Christopher Yiu Email & Phone Number

Melbourne

Melbourne

Christopher provided key financial and commercial support to the Asset & Infrastructure Service (AIS) division within Pacific National. Some of his key achievements from his work at Pacific National include:- Preparation of the fleet cascading and optimisation model for Pacific National's fleet of 550+ locomotives and 12,000+ wagons. This model was critical factor in driving fleet availability and reliability, and end-of-life replacement analysis.- Provision of key financial advice on several procurement activities, ranging from cash flow analysis through to application of accounting standards. During his tenure, Christopher's analysis of the company's leased fleet arrangement led to significant savings and a standardisation of safety technology across the business.

Victoria, Australia

Consulted to both public and private sector clients in the transport and infrastructure industry to identify core issues and compelling insights.• Led the research and analysis and contributed to the write-up of a successful business case for a multi-million dollar rail project.• Successfully undertook competitive pricing analysis for a Victorian port relative to local and national competitors, enabling pricing models to be determined.• Developed the cost model and financial bid template as part of a large scale transport re-tendering project.

Victoria, Australia

Financial and analytical skills developed through the offering of an ’in-house’ consulting service to other Government departments including the Department of Justice and the State Services Authority.• Developed an activity-based cost model for the Working with Children Check program for the Department of Justice that enabled individual cost drivers to be identified and significant variances analysed. Follow-up analysis on the program was performed at the request of the State Services Authority as part of an options analysis recommendation report.• Researched price escalation factors using industry data in order to determine the appropriate escalation rate to be used in State Budget transport submissions.• Undertook variance analysis on yearly budgets for Metro Trains Melbourne as part of the internal audit process • Successfully engaged and managed key stakeholders within the Department in order to provide a co-ordinated submission to the Budget Estimates and Review Committee (BERC) for the State Budget along with other Parliamentary Committee requests.

Cpa Professional Level Program

Units completed: - Ethics & Governance - Strategic Management Accounting - Financial Reporting - Advanced Taxation - Financial Risk.

Bachelor’S Degree, Bachelor Of Commerce (Accounting And Finance)