Nayoma Vaijanthi
West Footscray,Australia
Summary
Senior Accountant with extensive experience in management accounting, statutory reporting, and compliance across multi-entity organisations. Strong expertise in month-end close, audit support, BAS/GST/FBT, and balance sheet integrity, combined with excellent stakeholder engagement and ERP proficiency. Values-driven professional with a strong commitment to accuracy, service excellence, and child-safe environments.
Overview
14
14
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Director - Finance
MILC Group
01.2021 - Current
- As part of the Executive Leadership Team (ELT), the Director- Finance is responsible for the financial management of the organisation
- Managing the financial reporting for the organisation
- Managing and tracking budget and accounting information
- Overseeing Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Tax, Treasury, Payroll, Financial and Management Accounting functions
- Providing sound financial support and insights to enable the ELT to make critical business decisions
- Presentation of financial results and insights to the director and the ELT
- Cashflow management – budgeting and cashflow forecasting, variance analysis, financing decisions for CAPEX
- Managing the External Accountant relationship and ensuring the organisation is compliant with relevant reporting requirements
- Managing and administering the company’s banking and borrowing arrangements
- Managing and overseeing the taxation affairs of the organisation and liaising with the external tax firm for specialist advice
- Key role in the formulation of the business’s strategy
- Managing relationships with Investors for possible mergers and acquisitions
- Investment appraisal, feasibility studies and due diligence
- Risk Management to ensure the business has a solid risk framework in place
- Set up a robust internal control system and implement internal audit function to improve the efficiency of the financial, operational, and technological processes of the organisation
- Overseeing commercial decision making from tender analysis, margin analysis, pricing analysis etc.
- Advising and implementing best practice methods to increase revenue and reduce costs
- Payroll administration including Workcover, Superannuation, Single touch Payroll (STP), Payroll Tax and PAYG W
Director/Head Education and Training
Association of Accounting Technicians of Sri Lanka (AAT Sri Lanka)
07.2014 - 12.2017
- Established objectives of the organisation for the middle and long term through effective participation for strategic planning.
- Preparing divisional budget and contributing to overall budgeting process of the organization in achieving the set strategies where allocate material, human and financial resources to implement organisational policies and programs.
- Co-ordinate the work of Island wide Branches and Information centres network and Accredited Education Centers (AECs) towards the achievement of optimising the delivery of the curriculum of the institute.
- Work closely with the other professional bodies in the region for the betterment of student and member community to have mutual benefits.
- Represent the organisation, or delegate representatives to act on behalf of the organisation, in negotiations or other official functions.
- Provide inputs and prepare reports to comply with requirements of International Accounting bodies to maintain and upgrade the level of involvement with them; International Federation of Accountants (IFAC), South Asian Federation of Accountants (SAFA) and Confederation of Asian & Pacific Accountants (CAPA) etc.
- Developing education and training capacity in collaboration with partner organisations to better support current activity, add value to the curriculum established by a need’s assessment.
- Conducting career guidance and training sessions for existing and prospective students as well as Passed Finalists towards the Accounting profession.
- Lead the coordination of the curriculum of the Association – Year 2015.
- Carried out post implementation review of the new curriculum by way of a mini research and initiated and executed the identified revisions effectively.
- Maintain the quality of the study materials incorporating required revisions on time.
- Maintain the solidarity with the practicing firms and other organisations in both public and private sector to ensure the quality of the practical training experience of the students.
Management Consultant cum Lecturer
National Institute of Business Management (NIBM)
07.2012 - 07.2014
- Provided academic leadership and management of the different tailor-made training programs to government and private sector organisations.
- Ensured that programme design and delivery comply with the quality standards (ISO:9001), quality policy of NIBM and regulations and conformity requirements of affiliated universities.
- Development of academic processes across the institution including the development of learning and teaching strategies.
- Developed and applied innovative and appropriate teaching techniques and material, which create interest, understanding, and enthusiasm among students.
- Oversee the monitoring of student progress and provide advice and guidance to personal tutors and students as appropriate and support extracurricular activities.
- Courses taught (Financial Accounting, Cost Accounting, Advance Financial Accounting, Financial Management, and Management Accounting)
Education
Ph.D. - Accountancy
RMIT City Campus
Melbourne, Australia01.2023
Master of Business Administration - undefined
University of Colombo
Colombo, Sri Lanka01.2015
Bachelor of Science - Accounting
University of Sri Jayewardenepura
Colombo, Sri Lanka01.2011
Skills
- Self-motivated professional
- Can do attitude
- Creative problem solver
- Energetic team player
- Critical thinker
- Excellent communicator
- Effective time manager
- Fast learner
- Techno-savvy person
CO-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES
- Sessional Faculty Member- Victoria University May 2024 to Present
- President – CA Sri Lanka Australia Chapter Inc. - Current term of the Chapter FY25/26
- Treasurer – Lions Club of Plenty Valley- Current term of the Club FY25/26
- Study Text Reviewer – CA Sri Lanka Curriculum 2025-2030
- Senior Project Sponsor of the Oracle NetSuite ERP implementation project of MILC Group, VIC 3042 – October 2021- June 2022.
Certification
- Chartered Accountant - CA (CA ANZ)
- Fellow Chartered Accountant - FCA (CA Sri Lanka)
LANGUAGES
English
Sinhala
Timeline
Director - Finance
MILC Group
01.2021 - Current
Director/Head Education and Training
Association of Accounting Technicians of Sri Lanka (AAT Sri Lanka)
07.2014 - 12.2017
Management Consultant cum Lecturer
National Institute of Business Management (NIBM)
07.2012 - 07.2014
Master of Business Administration - undefined
University of Colombo
Bachelor of Science - Accounting
University of Sri Jayewardenepura
Ph.D. - Accountancy
RMIT City Campus
HANDS ON EXPERIENCE - ERP SYSTEMS AND SOFTWARE
Oracle NetSuite ERP, MyStaff Info -staff management tool, MYOB EXO ERP, MYOB, Reckon/QB, My Pay- staff management tool, MYOB EXO employee Services-Payroll management system, Infinet Cloud Payroll management system, RF SMART- warehouse management, Xero, Sage, ELMO Payroll, Microsoft Excel & Microsoft Word.
SCHOLARSHIPS AND AWARDS
- Awarded an international full Scholarship to complete PhD studies at RMIT University, Melbourne (July 2019 – November 2022).,
- Scholarship- World Bank Project - AHEAD Project - (May 2019 – May 2022).,
- Awarded the CIMA Gold Medal for the Financial Reporting and Management Control Systems subject - Master of Business Administration (University of Colombo).