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Nish Navarathne

Melbourne

Summary

Results-driven finance professional with a Bachelor’s Degree in Commerce (Accounting) from Swinburne University of Technology. Proficient in analytical skills, customer service, accounting, debt collection, and various accounting and financial planning software, including Microsoft Office. Demonstrated expertise in accounts receivable/payable, bank reconciliations, payroll processing, and billing within a hospital environment. Known for effective team management, commitment to continued education for skill diversification, and mastery of a wide range of computer programs such as Adobe Illustrator, Xero Cloud Computing, Microsoft Office, Salesforce, and more.

Overview

18
18
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Account Officer

TLC Healthcare
03.2025 - Current
  • Billing across Six TLC aged care facilities
  • Robust focus on debt recovery and Medicare Payment statement reconciliations
  • Issue RAD and Fee refunds in a timely manner
  • Debt recovery processes and supporting the Finance team to ensure the billings and collection for all TLC services are maintained in a timely and accurate manner
  • Undertaking and reviews risk reports, ensuring business compliance and assists Resident Financial Services team on AR tasks as required
  • Attend customer queries and make necessary account adjustments according to Medicare payment statements if required
  • Receipting Payments
  • Process monthly and daily direct debits

Finance Officer

Calvary Health Care
09.2023 - Current
  • Managing account enquiries
  • Receipting all the payments made in to the RAD account
  • Receipting of residents fees
  • Management of bond and RAD registers to comply with prudential requirements
  • Facilitate timely response to department enquiries
  • Provide advice and support to stakeholders
  • Positively interact with stakeholders, and ensure quality, prompt and accurate responses to all enquiries
  • Be an advocate for Calvary in all interactions
  • Maintain a service oriented approach when dealing with residents, families and colleagues
  • Ensure quality, prompt and accurate responses to all enquiries
  • Display compassion and empathy when dealing with residents and resident family members
  • Develop and maintain strong working relationships with key stakeholders
  • Assist in the development and maintenance of accounts receivable systems and procedures
  • Undertake end of month processing, including the production of reports
  • Prepare reports, information and documentation as required

Finance Officer (AR)

Uniting AgeWell
07.2023 - 08.2023
  • To provide a high standard of accounts receivable service including:
  • Setup of complete and accurate debtor records
  • Requests to raise invoices are entered promptly into the system
  • Provision of accurate accounts receivable data when requested
  • Courteous and helpful response to debtor enquiries
  • Assistance in reconciling accounts receivable records
  • Undertake debt collection as per UA policy and processes
  • Timely and accurate resident and client billing and administration
  • To provide a high standard resident and client service including:
  • Maintain an effective and accurate fees and charges database
  • Ensure resident and clients fees and charges information is accurately updated in a timely manner
  • Ensure resident and clients fees and charges are reconciled and maintained
  • Undertake accurate and timely resident and client billing and refunds
  • Ensure charges are in accordance with contractual, policy and legislative guidelines
  • Respond to enquiries from residents and clients, and facility/managers and staff in a timely manner
  • Monitor relevant changes to Aged Care legislation and relevant Retirement Villages legislation and implement any necessary changes to the fees and charges procedures

Accounts Receivable Officer (Senior)

Zenitas Healthcare
11.2021 - 05.2023
  • Billing
  • Ensure that the billing files are transmitted on time to clients. Working on fixing errors that arise from billing
  • Collection
  • Managing a debtor’s ledger to ensure that invoices are collected within terms. Working on reconciliation within the debtor’s ledger such as credit notes or write offs.
  • Allocating Receipts
  • Ensuring that receipts received from clients are allocated in a timely manner
  • Reporting
  • Providing an update on the debtor ledger weekly along with cash expectations for the week / monthly.
  • Ad hoc requirements per delegation from the manager
  • Bank reconciliations
  • General ledger reconciliations
  • Monthly journals
  • Month end reporting

Debtor Coordinator

Premier Cranes and Rigging
09.2021 - 11.2021
  • Accounts Receivable
  • Accounts Payable
  • Collections
  • Invoicing for all the clients and making necessary amendments when necessary
  • Issuing credit notes and receipting those in to the system

Scheduling Coordinator

Premier Cranes and Rigging
08.2021 - 09.2021
  • Collect and input data from various resources in to the schedule
  • Communicate effectively with all the teams to make sure the jobs are going ahead or any changes needs to be actioned
  • Quickly response to emergencies where customers request cranes and staff to attend immediately

