Experience

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  Ray white

  Jan 1999 - Jan 2003

  Property management assistant

  Answering property enquiries, receipting rental payments, property inspections, routine inspections, preparation of lease agreements, posting rental listings on the internet, signing up new tenants and chasing up rental arrears.

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  Whk greenwoods

  Dec 2003 - Jan 2006

  Accountant

  (Ex- Schoenfelds Chartered Accountants)Worked in Business Services division - preparation of income tax returns for companies, trusts, superannuation funds and individuals. As well as Business Activity Statements ("BAS") and Instalment Activity Statements ("IAS") and other tax compliance.Preparation of financial statements, management reports, cash flow reporting and other consulting such as tax planning and tax structures.

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  Rsm bird cameron

  Jan 2006 - Sept 2008

  Senior accountant

  Senior Accountant in the Business Services division.Own client portfolio to manage including all tax and accounting matters for clients.Income tax returns, financial statements, Payroll tax returns, Fringe Benefits Tax ("FBT") returns, cash flows, management reports, R&D submissions, MYOB, quickbooks, BAS, IAS and a broad range of consulting.

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  Mutual trust pty ltd

  Aug 2008 - May 2009

  Supervisor

  Worked in the Private Clients (Family Office) division as a business services supervisor.Mostly the same as RSM (below) however, more consulting work involved working with High Net Worth clients and a greater personalised service.Supervisor of 4 direct reports and own portfolio of clients.

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  Australian federal government

  May 2009 - Jul 2011

  Senior taxation analyst/acting national team leader

  Acting team leader of the National Taxation Team for 18 months. Managing tax compliance for the AFP Nationally.Main compliance focus was FBT, GST and s23AG tax exemptions for members deploying overseas.Also consulted on best practice policies (i.e. entertainment, travel etc), superannuation, Pay-As-You-Go (PAYG) Withholding and other compliance matters working across all areas of the organisation.Managing 5 staff and a number of contractors during the term of my engagement there. Show less

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  Ernst & young

  Sept 2011 - Jun 2014

  Manager

  Manager in Human Capital.Working in the Employment Taxes team which focuses on taxes and obligations such as FBT, PAYGW, Superannuation Guarantee, Payroll Tax and Workcover.Includes compliance work, advisory, due diligence, compliance/governance reviews, process reviews and other projects.Assisting with managing the employment taxes team and taxation graduates during their tax rotations. Contributing to the preparation and delivery of staff training and mentoring junior staff.Contributing to the preparation and delivery of training and seminars to clients on employment tax matters. Show less

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  Taxpayers australia inc

  Jul 2014 - Apr 2015

  Taxation specialist

  Tax education and advocacy.Advice on all areas of taxation, mostly aimed at SME's, tax agents and individual taxpayers.Role includes writing articles in various Taxpayer Australia publications, assisting members with tax queries, presenting tax training and seminars and representing Taxpayers Australia at external forums such as the Tax Office Individual Tax Liaison Group to advocate for and on behalf of taxpayers.

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  Adp australia and new zealand

  Apr 2015 - Aug 2017

  Legislation manager - payroll and tax

  Over seeing the legislative and compliance (payroll and tax) function of ADP's ANZ business. A strong focus on building relationships with the ATO and other key regulatory/industry bodies to ensure that ADP is an active contributor to the development of legislative and compliance framework. In particular consulting on projects such as SuperStream, Single Touch Payroll and other Government digital initiatives.Consulting to the business and working with the business to ensure compliance in all processes and systems. Show less

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  Gateway network governance body ltd

  Sept 2016 - Jul 2017

  Director

  The GNGB is the industry body responsible for the governance of the SuperStream superannuation transaction network (STN).

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  Australian taxation office

  Aug 2017 - Dec 2023

  • Director - Client Engagement Group

    Mar 2021 - Dec 2023

  • Single Touch Payroll - Acting Director Policy, Admin and Content

    Aug 2017 - Mar 2021
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  Fire rescue victoria

  Dec 2023 - now

  Director people services

  Lead a department of talented teams in the Payroll, Workcover payments, Talent Acquisition (Corporate) and Recruitment (Firefighter) and People Systems and Applications.