Sarah Mathews

Experience

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  Ernst & Young

  Jan 2004 - Jan 2007

  Senior Accountant

  - Statutory Audit (both controls based and substantive) of a variety of listed and unlisted clients- Review and preparation of Annual and Interim Financial reports in line with accounting standards- Managing junior staff and liaising with senior staff and Partners- Reporting writing (Closing Reports, Reports to Audit Committee, Internal Reports)- Performance reviews and training of junior staff

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  Austock

  Jan 2007 - Feb 2012

  Accountant

  - Preparation of half year and annual financial reports- Monthly reporting to the Boards of the individual entities and consolidated group- Co-ordination of the month end process and analysis of results- Design and implementation of an intranet-based corporate card and expense claim system (in conjunction with the IT department)- Process improvement, standardisation and automation

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  Gaba Corporation

  Mar 2012 - Jan 2012

  English Instructor

  One-on-one English teaching, mainly to business people, whilst on a career break living in Japan.

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  Open Universities Australia

  Jan 2013 - Jan 2015

  Finance Manager

  - Responsible for ensuring the month end close process delivered timely and accurate results for all entities and the consolidated group- Finance Business Partner to the e3Learning business in Adelaide; also part of e3Learning Management Team- Five direct reports within the Financial Control team (including one located in Adelaide post acquisition of the e3Learning business)- Management of Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable functions- Key contact for external auditors as part of the annual audit- Heavily involved in the e3Learning acquisition Earn Out review and subsequent integration of the finance function post acquisition- Introduction of new and standardisation of existing processes, particularly to assist with the change from single to multiple business lines- Significantly improved the functionality of the existing accounting system to reduce manual tasks- Improved the visibility and reputation of the finance function internally- Responsible for reporting to government departments Meno dettagli

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  PhillipCapital Australia

  Jan 2015 - Jan 2023

  Business Analyst

  My main responsibilities were as follows:Design and develop solutions to automate existing manual processes and procedures to improve efficiency and accuracy and to ensure central storage of organisational dataDesign and maintain ETL processes for incoming data from multiple external organisations, using SSIS and T-SQLDesign and maintain processes to provide data feeds to multiple external organisationsDesign, maintain and continuously improve the Data WarehouseDevelop SQL queries and SSRS reports to deliver recurring and ad-hoc reports in response to specifications/user requestsExtract data to respond to adhoc reporting requests from various internal departmentsFull life cycle of development (gather requirements, development, release and support) Meno dettagli

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  Equity Trustees

  Feb 2023 - now

  Solution Architect