Brooke Pearson Email & Phone Number

Australia

Melbourne

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Melbourne, Australia

Key achievements- Implementation of strategic price increase to improve customer profitability to10% PBT.- Redesign of budget process, implementation & management - Project management of financial system review and implementation, designed to streamline current finance functions and provide management and board reports in a more timely and accurate manner

Melbourne, Australia

Key responsibilities- Management of the organisations IT team and key operational systems, including oversight on the development of a customer portal - Management of all administration functions including a team based in the Philippines. Integration of customer service, sales administration & major accounts administration into a single shared service team

Melbourne, Australia

Reporting to the Chief Finance Officer (CFO), I am responsible for the management of the budget, providing financial analysis and reporting for the division. Providing high level advice where needed, support the CFO and lead a small team, ensuring compliance with financial standards and relevant legislation. In my role I am required to work effectively with a broad range of internal and external stakeholders, to deliver on relevant legislative requirements. As a leader in the Corporate Services division I am responsible for people development and demonstrating values and a culture that aligns with CPVV.

As acting CFO/Director Corporate Services I provided leadership to the finance, ICT, procurement, risk management and workplace services and records teams in the Corporate Services Division. I provided strategic recommendations to the Board CEO and members of the Executive Management Team, and acted as secretariat to our Audit and Risk Management Committee.

Australia

8 years experience in providing accounting, taxation and advisory services to numerous organisations, including 4 years working at KPMG.Manager in KPMG’s Enterprise practice in Melbourne specialisings in the provision of accounting, tax and advisory services for family owned and medium-sized businesses specialising in a diverse range of industries, in particular real estate and property development. Extensive accounting experience including preparing and reviewing special purpose accounts, preparing and reviewing income tax returns, tax provision calculations including deferred taxes and providing tax advice.Recently completed a 3 month assignment to KPMG Global Services’ office in Bangalore, India, where I was responsible for managing a team of 25 local staff in the office’s Australian team. This role included training staff in Australian accounting and taxation compliance, implementing future process efficiencies, assisting the local management teams with the day-to-day operations of the team, and reviewing financial statement and income tax return compliance engagements for onshore return. A key part of this role was acting as the central liaison point between KPMG Australia and KPMG Global Services in India. The role is crucial in the development of the relationship between the two entities and allowed me to act as Business Unit Head for the local team members allocated to providing accounting and taxation services to Australia at KPMG Global Services. My specialties include - tax and accounting - property - preparation of financial statements - family groups

Education record

Bachelor Of Business And Commerce, Accounting & Business Law

Bachelor Of Business And Commerce, Accounting And Business Law