FULL NAME Graham Francis Robert DEAN
EMAIL graham@gfrdean.com
WEBSITE www.gfrdean.com
LOCATION Pacific
Pines Queensland (Northern Gold Coast), and
Alstonville (Ballina) NSW (Northern Rivers)
MOTOR VEHICLE Ford Wagon – I hold a heavy articulated vehicle
drivers license (HC)
PERSONAL
COMPUTER Current
Core 2 Duo Notebook high speed & RAM Vista Ult.& Office 2007
(Portable
Office) plus
similar desktop system complete with wide variety of business software
PERSONAL
DATA:
FAMILY Divorced, three adult children – no dependents
HEALTH Very Good –
Regular Gym attendee, no illnesses nor disabilities
INTERESTS MUSIC & ENTERTAINMENT
- Guitar & Vocalist Entertainer– Professional Performing & Teaching,
BALLROOM
DANCING, ROCK n ROLL DANCING, GOLF,
Former Commander QUEENSLAND NAVAL BRIGADE
OFFICERS
CORPS (charitable organization) Past
Scouts Group Leader,
Past Treasurer, Secretary & President of various
School & Preschool
Councils & Committees
EDUCATION
& QUALIFICATIONS
·
R.M.I.T Bachelor
of Business ( Accountancy ) 1982
including
specialist electives: Management
Accounting II, Marketing,
Business Finance II , Taxation Planning
·
Australian
Society of Certified Practising Accountants (CPA Australia)
CPA Status 1987, Public Practice
level achieved 1993 –updated Dec 2007
·
Reckon (Quickbooks) Accredited
Partner - Accountant 2007
Reckon (Quickbooks) Professional Partner - Accountant 2006
·
MYOB Accounting
Systems Professional Partner – Accountant 2006
·
Certificate IV Training & Assessment Alstonville
Community College April 2009
Train the
Trainer course completed with SEC Vic
Education 1992
·
Financial
Planning Certificate Course with
Norwich Investments Ltd Melbourne
(Dealers
Representative status achieved 1989)
·
IBM Advanced
Computer Systems Analysis & RPG
programming
·
Various other
courses in I.T. & PC computers including Windows 98 & 2000, XP,
Dos, Unix, Microsoft
Office, Word, Excel, Access, Publisher, Power-point,
Lotus 123, Symphony, Word-perfect, Dbase III, Novell
Networks, Windows NT
Work Groups Dreamweaver, Flash, Fireworks &
Website design
·
Various Courses
in Computer Accounting packages including - M.Y.O.B.
(Mind Your
Own Business), Premier, Quickbooks, Quicken, Attache, Arrow,
Sybiz, Q&A, Horizon, Pastel, Balance,
Integrity
·
Extensive
education & knowledge of Computerised MIDI Music
EXPERIENCE
& EXPERTISE SUMMARY
QUALIFIED
CURRENT MEMBER OF CPA AUSTRALIA
· Financial Control & Management of organizations of order of $ 5-20 million T/O and $ 5-10 million Assets including financial & management accounting, short & long term planning, budgeting, cash-flow reporting & management, payables, receivables, inventory, fixed assets, HR, payroll & IT.
· Statutory Financial & Taxation Accounting of Companies both audited & non audited including Consolidations & Group Reconstructions, Trusts Joint Ventures & Partnerships
· Direct negotiation in arranging Bank, Mortgage & other finance sources including Bills of exchange L/C’s leasing & hire purchase & off shore funding , negotiation & admin of various functions incl. all types of insurance, import & export documentation, foreign exchange transactions, leasing of premises & equip. etc.
· Management Accounting & variance reporting of multi divisional & varied businesses including wholesale , retail, manufacturing, import, export, transport, farming, entertainment, hospitality & service activities
· All Company Secretarial functions including statutory reporting, companies & trustees statutory minutes, boardroom minutes, ASIC & Corporate Affairs matters registers & lodgements
·
Company
Director and/or Secretarial ability & experience
· General Management of organizations of order of $ 5-10 million T/O and $ 5 million Assets including total responsibility for bottom line profit, & appropriate staff control of order of 100 staff levels, sales, marketing, operations, finance & accounting, short & long term strategic planning, budgeting & cash-flow management, debtors, creditors, inventory, fixed assets, payroll & IT.
