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Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

As an experienced business professional, providing high level strategic advice and enabling innovation to deliver business excellence and commercial outcomes that align with Stadiums Queensland Vision and strategic priorities.

Brisbane, Australia

As an experienced finance professional, I am now utilising my skills within the client advisory Division at Queensland Treasury Corporation. I have over 12 years strategic and operational executive finance experience managing finance functions, budgets, regulatory, governance and compliance, incorporating management of strategic business critical risks and outsourced services. In my current role, I provide specialist advice to a range of Queensland Government Departments, Local Councils and GOCs. I also work with, support and provide specialist advice for the Whole of State team on priority issues. Whole of State issues include those that (1) have a material impact across the State's balance sheet/fiscal outlook and which impact on a number of, or occasionally all, State agencies; (2) are major projects or policy issues which, while in the province of an individual agency or small number of agencies, are sufficiently material to impact at a whole of State level; or (3) represent complex policy issues requiring novel solutions which are potentially scalable across Government.

Brisbane, Australia

As an experienced finance professional, I am now utilising my skills within the advisory practice at EY. I have over 12 years strategic and operational executive finance experience managing finance functions, budgets, regulatory, governance and compliance, incorporating management of strategic business critical risks and outsourced services. I have led engagements within the Education, Government and Health portfolios utilising my industry experience and I work closely with senior management to deliver value adding and performance improving functions incorporating risk based approach to deliver outcomes, provide insight and build capability..

Brisbane

As Finance Manager, I’m committed to collaborative leadership and innovation that leverage from organisational capability, human capital, technology, outsourcing and industry networks to deliver strategic financial models, governance, compliance, and sustainable performance improvement. I meet finance challenges head-on to deliver financial management that delivers the best return on investment from budgets and improved profitability for the organisation, its partners and stakeholders. Reporting to the CFO, my key achievements to date have been the development, implementation and execution of a Greenfield finance function, including governance, risk, audit and reporting frameworks, incorporating finance, procurement, reporting (BI tools) that have exceeded the regulatory obligations. Through effective collaboration and management of the finance team, outsourced service providers and SLA’s, I’ve delivered financial planning, advice, and operational services that have seamlessly built and executed this Greenfield national finance function from the ground up. Incorporating delivery of: management accounting; financial, statutory and Board reporting; auditing of financial statements; development of annual budgets; and defining and monitoring performance metrics I’ve successfully delivered strategic finance, advice, services, reporting and statutory compliance that support the CFO, CEO, Board and organisations strategic objectives and operational plans.

Leveraging from my finance, health industry and consultative change leadership expertise, I successfully led the delivery of key strategic planning and governance framework development that achieved operational excellence, core business growth, improved market share and profitability. Drawing on my core finance leadership capabilities, deep health industry expertise, and project management skills I successfully developed and executed the central Adelaide Local Health Network revenue optimisation program that leveraged sustainable growth and improved performance. Amongst my key achievements within this professional services consultancy role were the: design and implementation of a risk management framework that incorporated gap analysis and capability assessments; and the establishment, seamless program management, and transition that integrated the revenue optimisation steering committee into the established project management framework. This achieved targeted revenue stream diversification and growth of $3M that exceeded targets.

Queensland, Australia

Managing a high-performing finance team of 22, I led delivery of strategic financial leadership, planning, advice, transactional services and business management support that included execution of the allocation and effective management of a $550M p.a. budget aligned to QLD Health’s strategic objectives and operational priorities. Collaborating with the Finance team, the executive and complex geographically dispersed cross-functional stakeholders I mentored the team to deliver effective budget and performance analysis, monitoring, implementation of best practice corrective action, and reporting that ensured governance and compliance and mitigated state-wide business risks. Amongst my key achievements were the implementation of financial strategy, a key contribution to financial policies, procedures, and implementation of compliance, systems, service models, financial performance, and oversight of the 2010 annual budget and planning program that ensured clear service delivery objectives. Utilising expertise with BI reporting tools I was able to strategically analyse fee for service models against service level agreements (SLA’s) to identify and deliver improved service models, cost recovery strategies, and BPI opportunities that achieved 30% efficiency gains and cost savings of $6M.

Queensland, Australia

I view finance risks and organisational performance issues as opportunities. Understanding the value of human capital, best practice corporate governance and technology in leveraging the best from an organisation, I’m driven to leverage the best return on investment from all resources. As Director, leading an inter-disciplinary team of 30 I delivered the strategic and operational business objectives of the Division including the mandate to implement internal business rules that achieved business critical performance and compliance improvement across the Division and organisation. With oversight of the 2010 annual budget and planning program I implementation clear service delivery business rules, and initiated enterprise BPI to improve governance and compliance. Key contributions within this role (prior to accepting a promotional opportunity) included effective definition and implementation of the division’s integrated planning framework that achieved a reduction in operational effort, improved productivity, and seamless delivery of strategic and operational services.

