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Rukshala De Alwis Kulasekera

Werribee,VIC

Summary

Detail-oriented Senior Accountant focused on improving company financial operations and streamlining processes using effective leadership, planning and decision-making abilities.

Overview

16
16
years of professional experience

Work History

Senior Accountant

Cushman & Wakefield
10.2022 - Current
  • Manage All Accounting Operations Including Accounts receivable, Accounts Payable and General Ledger.
  • Reviewing and completing End-of-the-month Bank reconciliations.
  • Maintenance of the Bank Reconciliation Control Sheet for Compliance.
  • Follow up on outstanding debtor accounts and manage the accounts receivable process.
  • Manage and raise the Fund request Invoices from Tenant Accounts to make timely payments to suppliers.
  • Set up and management of bank account facilities.
  • Process and issue trust receipts, payments, and inter property transfers.
  • Manage the annual regulatory trust account audits, including liaison with auditors, regulators and C&W management.
  • Ensure compliance with internal control structures and that work is produced to a high-quality standard.
  • Preparation of monthly reports for Licensee approval.
  • Review and produce EOM cash reports for the Clients and Property Managers.
  • Drive compliance, efficiency, and productivity through improvements to processes and reporting.
  • Working closely with the business to minimize financial risk.
  • Reviewing funding needs which includes cash flow & monthly reporting of all treasury activities to Senior management.
  • Authorizing fund releases for Property Accountants.
  • Cash and liquidity management through cash flow planning and forecasting.
  • Managing banking relationships.


Accountant

Office Fruit Group
11.2021 - 10.2022
  • Maintaining accurate financial records.
  • Report on financial performance and prepare for regular leadership reviews.
  • Identify and drive process improvements, including the creation of standard and ad-hoc reports, tools, and Excel dashboards.
  • Evaluated and improved financial records to make important business decisions.
  • Creating periodic reports, such as balance sheets, profit & loss statements Monthly and Annually.
  • Presenting data to the director, tax agents and other entities.
  • Prepared billing statements and invoices for customer purchases and recorded transaction date, price and fees to support accuracy.
  • Reconciled company accounts for customer & supplier accounts.
  • Strengthened financial operations by conducting bank reconciliations and took corrective actions on deviations.
  • Communicated with suppliers to reconcile invoice payments.
  • Monitored status of accounts receivable and payable to facilitate prompt processing.
  • Matched purchase orders with invoices and recorded necessary information.
  • Submitted cash and check deposits and generated cash receipts to record money received.
  • Checked general ledger entries to increase accuracy, prevent significant errors and identify adjustments.
  • Responded to inbound inquiries regarding accounts and payments.
  • Made outbound calls to vendors and customers to discuss and resolve account needs.
  • Complying with Vendor guidelines and providing financial information to various vendors of the business.

Finance Administrator

JB Hi-Fi Home
01.2018 - 11.2021
  • Finance Debtors and In-store Accounts Check and process all finance and debtor paperwork ensuring compliance before submitting for payment daily
  • Resolve and follow up any non-compliant and missing paperwork with Management team and finance companies
  • Weekly/Monthly reporting of outstanding Finance and Debtors (internal and external)
  • Banking and Balancing of Daily Takings Responsible for completing daily banking duties which include counting cash and reconciling daily takings against all tenders
  • Investigating all discrepancies, reporting breaches of policy and company procedures to Management
  • Daily/Weekly review of stores variances through weekly worksheet
  • Monthly analysis of store results with focus on end of financial year reporting
  • Completing refund audit reports while reporting on areas of non-compliance of returns procedures and identifying areas for training improvement
  • Responsible for maintaining ordering and reconciling change safe
  • Adhering to banking deadlines and requests from Finance regarding banking queries
  • Wages Responsible for checking and processing payroll exceptions in T2W
  • Maintaining all aspects of payroll including processing and managing new staff packs, maintaining, and managing agreements, checking payroll reports against T2W, and maintaining records for staff changes, leave requests and all details are loaded in T2W whilst managing personnel folders ensuring all required paperwork has been received and processed
  • Adhering to payroll deadlines
  • Creditors / Invoices Develop an understanding of the importance of inventory accuracy
  • Responsible for processing credits and receiving invoices into Shopkeeper daily and following up outstanding invoices in conjunction with AP and Inventory Queries with the focus of stock integrity
  • Assist and supporting in reducing outstanding EDI invoicing
  • Advise Store management of any new procedures directed by the Support Office and general enquiries within the store.

Corporate Actions Analyst (Fund accounting)

National Australia Bank
01.2017 - 01.2018
  • Scrutinizing statements received from various Fund Managers and ensure all transactions related to corporate actions are recorded in a timely manner
  • Recording dividends and interest received and check against bank account to reconcile the payments received
  • Follow up with various fund managers for dividends receivables on behalf of the investors and ensure the incomes are received and recorded in a timely manner
  • Liaising unit pricing teams to obtain the ex-prices to process dividends
  • Processing call payments via RTGS and bank cheques & recording the same on behalf of investors
  • Reconciling the receivable and payable accounts and ensure system has accurate records
  • Notifying investors about various events arranged by fund managers, such as proxy meetings and ensure follow ups are carried out in appropriate times
  • Liaising with investors and facilitating new investment process by executing related documents on behalf of them
  • Responding to investor queries efficiently and in a timely manner.