· Budgeting, profit & cash flow planning & control, costing & pricing for both imported & manufactured products & service sales organization
· All H/R, payroll & personnel functions including contracts
· Training (both organizational training program development and direct session training presentation)
· Sales & Marketing experience, retail & wholesale customer relationships, planning & implementation of programs for sales, promotions, pricing & rate setting for position. etc, direct marketing experience, incl. cold calling, telemarketing, leadership & team building
· Event Management experience incl. conference & music festival organization, complete logistics mgt.
· Complete control of IT & implementation of business computer systems including system design, programming , staff training & management of computer systems including personal , PCs , small, mini & medium business computer systems, extensive personal experience & expertise in programming & systems analysis of PC computer systems for use in sales management, pricing, accounting, costing, planning, budgets, word processing, modeling, spreadsheets etc and website & music applications
· Extensive knowledge of Computer & IT installation, operations & staff training of extensive range of business computer software including Windows XP, 2000, 98, 95, Dos, MS Word, Office, Excel, Access, Power-point, Publisher, Outlook, Lotus 123, Dbase , Organizer, Tracker , & many & varied Accounting Packages especially Quick books, MYOB & Premier multi-user & other accounting systems.
· Public Accounting experience including statutory accounts & preparation of a range of Income Tax Returns
· Extensive experience and capabilities in all forms of manual bookkeeping accounting systems, ledgers & books of entry & reconciliations
· Current Professional Partner for MYOB (Mind Your Own Business) Accounting Software.
Current Reckon (Quickbooks) Accredited Professional Partner – Accountant (July 2007)
covering Quicken, Quickbooks, Enterprise, and all the Reckon accounting & business software suites
· Successful Self Employment/Consultancy experience in various forms including Business Services Consulting, Marketing, Accounting, IT &Computer Systems Consulting, Entertainment Artist Management , Entertainment Artist Tour & Venue Promotion
·
Extensive experience in Entertainment & Hospitality Industry as Performer,
Musician Director, Artist Management, Recording Production, Promotion &
Distribution, Event Venue & Room
Management, Theatre Restaurant production, & even Bar & Table Waiting.
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
July 2006 to Current INDEPENDENT BUSINESS CONSULTANT -
Management Accountant &
*
Management Accounting Marketing Operations Consulting to SME Business Clients
*
Business Management Accounting, Bookkeeping BAS GST Payroll Services
*
Professional Partner both Quickbooks & MYOB (Mind Your Own Business)
* Reckon
(QuickBooks) Accredited Accountant
I
returned to the Gold Coast from Norfolk Island in July 2006 and commenced my
own practice as a Professional Accountant & Bookkeeper.
I
provide Management Accounting & BAS Services for small to medium business
clients including strategic, long & short term planning, management
accounting & bookkeeping, product & job costing, budgets &
cash-flow forecasting & General Management & Marketing consulting,
Accredited Accounting Software Setup, Training & Support for Quickbooks,
MYOB & other business software computer systems
During
the first six months of trading I gained professional partner status with both M.Y.O.B
and QUICKBOOKS and Accounting system software (Dec 2006) and in 2007 advanced
to Reckon (Quickbooks) Accredited Professional Partner level as well as
completed appropriate training with CPA
Australia to update my qualifications in current Taxation in Australia, and
qualify & re-gain my CPA Public Practicing Certificate. In April 2009 I
completed Cert IV in Training & Assessment.
Aug 1998 - July 2006 PINETREE TOURS
General
Manager & Company Accountant (80 - 100 staff )
South Pacific Island Tour,
Entertainment& Hospitality Company
-
12
Tour Coaches operating various day & night time tours 7 days per week,
5 Evening Entertainment Show Venues operating up to 6
nights per week
Operates & markets between 4 - 5,000 tour, dinner
& show tickets per week
During my time with Pinetree Tours we planned, built
and operated
Governor’s
Lodge Tourist Accommodation Resort
including 55 units
(120 beds), restaurant & function room to 4 & ½
star standard.
Responsibilities:
Direct General
Management responsible for all
facets of the business
incl. Sales, Marketing, Operations, Accounting &
Finance.
