Our objective: Is to grow the business and or assist with business opportunities and advice.
We can offer experience of over 20 years in business, having seen companies grow and prosper and seen what happens to companies who consistently miss business opportunities and the results of companies whose management makes the wrong business decisions.
Jobs originally held permanent -directly from school, worked the way up from office junior to Accounts Payable Supervisor, Costing Assistant, Assistant Accountant, etc then after entering A.T.I –signed on with Coopers and Lybrand as a contract accountant to gain more extensive experience in a range of businesses and environments.
There is major experience in both very small, medium to large corporations-below is a list of some of the companies have worked for-Fox N Gunn ( imports tools), Robt Stone Engineering, Now Couriers, NZ Mint, National Express, FAG (Bearings)PPP Industries (Agriculture equipment), Telecom, Iron Mountain (document storage and destruction)NCR (Computers) Pharmaceutical companies.
Some of the above were permanent roles or contracting, all were as either the management or company accountant.
Accounts Payable
Debt Collecting
Invoicing
Tax Returns
Experience is as follows-
Load Balancing
Accounts Payable-data input reconciliations and payments etc
Debtors-Accounts Receivable-as above
Invoicing
Monthly/Yearly Financials
Tax Returns
Foreign currency transactions
General Ledger Reconciliations
Bank Facility Negotiation
Computer Implementation-organizing installation, testing, and custom reports
Computer Software selection- organizing demos, Choosing a system that meets the companies needs, once the company has given me their requirements budgets, etc.
Costing of products
Assessing a business opportunity ie is it achievable, viable, etc.
Debt Collecting
Running overseas supplier ledger including foreign currency transfer into domestic currency for reporting purposes, exchange rate updates.
Stocktakes, Discrepancy investigation, and resolution.
Pricing-sometimes goes hand in hand with costing
Setting business goals
Setting up policies and procedures
Consolidating accounts from several companies with the same owner
Management experience-was 3rd in charge a lot would end up running the company for shorts periods of time, several times a year while both owner and sales manager overseas.
Separation of duties –usually to avoid fraud but sometimes to ensure the company runs smoother and no one person appears to be indispensable.
Payroll-input,setup of employee,payment etc
Human Resource Management –files problem resolution, employment contracts etc
Stock assessment-best selling items, the decision on those stocked and not selling etc
Setup of company structures-who reports to whom-duties etc
Terms of Trade
Security-Set up security from scratch for the Mint
We are also an MYOB and Xero certified trainer and installer