Payroll and Wrap up Coordinator

Premier Cranes and Rigging
07.2021 - 08.2021
  • Collect and validate weekly time sheets using time target and sage micro pay, then prepare relevant information for payroll processing
  • Respond to employees payroll enquires , providing accurate information in a timely manner
  • Update employees payroll information as required
  • Review processes according to the EBA and awards
  • Collect and validate daily dockets from the site workers and following up on any gaps
  • Review daily dockets against daily rosters and align docket information to work completed
  • Prepare and validate EPOS data to ensure accurate invoicing activity
  • Prepare and lodge payroll related returns and ensure 100% compliance with regulatory authorities

Payroll Officer

ONCALL Group
02.2021 - 07.2021
  • Processing weekly and fortnightly payroll for approximately 4000 ONCALL employees
  • Data entry of time sheets
  • Assisting with Terminations, Superannuation and Payroll Tax payments
  • Month-end payroll reconciliations- Handling all queries from staff with regards to their pay
  • Other payroll duties as required

Accounts Receivable Officer

ONCALL Group
05.2018 - 02.2021
  • Bank Reconciliation - reconciliation of two bank accounts Receipting in OCP( In-house Access Data Base system) and entering payment totals in Xero ( previously MYOB) as per the bank statement
  • Record sales, deposits and weekly deductions in Xero for NDIS Job Ready course fees and reconciliation of deductions in GL accounts
  • Reporting in Xero - Accounts receivable reconciliation report, Various GL account reports: Sales report, deposit report and deductions report with regards to NDIS Job Ready course.
  • Debt collection
  • Portal upload and management – verify information on portal and submit for payment; notify portal errors to portal admin - Invoice cancellation, re-calculation of the shift charge and re-issuing credit notes
  • Liaise with colleagues, various departments and Finance Manager

NDIS AR Officer (Claims Submission)

annecto
04.2021 - 06.2021
  • Entering invoices into TECHONE.
  • Preparing monthly invoices.
  • Reconcile debtor remittances.
  • Update Clients Quotes
  • Ensuring all invoices are paid
  • Daily reporting of aged debtor balance
  • Report daily closing bank balances
  • Assist with end of month and annual financial reporting
  • Bank reconciliation.
  • Receipting

Independent Business Owner (Partner)

Amway
07.2020 - 05.2021

Senior Accounts Officer

The Coffee Group
02.2018 - 05.2018
  • Check supplier invoices and expense claims for accuracy, appropriateness, and correct account coding.
  • Ensure that invoices are correctly approved for payment.
  • Enter in all AP invoices and processing weekly payment runs.
  • Maintain Accounts Payable ledger ensuring no long overdue amounts.
  • Complete accounts payable ledger for month end close.
  • Provide analysis of major expense items requested.
  • Ensure that all credit card statements are reconciled monthly with the appropriate support documentation and coding of transactions.
  • Process all invoice requests through CRM
  • Manage debtors and follow up outstanding money owed.
  • Establish and maintain cash controls.
  • Reconciliation of bank account.
  • Print and review monthly debtor statements for accuracy, dispatching as appropriate.
  • Other duties as needed or required.

Accounts Officer

Wintringham
02.2018 - 04.2018
  • Prepare and process invoices to the IBA accounts payable module
  • Reconciliation of accounts payable statements
  • Payment of outstanding creditors within credit terms
  • Resolving enquiries with creditors and liaising with program Managers in relation to these enquiries
  • Preparation of bank reconciliations
  • Assist in general ledger reconciliations.
  • Generate invoices.
  • In conjunction with senior finance staff, develop and implement changes in procedures/use of technology (including financial and aged care applications) to improve the efficiency of operations.
  • Participate in monthly processing and reporting timetables, including processing of journals and supporting data.
  • Assist in the production of financial information in a timely manner.
  • Assisting with various administrative processes in Wintringham's finance area.
  • Debtor Report preparation