Responsible
for bottom line profit.
All
Accounting, Reporting & Financial Management functions incl. monthly and
year end reporting, budgeting & cash-flow control,
tour & show costing, pricing
All Government
Statutory Returns & Lodgements,
All H/R
Personnel & payroll functions including Workers Comp Super,
Administration
of two computer network systems (
I was the resident expert )
1 - Unix reservations system for counter & email
reservations groups & individuals.
2 - Windows XP/2000 network for accounting &
operations etc using
Microsoft Office, Word , Excel , & Access. MYOB
Retail Accounting Payroll
& Asset Mgt. (My experience in MYOB Software is
extensive)
All accounting functions were “hands on” with the
Event Management organizing Conference itineraries & Music Festival Organization, including the
recently successful
Direct
Venue Management &
directorship of the “Night As A Convict”
Evening
Musical
Theatre Dinner Show up to 4 nights a week ( I performed as well, covering all roles
from
“The
Commandant” through “Sergeant Deano” to “Private Parts” ). Over my time with
Pinetree Tours
I steered this show to become Pinetree Tours’ highest profit
earner
Director/actor
of Theatre Dinner Mystery Drama “Fletchers Fate”
(one of Pinetree Tours’ newest shows already promising
to be equally successful)
During my first year as General Manager (2002/3),
Pinetree Tours’ net profit increased by 50% and then again the following year.
I continued to maintain high profitability until
I
resigned my position as fulltime General Manager/Accountant of Pinetree Tours
on Norfolk Island (May 2006), opting (in consultation with the proprietors) to
return to the Gold Coast for family reasons, but to continue as consultant to
Pinetree Tours’ in accounting as well as ad hoc Sales & Marketing
Consultant from my residence office in the Gold Coast.
I
maintained a small number of clients contract accounting & bookkeeping in
Australia, (by email telephone, & correspondence), & accordingly, kept
reasonably up to date with Australian legislation & methods etc including
BAS GST & FBT PAYG, whilst living & working on Norfolk Island.
GRAHAM F. R. DEAN CPA Personal Resume April 2009 Page 4 of 5
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY Contd.
1984 to Aug 1998 SELF EMPLOYED ACCOUNTANT & IT
CONSULTANT
During my time with Trevola (see below 1984-1994), the Group underwent
substantial change including the sale of it’s interest in Laura Ashley, the wholesale
& manufacturing clothing interests and then developing the Point of Sale Business
Megaspace, which became the Group’s primary operation. “In between businesses”,
I resigned as a full time employee, becoming an independent consultant, and, whilst still retaining my position as the Trevola Group’s Financial Controller on a contract basis, I developed outside consulting services mainly in computer accounting software installations, training & projects etc. My Clients included (amongst others):
H & R Block - Gippsland Franchise Tax Consultants & accountants- 3 offices
Best Financial Services Pty
Ltd -
Creative Acrylics Pty Ltd - Point of Sale Acrylic Fabricators
David Marshall 1st National Real
Estate -
Bynorm Australia Pty Ltd - National distributor motor mowers & parts
Howarde Hinde & Co -
At the same time I was involved in the Entertainment industry as performer, musician, agent & manager ( 2nd career - I have been performing professionally since the age of 13).
This involvement developed
strongly in 1993 / 94 when my partner
& I commenced our own Country
Music Line Dancing Club, SILVER SPURS
in
Coincidentally Trevola group’s Megaspace Business developed into the $5 million turnover level
into the Nineties and continued to grow. I found more & more demands on my
time back at the Trevola Group and I could no longer wear the “two hats”. I opted for our own business and resigned from
the Trevola Group to become full time involved in the Entertainment Industry.
1994 to Aug 1998 Proprietor / Manager SILVER SPURS LINE DANCE CLUBS
Manager/Musical Director KATHY
RAYDINGS & BORDERLINE Country Rock
Successfully owned & operated
Country Music Line Dance organisation SILVER
SPURS in
BORDERLINE was a touring & recording entertainment group in the
Australian Country Music field. Successful Record production & promotion
of Kathy
Raydings CD “On Line” resulted in
National Country Music Chart Success
enabling Entertainment tours in
We have Toured Pacific & South Pacific Islands including Command Performances for the people & the then President Dowiyogo & subsequent President Renee Harris of Nauru during the Republic’s 1993 National Silver Jubilee Anniversary of Independence Celebrations.
