Rebecca Corbett
Finance Specialist | Business Strategist | Trainer and Assessor
Rebecca Corbett is motivated, experienced and multi-talented. With executive-level business skills and acumen that have seen her build two of her own successful businesses, and many more for others. Rebecca has over 20 years of experience in the Finance Industry, building a Bookkeeping Firm from the ground up in 2015 until successfully exiting and selling the firm in 2019. Rebecca has combined her skills and personal mission to see others succeed in her position as a Finance Educational Team Leader & Teacher for TAFE Queensland, teaching Cert III in Accounts Administration and a Cert IV in Accounting and Bookkeeping via an Online Classroom delivery model.
Key Skills and Attributes
· High-level organizational skills
· Executive leadership and team building
· Management Accounting
· Strong ability to meet deadlines
· Budget and finance management
· Payroll and HR
· Accounts skills from data entry to BAS lodgements and EOFY processes
· Corporate governance
· Project planning and management
· Training and mentoring including assessing
· Ability to implement innovative change
· Strategic, operational and business planning
· Executive-level written and interpersonal communication
Education and Memberships
Current Diploma of Accounting
TAFE Queensland
2021 Diploma Leadership and Management
Prestige Service Training
2020 Cert IV Training and Assessment - TAE40116
Blueprint Career Development
2018 Business Coaching Certification
National Coaching Institute
2017 Certified Business Architype Coach
Money Coaching Institute
2015 BAS Agent Registration
Tax Practitioners Board
2015 Cert IV Bookkeeping and Accounting
Inspire Education
2012 Diploma Children’s Services
TAFE Queensland
2006 Bachelor of Business (90% completion)
Sunshine Coast University
2005 Diploma of Management (Hospitality Focus)
TAFE Queensland
Professional Summary
2026 - Present
Provide accurate financial reporting and insightful analysis to support strategic decision-making. I prepare journals, forecasts, and management reports and monitor financial performance.
2021 - 2026
Courses: Diploma Business, Diploma Leadership and Management, Cert III Accounts Administration, Cert IV Bookkeeping and Accounting.
2017 - Present
Self-Employment - Consult on all aspects of business management, strategic planning, budgets and financial reporting, HR, payroll, process and procedure creation, staff training, accounts and financial requirements.
2020 - 2021
Consult on all aspects of financial management, budgets and financial reporting, payroll, process and procedure creation, staff training, accounts and data entry, BAS preparation and lodgment, creation and maintenance of a filing system, financial governance and grant acquittals.
2020 - Present
Volunteer business expert providing insights, options and suggestions relating to challenges and opportunities small business owners face.
2019 - 2020
Federal Government funded program. Application and for grant and periodic reporting to the federal government, Creation of a CRM and client tracking system to allow for ease of reporting, creating a program for new and aspiring business owners to assist in starting a business, creation and facilitation of multi-faceted workshops.
2015 - 2019
Operationalize and build the business from the ground up to the hire of staff and point of sale. Consult with multiple clients on all aspects of financial management, budgets and financial reporting, payroll, process and procedure creation, staff training, accounts and data entry, BAS preparation and lodgment.
2014 - 2023
Operationalize the business in a strategic way to facilitate for profit and growth. Create policies and procedures, business and financial reporting to directors to allow for strategic decisions to be made, Administrational and financial support, BAS preparation and lodgment, Payroll and HR.
2011 - 2013
Self-Employment. Provide an enriching environment that supports the development of children under the age of 6. Program and record observations as required under the EYLF framework. All aspects of business acumen including invoicing and taxation reporting.
2009 - 2010
Provide a safe environment for at-risk youth, giving care and respect for the individual with the framework and regulations of the child protection system.
2006 - 2008
Administrative support to the sales and executive team, high-level customer service, providing a conduit between clients and the mechanical team, provide the executive team with accurate and timely reporting to assist in their decision-making.
2004 - 2006
Personal assistant and administrative support to the CEO and board. Financial duties including accounts payable and receivable. Provide periodic financial reports.