Financial Accountant

LANVY NGUYEN

* ******** *****, ** ***** Park NSW 2176

Mobile: 043*-***-***/ Email: *******@*******.***

PROFESSIONAL PROFILE

Qualified and experienced Financial Accountant with more than 9 years working in various accounting roles and across different business sectors: logistic, retail, property development, fleet management, procurement and manufacturing. Commit to continuous learning and achievements with a high level of motivation, dedication and a thirst for knowledge to achieve working environment. Worked within small, medium and large corporations with fast paced environment and have gained significant practical experience. Ability to multi-task, excellent organisational skills and a proven ability to produce month end financial reports with insightful commentary against budget and forecast. Extensive knowledge of statutory accounting, FBT, BAS, income tax and payroll related tax.

DEMONSTRATED SKILLS & ABILITIES

Analytical skills: Ability to timely and accurately analyse and provide commentary on financial report variances.

Auditing: Experience in dealing with internal and external auditors during yearend audit and carrying out monthly and quarterly internal control audit assessments.

Budgeting and Forecasting: Ability to provide detailed budget and forecast.

Communication skills: The ability to communicate effectively across all levels within an organisation.

Credit management: The ability to collect cash in a timely manner and provide management team with a detail cash flow report.

Financial reporting: Skills in the implementation and development of month-end procedures to ensure financial reports are produced within strict deadlines.

High level computer skills: Working knowledge of computer/ERP systems such as SAP, Navision, Technology One, Syspro, TM1, Pronto and MYOB and advanced skills in Excel (Pivot Table, V Lookup, Sum if etc), Word and PowerPoint.

Payroll: Ability to process payroll weekly and monthly and reconcile all payroll related accounts.

Supervisory skills: Managing and allocating workload appropriately amongst team members, dealing with different team personalities to maintain a happy and effective team environment.

EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS

Bachelor of Commerce major in Accounting and Finance - University of Sydney

CPA Program – CPA Australia

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

August 2015 – Present AIRCOM GROUP (Permanent Part-time)

Financial Accountant (report to General Manager)

Responsibilities:

Post end of month journals and prepare monthly balance sheet reconciliations.

Prepare monthly financial reports.

Prepare weekly cash flow.

Prepare BAS and company tax return.

Prepare weekly payroll, lodge payroll tax and process superannuation payment.

Prepare budget and forecast.

Work closely with General Manger to provide suggestion for company development.

Internal control procedure

January 2016 – Present BLUECHP (Permanent Part-time)

Assistant Finance Manager (report to Finance Manager)

Responsibilities:

End of month journals and preparation of monthly balance sheet reconciliations.

Prepare monthly financial report and board report.

Prepare monthly BAS and quarterly Compliance Reports for Government Portal.

Daily cash report and bank reconciliation.

Reconciliation of monthly rental income and receipts and follow up with outstanding rent for 678 properties.

Lead schedules for yearend audit.

Ad hoc requirement on property development current projects: reconciliation on WIP accounts, update property detail on Government Portal etc.

Key achievements

Collected $114K in rent dispute account and reconciled all service providers’ account balances.

January 2015 – May 2015 AXALTA COATING SYSTEMS (5 months contract)

Financial Accountant (reported to Finance Manager)

Key responsibilities

Prepared weekly cash flow.

Prepared lead schedules for end of year audit and liaised directly with external auditor (PwC).

Assisted in process improvement projects.

Posted end of month journals and prepared monthly balance sheet reconciliations.

Prepared monthly BAS and FBT returns.

Fixed Assets management and reporting.

Updated weekly business investment project record on weekly cash forecast.

Supported the accounting team as required.

January 2011 – November 2014 GLOBAL PROCUREMENT SOLUTIONS (www.globalpsol.com)

Financial Accountant (reported to CFO)

Key responsibilities

Prepared monthly reconciliations and financial reports.

Reviewed accounting related system reports for accuracy and completeness.

Prepared weekly sales reports and provided commentary to variances from actual against budget and forecast.

Reviewed operating expenditure and advice on expenses control measurement.

Processed payroll and prepared reports for statutory requirements: PAYG Tax, Payroll Tax, superannuation reconciliations.

Prepared monthly BAS and FBT returns.

Maintained shipment tracking record and processed weekly overseas payment.

Prepared budgets and forecasts for the CFO to review.

Fixed Assets registration, maintenance and reporting.

Managed a finance team of four include Assistant Accountant, Accounts Payable Clerk, Invoicing Clerk and Receptionist.

