RODNEY BRUNTON, CA

JATO Dynamics is a privately held company and the leading provider of data and analytics in the global automotive industry.

• Supported finance reporting team during staff absences over two years
• Duties covered multiple foreign entities and currencies.
• Completed journal postings and reconciliations for sales invoices, revenue, supplier invoices, intercompany transactions, bank transactions, FX, fixed assets, payroll and employee expenses.
• Month-end duties included depreciation, accruals, prepayments, creditor and debtor reports, foreign entity trial balances and reconciliations.
• Concur Professional upgrade - lead the upgrade to professional for the expense module and rolled out the expense module to new countries. Trained new employees and administrators.
• Concur Expense - was the main administrator for the expense module, kept the system updated and managed employee queries.
• Other duties included maintaining and reconciling various schedules for year-end, year end audit, balance sheet reconciliations, maintain group aged debtors reports, payment practices reporting to HMRC, identify opportunities for process imrovement, and various adhoc work and analysis for the wider business as required.

Tier 1 Contractor, subsidiary of the Australian CIMIC group (parent company Hochtief AG).

• Interim Project Accountant for the Waikeria Prison Development Project (NZ$750m+)
• Duties included month end reporting and reconciling supplier and subcontractor accounts.
• Month end - closing costs, producing accruals, running the project forecasting system (FPM), producing monthly contract value reports and analysis.
• Reconciliation of subcontractor, supplier and balance sheet accounts.
• Contract change management and re-forecasting.
• Other duties included responding to Audit Queries, supporting AP/AR, clearing goods received not vouchered, invoicing client, monitoring payment process of suppliers and subcontractors, closing out purchase orders and updating purchase order commitments.

Fast-growing, multi-format, pan-European discount variety retailer recently listed on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.

• Supported the IR and Strategy team within the Group function, predominantly with Environmental, Social, Governance (ESG) matters.
• Annual Report ESG section - drafted the ESG section, worked with ESG leads in each operating company and external expert, collated information and supporting data for KPIs.
• Governance and planning - assisted with planning for upcoming ESG regulations and mandates such as EU Taxonomy, TCFD, CSRD, and Warsaw Stock Exchange.
• Drafted ESG presentations for Board meeting.

A subsidiary of Transport for London set up to build the new Elizabeth line. The new passenger service line crosses London from west to east. Project cost circa £19b GBP.

• Supported Project delivery teams in control and reporting of the capital investment programme (predominantly supported routeway contracts).
• Analysed and validated the accuracy of reported periodic and cumulative cost of work performed. Investigated actual cost variances to forecast and provided commentary.
• Validated capital accruals and ensured that accrual balances were documented and supported.
• Supported project teams to submit investment requests for approval, reviewed budget transfers, and reconciled payment certificates.
• Supported the interim and end of year audit process and other ad-hoc duties.

RIT Capital Partners plc, formerly Rothschild Investment Trust, is a large British investment trust dedicated to investments in quoted securities and quoted special situations.

• Covered staff member on emergency leave - provided support as and where needed for RIT Capital and its subsidiaries.
• Tasks performed included bank reconciliations, bank receipting, payment runs, accounts payable/receivable processing, re-charge administration, producing management accounts, updating workpapers, assisting with year-end, lead schedules, resolving audit queries, rolling over year-end files, reviewing annual report, and other ad-hoc work as required.

Information Technology and Services provider specializing in connecting media businesses with their customers and partners, enabling collaboration in the creation and delivery of content.

• Project work as required by the Finance team and Business.
• Deferred Revenue Reconciliation - reconciled Sage with Salesforce by entity.
• PSA Return - Researched, analyzed, and reconciled entertainment expenditure.
• Cost tracking process improvement and enhancement – Reconciled invoices and exceptions against Salesforce. Worked with vendors to supply invoice data in CSV format, updated Salesforce reference fields, built workbook templates, and wrote process/instructions.
• Interim audit queries - produced payroll reconciliation
• Ad hoc work – assisted with cost analysis, updated group model, assisted with Canadian PST Tax Return, and analyzed balance sheet accounts.

Tier 1 Contractor, subsidiary of the Australian CIMIC group (parent company Hochtief AG). NZ Branch consists of Civil and Building projects. Annual turnover of $500m+ NZD (FY18).

Project Accountant (Full-time) Sep 2017 – Aug 2019

• Project Accountant on Baypark to Bayfair State Highway Upgrade - Construction of two flyovers, service relocations, elevated interchange, ground improvements, and improved local road/pedestrian access (NZ$200m+).
• Month End Reporting (Contract Financials through JDE EIS and FPM) - Ran cost reports, processed journals (accruals, corporate charges, site inventory), costed labor and subcontractors, managed month end timetable, analyzed month end reports, prepared team on reports, processed budgets updates, assisted engineers with system forecast updates, and attended forecast review meetings.
• General Ledger Maintenance – maintained cost codes, managed budget transfers, manged change management (update of variations and escalation), reviewed open orders, and reviewed goods received not vouchered.
• Procurement/Accounts Payable – assisted subcontract claim admin, set up new suppliers, raised purchase orders, receipted invoices, managed AP workflow, and raised sundry/contract debtor invoices.
• Miscellaneous – resolved tax issues (GST/FBT) with Business Unit, resolved corporate queries, assisted plant/vehicle administration, reviewed CAPEX charges, trained users in JDE, set up processes, and assisted colleagues.

Assistant Accountant (Full-time) Jan 2016 – Aug 2017

• Monthly Reporting – imported JV results, tracked tender budgets against forecasts, processed WIP clearing, prepared journals (costing, corporate charges, intercompany), updated flexi budget forecasts, prepared underclaim/overclaim analysis, performed debtor reconciliations, prepared Balance Sheet reconciliations (NZ BU and JVs), prepared JV management accounts, reconciled project reports to general ledger, and assisted with projects issues.
• Tax Compliance – prepared Fringe Benefit Tax returns, assisted with GST issues, reviewed contractors for Non-Resident Contractors Tax, and kept updated with legislation.
• External Reporting – assisted with preparation of statutory accounts and audit queries.
• Miscellaneous tasks included fixed assets admin, processing invoices, and backup/cover staff (admin staff, project admin staff, payroll, and treasury).

• Steel-fixing subcontractor - crew of 12 assembled for a subcontract with a pre-cast yard during their busy period.
• Companies Office administration – registered company, filed annual returns, and closed company.
• Ensured company met all statutory obligations and supported the day to day running of the company.
• Company finances – managed working capital and cashflow.
• Accounts Payable and Receivable – liaised with suppliers and client, captured invoices in Xero, and processed bank payments.
• Payroll – set up employee contracts, processed weekly payroll within Xero.
• Tax administration – filed Goods Service Tax returns, liaised with external tax agent for annual tax return, and organized tax payments.
• Client Claims – liaised with the site team for claimable work and produced debtor invoices.
• Xero - maintained accurate accrual accounting records.

Chartered Accounting Firm (2 partners) offering tax and advisory services to small to medium sized businesses

• Tax administration – reviewed tax assessments, corresponded with Inland Revenue/clients, set up tax pooling arrangements, prepared tax registrations/applications, and filed returns.
• Client services – processed payroll, reconciled bank accounts, processed creditor payments, and prepared basic tax returns/annual accounts.
• Miscellaneous – assisted and resolved client queries, administration of audit insurance, assisted with office management, answered calls/greeted clients, and filing/record keeping