Andre Dercksen Email & Phone Number

Brisbane, Australia

Company BriefGolden Cockerel Pty Ltd was formed in 1972 and is owned jointly by two families, the Benfer's and the Elks, who have been involved in the poultry industry for three generations.The Group is fully integrated comprising feed mills, hatcheries, parent farms, broiler farms, processing plant and distribution. The facilities are well spread including 56 broiler farms in four regions;- Redlands, Gatton, Beerwah, Nothern Rivers. The 11 breeder farms are spread across 8 locations, Gatton, Killarney, Laidley, Allora, Clifton, Bellthorpe, Woodford, Kilcoy. This creates geographic buffer from a disease control viewpoint in order to ensure continuity of supply in times of adversity.ResponsibiltiesManage and control all activities and personnel associated with the Finance, Administration, Procurement and ICT areas.Prepare schedules for financial reporting in accordance with management and statutory requirements.Maintain the Company’s Financial systems.Analyse the operating performance of the organisation, using historical & projective data.Review and analyse operating results in relation to cost, budgets and operating policies.Maintain a regular review of income and expenditure to ensure cash flow is adequate to meet future business needs.Direct and control general accounting functions (including I.C.T. issues) to optimise the utilisation of accounting and administration staffEnsure activities comply with relevant Acts, legal demands, professional accounting and ethical standards.Direct credit control, office equipment purchase and utilisation.Perform other functions as specified by Chief Executive Officer

Brisbane, Australia

Company briefSleepmaker is a leading Australian Manufacturer of mattresses for the retail and commercial market on a national basis with factories in all the major cities in Australia. Responsibilities:Analysing of monthly profit and loss to enable business to make inform decision on cost control and profitability.Forecasting of sales and profit on a monthly basis and responsible for yearly budgeting up to EBIT level.Direct reports included the cost accounting department, financial analysts, customer care and service department and administration manager Advising sales managers on a various sales issues which included margin targets, setting of rebate levels and setting of sales budgetsAdvising operations managers on various manufacturing issues which included labour efficiencies, freight contracts, supply of raw-material and general operation matters.Responsible for capex applications to ensure that the required financial targets are met as per company policy. This will then included the calculation of the pay-back period and the post audit thereof..Ad hoc projects and tasks as required.AchievementsMember of the team which successfully negotiated the purchase of Sleepmaker from PacBrands. This included building of cost model scenarios based on financial information supplied.Thereafter member of the project team which was responsible for successfully integrating the PacBrands and Australian Comfort(Sleepyhead) group employees and factories into one new company.This included overseeing the loading of 4000 Bills of Material into the legacy ERP system, setting up of the national customer service centre in Brisbane and consolidating the two operational finance divisions into one team.Introduction of improved sales and profit reporting, forecast and budgeting processes which enabled us to grow the Sleepyhead business to the extent we were able to buy Sleepmaker and Dunlop Foams from PacBrands.

Brisbane, Australia

Develop plans and activities to maximise the use of financial and operational recourses and oversee their implementation.Ensure that Monthly Management reporting and results are finalised and distribution of reports within month end deadlines.Ensure that General Ledger reconciliations of direct reports are performed accurately.Oversee the preparation of weekly reporting(including analysis) which includes:-Weekly results, Plant recovery reports of Material usages against standards, weekly labour usages against standard, overhead cost vs standard and weekly profit and loss reportingOversee Plant accountant functionPreparation of weekly finished goods journals and reconciliation thereof.Oversee the cost accountant function to ensure that Bill of Materials and Product costings are maintained regularly.Performance management and leadership development of 4 direct reportsTo undertake any other duties as required by the Finance & Admin Manager

Company briefHans Continental Smallgoods is a leading Australian Smallgoods Manufacturer producing quality Ham, Bacon, Salami, Sausages and Franks, Continental Smallgoods and Fresh Pork products for the domestic and export marketsResponsibilities:Develop plans and activities to maximise the use of financial and operational recourses and oversee their implementation.Ensure that Monthly Management reporting and results are finalised and distribution of reports within month end deadlines.Ensure that General Ledger reconciliations of direct reports are performed accurately.Oversee the preparation of weekly reporting(including analysis) which includes:-Weekly results, Plant recovery reports of Material usages against standards, weekly labour usages against standard, overhead cost vs standard and weekly profit and loss reportingOversee Plant accountant functionPreparation of weekly finished goods journals and reconciliation thereof.Oversee the cost accountant function to ensure that Bill of Materials and Product costings are maintained regularly.Performance management and leadership development of 4 direct reportsTo undertake any other duties as required by the Finance & Admin ManagerAchievementsSuccessful analysis of finished goods system to enable us to perform accurate reconciliation at month end.Introduce better communication channels between plant accountants and head office

Johannesburg Area, South Africa

Company briefNampak Tubes is a packaging company, a division of Nampak Packaging LTD in the FMCG industry. Nampak Tubes and Tubs is responsible for the manufacturing of toothpaste tubes for customers such as Colgate Palmolive and GlaxoSmithKline. We also manufacture rigid plastic containers for the dairy, ice-cream and margarine industries. Our main customers are Unilever, Parmalat and Danone. Nampak Tubes yearly turnover is aprox. AUS $ 50 m with an asset base of AUD$ 30 m. Nampak's equivalent in Australia would be Amcor Packaging. Responsibilities:Preparation and analysis of all year-end and monthly-consolidated management reports for reporting to head office.General ledger and inter-company reconciliationsSupervise all Finance and Administration staff (6 accounting personnel and 1 admin).Management reporting and participating in Directors/management meetings.Preparation of forecasts and budgets and analysis thereof.Preparation of capital expenditure applications for approval by the board. Analysis of actual cost versus standard cost to ensure company goals is met.Financial advisor to the management team on various aspects of the companies workingsNegotiate with customers and suppliers on pricing of products.Ad hoc tasks as assigned by Managing Director.Stand in for Managing Director when required.AchievementsAs a result of my broad knowledge I was part of the design team to implement new ERP system (JD Edwards) to go live in Apr 2007. Created a cost model used for negotiation with major suppliers and customers.Was part of the management team of the division that won "Division of the Year" award 3 years running.

Johannesburg Area, South Africa

Standard costing.Preparation of forecast and budgets and analysis thereof Preparation of Management AccountsIT managerAd hoc tasks as assigned by ManagementAchievementsDeveloped financial models for standard costingsWas responsible for the design and implementation of current ERP system (Syspro

Johannesburg Area, South Africa

Company briefDenel Aviation is a company manufacturing fighter aircraft, helicopters and the service and maintenance thereof. It manufactures mostly for the South African Air Force. Denel Aviation's annual turnover is about AUD$ 800 m.Responsibilities:Assisting senior management accountant on financial reporting on projects.Responsible for costing of internal works order prior to acceptance of job orders .Assisting project manager at year-end with cost-to-completions calculations on incomplete projects. AchievementWas promoted to Assistant Management Account, a year after starting as costing clerk, due to my work performance.

National High Diploma Accouting, Management Accounting

National Diploma Accounting, Management Accounting