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Richmond, Victoria, AU

• Commercial Finance lead, developing Financial Partnering and FP&A capabilities in a maturing, yet sustained high growth business
• Reporting to the CFO and leading a team of 15+ including Commercial Finance Managers, Business Partners, Commercial Analysts and the Business Intelligence team supporting Finance systems (TM1)

Richmond, Victoria, AU

• Partnering the Merchandise leadership group to create a commercially focused team with P&L accountability
• Supporting Category leads and Brand Managers, Merchandise Demand and Supply Planning, and Space Planning teams working with 200+ brands, 100+ stores and market leading growth
• Financial Planning & Analysis including P&L budgets and performance reporting + the establishment of an ongoing Trade Outlook aligned across all trade functions of the business
• Broadening of role beyond Merchandise to additionally lead Trade, Retail, and Supply Chain for the Commercial Finance function with direct reports partnering their respective departments

• Commercial Partnering roles included the Total Loss (Shrinkage) and Merchandise teams, highlights included:
• Strategic commercial partner to Business Category Manager, supporting seven Category Managers across 26 categories within Grocery Business Unit
• Optimised promotional performance and commercial compliance across key periods including COVID-19 impacts
• Managed ‘Joint Business Plans’ with 18 key suppliers to align financial year targets
• Developed annual budgets up to $3B through analysis of previous year trends alongside stakeholder engagement
• Created value through reporting, investigation, and analysis of Stock Loss, Waste, and Markdowns in 800 stores

• Managed team, and responsible for rostering and payroll compliance for 900 stores
• Built annual remuneration budget of $200m for four liquor brands bottom up using bespoke time and motion study based system fully compliant with Enterprise Agreement

• Strategic project work reporting to the Business Development / Strategy Director
• Broad scope of work including analysis of Operations, Range, Property, Culture, Customer, and Financials

Minchinbury, NSW, AU

• Responsible for the operational management of a multi site group of stores.Key areas of responsibility included:
• Managing three to five different sites at a time
• Increase store sales whilst minimizing costs
• Recruit, promote and performance manage up to 80 staff
• Encourage, train and hold accountable management team
• Plan, set and achieve yearly KPI forecasts

Master Of Business Administration (M.B.A.)

Bachelor Of Commerce, Marketing, Finance & Accounting