Assistant Accountant

Zouki Group of Companies
09.2017 - 01.2018
  • Effective cash flow management of the sites, preparation of weekly cash flow, schedule and obtain prior approval for payment process and liaise with the site managers state and inter-state
  • Manage Accounts Payable encompassing coding of invoices correctly, process payment runs including uploading of payments on a weekly basis for required sites, processing monthly cross-charges and cost recovered invoices, generation of payroll tax invoices and subsequent lodgement of payroll tax, entry of catering invoices until the process is automated, processing of accruals, prepayments and month end journals, Creation of monthly, quarterly IAS, BAS reports from the accounting system for the sites handled, reconciliation of all balance sheet accounts PAYG, superannuation, GST accounts and general ledger daily/monthly maintenance
  • Perform daily bank reconciliation and credit card reconciliation, entering of Capex invoices and update fixed asset register, performed supplier statement reconciliation and customer statement reconciliation and follow up Cash flow management and accurate recording of HP agreement interest and principal payments
  • Assist in the preparation of various management reports, conduct variance analysis based on budget
  • Compliance requirements – monthly & quarterly

Financial Planning Assistant

YesFS
05.2016 - 09.2017
  • Showcased strong interpersonal skills in consistently increasing customer service satisfaction
  • Management of all files, preparing updated Fact Finds and Portfolio Reports for Client assessed appointments, management of all files, documentation and client information on CRM to ensure high standard of internal compliance and involve in online, paper based rollovers as per the request of the financial advisers and involved in online and paper based rollovers as per the request of the financial advisers and prepared insurance/investment application forms and other implementation paperwork and general administration duties.
  • Provided efficient client services, dealing with customer complaints and responding to phone calls, processed pertinent documents and sending out statements requested by upper management and support advisors in co-ordination of client meetings as well as preparation and provision of client research materials and investment advice and adhered to Client Data Base Management including; creating new clients and updating existing client details and ensuring all relevant client information is collected in preparation for para planning requests
  • Managed third party authority follow ups and followed up superannuation rollovers and investment applications
  • Assisting financial planners with numerous tasks including administration and customer service, and serving as main point of contact for all members, employers, and third-party advisers

Account Executive

YesFS
11.2015 - 05.2016
  • Entered,Updated and /or retrieved accounting data from automated systems (MYOB)
  • Review all invoices for appropriate documentation and approval prior to payment
  • Reconciliation of receivables & managing accounts receivables & Payables
  • Preparing RCTI invoices
  • Processing all types of payments and documents such as invoices, journal vouchers, employee reimbursements and statements
  • Review all online transactions for changes, accuracy and correct errors
  • Process banking payments online
  • Retrieves system reports
  • Preparing bank reconciliation and commission statements
  • Preparing inter company invoices, Handling and writing cheques
  • Profit assisting to superiors cash flow budgeting, PNC, balance sheet, profit and loss account
  • Prepare various ad-hoc excel reports, assist in closing month end books
  • Provide efficient client services, dealing with customer complaints and responding to phone calls
  • Management of monthly accounts

Ward clerk

St Vincent's Private Hospital Melbourne
07.2012 - 08.2016
  • Showcased strong knowledge and advanced skill level in data entry and IBA usage.
  • Demonstrated professional presentation with strong customer relation and interpersonal skills.
  • Successfully completed all tasks within designated timeframes and service level agreements standards, informing managers about any arising issues and taking precautionary actions when appropriate
  • Undertook a primary role in responding to all phone calls and customer queries at ward level while delivering professional service that complied with all aspects of the policy and procedures of the work place
  • Demonstrated advanced data entry skills and computer skills, while performing general clerical work
  • Billed of the operating theatre prostheses items

Accounts Payable Officer

St Vincent's Private Hospital Melbourne
09.2015 - 11.2015
  • Accurately recorded creditors invoices into the accounting system with emphasis on time management
  • Acknowledged for delivering a high volume of data entry Responsibilities:
  • Recorded creditors invoices in the accounting system in a timely manner with a high volume of data entry and accuracy by Reconciling processed work by verifying entries and comparing system reports to balances and effectively managed accounting ledgers by verifying and posting account transactions
  • Answered creditor queries, verified invoices for accuracy and authorisations and followed up on any credit notes and / or missing invoices
  • Charged expenses to accounts and costs centres by analysing expense reports & recoding entries

Contract Accountant

Fountain Gate Financial Group
08.2015 - 04.2016
  • Significantly improved skills in tax preparation for individuals - Fluent in Xero Accounting Software
  • Experienced in applicable computer programs while utilising Xero cloud-based accounting software for the preparation of individual, sole trader, partnership, company and trust tax returns to set-up of Xero accounting software for clients, bookkeeping services (BAS/GST) and record keeping
  • Podium finance software for financial services to reconcile bank account with company income and expenses
  • Processed payroll and general administration tasks for clients and executed bank account reconciliations with company income and expenses
  • Prepared BAS and year-end accounts including ATO taxation management including being actively involved in management including preparation of year-end accounts

