1. Career Summary,
2013 – 2015 ATF Fixed Asset Accountant (65%) and Assistant senior
financial accountant (35%)
2011 – 2013 Fire Rescue Fixed Asset Accountant
LEIGH (LI) LIU
149 CROYDON ROAD
HURSTVILLE NSW 2220
MOBILE: 0404 810 621
Qualifications
2008 Member of CPA Australia (9215634)
1996 – 2000 University of Western Sydney, Macarthur
Bachelor of Commerce majoring in Accounting
Accounting Skills
Financial reporting,
Fixed Asset, Analysing
Various reconciliations, Banking and bank reconciliation
Budgeting and forecasting, Cash flow
BAS, FBT return and taxation accounting
Bookkeeping, Accounts payable, receivable, Payroll
Software Packages
BASEPLAN,
Cognos,Ellipse
Intermediate
SAP, MYOB Advanced
Sun, Attache,
ACCPAC
TIM 1
Intermediate
Microsoft Excel Advanced (ie Vlookups, Pivot tables etc)
Interests
Professional areas Management, taxation and financial accounting
Social interest Reading, music, dancing, antiques and current affairs
2. 1995 – 2010 Various Financial & Management Accountant, Financial Analyst
Employment History
Period: May 2013 – October 2015
Company: ATF Services
Position Held: Fixed Asset Accountant & Assistant Senior Financial Accountant (Contract finished)
Company Description: ATF is the leading provider of temporary fencing and Height safety equipment
Operating in 71 branches and agencies in Australian and New Zealand, it has a turnover of over $60mn
.
System: Baseplan
Responsibilities: Fixed Asset Duties (65%)
• Analysing the cost of assets
• Running monthly depreciation
• Preparing and analysing the depreciation cost
• Regularly review master data to identify disposals, transfers,
• changes in useful lives and implement approved systems changes
to improve quality of information reported
• Assist in preparation of Statutory Accounts for Financial Year Audit
• Preparing information for management reporting, financial statements,
budgets, forecasts and insurances requests
• Maintenance of fixed asset register
• Inventory management & monitoring and reporting on stock take
• Liaising with the Asset managers to investigate any variances in
Stock and fixed asset
• Monthly variance analysis and commentary on budget vs. Actual
• Investigating, resolve and report on matters raised by internal and
external auditors ensuring that all relevant guidelines and legislation
are complied with
Financial Accounting Duties (35%)
• Preparing and reconciliation for the month end GL and Reports
• System Validation, monthly control
• Reconciliation and maintaining Balance Sheet Accounts
• Processing journals and finalising the accounts
• Delivering timely & accurate monthly financial reports
• General ledger reconciliations and variance analysis
• Supervising bank reconciliation, cash clearing and expenses allocation
• Liaise with auditors in relation to financial reporting and audit queries
• Other Assistant financial accountant duties
• Reconciliation commission and preparing commission report
• Highlight Excel Skills ie V look up, pivot table, if function ect.
Key Achievements
• Reconciliation and Cleared the company’s fixed asset 6 years
3. outstanding accounts during 2 months
• Set up reconciliation and the reporting template of fixed asset
• Set up system to Monitor fixed assets and stock to help company
reduced scrapped and loss stock more than 10% of 2m.
• Assisting preparing financial statement and notes of statuary report which
pass over from auditor (save more than 15K for the company)
• Wrote company’s fixed asset policies, procedures and processes
Period: August 2011 – May 2013
Company: Fire and Rescue NSW
Position Held:
Company
Description
System
Financial Accountant – Fixed Asset related (Contact finished)
It has more than $10bn fixed assets, fixed additions around $600m
each year.
SAP
Responsibilities: • Capitalisation & analysing the cost of each Project
• Preparing general correspondence and maintain related data bases
• Running monthly depreciation
• Regularly review integrity of master data in asset registers
• to identify disposals, transfers, changes in useful lives and
implement approved systems changes to improve quality of
information reported
• Processing Disposal asset
• Assisting in reconciling and maintaining relevant Balance Sheet Accounts
• Assets under construction, review and settlement
• Preparing Journals, reconciliations generals and maintenance
• Maintenance of financial assets register on SAP
• Investigating, resolve and report on matters raised by
internal and external auditors ensuring that all relevant guidelines
and legislation are complied with
• Analysing P&L and determent whether expenditure should be c
apitalised or recurrent
• Allocating Expenditure to right cost Centre
• Categorizing and preparing the expenditure of capital with different
project reports
• Processing revaluation
• Investigating the unidentified expenses
• Maintaining all source documents and archiving of records for
audit inspection in accordance with departmental procedures and policies.
Key
Achievements
• Completed fixed asset revaluation
4. Period: May 2010 - December 2010
Company: NSW Land & Property Management Authorisation (2months),
NSW Parliament House (3months)
Position Held: Temporary Fixed Asset Officer
Responsibilities: • Full Function of Fixed Asset Accounting
Period: June 2009 – October 2009
Company: NSW Rail Corp
Position Held: Finance Analysing Officer
Responsibilities: • Analyzing projects’ variance and finance data, reconcile project ledger and
investigate the variation and other significant items
• Assisting Preparation of Budgets reports
• Preparing corrections to ensure that project costs are fully captured and
reported correctly in all cost areas and to meet agreed financial targets
• Co-ordinate accounting data and gather information on financial matters to
ensure that project costs are considered in a financially responsible manner
• Preparation of Half-yearly and Year-End accounts and other management
reports to meet financials reporting requirements
• Prepare project ledger to monitor the effective cost analysis of projects to
ensure compliance with statutory compliance
• Preparation of monthly reports as is required by the finance division to
ensure informed decision making
• Maintain records and control documents to ensure the accurate, timely
and reliable reporting of information
• Arranging Project’s Trust accounts (receipting, payment & reconciliation)
Period: December 2007-June 2009
Company: NSW Fire Brigades
Position Held: Finance Officer (5/6) – Assistant Fixed Asset
Control Officer
5. Responsibilities: Full Function of Fixed Asset Accounting
Period: May 1995 – March 2007
Company: Businesslink, Group 4 Security, Sodexho Australian, Procter & Gamble Australia
AMI Computer Services, Australian College of Physical Education
Position Held: Assistant Management Accountant, Assistant Financial Accountant ,
Accountant & Accounts Receivable, Payroll
Responsibilities: Full Function of Accounting
Referees:
Rajeshwari Charan
Senior Financial Accountant
Atf Services Pty Ltd
(02) 8860 8124
0425322827
Email:
Rajeshwari.Charan@atfservices.com.au
Elizabeth La
Fixed Asset Controller
NSW Fire Brigades
(02) 92653953
0413681893
Email address: Elizabeth.la@fire.nsw.gov.au
6. Responsibilities: Full Function of Fixed Asset Accounting
Period: May 1995 – March 2007
Company: Businesslink, Group 4 Security, Sodexho Australian, Procter & Gamble Australia
AMI Computer Services, Australian College of Physical Education
Position Held: Assistant Management Accountant, Assistant Financial Accountant ,
Accountant & Accounts Receivable, Payroll
Responsibilities: Full Function of Accounting
Referees:
Rajeshwari Charan
Senior Financial Accountant
Atf Services Pty Ltd
(02) 8860 8124
0425322827
Email:
Rajeshwari.Charan@atfservices.com.au
Elizabeth La
Fixed Asset Controller
NSW Fire Brigades
(02) 92653953
0413681893
Email address: Elizabeth.la@fire.nsw.gov.au