# Gayan Wijewardhana

Gayan Wijewardhana is a remote worker on Himalayas, Program Manager (Higher Duties) at Department of Lands, Planning and Environment (DLPE), based in Australia.

Source: https://himalayas.app/@gayanwijewardhana

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Finance professional at the Northern Territory Government who developed Power BI dashboards consolidating data from 40+ project workbooks.
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| Detail | Value |
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| Availability | Looking for a job |
| Location | Australia |
| Authorized to work in | Australia |
| Salary expectations | 110k+ AUD |
| Job categories | Financial Accountant, Management Accountant, Financial Analyst, Program Manager, Business Analyst |
| Skills | Financial Accounting, Management Reporting, Budgeting, Financial Forecasting, Financial Reconciliations, General Ledger Accountant, Financial Modeling, Variance Analysis, Financial Reporting, Accounting Standards, IFRS, Financial Control, Audit Support, Taxation, GST |

## About

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At the Department of Lands, Planning and Environment, I developed a central financial management and forecasting spreadsheet to bring budgets, expenditure, commitments, forecasts and contract information together. I also created interactive Power BI dashboards that consolidated information from more than 40 project workbooks.

Previously, at Somerville Community Services, I developed a financial-control system covering more than 30 residential locations and automated purchasing approvals with Power Apps and Power Automate. At Territory Families, Housing and Communities, I built a real-time reporting tool for a multi-agency COVID-19 outreach program.

Earlier, at DFCC Bank PLC, I improved impairment calculation efficiency with an Excel VBA model and supported financial reporting, budgeting and audit work. I bring experience across government, community services and banking, with a background in financial accounting, management reporting and Australian Accounting Standards.
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## Experience

### Program Manager (Higher Duties) (current)

Department of Lands, Planning and Environment (DLPE). Feb 2026 - Present

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Provide financial, procurement, governance and operational support across a diverse portfolio of land-development projects. Prepare monthly financial reports, coordinate budget planning, and provide financial advice to senior management.
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Skills: Financial-Reporting, Budget-Management, Financial-Reconciliations, Financial-Control, Compliance, Power-BI, Excel, VBA, Forecasting, Variance-Analysis

### Analyst & Project Support Officer

Department of Lands, Planning and Environment (DLPE). Jan 2025 - Jan 2026

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Provided financial and operational analysis, project reporting, procurement support and business improvement across land-development projects. Applied financial data validation, reconciliations, advanced Excel and Power BI reporting to improve accuracy and accessibility of information.
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Skills: Financial-Analysis, Data-Validation, Reconciliations, Excel, VBA, Power-BI, DAX, ArcGIS, Project-Reporting, Procurement

### Finance & Purchasing Officer

Somerville Community Services. Jul 2023 - Oct 2024

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Provided financial accounting, purchasing and administrative support across multiple operational locations, including general ledger journals, financial reconciliations, month-end adjustments, GST/BAS preparation support and financial reporting.
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Skills: Financial-Accounting, Reconciliations, General-Ledger-Accountant, GST, Purchasing, PowerApps, Power-Automate, Financial-Reporting

### Administration Officer

Territory Families, Housing and Communities. Jun 2020 - Sep 2022

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Administered financial, contractual and reporting requirements for regional grant programs, including budget monitoring, grant acquittals, funding analysis, financial reconciliations and compliance reporting.
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Skills: Budget-Monitoring, Grant-acquisition, Funding-Analysis, Financial-Reconciliations, Compliance-Reporting, Microsoft-365, GrantsNT

### Assistant Relationship Manager (Finance)

DFCC Bank PLC. Dec 2014 - Feb 2018

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Performed financial accounting, statutory reporting, budgeting, forecasting, asset accounting and financial analysis within the bank's finance division. Supported month-end and year-end financial close, balance sheet reconciliations, payroll tax reporting, and financial statement preparation in accordance with IFRS.
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Skills: Financial-Accounting, Statutory-Reporting, Budgeting, Forecasting, Fixed-Asset-Accounting, Financial-Analysis, IFRS, Excel-VBA, Payroll-Tax-Reporting

## Education

### Charles Darwin University

Master of Professional Accounting, Professional Accounting. 2020 - Present

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Master of Professional Accounting degree from Charles Darwin University, Australia, completed in 2020.
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### University of Colombo

Bachelor of Business Administration, Business Administration. 2014 - Present

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Bachelor of Business Administration degree from the University of Colombo, Sri Lanka, completed in 2014.
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## Tech stack

- Microsoft Excel
- Power BI
- Microsoft 365
- Power Query
- ArcGIS

To contact Gayan, message them from this profile with a Himalayas employer account: [Hire on Himalayas](https://himalayas.app/hire).

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