Zongkai WANG, CA

Experience

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  XInhua News Agency

  Oct 2011 - Sept 2016

  • Economic News Editor

    Jul 2009 - Sept 2016

  • U.S. Business News Journalist

    Oct 2011 - Nov 2013
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  Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand

  Feb 2019 - Dec 2019

  CA Student Representative

  • Represented CA ANZ at tertiary events once a month by giving presentations and answering questions• Inspired students to pursue a career in business and accounting by marketing the benefits of a CA qualification

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  China Forestry Group New Zealand Company Ltd

  Jan 2020 - Dec 2022

  Accountant

  Financial Accounting• Prepared group financial statements, including month-end, year-end, and budgeting• Filed statistical returns, including AES and QIIS• Lease accounting on forestry land rental (IFRS 16)• Fair value accounting on forest standing timber (IAS 41)• Maintained Fixed Asset Register on forest road and office equipment (IAS 16)Tax Accounting• Prepared GST returns• Redesigned chart of accounts following the Subpart DP Forestry Expenditure of the Income Tax Act• Prepared transfer pricing working papers• Reviewed income tax working papers Show less

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  George Weston Foods

  Jan 2023 - now

  ERP: SAP/ExactBI: Tableau/AlteryxOverall,• Budgeted, forecasted, and reviewed supply chain and procurement costs. • Reported, tracked, and validated continuous improvements.As per the Supply Chain,• Supply chain costs review including linehaul and depots and changes to the Distribution Partner (DP) cost models, partnering with the Supply Chain National Manager, the Optimisation Manager, and the Transport Managers.• Inventory write-off costs review, partnering with the Inventory Manager.As per the Procurement,• Identified Purchase Price Variance (PPV) and undertook investigations, partnering with the Procurement Manager.• Developed the Direct Source model to automatically calculate the inbound freight and warehousing costs for imported raw materials or packaging.• Organised half-year/year-end physical stocktakes at 3rd party warehouses, partnering with the Material Supply Planner.As per the Plant Operations,• Improved the Inventory Record Accuracy (IRA) at Wiri and Otahuhu by partnering with the Production and Inward Goods.• Tracked the labour costs at Wiri, Otahuhu, and Christchurch to discover cost per unit and temp labour validity by partnering with the Production and Despatch.• Reported the Manufacturing Process Loss (MPL) to provide insights on wastage and labour productivity. Show less

  • Operations Finance Analyst

    Feb 2024 - now

  • Finance Analyst – Operations

    Jan 2023 - Feb 2024