Hedge Fund Accountant

HSBC Bank
01.2015 - 08.2016
  • Reconciling Fund's Cash and Position with Prime Broker records and posting entries to ledger
  • Carrying out Debtors and Creditors reconciliation to identify the trades executed by the broker and those instructed by the fund manager
  • Pricing the fund portfolios
  • Matching security prices against pricing sources such as Bloomberg and Reuters Last
  • Manually calculating prices, using estimates through instructions received by the fund manager
  • Reporting with reasons on any exceptional price variances identified
  • Manage the processing of corporate actions
  • Adjustment for stock prices where necessary to capture right price on ex-dividend
  • Investor dealing are recorded in a timely manner and creating liability for any Subscription monies received in advance
  • Actively monitor the settlement of trades & resolve any unmatched trades and trade rejects
  • Rectify any lot closing issues
  • Accruing relevant Variable & fixed fees for the valuation by referring to Prime broker reports
  • Accurately calculating the Fund's Net Asset Value (NAV) and Net Asset Value per Share
  • Computation & recording the performance fee and other relevant fees (Management fees, servicing fees and admin fees)
  • Actively driving and completing cross training among the team
  • Leading team discussions & presentations on subject matters and handing client calls.

Finance Manager

Third Eye Vision advertising
12.2008 - 01.2015
  • Oversee the overall corporate Annual Budgeting preparation
  • Evaluate and interpreting the trend in Revenue, expenses and Capital Expenditure
  • Budgeted figures are presented at the Financial Review Meetings in consultation with the other managers and Board of Directors
  • Supervising & authorizing the preparation of financial review statements in accordance with Accounting Standards (SLAS)
  • Ensure that the financial reports are prepared and delivered on time
  • Timely review of all the financial information produced by the subordinates for accuracy, correctness and completeness
  • Providing financial information and interpreting the financial position and performance of the company to the Board of Directors
  • Researching and reporting on factors influencing business performance
  • Manage the capital budgeting process, based on constant analysis and discounted cash flow analysis
  • Treasury management and ensure bank accounts have sufficient cash flow/ facilities to operate the business smoothly
  • Advising and providing decision on investing surplus funds on short term securities such as a treasury bills and bonds with an expectation of financial gain
  • Negotiation with banks on better interest rates for the investments
  • Liaise with banks for matters relating to settling of long term and short-term loans and overdraft obtained
  • Negotiating with bank in obtaining new banking facilities
  • Monitoring the business working capital and ensure optimum working capital cycle is always present by increasing the creditors days and reducing the debtors' days
  • Negotiating with suppliers and other media organizations in extending credit facilities and enhancing the credit limits obtained
  • Monitors the industry trends and the competitor activities and provide forecast about the industry opportunities and threats affecting the future earnings and income of the company
  • Evaluate client profitable on regular basis and provide informed decisions for relationship managers on the continuity of the business dealing with clients
  • Advising and providing decisions for Sales & Marketing Managers in accepting proposals of the new clients
  • Liaise with external auditors for closure of Financial and taxation related audits
  • Providing support on Auditors queries as and when required
  • Providing support for adhoc external audits called out by government regulators by providing timely and accurate financial information
  • Statutory Payments: Ensure the statutory payments such as NBT, VAT and income Tax are computed accurately and settle on time
  • Ensure the statutory return for tax are filled and sent to department on time
  • Oversee the preparation of necessary schedules for tax audits
  • Oversee tax administrative activities by coordinating with officers from department of Inland Revenue
  • Regularly reviewing internal financial control that are in place and identifying key risk areas related to financial system and procedures and implementing required financial controls
  • Participate in performance evaluation of finance staff and conduct counselling sessions to identify skill development needs
  • Ensure accurate calculation and distribution of wages and other benefits to employees.

Education

FCPA - Fellow of CPA - Australia -

CPA
09.2016

Chartered Institute For Securities And Investments - MCSI -

CISI
03.2015

Chartered Institute of Management Accountants - ACMA -

CIMA
09.2010

Skills

  • Hands-on experience in Accounting Systems - MYOB, XERO, SAP and Quick Books
  • MS Excel, Word, PowerPoint
  • Experience in Time to Work/ADP payroll system
  • Experience in working on Shopkeeper (JB Hifi) retail platform
  • Experience in working on Page up recruitment platform
  • JDE, MRI (Property Management), Real Estate Manager , Cognos BI, Power BI, TLM (reconciliation platform)
  • General ledger accounting
  • Financial Reporting
  • Audit Support
  • Financial statement review
  • ERP Systems Expertise
  • Payroll Processing
  • Certified Public Accountant (CPA)

References

Will be provided upon request

Timeline

Senior Accountant

Cushman & Wakefield
10.2022 - Current

Accountant

Office Fruit Group
11.2021 - 10.2022

Finance Administrator

JB Hi-Fi Home
01.2018 - 11.2021

Corporate Actions Analyst (Fund accounting)

National Australia Bank
01.2017 - 01.2018

Hedge Fund Accountant

HSBC Bank
01.2015 - 08.2016

Finance Manager

Third Eye Vision advertising
12.2008 - 01.2015

FCPA - Fellow of CPA - Australia -

CPA

Chartered Institute For Securities And Investments - MCSI -

CISI

Chartered Institute of Management Accountants - ACMA -

CIMA

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