Alison Sellar

Experience

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  Comalco

  Dec 1990 - Mar 1993

  Graduate Accountant
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  Eli Lilly and Company

  Mar 1993 - Oct 1994

  Assistant Financial Accountant
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  GEC Electrical Wholesale

  Oct 1994 - Mar 1995

  Financial Analyst
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  Qadrant International (an Amdahl Company)

  Mar 1995 - Apr 1996

  Project Accountant
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  Sellar Projects Pty Ltd

  Feb 1996 - now

  Director / Back-End Operations

  Accounting and administration support for a small but busy mechanical repairer.

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  Amdahl Pacific Services

  Apr 1996 - Apr 1999

  Financial Planning and Analysis Manager

  I led a team that provided FP&A support for 9 companies broken down by business segment across 7 Asia Pacific countries, revenues of USD $55 million p.a, as well as liaising with US headquarters.

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  Memorex Telex

  Apr 1999 - May 2000

  Senior Management Accountant / Finance Manager

  After being employed as a Senior Management Accountant I managed a finance team of 7 people after the termination of CFO and the many related changes. I was responsible for ensuring all accounts were successfully completed, company secretarial updated after 2 years of neglect and was involved in the due diligence for the sale and transfer of company.

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  Reckon

  Aug 2000 - Dec 2000

  Financial Controller

  I completed a business review and changed to a forecasting method with more accurate results. The business had estimated they would make a very small profit, but my forecast indicated they would lose $20 million in the year. The new approach led to a business restructure to ensure they could survive in a rapidly changing industry.

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  Small Business Accounting Support

  Dec 2000 - Oct 2002

  Owner / Principal

  Small business owners generally know a lot about their business. Small Business Accounting Support helped these Business Owners to run their businesses better.

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  C3 Church Ryde`

  Mar 2010 - Aug 2011

  Contract Accountant

  Initially hired as a part-time contract accounts clerk for a 6 week period to help with data entry but ended up being responsible for all areas of accounting from data entry to Board reporting.

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  Dewberry Plumbing & Gas

  May 2011 - May 2018

  Contract Accountant

  Assist the business owner in streamlining his business processes, organise accounting systems and improve business management practices. Working one day per week, we were able to turn from a business that was close to being liquidated to being able to choose the way forward.

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  Young Life Australia

  May 2015 - Jan 2018

  Accountant

  Young Life is an international youth outreach organisation that focuses on local community outreach, missions in schools and runs a range of clubs and camps throughout the year. • Upon arrival revenue had not been reconciled and management accounts had not been issued to Area Managers for over 10 months. Worked with the systems and processes in the organisation to be reporting to Area Managers within 10 days from the end of the month.• Changed from unsupported QuickBooks desktop accounting system with manual payroll for 40 monthly employees (Microsoft Excel) to a cloud based QuickBooks accounting system with payroll to enable Single Touch Payroll and improved reporting. • Changed processes throughout the organisation to allow improved collection of data as well as improved accuracy and timing of financial reports with reduced stress for Area Managers and without the need for additional accounting staff. Show less

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  Cartula International Pty Ltd

  Jan 2019 - Mar 2021

  Accountant

  Cartula International is a small company developing Apps for the Health Care Industry. Established and maintained all accounting systems and processes working across international boundaries (India, Indonesia and Australia). Responsibilities included all accounts, payroll. cash management, board reporting, EMDG and Tax Incentive applications.

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  ASSA ABLOY Opening Solutions

  Jul 2021 - Jan 2022

  Accountant / Finance Manager

  Reporting to the Managing Director, Doors Group, this role was responsible for transitioning 2 recently purchased companies from the ASSA ABLOY Entrance Systems division to the ASSA ABLOY Doors Group.

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  MTC Australia

  Mar 2022 - now

  • Group Finance Manager

    Jan 2023 - now

  • Group Accountant

    Mar 2022 - Dec 2022