Korea. Liaise with all regional staff to get timely and transparency information to make decision for directors and board members.
  • Manage preparation of annual financial budgets and monthly forecasts and Analysis of variances to budget and forecast. Co-ordinate audit process and prepare consolidated statutory accounts.
  • Responsible for maintaining the integrity of and enhancing financial / management reporting systems and Manage a small team.
  • Manage to prepare and implement KPIs across the business. Assist and guide other departments in respect of data integrity and processes. Prepare and maintain financial policies and procedures as required.
  • Ensure proper application of Accounting Standards and compliance with company law and taxation law. Liaise with third parties, banks, lawyers, shareholders, professional advisors and auditors.
  • Ensure the company's assets are properly controlled and managed and comply with requirements in respect of BAS, GST and FBT.
  • Liaising with high profile brand holders and rights holder’s clients from sports to business environments. Maintain CRM program effectively controlled by SAGE and overseeing all the Sales Revenue and billing procedures.
  • Main contact person for finance, accounts and admin related matters and responsible for smooth running of office environment.
  • Hedging and effectively controlled the Foreign Exchange and Currency Management.
  • Responsible for cash flows and all accounts relating huge weekly collections, all on time payments to statutory, employees ‘entitlements, superannuation, and payroll tax etc.
  • Insights and analytic for all the general ledgers and details analysis of Profit & Loss, balance sheet and integrity of the accounts.
  • Brand Media Research Analysis Company

Financial Controller

Shooting Star Media Pty Ltd
Pyrmont, Sydney
06.2006 - 05.2008
  • Company Overview: Media Advertising Company
  • Responsible for the financial accounting and reporting for entire business unit.
  • Monitor the cash flow management, including weekly monthly cash flow forecasting and reporting.
  • Responsible for quarterly and annual budget forecasts relating to the development project activities.
  • Involvement with ad-hoc project related issues.
  • Participate in all statutory financial audits, ensuring full documentation of pertinent issues.
  • Tax compliance for project entities including the maintenance of tax reconciliations, tax calculations, GST issues and BAS lodgements together with liaising with external tax advisors.
  • Maintenance of general ledgers and monthly general ledger reconciliations.
  • Media Advertising Company

Company Accountant

Equator Pty Ltd
Glebe, Sydney
11.2004 - 06.2006
  • Company Overview: Furniture & Homewares Retail & Wholesales
  • Manage the company’s accounting and administration functions within imported wholesaler of furniture and homewares environment on-selling to major stores, interior designers and architects, with responsibility for handling all accounting functions and monthly financial / management reports, Budgets.
  • Implement all internal accounting policies, procedures, systems and controls to ensure accuracy for complex accounting functions; instigate income and expense analysis; devise reporting systems for key decision making processes and develop financial models.
  • Analyse KPIs to review labour and cost; proactively manage 3 staff in the Accounting department, including final selection, motivation, development, training and performance assessment with the emphasis on implementing a high-performance culture to achieve outstanding accounting results.
  • Responsible for preparing accurate employee’s payroll and superannuation; process billings / creditors and debtors; reconcile bank and inter-company requirements; prepare overseas supplier payments, freight and customs, and maintain inventory.
  • Forecast daily and monitor weekly cash flow and reconcile forecasted EFTPOS and card payment transactions.
  • Calculate tax requirements and lodgements, including corporate and withholding tax, and reconcile FBT and BAS returns using ECI software.
  • Oversee debtors, creditors, billings, cashbooks and general ledger; meet statutory reporting obligations; prepare accrual and prepaid accounting, and maintain stock reconciliations and asset register.
  • Manage the annual audit process and reconcile all General Ledger accounts.
  • Analyse variance and sales results from a revenue prospective as opposed to a cost standpoint.
  • Prepare and consolidate half and full year statutory accounts, and develop senior management, routine and adhoc reports and information.
  • Demonstrate a high degree of financial integrity, lateral thinking, analytical skills and business acumen; continually develop accounting and Treasury functions to the highest standards; have a well-developed understanding of the internal structure and implement initiatives to achieve a high level of accounting excellence, revenue growth and profit.
  • Furniture & Homewares Retail & Wholesales

Education

Bachelor of Accounting -

University of Technology Sydney
NSW, Australia

Bachelor of Business - Accounting & Ecommerce

University of Technology, Sydney (UTS)

Advanced Diploma - Accounting

Sydney Institute of Technology – Randwick Campus
Randwick, Australia

Skills

  • Company Accounting
  • Business Analysis
  • Internal System Planning
  • Controls Accounting to P&L & Balance Sheet Stage
  • Financial Decisions
  • Budgeting
  • Forecasting
  • Financial & Management Reporting
  • Assets
  • Recognises Problems
  • Assesses Costs & Risks
  • Finds Financial Solutions
  • Staff Leadership
  • Development
  • Training
  • Client Relationship Building
  • Excellent Business Communication
  • Collaboration
  • Interpersonal Skills
  • Commercial Goal Orientation
  • Maintains Professional Financial Judgement
  • Highly Self Motivated
  • Meets Challenges
  • Achieves Outstanding Results

Professional Expertise

  • Company Accounting
  • Business Analysis
  • Internal System Planning
  • Controls Accounting to P&L & Balance Sheet Stage
  • Financial Decisions
  • Budgeting
  • Forecasting
  • Financial & Management Reporting
  • Assets
  • Recognises Problems
  • Assesses Costs & Risks
  • Finds Financial Solutions
  • Staff Leadership
  • Development
  • Training
  • Client Relationship Building
  • Excellent Business Communication
  • Collaboration
  • Interpersonal Skills
  • Commercial Goal Orientation
  • Maintains Professional Financial Judgement
  • Highly Self Motivated
  • Meets Challenges
  • Achieves Outstanding Results

Timeline

Financial Accountant

Lederer Properties Group
06.2017 - Current

Finance Manager

Otto Design
04.2015 - 06.2017

Senior Accountant

ICE Design
07.2013 - 04.2015

Finance Officer

NSW Government Health Professional Council Authority
02.2013 - 07.2013

Finance Manager

Repucom International TY LTD
05.2008 - 02.2013

Financial Controller

Shooting Star Media Pty Ltd
06.2006 - 05.2008

Company Accountant

Equator Pty Ltd
11.2004 - 06.2006

Bachelor of Accounting -

University of Technology Sydney

Bachelor of Business - Accounting & Ecommerce

University of Technology, Sydney (UTS)

Advanced Diploma - Accounting

Sydney Institute of Technology – Randwick Campus

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