JACINTHA VOON
PERSONAL
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Houston,
Texas 77058
Telephone No. 281-***-**** (Home)
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EDUCATION
Tertiary 1989 - 1991
Completed Bachelor of Economics at The University of Sydney,
majoring in Accounting and Economics.
PROFESSIONAL STATUS
Certified Practising Accountant.
1992 - 1994 Subjects attempted in the CPA program includes:
Core I Pass
Core II Distinction
Management Accounting High Distinction
Insolvency & Reconstruction Credit
External Reporting Credit
February 1997 - Graduate Diploma in Applied Information Systems
June 1997 Part-Time at RMIT, subjects completed are:
Business Systems Credit
Systems Analysis Distinction
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WORK EXPERIENCE
Jan 2004 – Aug 2004 Contract- Reporting Analyst – ANZ Bank. Engaged in the CMTS group
-Melbourne (Cash Mgmt) within the TTS Finance team. Responsibilities include month
end duties: assessment of specific accruals depending on the fluctuation of
the interest rate and how the interest margin is achieved. P&L analysis,
Balance Sheet analysis and consolidation. Other responsibilities includes:
analysis of specific data from the data warehouse on the products we have; to
ascertain data integrity & accuracy, business analysis, assessment of
information relating to performance management, compliance work
requirement(eg the current move in Accounting Practice) and business
impact as a result, adhoc (understanding of products, processes and
resolution requirements for issues that impacts on the financial performance
or incentive measurement). Understand the matrix of the performance
indicators.
April 2003-Sept 2003 Contract-Financial Analyst-Cisco Systems. Provision of Financial support to
-Singapore the Sales Team for Aust & NZ. Preparation of weekly, monthly and
quarterly forecast with Sales. Reporting of the key business metrics and
analysis of business performance for the business unit. Monthly and
quarterly Corporate reporting. Evaluation of key financial impact from
strategic decisions adopted. Adhoc reporting and request. Projects and
process review to facilitate the changing business environment.
May 2002-Oct 2002 Contract-Financial Analyst-Hercules Chemical Solutions. Project support
-Singapore for the divestment of business. Accounting setup of new entities and
provision of support to Australia branch office, process documentation and
adhoc request. Provision of analysis on financial impact on the new business
set up.
Aug 2001-Feb 2002 Contract-Senior Business Analyst-W.R. Grace. Provision of financial
analysis support for Asia Pacific Region. Preparation of Corporate Monthly
-Singapore
and Quarterly Reporting and Regional Sales Reporting. Liaise with Business
Managers in the AP Region and Regional Sales Director on management
performance and provision of proactive support to assist in the improvement
of Business performance. Other responsibilities include business planing,
capital spending, budgeting and adhoc request. Net Sales is USD 55 million
per annum.
Oct 2000-May 2001 Contract-Financial Analyst-Exxon Mobil, Global Information Systems.
Stewardship of project cost for the implementation of SAP, reporting &
-Singapore
planning. Analysis of variances from plan. Global reporting. Provision of
information to facilitate Global billing or cost recovery. Project size is
USD36 million and covers Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Japan, US and
Europe.
June 2000-Sept 2000 Contract- Financial Analyst - JPMorgan. Expense management controls.
Management reporting, forecasting & annual budgeting. Provide financial
-Singapore
support to the Asia Pacific Region. Provision of various value added
information and analysis to assist business decision making. Adhoc.
Approximate size of portfolio being covered - USD7.144 million per month.
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Aug 1998 – Jan 2000 Contract-Financial Analyst-Dept. Of Infrastructure. $822 Million
subsidy. Monitoring and providing guidance to the Public Transport
-Melbourne, Corporation (PTC) business. Liaise with CFOs of the corporatised PTC
Australia businesses. Provision of proactive support to each business including
development and monitoring of monthly management reports for control
purposes by Dept. Of Treasury and Finance, Boards of each corporations.
Assess the impact of potential risks on each business. Consolidation of
Monthly management reports to facilitate analysis of the Group position.
Analysis and provision of management information to assist in the
improvement of Business performance for comparison with privatised
organisations. Working with KPMG to provide information for the process
of privatisation.
Assistant Manager, Tax & Specialist Services-DoI. Oct.1999-
Jan.2000. $3 Billion Budget. Review the system of calculating and
paying Fringe Benefits Tax, evaluate and undertake surveys on return
to ensure compliance requirements by ATO(Aust. Tax Office),
preparation of month end accruals for management report, analysis of
variance against budget, participate in GST project especially with
relation to impact on changes to workflow, systems processes and
statutory information requirements. Develop learning strategies for
the Department with regard to operational accounting and tax matters
ie writing of policies and procedures, develop training sessions.
Aug 1997 - July 1998 National Management Accountant at TDG Autocare Pty Ltd.
Responsibilities include: Preparation of Statutory Accounts and
-Permanent.
monthly management reports. Analysis of P&L with focus on
Melbourne,
variances and trends. Preparation of Budgets and Forecast, Sun
Australia
Systems trainer and problem solving. Provision of more pertinent
management information to assist in business performance
improvement. Reconciliation of all GL Accounts, Intercompany
account, payroll including oncost accounts eg Super, Annual Leave,
Long Service Leave. Consolidation of results from branches. Writing
of policies and procedures to facilitate business improvement: eg.
