Matthew Clarke

Coordinate and organise a fresh community-focused workplace

• Back-end and administrative work for Te Ohu Whakawhanaunga and the Living Wage Movement
• Enable organisation activities and established process to enhance these activities on an on-going basis
• Manage institutional relationships, produce promotional material, perform systems work within the database and website
• Understand and accommodate cultural practices

Undertook 50 1-1 interpersonal discussions with residents of South Auckland to identify and understand social issues that matter to them to enable systemic and structural change

• Passenger Services Lead, Boarding Coordinator, and general agent for 9 airlines utilising 3 passenger management systems
• Airlines: SQ, QR, QF, MU, HU, 3U, GS, HA, OL
• Airline reps and Menzies conduit to fulfil mutually beneficial outcomes
• Optimised my personal workflow for best outcome within shortest time
• Relief Duty Manager and Trainer
• Exceptional rostered attendance for 24/7 operation

• Check in, boarding and special handling for cruise ships docked at Auckland.

Retaining my finance functions from Auckland but for the Australian business, I was also in charge of:

• Day to day management, hiring and incentivising Sydney-based staff
• Business process management and accountability
• Technical interpreter of Payment Express products for their utility with customer's businesses
• Reporting to head office

Initially employed as a credit controller, my role expanded to Assistant Accountant covering the finance functions of the group within New Zealand, Australia, Singapore, US and UK

• Accounts payable/receivable and payroll, banking including financial reconciliation
• Bookkeeping for 8 legal entities, 4 trading companies, 1 property trust and 1 corporate trustee
• GL review, reconciliation and adjustments
• GST/VAT, PAYE/PAYG, FBT and Income Tax returns
• Preparation of annual financial audit for all entities and responding to queries from Ernst & Young and tax authorities as required by PCI-DSS Standard