• Responsible for leading the MBIE Credit Control function that includes Accounts Receivable, Regulatory Enforcement, MIQ Debt, MIQ Invoicing, MIQ Waivers and Debt Management teams.• The function consists of 33 team members with 8 members reporting directly to me.• Leading the development and delivery of a MIBE wide debt management strategy.• Focus on helping MBIE be a leading function for best practice revenue collection and debt management.

• Partnering with the business to set the direction and drive the implementation of financial strategy while ensuring alignment with the overall Ministry strategic plan and stated outcomes. • Use financial expertise to lead effective financial management, and provide support for the non-financial management, of the business groups. • Align with the business and provide accurate, high quality, multi-year strategic financial advice to influence the strategic and operational decision-making process. • Provide authoritative financial advice, effectively influence senior stakeholders in addition to providing assurance to the Senior Leadership Team that financial management processes, procedures, and reporting comply with legislative requirements and best practice.

• Providing high quality business partnering advice including performance and reporting analysis to key stakeholders for both revenue generating and support functions.• Complete month end accounting processes including entries to the general ledger, financial control and variance analysis.• Prepare budgets and forecasts.• Support the Finance Leadership team in IT enablement and continuous improvement solutions.

• Producing and reporting robust monthly management and year-end financial reports for submission to WSP Global Group• Preparation of financial management information for use by management as required.• Develop adhoc performance reporting to support benchmarking and analysis of thebusiness.• Have an understanding of WSP Opus strategy and ensure shaping the strategic andoperational focus of the team and Group activities.• Provide timely and strategic advice and inputs to leadership team• Manage day-to-day Treasury and Funding operations. • Oversee compliance and reporting on all aspects of the associated limit, facilities, market risk and concentration risks.

Financial Leadership• Lead the Capex Month-End processes for business critical Product Development projects including preparation of materials for Project Leads and key stakeholders.• Co-ordinating monthly project reforecasts for programme spend across our territories (predominately UK, Italy and Germany) • Other Project Management BAU including system administration (Clarity / Ariba / SAP)• Producing and assisting with wider Group reporting up to Exec level.• Ad hoc financial and business analysis.Relationship Management• Building strong collaborative relationships with business and finance stakeholders across our territories, delivering analysis, reporting, insight and financial guidance• Ensuring that the level of financial control is maximised through effective review and challenge to business partners and other key stakeholdersPeople Leadership• Demonstrate finance behaviours – can do attitude, taking ownership and delivering results the right way• Mentor and coach AFAsBrand• Act as ambassador for Sky Finance, both with the business and externally

About: White Stuff is a multi-channel brand with a strong heritage and values. Established in 1985 it has now grown to over 150 shops and concessions in the UK and internationally, selling women’s and men’s clothing as well as beautiful accessories and home ware. Role: Multi facet position with overlapping periods• Property & Fixed Accountant;• Preparation of White Stuff Germany and group financial statements; and• Assistance with new web platform testing from a financial perspectiveFixed Assets and Capital Expenditure• Maintain the fixed asset register;• Deliver suite of fixed asset reports on a monthly, quarterly and yearly basis.• Monitor, review and analyse capital expenditure by partnering with the project managers. This includes review and reporting of on-going projects, analysis of closed projects versus original specifications & budget, and improving and bringing efficiencies to the overall capital expenditure process. Property Accounting• Maintain financial implications to the property portfolio including rent, service charge, rates and other accruals and prepayments, rent free periods, turnover rent and rental income.• Provide accurate and timely monthly, quarterly and yearly (Actuals, Budgets and Forecast) reporting on all property cost elements. • Full responsibility for the budgeting and forecasting of all property lease costs with appropriate explanations of movements between actuals, prior year, latest and previous forecasts;• Reviewing P&L accounts by cost centre at month end with individual departments and producing analysis for management accounts

About: Audit New Zealand is the one of the largest provider of audit and assurance services in New Zealand auditing more than 800 entities. It has offices spread across New Zealand and over $78 million in audit fee revenue.Role: Lead annual audits of a range of entities.Portfolio Highlights:• Tamaki Redevelopment Group (2800 individual rental tenants, $1.6 billion in properties, brief and funding to develop 7500 new houses over the next 10-15 years);• New Zealand Defence Force ($2.5 billion revenue, $6 billion Assets)• Financial Markets Authority (New Zealand’s financial markets regulator)• E Centre (Business Incubator for technology based start-ups)Responsibilities:Complete audit work to Audit New Zealand's standards, within budget and deadlines, by exercising professional judgement to solve issues and producing clear, factual and concise working papers. Liaise with clients (typically as the main liaison point) and colleagues to ensure that they have the information needed to complete their audit work, while ensuring that clients and colleagues are kept informed of progress and issues as they arise.Contribute to effective client and collegial relationships through professional interaction and communication

Role: Lead annual audits of a range of entities.

Role: Financial analysis of all public sector entities in New ZealandResponsibilities:• providing high-quality advice and support across the Office and to Parliament;• solving exploratory issues related to our financial analysis work and in implementing solutions;• data collection, testing analysis of financial statement information across around 350 public sector entities; and• building and maintaining relationships within the OAG.

About: Infosoft offers an integrated range of services spanning software design, development, implementation and support, but also has a portfolio of Internet services. Client base ranges from medium business right through to the largest of international organisations throughout NewZealand and Australia.Role: In house financial adviserResponsibilities: • Maintaining the company FMIS system• Budget setting & monitoring• Investment analysis• Treasury management• Tax Compliance• Financial statement preparation Payroll

Responsibilities: • Administering Client cashbooks.• Completing taxation requirements – Income tax, GST, PAYE• Preparing periodic and annual financial statements• Processing client information on a range of accounting software

Responsibilities:• New Zealand Tax Compliance – Income Tax, GST, PAYE, and FBT• Preparing periodic and annual financial statements