Supported Credit Manager in collecting and allocating daily cash to meet cash flow requirement.

Prepared the statutory report in compliance with relevant accounting standards and year end lead schedules.

Key achievements

Designed and implemented the automated Excel monthly management report incorporating 10 legal entities.

Streamlined, improved and implemented formal system procedures, ensuring accurate and timely reporting.

Improved the SYSPRO ERP system to reduce errors and time to process. The finance team reduced from six to four employees over the period, with an unchanged workload.

February 2009 – September 2010 SHUFFLE MASTER AUSTRALASIA (www.shufflemaster.com)

Financial Accountant (reported to Finance Manager)

Key responsibilities

Compiled and posted end of month journals: accruals, provision, payroll etc.

Prepared sales reports with detailed product codes and product categories.

Prepared accurate and timely financial reports for senior management to review.

Analysed the P&L variances against forecast and budget, provided explanations and actions to resolve.

Prepared monthly balance sheet reconciliations, Fixed Assets maintenance and reconciliation.

Prepare quarterly and yearly reports: debtor report, fixed asset report, lease schedules.

Analysed and resolved payroll related issues: annual leave, long service leave, bonus, novated leases.

Prepared annual FBT return.

Assisted Senior Financial Accountant with statutory financial reports.

Assisted Compliance Manager with company policies and procedures for SOX compliance.

Liaised with Senior Management Accountant and Financial Analyst to issue quarterly forecast and yearly budget.

Key achievements

Gained hand on experience on SAP - BPC financial reporting system: analysed the mapping of product codes from Micronet to BPC to eliminate errors when uploading the financial report.

Navision system testing and implementation: supported the Finance Manager in testing and writing the manual for fixed assets.

Provided accurate analytical comments for consolidation reports and financial package both monthly and quarterly.

September 2007 – February 2009 NACCO MATERIALS HANDLING GROUP (www.hyster-yale.com)

Accountant (reported to Assistant Controller)

Responsibilities:

Month end closing procedure, posted journals and prepared balance sheet reconciliations.

Assisted in preparing the financial reporting and analysing P&L variances against budget and forecast

Prepared annual FBT return, monthly GST returns for Australia and NZ.

Prepared weekly and monthly cash flow.

Prepared quarterly and yearly reports submitted to the USA and also for audit purposes.

Assisted in compiling the company income tax return and prepared the ABS survey.

Analysed and resolved internal business issues: operating lease cost analysis, rental revenue analysis.

Exposed to preparing budget for several business units.

Managed cash receipts and payments.

Assisted Assistant Controller with internal audit and SOX compliance.

Achievements:

Improved in organizing skills to meet very strict deadline.

Significantly improved Excel skills including: pivot tables, index, v-lookup, Excel queries which made reconciliations work seamlessly.

Supported the finance team when it was short-staffed during the transition period and saved the company the cost of two head counts for 5 months.

Gained skills in managing credit control and intercompany recharges and reconciliations.

Improved my ability to deal with both internal and external customer services resulting in eliminating unnecessary transactions, which helped to reduce other team members’ workloads.

July 2005 – August 2007 GODFREYS VACUUM CLEANING (www.godfreys.com.au)

Assistant Accountant (reported to Accountants)

Responsibilities:

Processed end of month journals.

Investigated and resolved outstanding problems in cost centre reports.

Prepared financial reports for 2 divisions.

Balance sheet reconciliations including stock reconciliation.

Fixed Asset register: maintenance and reconciliation.

Prepared monthly BAS for 3 divisions.

Assisted Financial Accountant to prepare FBT.

Franchise invoicing, debtor maintenance, inter-company recharges.

Prepared weekly and monthly sales reports for company stores and franchises.

Prepared year-end audit files.

Achievements

Improved the quality of the fixed asset register and maintenance, so that the junior accountant could concentrate on his report writing project.

Assisted with new in-house computer system Technology One: testing and implementation

Improved staff supervision skills.

January 2004 – June 2005 MIROTONE PTY LTD

Assistant Accountant (reported to Finance Manager)

March 2001 – December 2003 TNT LOGISTICS (AUSTRALIA) PTY LTD

Accounts Payable/Account Officer (reported to Accountants)

COMPUTER SKILLS

Proficient with ERP system: SAP, Navision, Technology One, Syspro, Baseplan, Pronto, MYOB and Xero.

Advanced in Microsoft Excel (Pivot Table, Look Up, Sum If, and Index), Microsoft Word, Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Access and Power Point.

PERSONAL INTERESTS

Reading and Gardening

REFERENCES

Available upon request

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