Talia Wano
Mount Roskill,AUK
Summary
Analytical Management Accountant possessing solid knowledge of basic and advanced accounting and financial principles and practices. Bringing 8+ years of comprehensive experience recording and crunching numbers to help choose and manage company investments and budgeting and strategizing tasks. Independent and detail-oriented professional with expertise communicating complex business issues clearly.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
Work History
Property Project Accountant
Oyster Management Ltd
03.2024 - 06.2024
- Business partnership between Property team, Finance team and Executive team.
- Preparation and presentation of monthly Management Accounts.
- Assist Analyst team with with annual and quarterly budgets and forecasts.
- Cashflow reporting and variance analysis.
- Fixed Asset register and Depreciation schedules.
- Monthly creditor payment run approval process, GST reporting, DWT, Income Tax, Provision Tax, PIE Tax.
- Full annual auditing process preparing Annual reports for Auditor, Executive team and Final Board approval and sign-off.
Program Financial Advisor
Auckland UniServices Ltd T/A Tui Tuia
08.2023 - 03.2024
- Preparation and presentation of monthly Management Accounts to Senior Leadership team.
- Preparation and presentation of budgets and forecasts that related to new product or RTFP funding.
- Maintain all legal contracts between Ministry of Education and Auckland UniServices Ltd for my department.
- Processing and approving purchase orders for monthly general ledger and monthly project expenditure.
- Key achievement was creating costing models for new product development, this proved useful to other departments and has been adopted across the business.
Management Accountant
Television New Zealand (TVNZ)
09.2022 - 08.2023
- Preparing and presenting monthly Management Accounts to the News and Current Affairs Team, and Marketing Team. Providing variance analysis, monthly yields and forecasting.
- Reduced travel expenditure by 60% from previous years and reconciled all aged balance sheet discrepancies.
- Conducted variance analyses between actual results and forecasts, identifying areas of improvement for future budgeting cycles.
- Collaborated closely with external auditors during annual reviews, ensuring timely completion of audit procedures without any significant findings or adjustments required.
Property Accountant
Oyster Management Ltd
11.2015 - 09.2022
- Property Accountant for large business park complex based in Auckland, high-rise office towers in central Wellington and regional shopping outlets in Nelson and Tauranga. Mixture of office space, retail and F&B tenants.
- Responsible for Anti-Money Laundering training, Health and Safety policy implementation and Successfully migrated from one Property Accounting package to another to improve efficiency and better reporting suites.
- Business partnership between Property team, Finance team and Executive team.
- Preparation and presentation of monthly Management Accounts.
- Preparation and presentation of monthly dashboards to the Property team, Analyst team and Executive team.
- Assist Analyst team with with annual and quarterly budgets and forecasts.
- Cashflow reporting and variance analysis.
- Fixed Asset register and Depreciation schedules.
- Monthly creditor payment run approval process, GST reporting, DWT, Income Tax, Provision Tax, PIE Tax.
- Full annual auditing process from training team to use Financial Statements Ktrinity package to preparing Annual reports for Auditor, Executive team and Final Board approval and sign-off.
Accounts Payable
RESTAURANT BRANDS Ltd
09.2015 - 11.2015
- High volume creditor invoice processing for FMCG company.
- Bulk payment runs and lots of creditor reconciliations.
- Reduced the number of overdue invoices for improved cash flow management.
Finance Administrator
Minter Ellison Rudd Watts
06.2015 - 09.2015
- Creditor invoice processing, general ledger and disbursement invoice processing.
- Over 100 Staff credit card monthly reconciliation to statement, uploading bulk file into EFICOR.
- Multiple weekly, monthly payment runs including International payments and staff expense claims.
Team Leader Payable and Receivable
Connect NZ
08.2013 - 05.2015
- Team leader to three accounts payable staff in Auckland and two accounts receivable in Wellington.
- Processing high volume of creditor invoices reconciling to sales or service purchase orders.
- Receipting high volume of sales and service orders.
- Intercompany creditor processing, and receipting of sales and service orders.
- Vehicle fleet management; performed an audit on all company vehicles by implementing more efficient servicing schedules which stopped the use of taxi and uber costs.
- Team culture management provided one on one training with the team in Wellington and implemented more efficient processes that lifted team KPIs as a result I won numerous employee of the month/quarter awards.
Education
Bachelor of Accountancy - Accounting
Massey University
Albany, NZ11.2025
Skills
- Financial Analysis
- Statutory Reporting
- Data Inputting
- Expense Tracking
- Invoicing and Collections
- Regulatory Compliance
- Budget Forecasting
- Month-End Reports
- Cash Flow Management
- Cost Accounting
- Variance Analysis
- Internal Controls
References
Available on Request
Timeline
Property Project Accountant
Oyster Management Ltd
03.2024 - 06.2024
Program Financial Advisor
Auckland UniServices Ltd T/A Tui Tuia
08.2023 - 03.2024
Management Accountant
Television New Zealand (TVNZ)
09.2022 - 08.2023
Property Accountant
Oyster Management Ltd
11.2015 - 09.2022
Accounts Payable
RESTAURANT BRANDS Ltd
09.2015 - 11.2015
Finance Administrator
Minter Ellison Rudd Watts
06.2015 - 09.2015
Team Leader Payable and Receivable
Connect NZ
08.2013 - 05.2015
Bachelor of Accountancy - Accounting
Massey University
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