Queensland, Australia

Integral to the executive team, as a portfolio management specialist reporting to the CFO, I managed a complex portfolio of internal clients geographically and functionally dispersed across Districts and Corporate Divisions. With the mandate to deliver financial leadership, statutory compliance, strategic state budget advice/ forecasts, analysis, budget and reporting, I achieved business critical implementation of enterprise strategy, service delivery evaluation, and priority setting. Contributing to key executive level departmental strategy, planning and priorities, I successfully evaluated departmental service delivery performance, and identified opportunities for business process improvement (BPI), change and innovation. Relying on my change leadership skills, and leveraging from the business value of technology I resolved budget risks, identified opportunities for performance improvement, reported performance on key initiatives and funded priorities that leveraged the best ROI from budgets. Concurrently as Financial Consultant and subject matter expert I conducted the independent audit of Cairns Health Service District budgets position, cost drivers, forecasts, and developed an effective action plan that improved their financial management, performance, and compliance, and mitigated QLD Health’s risks.

Queensland, Australia

With the mandate to oversee delivery of effective performance analysis, reporting, and business improvement advice and services I managed a specialist team that defined, implemented and monitored enterprise balanced scorecard key performance indicators (KPI’s) and performance reporting. I’m driven to meet finance, risk and performance challenges head on. Key to my success within this role was the effective management of the enterprise performance reporting function. Through coordinated delivery of high-level analysis and robust performance reports, timely and accurate evaluation against core KPI’s was the catalyst for identification of opportunities for BPI, and the subsequent achievement of significant process and performance improvement cost efficiencies. Leveraging from a consultative and empowering professional style I collaborated with geographically dispersed stakeholders to coordinate and deliver bi-annual District health Service reviews, and oversight of the Resource Executive Committee and Finance Sub-Committee as the catalyst for achieving key commercial imperatives of the organisation. Relying upon executive communication skills and finance expertise I collaborated broadly and managed the objective evaluation of significant submissions, and delivery of key commercial advice. Timely delivery of robust, evidence based funding submissions and briefing notes to Treasury expedited approvals, and subsequently enabled the achievement of BPI, and the mitigation of financial/ budget risks, compliance and performance issues.

Queensland, Australia

As Principal Finance Officer with the mandate to oversee the review, advice and delivery of divisional, regional and business unit cost estimates, Enterprise Bargaining estimates, and executive finance due diligence, I successfully collaborated with complex geographically dispersed stakeholders to deliver budget and business case estimates and commercial due diligence documents that included: Ministerials, Cabinet Submissions, State Budget Financial Statements, Briefing Notes; and budget/ costing reviews that underpinned business decisions and resolved risks.Relying on my executive communication skills, core finance expertise, and deep understanding of Treasury and DPC, key to my success within this role was the implementation and use of BI analysis and reporting tools, ERP and HRIS systems. Utilising these systems and my industry expertise to evidence commercial advice and decisions, I leverage from these systems and tools to enable timely and accurate performance, financial and project analysis and reporting for: budget and financial risks; workforce planning/ establishment estimates; payroll; and the executive/ management. Understanding the business value of technology, and corporate governance requirements, I was able to leverage timely Tridata updates in relation to the QLD Health budget through Adjustment Tracking Module (ATM) that ensured identification, escalation and resolution of financial risks.

Queensland, Australia

As acting Senior Finance Officer I formulated and delivered divisional, regional and business unit cost estimates and support to Business Managers, including review of cost estimates associated with business cases and change initiatives. Leveraging from my commercial acuity and due diligence capabilities I reviewed, analysed and delivered CAPEX/ OPEX business case submission advice that achieved identification and resolution of financial risks, compliant approvals within informed risk, and the best ROI from budget funds.Key to my achievements within this role were leveraging from BI tools and financial/ non-financial reporting expertise to implement a new governance reporting template, and financial and workforce data analysis that underpinned: budget forecasting; strategic advice; discussion papers; briefs; forecasts; and business cases that achieved executive decisions within informed risk.

Queensland, Australia

Leading small specialist finance teams to deliver finance and operational services across clinical specialities (and 30 sub-specialties) I effectively managed budgets from $15M - $70M during job rotations across HR, Payroll, Inventory & Logistics, Finance, and key clinical units. Successfully completing my job rotations built deep finance expertise that as Business Manager for Internal Medicine Services and the Medical Imaging Department achieved effective financial control and management of $70M and $25M budgets respectively. Utilising financial leadership and mentoring skills I also led the Renal Medicine finance team in the management of the strategic and operational business requirements of the Renal Outpatient Clinic/s, including the effective management of the $15M annual budget. Leveraging from core technical skills developed in SAP/ FAMMIS; Business Intelligence (BI) reporting tools; Microsoft Excel; research and data/ financial analysis, governance, risk and compliance practices, and inventory/ logistics, I was able to strengthen my finance, governance, compliance and risk capability and deliver best practice finance/ budget and team leadership, coupled with compliant statutory and management reporting.

Chartered Accountant (Ca) Program

Qualified and Full Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants

Graduate Diploma, Health Management

Bachelor Of Business (Commerce), Accounting