Candidate Summary:
The candidate is a fully qualified Chartered Accountant from Australia with over nine years of applied accounting experience in both practice and commercial environments mainly SAAS industry . They have a strong background in process improvement, financial reporting, analysis, and strategy, due diligence, tax compliance, and consulting. They are skilled in managing teams and stakeholder relationships, contract negotiation, and IT systems related to accounting.
Employment: Interim Group Financial Controller (contract)
Aug 2023 - Feb 2024
Responsible for the global financial control function, managing a team of three, and process creation and documentation. Delivery of updated consolidated management accounts for 16 months resulting from updated information.
Finance Controller (contract)
Jan 2023 - Jul 2023
Owned the Americas financial control function, performed business partnering and financial analysis, and led transformation projects for global operations. They completed global redundancies, financial health checks, and training for the incumbent financial controller role. Completed a review across the Americas’ to identify and fix historical systems and financial issues due to the lack of transformation projects completed after acquisitions.
Group Tax & Compliance Manager
2021 - 2022
Responsible for tax, insurance, and financial compliance, business partnering for all business units, financial analysis for board reports, and preparation of budgets and working forecasts. They led audits and reviews and improved processes for business partnering.
Senior Consultant within Big 4
2017 - 2021
Prepared and reviewed tax due diligence reports, acted as the key contact for all portfolio clients, prepared and reviewed tax consulting advice, and managed junior staff. They also led multiple due diligence processes and business development initiatives.
Senior Accountant within Big 4
2014 - 2017
Provided business advisory services, managed reporting, prepared and reviewed special purpose financial reports, income tax returns, and other tax-related documents. They also completed a review of a new group audited by the tax authority, resulting in a significant tax refund.
Education:
Bachelor of Business degree, majoring in accounting, from a reputable university in Australia. They are also a fully qualified Chartered Accountant, having passed all modules on the first attempt.
Skills:
The candidate's key skills include financial reporting, analysis, and strategy, tax compliance and consulting, stakeholder management, contract negotiation, and IT systems related to accounting. They also have a strong background in process improvement and managing teams.