Supervisor(Senior customer service representative)

Subway
06.2007 - 02.2016
  • Ensured increasing levels of customer satisfaction by implementing superior training and staff management
  • Performed all general administrative duties, as well as oversaw all advertising and company, promotion initiatives. through leading the supervision of/and training staff, by identifying continual service improvement initiatives and take necessary steps to implement
  • Handled customer complaints / issues and enquiries effectively both in person and over the phone
  • Purchased orders, prepared stock and general administrative duties
  • Took Responsibility to meet daily targets
  • Handled cash and EFTPOS terminal to make electronic transactions

Ward clerk

The Royal Melbourne Hospital
07.2013 - 02.2015
  • Showcased strong knowledge and advanced skill level in data entry and IBA usage.
  • Demonstrated professional presentation with strong customer relation and interpersonal skills.
  • Successfully completed all tasks within designated timeframes and service level agreements standards, informing managers about any arising issues and taking precautionary actions when appropriate
  • Undertook a primary role in responding to all phone calls and customer queries at ward level while delivering professional service that complied with all aspects of the policy and procedures of the work place
  • Demonstrated advanced data entry skills and computer skills, while performing general clerical work
  • Billed of the operating theatre prostheses items

Data Entry administrator

Epilepsy Foundation of Australia
05.2010 - 12.2010

Education

Diploma - Financial Planning (RG 146)

Monarch Institute
01.2019

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CPA Australia
01.2019

Bachelor of Commerce - Accounting

Swinburne University of Technology
01.2014

Diploma - Graphic designing, Graphic Design

Beyond Basics College of Information and Communication Technology
01.2006

Diploma - Hardware Engineering with Networking, Information Technology

Beyond Basics College of Information & Communication Technology
01.2006

Skills

  • Bookkeeping
  • Bank Reconciliation
  • Finance
  • Finance
  • Finance
  • Finance

Certification

  • RG146
  • ISO 19011 Skilled Lead Internal & External Auditor
  • CPA Professional Level
  • NDIS Worker Orientation Module

Languages

Tamil
Singhaleese
English

Timeline

Account Officer

TLC Healthcare
03.2025 - Current

Finance Officer

Calvary Health Care
09.2023 - Current

Finance Officer (AR)

Uniting AgeWell
07.2023 - 08.2023

Accounts Receivable Officer (Senior)

Zenitas Healthcare
11.2021 - 05.2023

Debtor Coordinator

Premier Cranes and Rigging
09.2021 - 11.2021

Scheduling Coordinator

Premier Cranes and Rigging
08.2021 - 09.2021

Payroll and Wrap up Coordinator

Premier Cranes and Rigging
07.2021 - 08.2021

NDIS AR Officer (Claims Submission)

annecto
04.2021 - 06.2021

Payroll Officer

ONCALL Group
02.2021 - 07.2021

Independent Business Owner (Partner)

Amway
07.2020 - 05.2021

Accounts Receivable Officer

ONCALL Group
05.2018 - 02.2021

Senior Accounts Officer

The Coffee Group
02.2018 - 05.2018

Accounts Officer

Wintringham
02.2018 - 04.2018

Assistant Accountant

Zouki Group of Companies
09.2017 - 01.2018

Financial Planning Assistant

YesFS
05.2016 - 09.2017

Account Executive

YesFS
11.2015 - 05.2016

Accounts Payable Officer

St Vincent's Private Hospital Melbourne
09.2015 - 11.2015

Contract Accountant

Fountain Gate Financial Group
08.2015 - 04.2016

Ward clerk

The Royal Melbourne Hospital
07.2013 - 02.2015

Ward clerk

St Vincent's Private Hospital Melbourne
07.2012 - 08.2016

Data Entry administrator

Epilepsy Foundation of Australia
05.2010 - 12.2010

Supervisor(Senior customer service representative)

Subway
06.2007 - 02.2016

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CPA Australia

Bachelor of Commerce - Accounting

Swinburne University of Technology

Diploma - Graphic designing, Graphic Design

Beyond Basics College of Information and Communication Technology

Diploma - Hardware Engineering with Networking, Information Technology

Beyond Basics College of Information & Communication Technology

Diploma - Financial Planning (RG 146)

Monarch Institute

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