Bradley Carter is a South African chartered accountant seeking a position as a financial accountant or manager in Sydney, Australia. He has over 7 years of experience in finance roles in various industries. His most recent role was as a senior accountant for Challenger Limited, an investment management firm. He is proficient in accounting software and financial reporting and has experience with statutory financial statements, budgeting, and cost analysis.

1. BRADLEY CARTER
Occupation Chartered Accountant
Gender Male
Nationality South African
Availability Immediate
Contact Details
Cell phone +61 (0) 405-463-849
Email brad.carts@gmail.com
Skype brad.carts
LinkedIn http://za.linkedin.com/in/bradleycarter1
Residential Location Elizabeth Bay, Sydney, New South Wales
Professional Profile
A Chartered Accountant with more than 7 years’ post qualifying experience as a Finance Manager and Financial
Accountant within the financial services, mining, manufacturing and retail sectors. Analytical thinker, problem
solver with a good balance of reporting and operational experience. Currently seeking a position as a Financial
Accountant / Financial Manager.
Education
2004
Rand Afrikaans University
B.Comm Accounting (Honours) Degree
1997
Roosevelt High School
Grade 12 (Matric)
Professional Registrations / Memberships
• Member of the South African Institute of Chartered Accountants.
Computer Skills
• Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
• Syspro (Excellent)
• BAAN (Good)
• COGNOS (Good)
• Tax Integrator (Good)
• CaseWare (Excellent)
• Pastel Partner (SAGE) & Pastel Payroll (Excellent)
• Vanilla Payroll (Excellent)
• Smart Stream (Good)
Areas of Expertise
• Listed entity and Group consolidation experience.
• Cost saving methodologies.
• Monthly financial reporting.
• Budgeting and forecasting.
• Variance analysis and providing meaningful insights.
• Statutory financial statements.
• Tax calculations.
• Performing complex reconciliations.
• Excellent Microsoft Excel skills
Career History
1. JUN 2015 – PRESENT
Challenger Limited
Sydney, Australia
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2. Senior Accountant
Overview
• Challenger Limited is an ASX-listed investment management firm managing more than $59.8 billion in
assets (as at 30 June 2015). Their core business is superannuation’s and annuity income advice.
• Turnover of A$1.7 billion per annum
• Staff of 560
Responsibilities
• Weekly cash flow forecasts for the group;
• Preparing monthly cash flow statements;
• Preparing monthly management accounts for 4 entities;
• Balance sheet reconciliations;
• Variance analysis;
• Group elimination journals;
• Normal and deferred tax calculations and journals;
• Reconciling tax integrator to the general ledger;
• BAS/GST calculations;
• Preparing annual tax returns for subsidiaries;
• Month end journal (accruals, amortisation, provisions) processing in Smart Stream;
• Calculating foreign exchange gains/losses;
• Drafting special purpose annual financial statements and
• Assisting with the annual report.
Achievements
• Exposure to a large listed environment;
• Challenging role where I was required to “think out of the box”;
• Attention to detail and having to perform with minimal supervision
• “Hit the road running”, high paced and pressurised environment
2. OCT 2013 – MAR 2015
Medela South Africa
Johannesburg, South Africa
FINANCIAL MANAGER
Overview
• Medela South Africa is the official importer and distributor of Medela breast feeding products in Southern
Africa.
• Turnover of A$3 Million per annum
Responsibilities
• Directly managing a staff complement of 10.
• Analysing competitors and market trends.
• Arranging new sources of finance for the company's debt facilities.
• Developing external relationships with appropriate contacts (Bankers and Auditors).
• Drafting annual financial statements.
• Formulating strategic and long-term business plans.
• Working with foreign exchange and forward cover and compliance with import regulations.
• Managing working capital.
• Preparing balance sheet reconciliations.
• Preparing monthly management accounts.
• Preparing payroll.
• Researching and reporting on factors influencing business performance.
• Submitting VAT, income and payroll tax returns.
Achievements
• Moving the entity operations from a sole proprietor to a private company with limited liability, including bank
account, statutory and tax registrations.
• Reduced monthly costs by 25% by renegotiating the terms of stock and office insurance. Monitoring
telephone and fuel spend and critically analysing all monthly debit orders
• Implemented a stock model thereby reducing stock purchases.
• Implemented a number of internal controls.
3. MAR 2013 – SEP 2013
Filtec SA LLC
Johannesburg, South Africa
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3. FINANCIAL MANAGER
Overview
• Filtec offers a full line of equipment for inspection and marking of empty and full containers on bottling,
canning and packaging lines.
• Major customers being South African Breweries and Coca Cola.
• A subsidiary of a US company with the head office in California.
Responsibilities
• Directly managing a staff complement of 3.
