Shanil Saurty
Blackburn South,VIC
Summary
Strategic finance leader, with over 10 years' experience in corporate financial management and strategic planning. Strong focus on team collaboration, driving financial performance, and adapting to changing business needs. Expertise in financial analysis, budgeting, risk management, and compliance. Known for reliability and achieving significant results through effective leadership and strategic decision-making.
Overview
18
18
years of professional experience
Work History
Head of Finance
Select Strata Communities
01.2019 - Current
- Company Overview: A leading body corporate management company in Victoria, managing a portfolio of over 1300 residential and commercial properties
- Reporting directly to the CEO and Board Members; and responsible for the day-to-day financial administration of the business, periodic financial accounting, management/Board reporting and statutory compliance obligations
- Manage and mentor a team of 6 accounting and administration staff, fostering their career development while overseeing their overall performance and ensuring deadlines are met
- Reduced operational costs by identifying areas for improvement and implementing cost-saving measures across various departments.
- Project manage various key acquisitions, involving the review of the viability of future potential projects and perform cost analysis for sale and acquisition
- Refine internal control procedures, strengthening the overall integrity of financial data captured within the system.
- Prepare management reports with financial statement commentary, reconciliations and graphs and liaise with clients to keep them abreast of the performance of their assets in our portfolio
- Identify process improvement strategies whilst developing systems to enhance the performance of the business
- Continuously monitor the business strategy and deliver analysis across the company to ensure the leadership team is kept up to date of any changes
- Responsible for providing guidance on the appropriateness of the company’s policies and procedures in relation to managing risks and internal controls including performing on-site spot audits
- Assess the adequacy of the corporate insurance requirements to ensure required insurances are in place for the needs of the businesses and set up systems to provide for accurate recording and reporting of income, expense and all financial related data
- Prepare and manage monthly, quarterly and yearly budgeting processes as well as evaluate all variance analysis, and monitor the group performance in relation to margins, profit, cash-flow and other financial results
- Oversee payroll, cashflow management of the company, ensuring timely collection of receivables and payment to suppliers
- Ensured compliance with all regulatory requirements by staying current on industry developments and implementing necessary controls within the organization.
- Prepare year-end audit material and support external auditors
Financial Controller
Wilson Parking Group (InterPark Australia)
01.2008 - 12.2018
- Company Overview: Car parking company offering a range of consulting services as well as parking management to its portfolio of business clients
- Led the integration of a new subsidiary into the group whilst aligning the various accounting systems, procedures and controls
- Oversaw the additional accounting and financial reporting components when the business’ client base expanded by 80% over 5 years
- Successfully reduced month-end reporting deadlines by 4 days
- Car parking company offering a range of consulting services as well as parking management to its portfolio of business clients
Company Accountant
Wilson Parking Group (InterPark Australia)
01.2008 - 12.2018
- Company Overview: Car parking company offering a range of consulting services as well as parking management to its portfolio of business clients
- By focusing on cost reduction, I was able to reduce to reduce overheads most notably insurance costs by 48%
- Effectively reduced outstanding debts by 20% with current debts sitting at less than 1% of invoiced revenue
- Car parking company offering a range of consulting services as well as parking management to its portfolio of business clients
Bookkeeper
New Edge Solutions
01.2007 - 12.2008
- Company Overview: Melbourne based Telecommunications Company with over 100 employees
- Melbourne based Telecommunications Company with over 100 employees
Education
Master of Business Administration (MBA) -
RMIT University
01.2013
CPA Full Certified Member -
CPA Australia
01.2012
Bachelor of Business - Accountancy
RMIT University
01.2009
Skills
- Management and Financial Reporting
- Change and Implementation Management
- Stakeholder Management
- Leadership and Management
- Mentoring
- Operations Management
- People Management
- Project Management
- Change Management
- Internal Risk Management
- Financial policy creation
- Continuous learning mindset
- Attention to detail and accuracy
- Business process improvement
Software systems
- Xero
- QuickBooks
- MYOB
- SAP ERP
- Microsoft Power BI
- Advanced Business Manager
Other Languages
French
Native or Bilingual
References
Available upon request
Timeline
Head of Finance
Select Strata Communities
01.2019 - Current
Financial Controller
Wilson Parking Group (InterPark Australia)
01.2008 - 12.2018
Company Accountant
Wilson Parking Group (InterPark Australia)
01.2008 - 12.2018
Bookkeeper
New Edge Solutions
01.2007 - 12.2008
CPA Full Certified Member -
CPA Australia
Bachelor of Business - Accountancy
RMIT University
Master of Business Administration (MBA) -
RMIT University
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