Management Accounting
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Hatna Nergui
Financial Accountant CPA
Specialist Expertise in Banking & Finance
Profile
Master of Accounting and CPA qualified accounting professional with over 10 years’ experience, predominantly gained in the Treasury & Wholesale banking department within the Australian Banking and Finance Industry.
Known for consistently delivering over and above the requirements of the role, I am especially passionate about understanding business requirements and delivering solutions that improve the availability of data and quality of commercial insight. A team player who is proficient in the planning and executing of financial reporting, I have consistently streamlined processes to create efficiencies and improve the availability of commercial insight for all. Key Professional Skills
Management/Exec Reporting Budgeting and Forecasting General ledger and Balance Sheet Reconciliations Asset and Liability Management Client Relationship Management Systems Management
Accounting Standards and Controls Process Improvements Treasury Cashflow Management
Regulatory Compliance Statutory and Regulatory Reporting Cost of Funds Analysis /Term Liquidity Premium Margin Analysis Career Summary
Rabobank Senior Product Controller Jan 2014 - Apr 2017 Treasury Accountant Apr 2010 - Jan 2014
Financial Accountant Aug 2008 - Apr 2010
Management Accountant Jun 2006 - Aug 2008
United Group Services Ltd. Property Accountant Jan 2006 - June 2006 Assistant Property Accountant Jan 2005 - Jan 2006
Recent Professional Background
Rabobank (Sydney) June 2006 to Apr 2017
Rabobank is the world's leading specialist in food and agribusiness banking, providing customised banking and finance solutions for organisations in all stages of the food and agribusiness value chain. Rabobank operates Australia-Wide and has its head office in Sydney. Senior Product Controller, Treasury & Wholesale Business Control Jan 2014- Apr 2017 The Wholesale Banking division services major companies operating in the food, beverage and agribusiness sector. In this role, I am responsible for the accounting and financial reporting of the division, ensuring all activity is within a specified limit and providing control, accounting and financial guidance to the broader business.
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Key Responsibilities:
• Preparing daily and monthly reports, including detailed commentary around specific results and trends. This includes revenue reports, P&L and GL reconciliations
• Presenting monthly wholesale financial results pack to the Executive Committee.
• Providing systems development guidance on accounting standards and product development.
• Preparing relevant statutory reporting of wholesale business transactions and balances.
• Involvement in the half year and full year audits and audit planning with senior management Achievements:
• Initiated process improvements to assist in the executive management of the business through more accurate and timely financial reporting.
> Established monthly deep-dive performance analysis packs for Executive and Business heads, resulting in increased focus on drivers of the revenue trends.
> Developed pre month-end draft revenue reports and analysis, providing front office with greater visibility of ad-hoc movements and preventing data issues.
• Redesigned the wholesale reporting pack to increase the quality, speed and relevance of data and better align to users’ requirements.
> Reduced processing time and simplified report preparation by consolidating numerous supporting worksheets and formulas.
> Oversaw improvements to data quality and variance analysis, increasing the quality of reporting overall.
> Increased relevance of non-financial information by interviewing users and reviewing requirements.
• Initiated and led a project to automate manual processes, significantly reducing the number of breaks and errors and increasing accuracy and productivity overall.
> Presented a business case to Senior Management, which resulted in budget and resources for the project.
> Led a cross functional team to implement the changes, which included Finance and Control, IT solutions, General ledger production team and front office management.
• Awarded Rabobank Australia Team of the Year 2015 for the deep dive analysis package. Treasury Accountant, Treasury and Wholesale Business Control Apr 2010 to Jan 2014 In this role, I was responsible for producing and analysing the daily and monthly treasury P&L results for 5 front office desks. This included various source system reconciliations, balance sheet certification, generating and business reporting.
Key Responsibilities:
• Preparation of daily treasury profit and loss reports and commentary.
• Generating and Analysing the hedge effectiveness testing (AASB 139)
• Preparing and analysing inter-company derivative reconciliations on a monthly basis
• Produce daily source to balance reconciliation for various sub-systems to the general ledger including Front Office to Back Office and cash registers.
