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SHANAKA NAVARATNE

Augustine Heights,Australia

Summary

  • Career Objectives Dynamic, versatile, responsible and proactive person seeking a suitable position in the Accounting/Finance field where my varied relevant work experience, interpersonal skills, teamwork and organizational skills could be utilized to contribute significantly to the organization. I also enjoy challenges, can adapt quickly to new situations and welcome all opportunities to meet new people and develop new skills. Key Competencies
  • 10 years’ experience and expertise in Accounting and Administration.
  • Associate – CPA Australia
  • Competent in using Xero, Oracle applications, Peoplesoft & MYOB AccountRight
  • Competent in using Microsoft Office, including Excel, Word and PowerPoint
  • Excellent management and organizational skills.
  • Excellent planning, multi‐tasking and time management skills with the ability to manage and prioritize own workload unsupervised.
  • Interpersonal skills with the ability to work and interact with people at all levels. Proactive team player and self‐starter.
  • Punctual, dependable and works well under pressure. Well‐developed oral & written communication skills.

Overview

10
10
years of professional experience

Work History

Assistant Finance Manager

Jones Lang LaSalle - JLL
04.2022 - Current
  • Property and Asset Management
  • Key responsibilities:
  • Management Accounting Budgeting and forecasting – completion of annual budgets and monthly review of forecast numbers with segment leads and providing commentary to the CFO
  • Reviewing labour allocations monthly and ensuring all employees are allocated and getting signoffs from segment leads
  • Providing cost/revenue analysis to segment leads on request in the instances where a new property is acquired and prior to a new staff being recruited etc
  • Ensuring the revenue is recognised beforehand before incurring the costs and keeping the segment leads up to date – E.g
  • Client funded bonuses, rebates received etc
  • Keeping up to date with government regulations and tax law changes and informing the segment leads of any changes
  • E.g
  • Superannuation change, QLD Mental Health Levy etc
  • Financial Accounting Overseeing of all functions of accounts receivables and payables
  • New contract/project creation after reviewing all necessary documentation
  • Completion of all income and expense accruals in line with company policies and procedures
  • Calculation and finalisation of monthly salary recoveries for each property with the correct oncost rates etc
  • Providing monthly financials to the segment leads
  • Weekly aged debtors follow‐ups with the clients
  • Completion of manual journals to rectify any errors made by AR & AP teams
  • Reviewing employee annual leave balance and providing updates to the segment leads.

Accountant

WMK Architecture
03.2019 - 04.2022
  • Sending out 130‐140 invoices out per month & setting up new clients after revision of all contracts and documentation
  • Maintaining debtors register and following up & completion of daily bank reconciliations Processing 80‐100 AP invoices per month & following the invoice approval process
  • Once a week payment run & filling all AP invoices in correct project folders
  • Updating the AP cash flow register weekly
  • Preparing monthly financials – Income statements/balance sheet & creation of profitability analysis for each project
  • General journal entries – depreciation/accruals/prepayments & processing payroll tax, PAYG and other payments to the Tax Office
  • Assisting the Director of corporate services with all data required for budgets
  • Maintaining lease contracts for licences/offices and assisting/creating reports to the annual audit Processing monthly payroll for 120+ employees, adding new staff, processing termination payments and maintaining staff leave register
  • Processing Superannuation payments
  • Responding to all queries in regards to payroll
  • Special Achievements/implementations Reduced Debtors turnover days by half
  • Introduced new invoice reading software – Hubdoc & Xero Superannuation Payment Platform.

Operations and Finance Assistant

PTW Architects
05.2017 - 02.2019
  • Entering and processing accounts payable invoices
  • Monthly client invoicing and completing all functions of accounts receivables Processing monthly payroll Entering & processing monthly superannuation payments through the clearing house Processing monthly payroll tax, PAYG etc Processing quarterly GST payments Completion of monthly bank reconciliations Entering monthly journals including pre‐payments and accruals Generating monthly reports to Directors & other stakeholders

Client Service Attendant

University Of Wollongong, Business School
Sydney
07.2014 - 04.2017
  • Answering and directing phone calls Organizing and scheduling appointments Planning meetings and taking detailed minutes Writing and distributing email, correspondence memos, letters, faxes and forms Assisting in the preparation of regularly scheduled reports Developing and maintaining the filing system Updating and maintaining office policies and procedures Ordering office consumables

Education

Associate ‐ CPA Australia -

Bachelor of Accounting & Financial Services -

Sydney Business School – University of Wollongong

Certificate in Human Resource Management. ISO 22000 Internal Auditor Certificate ‐ Bureau Veritas -

University of Wollongong

References

Referees References are available upon request.

Timeline

Assistant Finance Manager

Jones Lang LaSalle - JLL
04.2022 - Current

Accountant

WMK Architecture
03.2019 - 04.2022

Operations and Finance Assistant

PTW Architects
05.2017 - 02.2019

Client Service Attendant

University Of Wollongong, Business School
07.2014 - 04.2017

Associate ‐ CPA Australia -

Bachelor of Accounting & Financial Services -

Sydney Business School – University of Wollongong

Certificate in Human Resource Management. ISO 22000 Internal Auditor Certificate ‐ Bureau Veritas -

University of Wollongong

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