Sandeep Tamrakar

National recruitment business with ~$100m annual revenue, providing labour-hire and workforce solutions across multiple industries.

• Lead end-to-end month-end close including preparation and posting of journals across multiple reporting entities.
• Prepare statutory reporting schedules, BAS lodgements, and monthly/quarterly submissions in compliance with regulatory deadlines.
• Maintain fixed asset register and ensure IFRS-compliant depreciation and reporting.
• Prepare monthly management accounts (P&L, Balance Sheet) with detailed variance analysis against budget.
• Perform regular balance sheet reconciliations and ensure compliance sign-off by senior management.
• Prepared and maintained weekly cashflow forecasts to monitor liquidity and ensure adequate funds for operational and capital requirements.
• Manage accruals for insurance, employee entitlements, tax and other provisions, ensuring accurate recognition in line with standards.
• Liaise with auditors during interim and annual audits, preparing supporting documentation and addressing queries.
• Monitor and report on tax liabilities with ATO and Inland Revenue, ensuring obligations are met.
• Contribute to process improvements in financial reporting and internal controls, enhancing accuracy and efficiency.

Key Achievements:

• Executed migration of accounting systems for two group entities with focus on vendor/customer setup, fixed assets register, and GL account mapping.
• Strengthened compliance and reporting accuracy by streamlining reconciliation processes and improving documentation for audit readiness. One instance - Managed a major payroll tax audit from Revenue NSW, identifying variances and rectifying reporting processes across all states.

• Supported consolidation and submission of annual financial statements for the group.
• Assisted in preparing and lodging monthly BAS returns and income tax instalments.
• Conducted monthly reconciliations of balance sheet accounts and provided commentary on variances.
• Managed daily bank reconciliations.
• Prepared weekly cashflow reporting for global enterprises, summarizing movements and variance analysis.
• Produced weekly performance and monthly client analysis reports for directors.
• Assisted in group management reporting and contributed to ad hoc analysis for internal stakeholders.

Key Achievements:

• Played a key role in assisting with annual financial statement consolidation and ensured timely submission under strict deadlines.
• Led project to design a new cash flow forecasting method, improving accuracy and consistency, and developed a group-wide consolidation template aligned with global reporting requirements.

Specialist recruitment agency delivering temporary and permanent staffing solutions to government and enterprise clients.

• Prepared and posted complex month-end journals including prepayments, accruals, and fixed assets depreciation.
• Supported financial statement preparation through monthly reconciliations and audit schedules.
• Oversaw end-to-end Accounts Payable operations, ensuring accuracy and timeliness.
• Assisted with annual income tax and FBT returns in collaboration with external tax advisors.
• Reported weekly cashflows directly to the CFO and supported working capital management.

Key Achievements:

• Supported successful migration from Navision to Microsoft Dynamics Business Central.
• Established the statutory Payment Times Reporting process.
• Improved documentation processes to enhance compliance and efficiency.

Australia’s first and largest professional car sharing network. With over 200,000 members and 3,500 vehicles across the country

• Managed the full Accounts Payable cycle from invoice processing to payment execution.
• Prepared accruals, prepayments, and adjustments for month-end financial reporting.
• Conducted monthly balance sheet reconciliations and assisted in statutory reporting.
• Supported in BAS lodgements and FBT calculations.
• Assisted auditors by preparing supporting documentation for annual audits.

Key Achievements:

• Contributed to successful migration from MYOB to NetSuite.
• Improved reporting templates and AP processes, strengthening internal controls.

Australian family owned restaurant chain operating across multiple locations nationally

• Processed and reconciled invoices, payments, and intercompany transactions.
• Assisted in monthly reconciliations and weekly payroll processing.
• Supported end-of-month reporting and vendor management.