• Balancing intercompany loans.
• Maintaining fixed asset register.
• Preparing and reviewing creditors’ reconciliations.
• Preparing balance sheet reconciliations.
• Preparing monthly management accounts.
• Preparing payroll.
• Preparing weekly cash flow forecasts.
• Reviewing bank reconciliations.
• Submitting VAT and payroll tax returns.
• Working capital management.
• Exposure to US GAAP and Sarbanes Oxley.
Achievements
• Produced a set of accounts in an auditable format within a strict reporting deadline after the Financial
Accountant absconded during the audit. Recompiling the trial balance and ensuring the necessary
reconciliations were prepared.
• Reduced monthly costs by 40% by renegotiating the terms of stock and office insurance. Monitoring
telephone and fuel spend and criticially analysing all monthly debit orders.
• Detection of fraud and mitigation of future risk.
• Implemented an entirely new system of internal controls.
4. OCT 2011 – DEC 2012
Paladin (Africa) Ltd
Karonga District, Malawi
ASSISTANT FINANCIAL MANAGER
Overview
• Paladin (Africa) Ltd, a subsidiary of Paladin Energy Ltd, an Australian uranium mining company, listed on
both the Australian Securities Exchange and Toronto Stock Exchange. Paladin Africa’s mining operations
are based in Northern Malawi.
• Annual turnover of A$200 Million
Responsibilities
• Providing training and guidance as well as supervision of 10 accounting staff.
• Approving payments and reviewing creditors’ reconciliations.
• Compiling the annual budget.
• Conducting daily Syspro maintenance, including balancing ledgers and sub-ledgers.
• Drafting annual and half year financial statements.
• Ensuring compliance with relevant tax legislation.
• Handling impairment calculations of both inventory and fixed assets.
• Maintaining fixed asset register.
• Maintaining the inventory model.
• Preparing monthly management accounts.
• Detailed analysis and interpreting monthly results and presenting these to management.
Achievements
• Streamlined the accounting function.
• Met tight reporting deadlines on a regular basis.
• Worked in a harsh, challenging environment.
5. FEB 2009 – SEP 2011
Beige Holdings Limited
Johannesburg, South Africa
GROUP ACCOUNTANT
Overview
• Beige is a contract manufacturer of fast moving consumer goods in the personal and homecare sectors with
Unilever as one of the major customers.
• Listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange
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4. • Annual turnover of A$100 Million
Responsibilities
• Assisting with the group treasury function, including negotiating facilities with the banks and monitoring and
planning future payment commitments.
• Conducting goodwill impairment testing.
• Forecasting cash flow.
• Handling group consolidation and Annual Report, including the sustainability report.
• Managing the subsidiary Financial Managers.
• Preparing and consolidating monthly group management accounts.
• Preparing and consolidating the annual group budget.
• Preparing group and subsidiary tax computations
• Preparing subsidiary financial statements.
• Preparing the audit packs.
• Compliance with JSE listings and regulations.
Achievements
• Created an audit pack template and redesigned the financial statements, dramatically reducing the time and
risk of human error.
• Produced the company Annual Report in its entirety within the specified timeframe as required by the
shareholders and Johannesburg Stock Exchange regulations.
• Delivered numerous KPI’s in a pressured environment.
6.1 FEB 2008 – JAN 2009
RSM Betty & Dickson
Johannesburg, South Africa
AUDIT MANAGER
Responsibilities
• Directly managing a staff complement of between 10 and 15, depending on the size of the audit assignment.
• Reviewing audit files as well as assisting with consolidating the year-end results of Gem Diamonds Limited,
a diamond mining company listed on the London Stock Exchange.
Major Projects
• Fulfilling the function of Financial Manager, for a mining project of Gem Diamonds Limited based in Luanda
Angola.
Achievements
• Regularly completed the audit within the stipulated time and budget.
Career History: Previous Positions
6.2
ARTICLE CLERK
RSM Betty & Dickson
Feb 2005 – Jan 2008
Key Strengths
• Well-organised; good planner and time-manager.
• Able to handle change and adapt to new situations.
• Logical approach to analysing problems and determining key issues.
• Focus on accuracy and attention to detail.
• Able to interact with other people at all levels of the organisation and from diverse backgrounds.
• Good interpersonal skills - works well with others, motivates and encourages.
• Team player, good motivation and collaboration skills.
• Focused, self-motivated and target driven; determined to succeed.
• Ability to build trust and credibility with managers and employees.
• Able to work on own initiative, with minimum supervision.
Endorsements
“Brad was extremely reliable, professional and conscientious…I would re-employ Brad without a
moment’s hesitation if there was any opportunity available…” Clive Whitlow, Group Financial Manager,
Beige Holdings Limited
References
Available on request.
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