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City Beach, Wa, Au

Pannawonica, Western Australia, Australia

Pannawonica, Western Australia, Australia

Provide all Finance services to site including the co-ordination and preparation of the annual plan for Operating and Capital costs; cost month end deliverables for period close; reporting to General Manager, Senior Leadership Team and Joint Venture Partners on costs; partner with and coach cost centre owners to improve management of their costs (including activity based costing, improving business acumen, closing finance knowledge gaps, and aligning to asset/ site strategy).

Perth, Australia

Developed and deployed resource planning tools as part of a global team to support the assignment of the right people to the right work within the Technology Function of BHP. These tools covered a workforce of almost 2,000 people and a portfolio of almost 500 projects. The Resource Management Module of ServiceNow went live in February per the project schedule.Key Achievements:Developed the design principles for the different personas - Delivery Manager, Project Manager and Capability Manager.Created training packs and delivered end user training sessions.Established dashboard reports providing visibility to the leadership team on the availability and utilisation of the workforce.Effectively communicated with global team members to achieve the required deliverables on time.

Perth, Australia

Created reporting Dashboards for the Application Simplification Enterprise Improvement project to track performance against the USD $140M targeted recurring savings on application costs by the end of 2022. For the 2019 financial year USD $21.01M savings achieved against a USD $18M target with the dashboard clearly showing in what areas of the business these savings were realised.Key Achievements:Established the process for capturing key information in different data sets so the integrated dashboard could be efficiently generated from source data.Developed the integrated dashboard to show performance against the key efficiency and effectiveness measures for the project.Improved the dashboard through active engagement with stakeholders so the report was readily available, accurate, reliable and easily understood.Coached others on preparing and presenting information in the dashboard.

Perth, Australia

Provided project management services to the delivery teams for the newly created global Technology function. Managed change in cost management processes from asset level to global requirements. Key Achievements:Led Production Systems through labour capitalisation changes to more accurately and efficiently move labour costs to projects. Labour costs capitalised increased by 67% as a result of new processes, tools and improved reporting.Improved funding models and cost tracking reports to enable project managers to more efficiently and effectively get funding approvals and manage project costs (budgets/ forecasts/ actuals).Enabled cost centre owners to understand SAP postings for internal and external costs to assist with budget/ forecast preparation and analysis of actuals.Coached Delivery Managers/ cost centre owners on using the Global Functions Dashboard deployed by Finance leading to more effective management and reporting of costs.

Perth, Australia

Provided a point of contact for all Western Australia Iron Ore payroll cost queries both internally and externally. Services required preparing both standard and ad-hoc reports with analysis on payroll costs to provide visibility and understanding to the business. Managed the transition of payroll services to the newly established Global Asset Services team in Kuala Lumpur.Key Achievements:Improved the tools and procedures for preparing the monthly payroll tax returns which facilitated more people being able to process the returns (no longer dependent on 1 or 2 individuals to prepare).Standardised and documented payroll reporting procedures and handed over this work to colleagues in Kuala Lumpur.Successfully transitioned payroll accounting services to Kuala Lumpur per the required timelines.

Perth, Australia

Provided support to the business through the lifecycle of capital projects and ensured that all accounting activities were performed in a timely, accurate and efficient manner and in accordance with BHP policies, procedures and standards.Key Achievements:Achieved a USD $7B reduction in the Western Australian Iron Ore Asset Under Construction Balance over 2 years - from a USD $8B balance to USD $1B.Developed new forms and processes to improve end user experience, cut down processing times and reduce the number of touchpoints from initiation to execution.Established routines to ensure capital projects were being capitalised and depreciated in compliance with BHP accounting policies and Accounting Standards.Successfully transitioned Fixed Assets services to the Global Asset Services team in Kuala Lumpur.

Perth, Australia

Provided all Finance services to site including co-ordination and preparation of 5 year plans and 2 year budgets and month end deliverables.Key Achievements:Identified AUD $1M in overcharges from the mining contractor on their monthly claims for FY2013.Participated in the transition of the Yarrie Mine from a contract mine to owner operator. Transition led to an AUD $20 per tonne reduction to operating costs.Supported the transition of site to SAP, including establishing cost centre design and structure.

Perth, Australia

Management of business in trade-on engagements.Prepare client cashflow reports and statements of position for secured creditors.Analyse client financial reports to assist decision on funding arrangements.Report on financial and non-financial information to key stakeholders.Realisation of distressed assets.Maintain client accounting records.Prepare client invoices.Process supplier invoices and payments.Prepare statutory reports for ASIC and the ATO.Consulting services and management support.

Graduate Diploma Of Chartered Accounting, Accounting

Bachelor Of Commerce - Bcom, Accounting And Finance

Western Australian Certificate Of Education