Brian E. Email & Phone Number

Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand

Managing finances, procurement, of Canterbury Regional Council.

Wellington & Wairarapa, New Zealand

Member of the senior leadership team and manager of Finance, HR, Internal Audit, Facilities, and Communications for a key Crown owned company. EPL pays 100,000 school staff every fortnight as one of the biggest payrolls in the southern hemisphere, and is going through an extended period of major change as new technologies are developed and introduced, and legacy systems replaced. Utilising my many skills to sustain the business through significant change with limited resources. Due to a company restructure in August 2021 I am now available for new opportunities.

Wellington & Wairarapa, New Zealand

1 Sustained a group of Crown Entities through a time of change.2 Developed several customer facing systems that enhanced the organisations standing with external stakeholders. 3 Supported the introduction of new service lines with new financial systems that enabled the charging time costs to new customers. 4 Supporting the Executive and Board with strategic level financial advice that supported the strategic and annual plans. 5. Process redesign using the Vanguard method that enabled the streamlining of administrative processes.6. Undertaking a fee review with stakeholders, modelling outcomes and supporting customer fee negotiations that enabled the expansion of organisation capability and sustained financial position.8. Upgrade and develop financial systems to support improved business decision making in a time of change and crisis.Got some big kicks from automation of financial processes that actually work!! Also a review of our revenue streams and yes managed to bring performance in ahead of budget 4 years in a row.

Wellington & Wairarapa, New Zealand

I didn't get long to work with this one (Position Disestablished), but I am very proud of my ability to keep a good team together during an incredibly difficult period of change. No-one was lost overboard. Finances in good shape, staff still onboard, mission complete!

Wellington & Wairarapa, New Zealand

1. Managed the investment process for a company takeover and achieved integration of the new subsidiary within the 100 day time frame agreed with the VTNZ Board, minimising the cost of the takeover and enhancing VTNZ’s reputation as effective growth managers.2. Introduced innovative cloud based customer facing financial systems that improved customer service, VTNZ’s reputation for being easy to deal with, and reduced back-office processing costs by $100k p.a.A great business that I loved working on. The nice thing was the extraordinary number of interesting things they felt they could trust me with, from mergers, to process redesign, to systems implementations. When I left the CEO thanked me for what I had done for the company, nice.

Various

Doctor Of Philosophy - Phd, Business, Management, Marketing, And Related Support Services, Phd

A business focussed research degree. The research topic: Identifying the Benefits of E-commerce. An analysis by multiple characteristics.

Master Of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Business Administration And Management, General, Distinction

MBA

Bachelor Of Commerce (B.Com.), Accounting, A

B. Comm

High School