Beatrice has worked as a finance executive for over 15 years, CPA, CIMA qualified and Associate membership to The Tax Institute. Her most recent experience has been at Specsavers Australia and was one of the three accounting staff to set up Specsavers in Australia. Beatrice was involved in setting up the first 100 Specsavers stores in 100 days, working cross functionally with operational teams. She was later given the opportunity to replicate the implementation in New Zealand. Throughout her experience she has seen Specsavers business grow to the Retailer of the Year in Australia with over 300 retail stores across Australia & New Zealand.

Head of Financial Reporting ANZ @ The company based in UK is the fastest growing optometrist group in the world. Having started ANZ operations over five year ago has opened 350 plus stores across Australia and New Zealand. I have had the privilege of being one of the three accounting staff to set up Specsavers in Australia, which rolled out 100 stores in 100 days, working cross functionally with operational teams. I was later given the opportunity to replicate the implementation in New Zealand. I oversee the Reporting, Tax and Transaction teams at Specsavers Australia & New Zealand. Support office transaction team is responsible for processing, paying and reconciling all invoices for Australian Support Office suppliers including credit card and expense claim forms. The team are also responsible for the accounts receivable functions including store Franchise fees, product invoicing, various recharges and debtor management. They assist partners with questions relating to invoices raised by support office to stores. Financial Reporting team is responsible for maintaining the integrity of the ledger and the ERP system in conjunction with the IT team. Monthly reports for cost centres and group reports are managed by this team along with cashflow and treasury function including store loan books. Consolidated quarterly group reporting, yearend audit and annual report for statutory bodies are prepared by this team for Specsavers Australia. Budgeting and forecasting for support office overheads, settlement of all business combinations are other adhoc duties performed by this team. The Tax Team ensure all our Australian and New Zealand stores and Support Office entities are tax compliant in all taxes including Income Tax, GST, FBT and Stamp Duties. In addition to tax compliance, the team work to achieve the best tax outcomes for employees, store partners and related entities over a broad range of transactions within the Specsavers Group. From 2008 to Present (7 years) Accountant @ The company is the market leader in Australia for manufacturing wheels & castors. The organisations branch and distribution network spans throughout Australia, USA, Canada and South Asia with an annual turnover of $20 over million. Reporting into the Group financial Controller, my role included financial and management accounting and main responsibilities and duties were as follows: Responsibilities include: Financial Reporting:Assist in preparation of monthly management accounts. Maintain fixed asset register along with routine asset verifications. Ensure compliance proper capital expenditure procedures. Tracking and reporting USA branch performance Accounts payable and bank reconciliations Payroll administration and processing Manage Superannuation, payroll tax, workcover payments and returns Processing the Year-end group tax PAYG certificates Coordinating with the external Auditors in finalizing interim and year-end audits. Prepare & lodgement of BAS, FBT, and payroll tax returns Assist the finance controller in forecasting process & cost control Special Projects Export Market Development Grants (EMDG). Financial due diligence study in the acquisition of Electrodrive Pty Ltd. I was also part of the administration team in post takeover of Electrodrive and setup operations and recruitment under new management. From 2003 to 2008 (5 years) Financial Accountant @ A Subsidiary of Richard Roberts Holdings UK, the leading supplier of Knitwear for Marks & Spencer retail chain. Cash flow forecasting and fund management - Preparation of weekly cash flows. Organising short term burrowing (i.e. Bills Discounting, Pre-shipment Loans etc.). Managing funds between accounts to maximize the returns. Preparation of monthly board report in multi-currency Manage the interim and year end audits, submitting statutory returns to the tax office and other statutory bodies. Assist in the preparation of annual budgets and forecast, by analysing data for overhead budgets and preparing rollover budgets for cost centres. A & S Associates (Chartered Accountants) Jan 1999 – Aug 2000 Audit Senior My key audit engagements were from manufacturing and retail sectors. •Carry out Statutory Audits. Assisting with planning and scoping of audit, verification of Client's financial accounts, highlighting issues to audit Partner. •Manage audit assignments including staff supervision and detailed review of work performed. •Bookkeeping - maintaining client records and preparation of final accounts and lodge statutory returns. •Carrying out system audits - understanding the organisation's systems, objectives, identifying areas of risk, control framework, regulatory environment and recomend process improvement. Price Waterhouse Coopers March 1994 – December 1995 During my time at Coopers & Lybrand which later merged with Price Waterhouse, I gained experience in several industries including, manufacturing, wholesale and retail sector. •Auditing – Assisting with client statutory audits, verification of client's financial accounts, highlighting issues to audit Senior. •Financial Accounting - assist in maintaining client records and filling out tax return notes. •Carrying out system studies – assist in documenting organisation's systems, objectives, risks, control framework and regulatory environment. From 2000 to 2002 (2 years)

The Chartered Institute of Management Accountants, Accounting and Finance @ CPA Australia - Full MemberSt Bridget's Convent Colombo 7 Beatrice Silva is skilled in: Management Accounting, Financial Accounting, Financial Audits, Sage, Financial Reporting, Cash Flow, Managerial Finance, Fixed Assets, Accounting, Account Reconciliation, Working Capital Management, VAT, Consolidated Reporting, Staff Management, Pronto