Lalini Prasad

Company Overview: Company focus: Vero Insurance/ Vero Liability/ Suncorp

• Ownership of Daily Vero, Vero Liability & Suncorp Cashflow forecast, tracking cash movement and directing available funds for investment and withdrawal accordingly to ensure business is in healthy cash appetite to process insurance claims. Critical & Timebound task given the nature of business.
• Assisted with strict timelines month-end closing procedures. Performing High Level reconciliation for core accounts and system integrations (resolve any issues) before financial reporting commence.
• Process payment on request, Reviewed payment and manage end to end ADO (ANZ Workflow) function
• Understanding the complex business environment of financial service industry and associated system to perform reconciliation,rectify variances, collaborate with business partners and track unreconciled transaction.
• Perform Bank reconciliation, raise Journal entries and collaborate with business partners on transaction for any concerns/queries
• Reviewed general ledger entries for bank transaction, Fixed assets, suspense posting and assessed accuracy.
• Assist manager Tax Manager with Monthly Tax Cals specific to Suncorp business
• Supported transition to new accounting platform, ensuring smooth changeover and minimal disruption.. Successfully migrated 3 Modules before EOY 2024. SME for End to End responsibility, from Understanding system, UAT, PVT, Live and SOP> Fixed Asset, Accounts receivable and cash management. More to come in 2025.
• Supported audit preparation efforts by compiling relevant documents and addressing auditor inquiries promptly.

Company Overview: Company focus: Villa Maria, House Of Fine Wine & Thornhill

• Expanded Knowledge of the wine industry, having to worked in transaction teams for HOFW, Thornhill & Villa Maria, and ability to demonstrate ownership and accountability for managing the end-to-end AR, Credit Risk and AP processes, ensuring compliance with Indevin Group policies, procedures, and controls
• Credit management focus, Deep dive into upcoming order and customer purchase forecast and ensure customer is always on good credit.
• Proven experience in managing bank reconciliations for 16 account.
• SAP Concur management ensuring accurate and timely recording of transactions and reporting to respective card holders.
• Experience in managing a high-volume transactional environment, with the ability to manage multiple priorities and meet tight deadlines
• Ability to analyze data and identify trends, variances, and opportunities for business improvement
• Demonstrated ability to adapt to new business requirements and new business culture, having relocated from Fiji, and deliver results with the support of senior management

• Collaboratively working with CFO and Executives to facilitate information request, problem resolution and assist Date optimize its Financial Performance
• Work closely with CFO, Business Leaders, Business partners and other team members to smooth day to day and periodic accounting, commercial functions and to assist or provide regular reporting and overall business process improvement
• Take ownership with critical review, of allocated P&L lines and related month-end balance sheet reconciliations and directly communicated business results with Parent company accounting heads
• Provide analysis and commentary for monthly management/board reporting
• Supervised 10+ finance/accounting team members simultaneously monitoring project contract, order processing, budgeting, financials, and reporting tasks to ensure operational efficiency
• Oversaw Finance, logistics, Quality & Admin Department
• Effectively Track and Monitor the Debtors and creditor status periodically and support the team to ensure business is achieving heathier cash position and, continually build / Maintain the stakeholder relations
• Project reporting for large it projects undertaken by Business
• Develop high level of engagement with Project teams and other key stakeholders
• Contribute to the understanding of project performance and costs including meeting with relevant project teams to ensure accurate cost capture, develop business understanding of costs and identify risk areas
• Data-driven analytics with actionable recommendations, driving growth and influencing KPIs for Sales and Cost Center Teams
• Product group, customer segments, revenue streams, cost centers reporting
• Budgeting & projections
• Reviewed, analyzed, and approved month-end duties, reports, analytics financial reports and cashflow
• Managed internal/external auditors and Statutory requirements
• Lead Team in ISO Annual Audit and FBEA Submission focused on Quality Circle

• Preparing monthly and annual financial statements -Profit & loss , balance sheet management and reconciliations, analysis, and insights for business
• Complete month-end processes, Journals, Accruals and generate insightful periodic / ad hoc reports to aid our managerial planning
• Assist corporate budget holders prepare their budgets and forecasts
• Custodian of end-to-end budget planning, drafting, and communication to business
• Timely Tax Preparation and lodgment with regulatory authority- GST returns, FBT , PAYE, and Income Tax (Support to Third party agent)
• Maintain end to end functions of fixed asset register and liaise with relevant staff around process/control
• Assist in preparing the Group’s financial position, helping us chart the course for the future
• Dive into exciting projects as required, contributing financial expertise to drive success
• Prepare supporting analysis for budgets/forecasts, identifying key drivers, risks, and opportunities
• Complete Monthly & Year Reconciliation, Target to always maintain Tidy, and closely track unreconciled actions
• Facilitate Quarterly Finance / ISO based Internal Audit, for continuous improvement of the company’s business wide process
• Support the Business leader with Fiji Business Excellence award submission, ISO Audits and Business Strategy Submission
• Where possible identify system and/or process improvement opportunities
• Assist with preparation of year-end financial statements
• Provide other finance support functions to the wider business