Samantha McConnell

• Reviewed documentation and identified financial discrepancies where applicable.
• Streamlined month-end close process, reducing time spent on manual tasks and improving data accuracy.
• Ensured compliance with local, state, federal tax regulations; timely filing of all required documents, mitigating potential penalties or fines.
• Prepared monthly reconciliation of bank accounts and took corrective actions on deviations.
• Processed invoices and contacted appropriate parties for timely payment receipt.
• Optimized cash flow with diligent monitoring of accounts receivable and payable.
• Monitored budget and revenue trends, compiling reports for company leadership to inform decision-making.
• Prepared cash flow projections, cost analysis and monthly, quarterly and annual reports.
• Prepare and lodge monthly IAS
• Prepare and lodge quarterly BAS

Aged Receivables

• Forecasting billing/invoices for weekly/monthly invoicing
• Sending out all customer invoices
• Following up on at unpaid debtors
• collating all relevant billing/timesheets for creation on monthly labour hire invoices
• monthly AR reconciliation
• End of month closing processing
• Revenue recognition

Aged Receivables Project Management

• Creating all new project opportunities, sales orders, billing rules against employee timesheets, revenue recognition. budgets, billing projections for various Defence and commercial projects within large corporate entity
• Report and meet with project managers on a weekly basis for update on and project changes
• forecast billing and budget projections for all projects to project mangers monthly

Payroll

• Process fortnightly payroll for over 200 employees
• Process employee superannuation payments
• Payroll tax - create monthly working paper by States for processing and lodgement of Payroll Tax
• Monthly reconciliation of payroll all accounts including PAYG, Superannuation, Salary Sacrifice, Leave accruals

• Monthly reporting/analysis of all complete AR billing
• Creating quarterly BAS working paper and lodgement of BAS
• Lodgement of monthly IAS
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Aged Receivable

• Oversee/approve all customer invoices being sent out by AR administrator
• Follow up on outstanding debtors
• Forecast monthly revenue and budgets
• Monthly AR reconciliation
• AR end of month processing

Aged Payable

• Oversee/approve all purchase orders being created by purchasing officer
• Process all bill payments weekly to vendors
• Forecast monthly AP billing
• Monthly AP reconciliation
• AP End of month process

Payroll

• Process fortnightly payroll
• Process monthly superannuation
• Monthly reconciliation of all payroll accounts
• Payroll end of month process
• Process all accruals

Financial Reporting

• Prepare working papers for BAS and IAS and lodgement
• Prepare all reports for management and monthly Board meeting
• Prepare necessary financial information for accountant