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Carina (Yichuan) Kang

Carina (Yichuan) Kang

Summary

Focus on construction industry, a quick learner who has a passion to learn, develop and improve, currently advancing towards CPA certification. Effective communication skills with leadership team, team members and staff. Excellent time management skills and implement attention to detail. Highly trustworthy, ethical, responsible personality.

Overview

7
7
years of professional experience

Work History

Finance Accountant

Navitas
11.2023 - Current

Navitas is Global Education Provider, work with universities, industry partners, and governments to transform lives through education. Navitas has 7 Regional Divisional across Europe, North America, Australia and New Zealand.

SAE is the global leader in creative media education and offers qualifications ranging from diplomas to postgraduate study.


  • As a finance team member, I oversee Navitas entity SAE AU, leading GL management encompassing month end financial and management reports:
  • Execute month-end closing processes (post accrual, prepayment, and provision journals);
  • Perform general ledger reconciliation, investigate, and resolve unreconciled items promptly, ensure that every reconciled GL account has solid supporting documents;
  • Prepare month-end P&L, review variance against Budget/Latest Estimate, provide commentary and support to explain variance against key accounts;
  • Maintain Fix Asset Register, Asset Clearing Account and WIP Account;
  • Reconcile GST and lodge GST through ATO Portal;
  • Drafting procedure for finance process and instruction for running report;
  • Collaborate extensively with external auditors during the audit process.

Senior Accountant

Sunshine Contracting Group Pty Ltd
11.2020 - 10.2023

Sunshine Contracting Group is a Tier 1 Gyprock company located in NSW and ACT. It offers design, fit out, interiors and external cladding, through a broad industry. And it works deeply with many builders such as CPB, Multiplex, Icon and Buildcorp.


• Examining operation costs, income and expenditure of company and individual projects; review and monitor compliance of ongoing project contracts costs to major contract values; assisting in budget formulation
• Monitor cash positions and anticipate future cash deficiencies and report to management
• Reconciliation of accounts and preparing monthly, quarterly financial statements and cost analysis report for presentation to management
• Reviewing and auditing recorded transactions in internal accounting system for accuracy and compliance to application statutory requirements
• Assurance of accuracy of information in accounting system for purposes of information being able to be used for preparation of BAS, financial statements and tax returns
• Providing general financial and taxation advice to management; assisting in preparing year-end tax filing
• Outsource and liaise with external tax advisory when highly-technical and specialised taxation and financial advice is necessary
• Maintain and publish company and projects structures and internal control reports.

Group Accountant

Luxeland Group Management Pty Ltd
07.2017 - 10.2020

Luxeland Group is a property developer located in Sydney NSW. Luxeland Group Management Pty Ltd is performing all the admin services for Luxeland Group companies (around 10 companies) and projects (5 Projects).

• Daily entry into accounts system; reconciliation and produce monthly financial statements; prepare tax compliances for each company, including monthly and quarterly BAS and FBT tax returns
• Oversee and review monthly construction progress claim and development draw requests
• Monitor and review monthly receivables and payables for accuracy, adjustments, and corrections
• Liaising with external consultants on various tax matters, including margin scheme, land tax exemption, tax consolidation etc

Education

Master of Commerce - Master of Professional Accounting

Macquarie University
Sydney, NSW
06.2017

Bachelor of Finance Management -

Shanghai Maritime University
Shanghai, China
06.2013

Skills

  • Proficient user of Oracle EPM, Orbit, QuickBooks, Xero and MYOB
  • Cost analysis & reporting
  • Advanced Excel skills (Vlookup, Pivot, sumifs, index, match, power query)
  • Data archiving & Data mining
  • Solid knowledge of Principles of Accounting and Advanced Taxation
  • Working towards CPA (3/6)
  • Proficiency in English and Chinese

Timeline

Finance Accountant

Navitas
11.2023 - Current

Senior Accountant

Sunshine Contracting Group Pty Ltd
11.2020 - 10.2023

Group Accountant

Luxeland Group Management Pty Ltd
07.2017 - 10.2020

Master of Commerce - Master of Professional Accounting

Macquarie University

Bachelor of Finance Management -

Shanghai Maritime University
Carina (Yichuan) Kang