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Emma Soul Finance Professional
& Operations Strategist

Over two decades of building, fixing, and refining financial operations — turning chaos into clarity across global industries.

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Emma Soul — Finance Professional and Operations Strategist
Who I Am

Finance Is the Operating System
of a Business

I'm not just a bookkeeper who processes transactions — I'm someone who walks into a business, understands its rhythms, and finds ways to make the numbers work harder.

Throughout my career, I have consistently gone beyond the ledger. At Student Horizons, I identified an opportunity to replace manual reporting with a real-time analytics system — researching the tools, building the business case, leading the implementation, and delivering a solution that cut report preparation time by more than 50%.

At Lifecare Furniture, I redesigned the receiving procedure to catch errors earlier in the procurement cycle and built a tracking system through the manufacturing process, significantly reducing defects. At Klinge Holdings, I managed multi-currency payroll and financial transactions across three countries, navigating foreign exchange hedging, transfer pricing, and company share schemes.

I bring structure to chaos, I automate what should not be manual, and I adapt quickly to whatever software, system, or sector I land in. Every task gets the same question: how can this be done better?

Global Reach

Australia, New Zealand, United States, Canada, France & South-East Asia

Fully Remote

Equipped home office with redundant internet & secure network

Systems Thinker

I see the whole picture and build solutions that last

What I Bring

More Than a Bookkeeper.
A Strategic Partner.

Deep Finance Expertise

End-to-end accounts management from daily processing through to year-end working papers, BAS, payroll, and consolidated reporting.

Multi-Sector Versatility

Proven across industries from international educational travel and global SaaS to aged care manufacturing, consulting, construction, and retail.

Process Transformation

A track record of identifying inefficiencies and implementing systems — real-time analytics, purchasing approval workflows, and vendor verification.

International Operations

Experience managing payroll, suppliers, and compliance across Australia, New Zealand, the United States, Canada, France, and South-East Asia.

Technology Fluency

Exceptionally comfortable across major cloud accounting platforms, approval workflows, financial analytics tools, and document automation.

Trusted Independence

Comfortable operating autonomously in small businesses or collaborating within larger teams, always delivering reliable, accurate work.

Career Journey

Professional Experience

Jun 2023 – Jul 2025 Latest Role

Procurement & Finance Specialist

Multi Entity Group

Brought on to bridge the gap between procurement and finance across a complex multi-entity structure. Identified that existing purchasing processes lacked controls and visibility at scale, then took the lead on designing and implementing comprehensive solutions.

  • Designed multi-entity purchasing and payment approval framework with tiered delegation authorities and cloud accounting integration
  • Led implementation of vendor payment verification to validate suppliers across all entities
Apr 2020 – Jun 2023

Financial Accountant

Klinge Holdings Pty Ltd

Full financial operations for a global SaaS business with international subsidiaries in the US and Canada. High degree of autonomy managing multi-currency payroll, foreign exchange hedging, transfer pricing, and consolidated group reporting.

  • Managed payroll across Australia, the United States, and Canada
  • Handled foreign exchange reporting, hedging, transfer pricing, and withholding tax reconciliation
  • Prepared cash flow reports, budgets, revenue recognition schedules, and variance analysis
  • Lead contact for the internal employee share scheme
  • Administered treasury and cash pooling processes across the group
Sep 2018 – Apr 2023

Finance Manager

Student Horizons Pty Ltd

Managed the finance function across two international educational travel businesses spanning Australia and New Zealand. Beyond the day-to-day, identified an opportunity to transform how the business consumed data — researching, proposing, and implementing a company-wide real-time analytics system.

  • Built and deployed a real-time analytics dashboard across CRM and accounting systems
  • Reduced financial report preparation time by more than 50%
  • Managed full accounts cycle, payroll, and foreign supplier payments for two entities
  • Delivered weekly executive reports and actual-to-budget analysis
Nov 2012 – Jul 2018

Purchasing & Accounts Manager

Lifecare Furniture Pty Ltd

Dual-function role combining procurement management with full financial operations for an importer of commercial furniture for the aged care sector. Managed the complete supply chain from overseas factory communication through to import logistics and country-wide delivery.

  • Redesigned goods receiving procedure to catch procurement errors earlier
  • Created product tracking system through manufacturing, reducing defects
  • Managed end-to-end procurement including international import logistics and landed costing
  • Processed import duties, GST reconciliation, and foreign exchange transactions
May 2009 – Nov 2012

Senior Bookkeeper

My Local Bookkeeper Pty Ltd

Led a team of bookkeeping consultants providing services to a diverse portfolio of clients across construction, design, retail, electrical, medical, real estate, and not-for-profit sectors.

  • Supervised and reviewed the work of other team members
  • Prepared end-of-year working papers and financial reports
  • Managed the full accounts cycle across more than a dozen industry sectors
  • Consulted to clients both on-site and remotely
Skills & Tools

Core Competencies &
Technology Stack

Core Competencies

Accounts Payable & Receivable
Payroll (Multi-Country)
Bank Reconciliation
BAS, STP & Tax Compliance
Budget & Variance Analysis
Cash Flow Reporting
Consolidated Reporting
Constant Currency Reporting
Year-End Working Papers
Foreign Exchange
Revenue Recognition
Transfer Pricing
Procurement Management
Systems Implementation
Process Improvement

Software & Tools

Accounting

Xero MYOB QuickBooks Dext Costar ApprovalMax Fathom SQL Account

Productivity & Cloud

Microsoft 365 Google Workspace Zoho One Excel (Advanced) Asana Trello ClickUp Slack Harvest Whimsical Obsidian Miro
Credentials

Education &
Certifications

Certificate IV of Accounting and Bookkeeping

TAFE Queensland — FNS40615

2018 – 2020

Financial reporting, complex spreadsheet development, cloud computing for business, operational budgets, payroll systems, and BAS preparation.

Xero Associate Certification (L1)

Xero Australia

March 2026

Xero Professional Certification (L2)

Xero Australia

March 2026

Microsoft Office Specialist: Associate

Microsoft 365 Apps

In Progress

Power BI Beginner

Nexacu

May 2021

Risk Management

Australian Institute of Management

August 2023

First Aid, BLS & CPR

Australia Wide First Aid

April 2024
Get in Touch

Let's Work Together

Whether you need ongoing financial operations support, a process overhaul, or a systems implementation — I'd love to hear about it.

Location

Australia — Working Remotely

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