Alistair Stewart-Holmes Email & Phone Number

Sydney, NSW, AU

• As a senior finance professional at Telstra, my role is two-fold: I deliver financial and strategic business partnering for the Pre-Paid Mobile and Mobile Broadband products; and I connect, engage and develop my team.
• Deliver strategic insight to the Consumer & Small Business function's senior executive team, the product segment teams, and Telstra's trading partner, Boost Mobile.
• Deliver deep market and customer analysis and data-driven insight to identify short, medium and long-term performance trends, informing risks and opportunities against multi-year plan and market commitments
• Provide strategic insight and thought leadership for business initiatives spanning trading and propositions, pricing, customer base management, and multi-brand strategyPeople leadership and capability development:
• Build meaningful relationships with direct reports, colleagues and managers in order to facilitate capability, learning and career development consistently across the financial management team
• Build clear and actionable development plans for team members in order to facilitate breadth of experience, and plot a clear path for career progression

Sydney, NSW, AU

• Led a high-performing team to deliver commercial, data-driven insight to the Networks & IT senior leadership team, supporting the delivery of strategic initiatives and market commitments.
• Responsible for the end-to-end management of financial planning, forecasting, and reporting processes, building robust outputs that identify and clearly articulate financial risks and opportunities
• Responsible for financial governance and control, ensuring financial statements comply with Telstra's corporate accounting policies and all statutory and external reporting requirements
• Transformation and change management, guiding stakeholders through a simplified internal funding model and operational restructures, including transition to the Agile-at-scale operating model
• Responsible for setting clear objectives and actionable development plans for direct reports, providing regular coaching and support to facilitate the delivery of strategic objectives, whilst providing opportunities.

Sydney, NSW, AU

• Key accountabilities and accomplishments:
• Led the financial integration of the Telstra Health business, consolidating a complex structure of 11 controlled entities and investments across multiple geographies onto a single general ledger and ERP platform.
• Financial lead for Telstra Health’s refreshed T22 strategic roadmap approved by the Telstra Board, delivering 10-year P&L and cash flow forecasts aligned with the strategic and market direction of the digital.
• Led a team of five to deliver insight and value to the Telstra Health leadership team, supporting strategic initiatives and delivering timely information to drive business execution.
• Responsible for the end-to-end management of financial and capital planning, forecasting, and reporting, building robust outputs that linked closely with strategic priorities.
• Finance business partner for the Head of New Growth Platforms, a portfolio that encompassed the National Cancer Screening Register contract with the Department of Health, the Telehealth portfolio and other Research &.

Sydney, NSW, AU

• Key accountabilities and accomplishments:
• Established all financial planning and analysis processes for one of Telstra’s strategic growth businesses, Telstra Health.
• Embedded a month-end operating rhythm for Telstra Health and its controlled entities and joint ventures, ensuring robust monthly financial results delivered within corporate deadlines.
• Delivered multiple in-year forecasts, managing numerous business and controlled entity stakeholders to deliver aligned financial and strategic outcomes and drive management execution.
• Managed the deliverables for senior management monthly and quarterly review forums, including Telstra Board requirements.

Sydney, NSW, AU

• Key accountabilities and accomplishments:
• Leading member of the Telstra Retail planning and analysis team that delivered the FY15-17 and FY16-18 business plans in alignment with strategic, financial and capital priorities, whilst also managing an efficient and.
• Provided timely, accurate and insightful delivery of the financial and reporting requirements for Telstra Retail, with appropriate partnering across the lines of business and product finance teams.
• Ensured an efficient monthly operating cycle for Telstra Retail, including analysis and business insights on profit and loss, balance sheet and cash flow performance.
• Technical expert in planning and reporting financial systems, enabling iterative reporting for planning and forecasting reviews.

Sydney, NSW, AU

• Accomplishments include:
• Provided financial and accounting support in preparation of two Telstra Board-endorsed annual strategic corporate plans
• Supported preparation of group level forecasts for external market guidance
• Overhauled monthly cash flow journal adjustment posting process to increase efficiency and timeliness
• Finance-wide business lead for the Hyperion planning and forecasting application, comfortably maintaining system outages within the best practice range
• End-to-end management of business unit budget transfer process with timely delivery for monthly reporting

Sydney, NSW, AU

As a Telstra Finance graduate I completed rotations across the business over an 18-month period, developing both technical and soft skills and gaining broad exposure to various parts of the business. My rotations included:- Telstra Operations & Corporate Units Finance- Corporate Planning & Forecasting

Accounting And Finance

Bachelor Of Business, Economics & Finance

Bachelor Of Business Systems, E-Commerce/Electronic Commerce