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Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

FP&A role responsible for all aspects of the Business division’s revenue and balance sheet performance covering banking as well as superannuation, platforms and investment businesses.As part of this role I led a team consisting of myself and two finance managers and was the key contact in the division for revenue and balance sheet performance.Key responsibilities include: Modelling and co-ordinating the 3 year strategic forecast as well as the quarterly forecast updates, monthly performance analysis, and partnering with investment relations team to deliver half yearly ASX results announcements.

Sydney, Australia

Key partner to the CFO of the Business division. I was responsible for pulling together the consolidated monthly results for the division for the divisional executive team along with the monthly board commentaryI was responsible for preparing the Business divisions half year ASX disclosures, in partnership with investor relations as well as being the finance lead for the three-year forward-looking strategy review for the division.This was a diverse role that required me to develop my soft skills and build strong relationships across all levels of the organisation in order to provide insight to the Business divisions executive team

Sydney, Australia

End to end business partnering role supporting the credit card and consumer lending business. Key responsibilities include forecasting and budgeting for expenses, balance sheet & revenue. Decision support & modelling on pricing changes and other portfolio initiatives along with closing month end results.

This role is responsible for forecasting and planning for the Consumer bank, involving working with key stakeholders across the bank to ensure that the Consumer bank can meet it's revenue and expense commitments.As part of this role I have developed multiple forecast models and am considered an expert on Westpac's TM1 implementation.

Sydney, Australia

Responsible for building a relationship with IBM’s main distributors across Australia and New Zealand in order to ensure that IBM has a clear line of sight to sales made through the channel.Developed new incentives programs resulting in dramatic increases in the quality and accuracy of sales data.Responsible for the development of an enhanced management dashboard to track year to year performance, route to market and achievement versus budget, utilising VBA and SQL to quickly present complex analysisInterlock with colleagues from the APAC and global team to develop robust, auditable processes

St Leonards

Manage the end to end financials for all projects within the Business Continuity and Resiliency Services and Managed Security Services divisionsBuild bottoms up forecasts and perform monthly variance analysisPrepare complex monthly invoices and interlock with clients to provide detailed invoice analysisLed a project to overhaul the business's cost structure, leading to greater granularity in cost/profit analysis and identification of real cost savingsImplemented regular cadence of sales team to ensure that annuity based clients are renewed in a timely manner.

Bcomm/Bsc (Advanced), Finance, Econometrics, Chemistry

Activities and Societies: Executive University of Sydney Science Society

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