As a Chartered Accountant qualified for nearly 17 years and with move than 15 years working experience in financial company, I am familiar with IFRS, financial market and related regulations.
Overview
20
20
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Fund Accountant
New Zealand Funds Management Limited
10.2017 - Current
Post March 2023 (new system)
Provide monthly portfolio performance data for the company’s website, review quarterly portfolio insights and ensuring performance data pretax and post-tax and fees are properly stated
Review monthly trustee accounts
Provide trustee required accounting information including cash balances, management accounts, counterparty derivatives month end statements
Involve in daily review of pricing, portfolio attributions, taxation, reconciliation and corporate actions
Identify weakness of the system, improve efficiencies and accuracies, including using AI tools to improve efficiencies
Review annual financial report, assist in yearend audit
Assist compliance review for investment team
Pre March 2023 (old system)
Led Daily Pricing function in accounting team, which includes reviewing daily portfolio accounts prepared by CITI (Singapore/KL) accounting team; ensuring valuations for shares, bonds, futures, swaps, options and etc are free from material errors; ensuring unit reconciliations, bank reconciliations are done properly; overseeing other areas e.g taxattion, compliance, cash flow and etc.; Correcting pricing errors
Analyzing daily portfolio attributions as part of the daily pricing review, which involves checking returns to indexes and etc
Participating in new accounting structure design for the internally built IT system (Point), testing accounting functions and controls, testing pricing functions and controls, testing reconciliation functions and controls
Senior Financial Accountant
New Zealand Funds Management Limited
10.2008 - 10.2017
In charge of annual financial statements preparation, which include organising financial accountants to complete annual and interim financial statements, organising audit files, researching on accounting issues and provide recommendations on proper disclosures and treatments based on International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRSs) and relevant regulations
Liaised with external auditors Ernst & Young on audit timeline and audit queries
Involved in daily and monthly functional responsibility of funds’ which includes cash flow reconciliation, bank reconciliation, reviewing debtors and creditors, fund valuation, performance analysis (including funds FX and hedging positions), distribution and taxation for a range of the managed funds
Senior Auditor
Hayes Knight (RSM NZ) Chartered Accounting Firm
02.2005 - 10.2008
Provided auditing service on client’s financial report, budget forecasts and accounting information system
Set up client’s financial reporting standard updated with New Zealand Equivalent of International Financial Reporting Standard
Identified weakness on clients’ internal control and providing practical recommendations to improve clients’ overall management system
Trained graduates and junior auditors
Reported to audit partners on a regular base
Maintained best relationship with Client
Main Clients: Property manager: DTZ New Zealand limited, Manufacturing and farming: Villa Maria Estate, Logistics: Hellmann Worldwide Logistics, Retirement village: Maygrove retirement village, Trust accounts: Real estates and law firms, Others: Schools and Charities
Education
Bachelor of Commerce and Graduate Diploma of Commerce - Major in Accounting and Marketing
University of Auckland
Auckland
12.2004
Bachelor of International Economics Law -
China University of Politics And Law
Bei Jing
12.1999
Skills
Microsoft Office: Word
Microsoft Office: Excel
Microsoft Office: Outlook
Microsoft Office: PowerPoint
Accounting Software: MYOB
Accounting Software: Xero
Accounting Software: Greentree
Accounting Software: Point
Languages
English
Mandarin
Cantonese
Hobbies and Interests
badminton, jogging, swimming, all sorts of dishes, and all eatable if not the best taste., travelling, gardening
Timeline
Senior Fund Accountant
New Zealand Funds Management Limited
10.2017 - Current
Senior Financial Accountant
New Zealand Funds Management Limited
10.2008 - 10.2017
Senior Auditor
Hayes Knight (RSM NZ) Chartered Accounting Firm
02.2005 - 10.2008
Bachelor of Commerce and Graduate Diploma of Commerce - Major in Accounting and Marketing
University of Auckland
Bachelor of International Economics Law -
China University of Politics And Law
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