Rahul Raj

Experience

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  De Tale

  Sept 2015 - Jun 2016

  Budget Manager

  De Tale is an independent short film crew based from Chennai, India. The short film industry in India is extremely competitive with the only real returns coming from Film Festival winsKey responsibilities• Manage projects efficiently with extremely constrained resources• Acquiring funding with extremely volatile returns through crowd funding and direct plan pitching• Accounting and budgeting expenditures and analyzing project viability

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  Learner Library

  Aug 2016 - Sept 2016

  Intern

  • Curated an online open-source textbook library, as a part of an online toolkit to help students and educators • Created textbook support content in the form of quizzes, focusing on finance and marketing subjects• Market competitor analysis of rival online library and educational platforms• Assisted in gaining funding from Optus & Singtel, which led the company winning the Future Makers Award. The company also won the Singtel Regional award for social impact

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  Deakin University

  Sept 2017 - Nov 2017

  Research Assistant

  Research Assistant • Analysed Board Turnover of ASX Companies as an indicator of nomination committee efficiency, under the guidance of the Head of Department (Accounting), Professor Peter Carey

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  Alfa Laval

  Nov 2017 - Jan 2018

  Intern Accountant

  2-month Summer Internship in a major multinational industrial equipment manufacturing and servicing company with the Finance and Logistics team• Maintained Debtor Reports and chased down ageing debt, directing any customer issues that affected payment to the logistics and engineering teams• Maintained Vendor and Customer Invoices on the ERP iScala• Designed a more streamlined Accounting General Ledger Reconciliation sheet than was present, and thus increasing the efficiency of month-end accounting processes• Worked under the guidance of the Chief Financial Controller of Alfa Laval Australia, Mr Mikael Dahlgren and learnt from an experienced finance and logistics team Show less

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  Platinum Accounting Australia

  Aug 2018 - Feb 2019

  Intern Assistant Accountant

  A 6-month internship program with a focus on ARAP management and BAS preparations with an accounting firm.• Processed regular transactions and payroll on MYOB, Xero, and Reckon• Maintained the Fixed Asset Registers, Prepayment and Accrual Schedules, and Debtor Aging Reports on Excel• Generated Cost Centre Analysis Reports • Prepared Quarterly BAS reports

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  MAS TAX Accountants

  Mar 2019 - Oct 2019

  Assistant Accountant

  Role in a growing accounting and mortgage firm with a wide range of responsibilities across disciplines• Helped clients find finance solutions tailored to their financial and risk profiles and requirements• Wrote over $10m in residential mortgage loans, assisted clients with the borrowing procedures, and interreacted with lending financial institutions, to ensure a hassle-free process• Designed a streamlined compliance procedure for mortgage lending to keep in pace with the rapidly modernising compliance environment• Helped design and implement a marketing plan that has boosted the firm’s client base• Allocated client’s bank account transactions to appropriate accounts on Xero and Quickbooks• Prepared Company Financials, Tax Returns and Business Activity Statements from Client’s activities on Xero, Quickbooks and MYOB systems, including discussions of possible capital expenditure with clients • Processed regular payrolls on Xero and Quickbooks, including STP integration of clients’ systems• Prepared reports for business clients to help analyse comparative quarterly transactions Show less

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  AccSource

  Nov 2019 - Sept 2021

  Team Leader Accounts

  Accounting role with Knowledge Process Outsourcing firm servicing Australian accounting clients•Account management on multiple accounting platforms– MYOB, Quickbooks, Xero. Monitoring of performance ratios on Calxa•Set up of accounting processes, in coordination with client, geared to efficiency

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  Veda Informatics

  Nov 2020 - Apr 2023

  Content Writer

  Research and financial content writing for financial services firms

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  AccSource

  Apr 2022 - now

  Assistant Manager Financial Planning