• Prepare and reconciliation of balance sheet substantiation and analysis based on group treasury chart of accounts.
• Preparing relevant statutory reporting of treasury transactions and balances. Hatna Nergui Resume 3
Achievements:
• Devised and implemented reports to improve hedge accounting for external derivative contracts. This enabled critical compliance with SOX404 and resolved reconciliation breaks with international regions.
• Supported the development of front and back office reporting systems which improved the availability of operational data for business reporting and ensured regulatory compliance.
> Provided inputs around accounting standards establishing compliance measures.
> Led data quality assessment.
> Successfully completed migrations, upgrades and UAT testing, helping the project team to deliver the project on tight deadlines.
• Streamlined the local market to market journal model, removing unnecessary processes, increasing accuracy and reducing the speed of reporting from 3 days to 1.
• Invited to assist the financial reporting team to increase the efficiency of reporting immediately after treasury month end.
• Completed CPA in 2014 in conjunction with full-time employment. Financial Accountant Aug 2008 to Apr 2010
In this role, I was responsible for the financial reporting function across the Bank, for Australia and NZ, ensuring compliance with the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS). A key focus in the role was working with a broader team to ensure the timely collection and delivery of financials to the CFO prior to Board Meetings or Audit Review. This required strong relationships with business units, external auditors and other external parties. Key Responsibilities:
• Preparation of statutory accounts for legal entities in accordance with IFRS accounting standards.
• Lodgement of the quarterly and half yearly NZ Disclosure Statements in accordance with RBNZ accounting standards
• Prepared monthly, quarterly and annually Financial Packages to Head Office.
• Roll-forward and preparation of proforma accounts
• Reconciled intercompany accounts for month end for all group entities
• Preparation of mapping files from GL to P&L and Balance Sheet format, including accounting for any necessary late general adjustments
• Prepared financial analytical reports for monthly P&L and Balance Sheet variance to management
• Co-ordination of collating data from various departments necessary for the preparation of all notes to the Financial Statements
• Preparation of high level analysis of key accounts and key fluctuations as a supplement to the Financial Statements for Director review at the Annual Board Meeting
• Liaising and business partnering with stakeholder to plan and deliver the reporting and commentary on time.
• Engage in the half year and full year audits and audit planning with senior management. Achievements:
• Established an improved process for delivery of statutory and NZ disclosure reports, which resulted in the teams completing all returns ahead of deadline, giving Executives more time to review.
• Initiated a streamlined process for preparing the internal/external audit pack, by collecting supporting documents with each financial reporting pack. This saved time and minimised disruption during audit processes.
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Management Accountant, Management Reporting & Planning Jun 2006 – Aug 2008 In this role, I was responsible for completing the monthly Board paper report for both internal Executive Management and Head Office. I provided a detailed breakdown of entity financial performance, financial positions, budget and variance analysis, and prepared all financial reports. Key responsibilities:
• Prepared all financial reports in accordance with Group accounting glossaries.
• Delivered annual budget and quarterly reforecast for relevant operating units.
• Performed month and year end general ledger reconciliations, group intercompany reconciliations and various management accounts in preparation for the annual financial audit. Achievements:
• Improved process and presentation of board paper expenses analysis by developing accrual checklists and follow up solutions. This improved business efficiency and increased control over expenses and spending.
• Led regular financial performance reviews with the divisional head, focusing on maximizing the return on capital measures.
• Assisted in annual budget preparation, partnering individual divisions in the budgeting process and ensuring sufficient budget and target was available for the investment expenditure program.
• Improved month end process for expenses, recharges, cost allocation and transfer pricing, ensuring relevant manual journals were posted on time.
• Delivered high quality reports consistently and passed all audits. Education & Professional Development
Member of CPA Australia Member number 933****-**** Master of Professional Accountancy University of Canberra 2004 Bachelor of Tourism Management University of Canberra 2002 Computer Skills
Microsoft Office (Advanced User) Excel, Word, Outlook. Business Object, People Soft, SAP, Calypso, Devon, OMR, Temenos T24, Kondor, Hyperion Essbase, Lotus Notes, MS Access (basic user)
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