Peter Andrews

• Manage a diverse team of 7 professionals, fostering a positive work environment and high employee satisfaction.
• Prepare accurate financial reports on monthly basis for review and explanation to Executive Team.
• Manage budget development, forecasting, and financial reporting processes to track progress towards organisational objectives accurately.
• Implemented effective cost-saving measures to reduce overhead expenses without compromising quality or service.
• Managed budget implementations, employee evaluations, and contract details.
• Trained and guided team members to maintain high productivity and performance metrics.
• Manage compliance lodgment requirements on monthly, quarterly and annual basis for all State and Federal taxes. Examples included GST, Payroll Tax, PAYGW, Income Tax.
• Participate in Leadership Team meetings on a monthly basis to assist in setting organisational goals and objectives.

• Prepared accurate financial reports on monthly basis for review and explanation to Executive Team.
• Provide advice to Executive Team to assist in ensuring Monthly/ Quarterly and Annual Financial Targets are met.
• Speak to Executive Team daily providing succinct updates on operating performance and treasury management.
• Provide weekly advice to Building and Operations Manager to ensure weekly progress claims are achieved.
• Prepared new forecasting model dashboard inclusive of profit and loss, balance sheet, cash flow forecasting providing Executive with real time understanding of current and future operating environment.
• Provided treasury and cash management by overseeing reconciliation of banking activity, credit card processing, ongoing review and refinement of bank accounts in use
• Provide ongoing advice to Executive Team regarding internal control environment.
• Championed project to implement digitisation of organisation's accounts payable process.
• Managed annual review process in relation to following key areas - annual insurance review and annual reporting requirements to ICARE. Successfully negotiated 10% reduction in organisation's annual insurance premium.
• Manage compliance lodgment requirements on monthly, quarterly and annual basis for all State and Federal taxes. Examples included GST, Payroll Tax, PAYGW, Income Tax.
• Manage and oversee payroll and subcontractor management process , inclusive of preparation of employee contracts and other ad hoc industrial relation matters as required.

• Manage company's finance function including completion of monthly payroll, monthly customer invoicing and supplier payments
• Complete monthly reconciliations of balance sheet accounts for all group companies
• Implemented monthly reporting framework to report to Management Team and Directors
• Provide monthly reporting to Director's inclusive of monthly and YTD P&L and cash flow analysis
• Prepare all year end statutory reporting for all group entities
• Prepare all Income Tax and GST lodgments for all group entities
• Provide advice to Directors on all financial and strategic matters as and when required.
• Was part of management team that achieved yearly average sales growth rate of 40% per annum from 2017 to 2021 which enabled funding of 3 additional helicopters and acquisition of helicopter base in Tasmania
• Collaborated with Executive Team in preparation of annual capital and operating budgets, forecasts and all financial reporting and analysis.

• Managed day to day running of finance and administration team
• Managed team of 6 staff in core finance functions; payroll, creditors, debtors, accounting and front reception duties
• Implemented organization's finance and risk committee and liaised with organisation's Director's on monthly basis in relation to all finance and risk matters.
• Reported monthly financial results to Board of Directors explaining key variances to annual budget.
• Prepared and developed organisation's annual budget, presented to Directors for ratification.
• Oversaw and managed process to obtain loan funding for organisation's 64 unit development with bank.
• Managed the Annual Audit process with external audit team.
• Managed the Annual Insurance review process.
• Work effectively and collaboratively as part of the Executive Team providing strategic advice and operational updates as required.
• Directed budget development, creation of budgetary controls and recordkeeping systems and investment management.

• Preparation and lodgment of annual income tax returns for companies, partnerships, trusts and super funds
• Preparation of annual statutory financial statements
• Preparation of monthly and quarterly GST lodgments
• Providing income tax advice and tax planning advice to clients
• Liaison with Australian Taxation Office on behalf of clients
• General bookkeeping work where required

· Preparation of statutory financial statements.

· Preparation of quarterly and monthly business activity statements.

· Preparation and lodgment of income tax returns.

· Preparation and lodgment of fringe benefit tax returns.

· Liaison with Australian Taxation Office on behalf of current clients seeking assistance in their taxation matters.

· Providing advice to clients on broad range of taxation, accounting and finance management issues..

· Completion of annual audits and grant based audits for local Not For Profit organisations.