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Sydney, Nsw, Au

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

• Led lead generation efforts for SunRice Group's Petrol & Convenience retail business, securing additional revenue streams.• Managed sales across convenience, core rice, and snacking categories to drive business growth.• Developed strategic partnerships with key clients to expand market presence and increase sales.

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Located in central Sydney, Flour and Stone is a bakery/patisserie operating for 10+ years, with the highest standards on food quality and preparation they remain as one of the most popular establishments of their kind in Sydney. ACHIEVEMENTS Employee of the Month in July 2022 and promotion to trainee pastry chef due to nominations from peers and senior members of staff, based on positive attitude and improvement to team culture. Spring Carnival baker with personal sale of individually created products to customers, contributing daily sales of over $500, informing customers of product offering and developing Focaccia recipe to be sold by the bakery.RESPONSIBILITIES Maintained the sanitisation and hygiene of the dishwashing station, pinpointing areas of improvement to operational efficiency and supported colleagues through preparation of vegetables and recipe weigh ups. Manage time between Annexe and Pantry kitchens to build relationships and provide direct assistance to senior kitchen staff, saving money through dedication and commitment, accurate inventory management and minimised food wastage.

London, England, United Kingdom

Established by a couple of energetic Aussies with a desire to inspire and educate, quickly becoming a frontrunner in London for placing teachers with positive attitudes and commitment to education in schools across the city.ACHIEVEMENTS Voted Teacher of the Month by senior leadership for outstanding enthusiasm and commitment towards the role, nomination by senior staff through positively built relationships.RESPONSIBILITIES Creating exercises and organising daily schedules to improve pupil’s learning and personal development. Educating and supporting special needs students in a one-to-one capacity, exhibiting various learning difficulties and behavioural diagnoses including autism, ADHD and Down syndrome. Collaboration with teachers across both secondary and primary schools within the London metropolitan area including The Bridge - Integrated Learning Space, Beyond Autism and Gesher School.

Sydney, Australia

Team: Financial Planning & Analysis - MAM (MSIS)ACHIEVEMENTS Automated many of the processes that fed into monthly financial reporting using software such as PowerBI that led to improvements in turnaround of greater than 10 business days and reduce the requirement of resources for production. Successful merger of Fund Linked Products and Shipping businesses into CAF and Infrastructure Debt business into MAM operating groups, managing headcount increases of 8 percent and 9 percent respectively (100+ employees) across business and finance divisions. Conducted organised training sessions for consolidated staff from internal finance on MSIS revenue streams whilst learning CAF Finance strategy, procedure and product mix. Presented monthly actionable business recommendations to MSIS CFO and Finance Business Partners, contributing to NPC of $1.5b within the MAM Operating Group and managing 14% increases in headcount to over 1,700 employees with an overall MQG share price increase of 80% to approximately $138 per share. RESPONSIBILITIES Collaborated with internal financial functions to gather information relevant for presentation with front office stakeholders to advise on material cost reduction strategies and highlight pipeline revenue growth analysis including detailed financial reports and data visualisation charts. Monthly automated extraction and consolidation of financial performance data using general ledger systems including MicroStrategy and PeopleSoft.

Sydney, Australia

2015-16 Macquarie FMG Graduate Rotation ProgramTeams: Feb 2015 - Jun 2015 - Corporate Communications & Investor Relations: Competitive analysis of financial performance against market peers, communicating daily financial market analysis and global indicators to the Group Executive Committee. Successful market update for the Investor Relations division involving scrutiny and attention to detail over Macquarie Group’s Annual Report and supporting packs.Jun 2015 - Oct 2015 - Macquarie Asset Management (Financial Control) - Real Estate Group Drove the successful liquidation of Asset Management – Real Estate, utilising diverse software systems covering legal, finance and accounting specialisations.  Collaborated with 3 members of offshore accounting staff with different time zones and working cultures, presenting project updates and expected delivery times to senior FC staff onshore.Oct 2015 - Feb 2016 - Macquarie Securities Group FP&A Organised the management reporting for the Macquarie Securities business including daily analysis of key financial metrics to the Group COO with full responsibility over data integrity. Daily scrum team member with weekly rotational leadership involving coordination of the scrum, documentation of actions, communication to wider team and follow up/resolution of priority items.

40 Mount Street, North Sydney Nsw 2060

ACHIEVEMENTS: Calculated the 2014 Annual Budget rollover and presented the relevant state packs for CCA businesses with annual turnover of almost $5b, of which Australian Non-Alcohol beverages contributed more than 55 percent.  Compiled an in-depth Supply Chain analysis of the global Non-Alcohol Beverage business exceeding total revenue of $2.8b and contributing EBIT of over 66 percent within CCA Group, creating valuable product insight. Experience deploying SQL based Vendware system, Business Objects (BOXi) database and Tableau software to drive financial insights and analytics which were communicated to senior stakeholders in Sales and Marketing.

1 O'Connell Street, Sydney

ACHIEVEMENTS: Business Advisory services accountant in Crowe Horwath Australasia with operating revenues of $394m in 2014 of which Business Services accounted for almost 80 percent of this figure, the fifth largest accounting business in Australasia at the time. Providing professional advisory services to SMEs and high wealth individuals alike.  Lodgement of monthly BAS statements, coordination with the ATO and preparation of individual tax returns in the +$1 million wealth category and US company income tax returns and K-1 tax schedules. Negotiation and communication with the ATO on relevant tax rulings and deferral of lodgement date deadlines to improve key client satisfaction and manage time through prioritisation and autonomy.

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

ACHIEVEMENTS: Creating strategic roadmaps for the Group Strategy & Projects division, utilising Microsoft Visio software to manage key projects for the business with budgets exceeding $1m, including organisational restructures, internal employee feedback surveys, long term IT projects and GL transformations. Management of the Macquarie Finance SharePoint network exceeding headcount of 1000 employees, focus areas included data governance, security/confidentiality and deployment of software training courses/materials.  Execution and analysis of Macquarie’s 2013 As One survey results, tracking internal feedback metrics including employee satisfaction and demographic trends designed to improve organisational performance.

Botany, New South Wales, Australia

RESPONSIBILITIES Assumed responsibilities in a small business at a young age, prepared files for digital output and managed quality control of delivered product for companies like the Seven Network. Specific projects included the confidential scripts for Home and Away which required 100 percent accuracy in maintaining a specific order of coloured sections for a client worth $40k per annum. Compiled work for significant client Vita5 haircare (supplier to hundreds of hairdressers across Australia). Printed and supplied promotional packs for the salons for marketing purposes and assured quality control for consistency and satisfaction for a high value ($25k per annum) client.

Bachelor Of Commerce (Bcom), Accounting And Finance

Activities and Societies: UNSW Co-op Program (Accounting)2014 Graduate of the Australian School of Business, Co-op Scholar.

Bachelor Of Commerce - Exchange Program, Finance, General

Activities and Societies: - Delta Tau Delta Fraternity - Upsilon Chapter - Rowing Club - Outing ClubExchange Program Graduate.