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SAMIKSHYA LAMA

Sydney,NSW

Summary

With a strong background in Marriott policy accounting and years of experience as an Assistant Accountant and Guest Service Agent, I'm committed to advancing my career. Armed with a Bachelor's in Accounting and a Master's in Business Information Systems, I aimed to contribute my expertise and drive efficiencies in a more challenging and responsible role in the field of finance and accounting. I'm dedicated with strong work ethic and resourceful nature.

Overview

5
5
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Accounting Specialist

Marriott International
03.2023 - Current
  • Responsible for preparing General Journals, including Payroll SSC, Monthly Audit Accrual, Monthly FBT Accrual, and others
  • Managed Concur Accrual, ensuring accurate recording of credit card transactions and concur expenses
  • Collaborated with HR, IT, and accounting departments to prepare Admin Allocation
  • Assist the finance team in monthly balance sheet account reconciliation
  • Preparation of Cluster departments P&L and distributed to hotel’s finance
  • Preparations of manual AR invoices, BUPA invoices recharge to hotels
  • Check OFB AR and follow up outstanding invoices
  • Managed the weekly cycle of accounts payable processes, including invoice verification, coding, and data entry in Peoplesoft
  • Assist Entity Finance team in auditing and other required tasks
  • Reported financial data and updated financial records in ledgers and journals.

Assistant Accountant

Novotel Sydney Darling Square
01.2022 - 02.2023
  • Experience in Opera, Infor System, Humanforce & WageEasy
  • Processing payroll on a weekly basis
  • Performed day-to-day financial transactions, including verifying, classifying, computing, posting, and recording accounts receivables' data
  • Managed AP and AR operations, coordinating staff workflows and reviewing completed work to reduce errors
  • Accounts and Bank Reconciliations
  • Preparing cash flow statements, and controlling expenditure and cash flow
  • Responding to financial inquiries by gathering and interpreting data
  • Collecting and analysing data, which is then used in the preparation of weekly and monthly estimates
  • Assist finance team with preparation of month end journals and reports.

Night Audit

Ibis Budget Sydney Airport
12.2019 - 05.2022
  • Creating No-show report
  • Run end-of-day computer functions and closed out reports, submitting details to managers for review
  • Checked auditing discrepancies by reconciling cash drop and credit card transactions
  • Review and balanced cash receipts and deposited cash
  • Assign maintenance or housekeeping tasks to appropriate staff based on daily and weekly schedule as well as guest requests.

Guest Service Agent

Ibis Budget Sydney Airport
07.2018 - 01.2021
  • Experiences in Opera and Fidelio
  • Manage guest check-in and check-out procedures, reservations and payments
  • Manage customer complaints and rectified issues to complete satisfaction
  • Respond to guests, including email, telephone and in-person inquiries
  • Excellent and friendly communication with guests and proper time management
  • Good knowledge of Microsoft Office and Excel.

Education

Master of Business Information System - Management Information Systems

Australian Institute of Higher Education
Sydney, Australia
10.2023

Bachelor of Business - Professional Accounting

Kent Institute, Australia
Sydney, Australia
03.2021

Skills

  • Financial Accounting and reporting
  • Payroll Administration
  • Microsoft Office - Excel, Word, PowerPoint
  • Audit Support
  • General Ledger Reconciliation
  • Highly organized and dedicated with a positive attitude
  • Fast-Learner and attention to detail
  • Time management & collaboration

Certification

  • Certifications in CPR and AED
  • Responsible Service of Alcohol (RSA) Certificate

Timeline

Accounting Specialist

Marriott International
03.2023 - Current

Assistant Accountant

Novotel Sydney Darling Square
01.2022 - 02.2023

Night Audit

Ibis Budget Sydney Airport
12.2019 - 05.2022

Guest Service Agent

Ibis Budget Sydney Airport
07.2018 - 01.2021

Master of Business Information System - Management Information Systems

Australian Institute of Higher Education

Bachelor of Business - Professional Accounting

Kent Institute, Australia
SAMIKSHYA LAMA