Bruce Jiling
Lae
Summary
Detail-oriented team player with strong organizational skills. Ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously with a high degree of accuracy. To seek and maintain full-time position that offers professional challenges utilizing interpersonal skills, excellent time management and problem-solving skills.
Overview
15
15
years of professional experience
Work History
Assistant Lecturer
The Papua New Guinea University of Technology
07.2022 - Current
- Used PowerPoint and Google Classroom technology to give presentations to student classrooms.
- Provided constructive and timely feedback to students to advise on areas of concern and suggest improvements.
- Supported positive image of university by being responsive and promptly responding to requests and inquiries.
- Developed easy and open rapport with students to encourage engagement and academic progress.
- Created and designed quizzes, tests and projects to assess student knowledge.
- Provided letters of recommendation and other referrals to students pursuing further programs or employment.
- Dispersed, collected and graded assignments to give detailed feedback.
- Met with students during and after office hours to address concerns and offer feedback.
Accounting & Business Lecturer
International Training Institute
01.2015 - 12.2020
- Taught Accounting subjects, to students in Advanced Diploma and Diploma Programs. Subjects taught were Financial Accounting, Management Accounting, Taxation,Corporate Tax, Audit,Intermediate Audit,Professional Ethics,Principles of Management and Marketing Management.
- Provided job training assistance to new recruited teaching staff.
- Being part of the interviewing panel and interviewed new staff recruitments into to the company.
Staff Accountant
PNG Tyres T/as Dunlop PNG
01.2014 - 12.2014
- Collaborated with external auditors to provide information for audit process.
- Reviewed accounts, resolved coding areas, and tracked recurring expenses for accrual entry.
- Aided in preparing budgets and forecasting expenses and costs to make informed decisions regarding future financial performance.
- Participated in internal and external audit processes to establish accurate financial records and comply with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles and regulatory requirements.
- Executed financial reporting, managing prepaid accounts, schedules, reconciliations, event settlements, and month-end accruals.
- Prepared working papers, reports and supporting documentation for audit findings.
- Trained new employees on accounting principles and company procedures.
- Collected and arranged financial information and entered details into SysPro financial management system.
- Collected and reported monthly expense variances and explanations.
- Collaborated with accounting manager to comply with governing bodies and limit regulatory risks.
- Monitored accounts receivable, accounts payable and other account balances to track transactions, avoid discrepancies and maintain accuracy.
- Created journal entry schedules to improve efficiency, support, and documentation of accounting processes.
- Compiled general ledger entries on short schedule with 100% accuracy.
- Provided journal entries and performed accounting on accrual basis.
- Tracked funds, prepared deposits and reconciled accounts.
Accountant
Consort Express Lines
01.2011 - 12.2013
- Preparing monthly Management Report including HR Metrics to Steamships using Steamships reporting template
- Preparing monthly Sustainability (HSSE) Report to Steamships using reporting template
- Attend to Audit queries on company management payroll, mid management payroll and main payroll maintaining expenditures on budgets and analyzing variances
- Attend to Consort and its agents Tax provision, Tax Liability, and Audited Tax paid and Tax Reconciliation and assisted as an Internal Auditor attending to per audit query from PwC, etc
- Maintained Fixed Asset registry, providing Depreciation monthly reports and providing GL Reconciliations of Depreciation Expense
- Collected and reported monthly expense variances and explanations.
- Reviewed business operations and obligations to help organization function at acceptable level.
- Trained new employees on accounting principles and company procedures.
- Cooperated with senior leaders to create operating budgets and initiate financial planning.
- Provided journal entries and performed accounting on accrual basis.
- Documented cash, credit, fixed assets, accrued expenses, and line of credit transactions.
- Reconciled accounts and reviewed expense data, net worth, and assets.
- Maintained integrity of general ledger and chart of accounts.
- Kept up-to-date with tax changes and industry trends by participating in professional organizations, opportunities, and networks.
- Evaluated and improved financial records to make important business decisions.
- Prepared working papers, reports and supporting documentation for audit findings.
- Partnered with auditors to track errors and add contributions to maintain accuracy.
- Reviewed accounts, resolved coding areas, and tracked recurring expenses for accrual entry.
AR Accountant
Consort Express Lines
01.2008 - 01.2009
- Optimized credit approval and collection processes, improving operational efficiencies by over 50%.
- Devised collection recovery strategies to resolve customer issues and delinquent cases.
- Checked appraisals, title information and insurance documents for each property.
- Completed in-depth research of issues to develop accurate and effective solutions.
- Reviewed and verified income, credit reports and employment histories for each borrower.
- Reviewed customer accounts for compliance with repayment obligations.
- Reached out to customers to check on payments and convey options.
- Reduced past due balances and bad debt by coordinating collection efforts with customer service, sales and billing departments.
- Analyzed applicants' financial status and credit and property evaluations to determine loan feasibility.
- Responded to disputes calmly and applied logical, knowledgeable approaches to devise solutions.
- Trained and mentored new department employees to maximize performance.
- Performed checks of customer creditworthiness and current situations.
- Obtained payments and entered details into system.
- Maintained integrity of general ledger and chart of accounts.
- Initiated comprehensive account assessments to check viability, stability, and profitability of business operations.
- Researched technical tax issues to define tax effect or impact of certain tax positions.
Education
MBA - MBA
The Papua New Guinea University of Technology
Lae, Morobe Priovince04.2023
Bachelor of Accountancy - Bachelor of Commerce in Accountancy
The Papua New Guinea University of Technology
Lae, Morobe Province04.2012
Diploma in Accounting - Accountancy
The Papua New Guinea University of Technology
Lae, Morobe Province04.2007
Year 12 Certificate - Year 12
Mount Hagen Secondary
Mount Hagen, Western Highlands12.2001
Skills
- Possess good communication skills and can interact and approach people very well
- Can work under extreme pressure and complete assigned task at a given time
- Possess very good leadership skills and can talk and convince and move group of people
- Possess good reasoning skills and can solve problems very well, as experienced in work place, university as leadership role, church, the community and village level
- Accounting software skills such as, SYSPRO, MYOB, PRONTO, Microsoft Excel,Word ,Powerpoint
Accomplishments
- Achieved the Highest GPA of 3.11 from MBA class Semester 2 result for year 1.
- Awarded employee of the year with Consort Shipping Company.
- Awarded Best Performing Employee of the Year for Teaching at International Training Institute.
Reading, Community Involvement, and Cycling.
Loves reading national geographic and other science fiction books to study the beauty of the nature and the surrounding natural environment.
For community involvement, I like join my church groups doing community clean-up at the streets, hospitals and prison camps as volunteer jobs every Sunday at weekend.
Bicycle riding is my hobby and most weekend I do bicycle riding for physical fittness.
Timeline
Assistant Lecturer
The Papua New Guinea University of Technology
07.2022 - Current
Accounting & Business Lecturer
International Training Institute
01.2015 - 12.2020
Staff Accountant
PNG Tyres T/as Dunlop PNG
01.2014 - 12.2014
Accountant
Consort Express Lines
01.2011 - 12.2013
AR Accountant
Consort Express Lines
01.2008 - 01.2009
MBA - MBA
The Papua New Guinea University of Technology
Bachelor of Accountancy - Bachelor of Commerce in Accountancy
The Papua New Guinea University of Technology
Diploma in Accounting - Accountancy
The Papua New Guinea University of Technology
Year 12 Certificate - Year 12
Mount Hagen Secondary
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