A very successful return tour
requested by the President Dowiyogo
in 1995 resulted in an
invitation to personally accompany him on a tour of the Gilbert Islands & Kiribati for that Country’s
During my time on the Gold Coast,
I maintained my Accountancy Skills by accepting part time contract assignments
(from clerical & computer bookkeeping through to Financial Management
functions) as time was available in between Recording, Performance Tours &
Entertainment Management commitments. This included independent Financial
Planning Representation marketing Line Of Credit mortgage finance packages
through a group called Mortgage Busters in
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY Contd.
Feb 1984 - Dec 1994 TREVOLA GROUP OF COMPANIES.
Multi Divisional Private Company Garment Industry Medium T/O $ 10 Million (1984 $’s )
Group
Financial Controller / Group Accountant
The group's activities comprised:
Megaspace
Modular furniture & shop
fitting, design & manufacture of Point of
T/O $ 7-10 million - Staff 20
Laura Ashley Australia Pty Ltd
Import manufacture &
National Chain of Retail Stores
marketing Laura Ashley ladies fashion & home decorating products. T/O $ 5
million - Staff 70-80
Trevola Group Marketing
Manufacturing & wholesale ladies fashion clothing
T/O $ 2 Million - Staff 30 plus
extensive network of subcontractors
WASP Retail ladies clothing stores
T/O $ ½ million - Staff 5
Photomarker
Import & marketing of DIAZO Pattern copy machines, service parts, supplies and pattern copy service to the clothing & garment industries T/O $ ½ mill - Staff 3
Computerised Apparel Pattern
Production Services
Computerised pattern making service to the clothing & garment industry
T/O ¼ million - Staff 3
Annesleigh Park Stud
Thoroughbred horse & cattle stud farm T/O $ ½ million - Staff 5
As Group Financial Controller reporting to CEO, external auditors & accountants, bank financiers & international investors & stake holders , I maintained complete control of the Finance & Administration of the Group including all Accounting, Bookkeeping, Budgeting & Variance Reporting, Monthly reporting, Costing, IT & EDP functions, Statutory Accounts including Consolidations, Multiple Company & Trust Tax Returns of the Group entities, Company Secretarial functions of the Group companies both unaudited & audited, assisted by up to 10 accounting & bookkeeping staff.
May 1982 - Dec 1983 POTPOURRI PRINTS PTY LTD. Wholesaler Importer Exporter Fabrics
Company Accountant / Asst General
Manager
Accounting & general office admin. Credit management
Cashflow & Budgetary Control Import Purchasing & Export Sales Administration,
EDP management (IBM System34)
Deputy General Management of 25 staff in 3 branches
May 1974 - May 1982 ANSETT WRIDGWAYS National & International Furniture Removal Group - Melbourne
Large Listed Public Company T/O $ 50 million ( 1982 $’s )
1. Assistant To Finance Manager General accounting , Company Tax Returns Assets Cash-flow Reporting Corporate Affairs records , Assistance in Corporate Restructure program of 35 companies including liquidations & consolidations
2.
E.D.P. Coordinator Design
programming & implementation of the company’s first EDP Computer system (
IBM System 32 ) including Debtors,
Creditors, Sales, Purchases, Cash & Budgets. Development of System
,Training of staff & supervision of operations
3. Management Accountant Operating & finance budgeting, design & implementation of Costing & Pricing systems, International Debtors & Creditors Import & Export accounting, Subcontractors costing & rate setting
Dec 1972 - May 1974 LM ERICCSON PTY LTD Telecommunications Manufacturer -Melbourne
Large $ 100 million T/O ( 1974 $ )
Senior Accounts Clerk
General accounting & book keeping, cash-flow reporting, accounts receivable & payable etc
June 1970 - Dec1972 N C RUNDLE & CO Melbourne Chartered Accountants
Small 2 Partner Accounting Practice
Trainee Accountant
General client accounting & book keeping, taxation, company secretarial & audit duties