Grace Strawbridge

As a senior accountant, I delivered comprehensive accounting services to not-for-profits, public benefit entities, private organisations, and trusts. My core duties included day-to-day client support, forecasting, payroll, asset management, cash flow management, and tax advice. I am highly proficient in the Microsoft suite (including Excel), and have strong expertise in Xero, iPayroll, and Paysauce. I am quick to learn new software, adapting easily to different systems. My experience includes annual accounts, assistance with audits, and application of PBE standards, as well as managing payroll, and dividend distribution.

In addition to my key responsibilities:

• Contracted as a Senior Manager to support a Crown-like entity in both financial and operational roles. Developed and improved organisation-wide policies and procedures, led strategic initiatives for business process improvement, and managed multiple projects by prioritising according to urgency, resources, and priorities.
• Implemented a proportional cost-sharing income model for a not-for-profit to support cash flow, and created monthly dashboards for Board budget updates.
• Project manager to support an entity to comply with the new Secondary Legislation website standards. This includes, developing HTML skills to update their current website, before the full web upgrade is completed.

Responsible for providing tailored information to a diverse range of clients on various financial matters and processing administrative tasks. I worked directly with clients and their support networks to assist and enable them to navigate appropriate opportunities, products, and services to support their financial independence.

In addition to my key responsibilities:

• Collaborated with team members to develop comprehensive training manuals for future MSD employees detailing the systems and processes for applying the relevant legislation while processing client's needs.
• Collaborated with the MSD Policy and Advisory team to highlight opportunities and challenges at the operational level as part of development of the Transition to Work
  Grants Policy.

As a Dean, I was responsible for student performance and wellbeing. At times this required escalating concerns and creating intervention plans for students. I worked collaboratively with the school, a wide range of external stakeholders and whanau to ensure a positive outcome for all involved. Being a Dean demonstrated strong relationship management and problem-solving skills, the ability to effectively resolve conflict and be flexible and adaptable. As a mathematics teacher, I was responsible for developing teaching resources for students with a range of abilities. My strengths included teaching statistical analytical and report writing skills, with majority of my students gaining merits and excellences.

In addition to my key responsibilities:

• Teacher in Charge of Digital Platforms - I trained and provided support to staff and students to develop their technical skills on digital learning platforms. This included
  consulting with outside agencies and providers.
• Teacher in Charge of Junior Prizegiving - I gathered and collected data from teachers, sports, and cultural coordinators throughout the year to determine prizewinners.

• Assisted struggling students to maintain progress levels by designing individualized lesson plans focused on areas for improvement.
• Reviewed curriculum and devised alternate approaches to presenting lessons to increase student understanding.
• Implemented creative ways to foster curiosity for complex principles through hands-on learning and planned activities.
• Helped students build learning and study skills to achieve educational goals.
• Communicated frequently with parents, students and faculty to provide feedback and discuss instructional strategies.

• Incorporated multiple types of teaching strategies into classroom.
• Completed and filed daily paperwork for classroom activities, including assessments and attendance logs.
• Offered constructive feedback to youth regarding specific actions, behaviors and words.

• Maintained energy and enthusiasm in fast-paced environment.
• Administer and reconcile GSF member accounts and calculate their entitlements.
• Provided excellent customer service by efficiently resolving issues and responding to inquiries.