Abbas Choker Email & Phone Number

Singapore

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Boston, Massachusetts, US

• Appointed not long after the company’s Australia and New Zealand branches were established, my mandate was to build an in-house finance and accounting function from the ground-up to support future growth. Partnering.
• Facilitated a 50-fold increase in revenue in just five years by building a lean, agile, best-in-class finance function and working with the CEO and senior executives to identify new market and product opportunities;
• Established robust financial controls, governance and compliance frameworks, passing multiple internal and external audits with no issues identified;
• Built competitive advantage by maintaining strong discipline around expenditure, contributing to new business wins and enabling sustainable, long-term growth.

Sydney, New South Wales, AU

• Engaged across a breadth of finance roles throughout my time at IAG, I joined the Asia division as Finance Manager where I was initially seconded to integrate financial systems and processes of purchased Asian.
• Improved product and underwriting performance and efficiencies as Manager, Performance & Planning by simplifying and standardising financial systems, processes and frameworks;
• Enabled rapid, proactive decision-making as Finance Manager, Personal Insurance by developing and refining a large suite of reporting across budgeting, forecasting and quarterly performance reviews;
• Facilitated multiple M&A transactions as Finance Manager, IAG Asia, improving understanding of acquisition opportunities by developing valuation models and conducting financial due diligence.