Management Sales

PERSONAL STATEMENT

Fan is an experienced and fully qualified CPA (Australia) and CIMA (UK) Accountant in a variety of Financial, Management and corporate accounting roles.

Fan has extensive experience internationally in Australia, Asia, and UK in both financial services as well as wholesale manufacturing industries. Fan’s primary focus has been in management accounting, analysis, budgeting and forecasting, and cash management.

Having gained international experience abroad, Fan has returned home to Australia in 2017, and is seeking a role to add value as a management and Corporate Accountant in Sydney. Available for immediate start.

Technical Skills

oMicrosoft Office

oAdvanced Excel

oMYOB

oEPICOR

oQuickBook

Certificates / Professional Membership

oCertified Practising Accountants (CPA) Australia (2012)

oChartered Management Accountant (CIMA) United Kingdom (2013)

EDUCATION

oUniversity of Western Sydney (UWS)

M.AppFin – Master of Applied Finance

2007 - 2008

oMacquarie University, Sydney

B. Com – Professional Accounting major

2002 - 2005

EMPLOYMENT

Accountant

AIG United Guaranty Insurance (Asia) Ltd Hong Kong

07-2015 > 12-2016

Achievements

oResponsible for Quarterly reconciliation (Accounts receivable, bank reconciliation, premium control and inter-company reconciliations)

oMaintained and updated General Ledger

oKey responsible person for HK branch tax reporting, and HK Insurance Regulator quarterly reporting

oOwner of the 2017 branch expense budget as well as lead the forecasting of the 5 year expense budget forecast for Hong Kong

oResponsible to improve management reporting out of UGHK branch for non-HK-based management teams. In particular, responsible for monthly provision of KPI and insights reporting to senior management

oResponsible for re-vamping key Management Information reporting to Group Office to derive additional insights into experience, budgeting, control issues, and forecast position.

oResponsible for branch cash management across the region

oWork with F&A director to assess existing practices, and consider and implement where possible through revamped processes, procedures practices operational efficiencies.

oLead and manage the daily Korea Branch Cash Management and Treasury functions, and concurrently lead the banking regulatory process for the Korea branch

oKey stakeholder in production of month end HKFRS and USGAAP reporting

oAssist external auditors with bank confirmations, director’s confirmations, accounts receivable confirmation, and premium confirmation.

oProduced bespoke MI and analysis for AIG UG’s asset management arm’s investment operations department

oResponsible for transitioning and leading the Korea Business unit MI production, financial reporting, risk reporting, and stakeholder management from the run-off branch

Remittance Officer

Bank of China (UK) Ltd London, UK

06-2012 > 03-2014

Achievements

oKey person responsible for resolving branch irregularities, ad-hoc requests for analysis and MI (daily, weekly, and monthly) for branch operational matters

oResponsible for trade-finance and large volume transaction control, risk management, and reconciliations

oResponsible for daily settlement processing

oResponsible for reviewing, identifying, and rectifying reconciliation issues for the central branch

oKey driver for User Acceptance Testing of new payments processing facility for trade-finance trades, including derivatives

oResponsible for entry adjustments for general clearing activities

oResponsible for managing performance of the remittance (inward and outward) process

Corporate Finance Manager

Bank of Communications (China) Shanghai, China

06-2009 > 10-2010

Achievements

oKey contributor to monitoring of cash levels, control and reconciliation of branch balances on a daily basis acting as a reviewer to tellers, monitoring and validating unit prices and financial product prices that were marketed to customers due to my deeper understanding of the data verification process and ensuring that branch and transaction controls were fully operational.

oResponsible for daily branch cash reconciliation, variation reports

oReviewed financial product sales forecasts at branch level

oKey manager for monitoring day and forecasted cash levels within the branch and planning cash requirements for the next day and week

oUndertook Credit Analysis and collateral verification for corporate clients including verification of market value of collateral, regular reviews and marking to model or market of collateral

oWorking with branch investment professionals in structuring financial products to meet corporate client short term needs including monitoring fund returns, around money market funds and equities

oWorking with corporate clients on cross-border deals processing and transaction structuring, particularly around trade-finance

Accountant

Medical Industries (Australia) Pty Ltd Sydney, Australia

08-2006 > 08-2008

Achievements

oAs the primary management accountant, I was reporting directly to the financial controller. I was responsible for running the accounting function on a day to day basis.

oI oversaw product control, strategic planning, budgeting and ensuring accuracy and rationale of financial records and key movements. Including regular movement analysis, commentary on significant P&L events, regular reconciliations and transaction processing.

oForecasting for key sales figures, expenses, budgeting, as well as regular month end closing

oI was responsible for valuation of inventory and new products as well as revaluing products based on a better understanding of the market variables.

oAnalysis and risk management of debtors and accounts receivables by counterparty.

oAssist in preparing monthly financial and management reports as well as undertaking full P&L preparation, reconciliation, and analysis

oUndertook product and sales analysis and provided management with insight on key variances in product pricing, costing, and sales

oDaily transaction processes, reconciliation, and audit of sales and inventory movements

oResponsible for overhauling the internal accounting system and reporting mechanism

oCosting, and accounting for fair value of inventory and the associate financial record changes

oParticipate in financial reports, planning and analysis, forecasting and auditing

oProcess authorized fixed asset expenditure and maintain the associated fixed asset register

oCreated a set of internal management KPIs to better reflect performance and risk

oForecast inventory needs based on just in time inventory system

Assistant Accountant

Cyber (Australia) Pty Ltd Sydney, Australia

09-2005 > 08-2006

Achievements

oUndertook product and sales analysis and provided management with insight that lead to increased focus on key products and geographical regions.

oSingle handedly put together pro-forma financial statements for management reporting.

oUndertook internal audit of the cash and credit functions

oUndertook regular quarterly and annual management reporting process

oUndertook research and analysis on competitor performance and sales forecasting

oUndertook management of banking relationship and saved over 15% of the annual cost of maintaining financing costs and facilities.

PERSONAL INTERESTS

Travelling Reading Music Swimming

REFERENCES

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