Stocktake, Purchasing.
Jun 1997 - July 1997 Contract-Finalisation of Year End Fixed Assets at Victoria Legal
Aid. Duties include: Creating a Fixed Assets Report for use by
-Melbourne,
management and statutory requirements, reviewing policies and
Australia
procedures for capital expenditure transactions eg: Purchasing;
Disposal; Lost items; insurance; leased assets. Following up with
stocktake variances, setting up of spreadsheet for the calculation of
depreciation by class of assets; disposal, profit/loss from sale,
reconciliation of general ledger to Fixed Assets Register.
Jan 1997 - Apr 1997 Contract-Treasury/CCT(Compulsory Competitive Tendering)
Officer at Wyndham City Council. Duties include monitoring
Cash/Funds Management including analysis and forecasting, its
compliance with policies, procedures and legislative requirements in
relation to Loans, Investments, Rates and Reserves. Costing
Evaluations on in house services, provide financial evaluation and
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analysis on all internal and external tenders and bids. Provision of
Funds Portfolio and CCT reports. Problem solving, compliance
monitoring and development of effective policies and procedures on
Treasury/CCT functions.
Jan 1996 - Jan 1997 Contract-Financial Accountant at IBM Turnover: $350 Million.
Duties include prepare monthly management reports, Budgets, bank
-Melbourne, reconciliation, general ledger reconciliations, preparing payroll tax,
Australia Fringe Benefit Tax and group tax payment, intercompany transactions,
Fixed Assets, accounting for Royalty and Royalty withholding tax,
review and posting of accounts payable, administration of
contractors’ accrual, journals and monitoring daily cash balance.
Nov 1995 - Jan 1996 Contract-Worked as a Project Accountant in TAC (Transport
Accident Commission) responsible for the calculation of “Baseline
-Melbourne, Cost” which represented the total operational cost of providing
Australia Information Technology outsourced services for the year 1995 - 2000
(Approximately $80million). Work included calculation of
depreciation for all computer equipment at supplier’s depreciation
rate, sales tax for relevant computer equipment, salaries and salaries
oncost for employees transferred, IT administrative cost, direct and
indirect overhead cost, financing cost and asset replacement cost.
Also responsible for the calculation of Net Book Value for all
computer equipment to be sold to the supplier. Was also involved in
some daily departmental ad hoc accounting duties such as cash
reconciliation and cash flow forecasting.
Aug 1995 -Oct 1995 Contract-Worked as a temporary in Brashs preparing stock take
reports for stores across Australia on Lotus 1-2-3.
-Melbourne,
Australia
Sept 1994 - Aug 1995 Joined WD & HO Wills as Administrator in Fixed Assets Control
Department. Responsibilities include clearing holding account,
-Permanent journal entries, Depreciation Schedules for Head Office and all states
Sydney, Australia in Australia, Investment Allowance Schedules, Stock Takes, update
Capital Expenditure Report, review Capital Expenditure and Disposal
Submission, preparation of Cash Forecast Report, updating WIFA for
additions and disposals, tagging of fixed assets, review tax working
papers for certain R & M expenses and checking of purchase orders.
May 1994 - Sept 1994 Contract-Worked as a temporary in St. George Hospital's Finance
Department. Duties include full range accounts payable,
-Sydney, Australia reconciliation, setting up vendors, liaison with suppliers, invoice
coding, checking on requirement of documentation, banking,
preparing journal budgeting, VMO payments, and
inpatients/outpatients statistics report.
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1992 – 1993 Worked as an Auditor in KPMG Peat Marwick. Scope of work include planning,
field work, analytical review, profit forecast, credit review and review
-Permanent
of assets and liabilities. Assignments involved cover a wide range of
Kuala Lumpur,
industries including trading, manufacturing, banking, investment
Malaysia
holding, property development, mining and construction companies.
Sizes of company engaged include small, medium and large, with
annual turnover averaging $100,000,000, where some are public
listed companies. I have also been engaged in special projects like
due diligence reports, companies going on listing, government
regulatory surveillance schemes and take-overs, where some are
international projects. In many instances I have worked as a team
member reporting to Senior Auditors or have juniors under my care. I
have responsibilities of completing the whole audit file to the final
report depending on the budget.
Training attended: Internal controls, company and personal tax, bank audits, and Excel
Version 5.0 (Advance), SQL (Structured Query Language), Sun
Systems, Microsoft Project V4.
SKILLS
Ability to speak and write English, Mandarin, Cantonese and Malay. Limited knowledge of Japanese
Language.
Computer Knowledge: Oracle Financial, SAP, Sun Systems, Hyperion Essbase, Business Objects,
Microsoft Excel XP, Macros, Microsoft Word XP, Visual Basic V4, Access
V7, BPCS, QBIS, Cosmos, Finance 1 & Lotus 1-2-3.
OTHER INTERESTS
Interested in learning languages, travelling and swimming.
REFERENCE:
Paul Chow, Controller, Cisco Systems.
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Tania Reaburn, Director Financial Analysis, Department of Infrastructure.
Mobile : 041*-******
Work: 9655 8926
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