Key Accountabilities: Provide timely analysis and insights (regular and ad-hoc) to drive commercial decision making and improve store performance, including:- Identifying trends, exceptions and relationships to identify the location and drivers of good and bad performance. Building daily trackers - Conveying performance results to finance and non-finance stakeholders through the use of compelling PowerPoint-based charts and graphics in order to educate, inform and hold to account- Developing and applying analytical tools and methodologies- Conducting deep dive analytics into particular focus areas to identify opportunities and risks or advise on actions- Working across multiple data systems to synthesise large amounts of ambiguous or contradicting data- Building clear, concise data models in order to analyse complex data setsProviding business partnering support to operation stakeholders (NSW State GM, 12 regional managers and 3 functional managers) in commercial reviews, monthly/quarterly/annual budgeting and projection reviews, P&L Analysis and enquires. Coaching store managers the financial impacts on daily operation process. Being the bridge between state operations and central finance team in communicating, implementing and delivering finance KPIs and initiatives. Managing the expectation from operation directors and central finance.

Mybic is a start-up company who provides the foundation for the functionalities of the platform to small businesses. Mybic core finance module provides easy-to-use web based system to keep tracks on daily operational transactions for small businesses in different languages. Key Accountabilities: Intensively involved in the design, testing and implementing processes of Mybic-Core finance module. Setting up operation team in Australia and overseas. Responsibility for administrative management of the company. Full responsibility for finance operations, including monthly/quarterly/yearly reporting, planning and budgeting, government grant and ATO related affairs. Since July 2017, commenced the process of commercialisation of project iGoPaw, which is an open data repository of international consumer products on products detailed description, brands and brand owners, as well as rating and reviews by consumers on them. Full responsibility of operation iGoPaw, venture capital funding preparation and managed a team of 5 overseas.

Key Accountabilities: - Managed over AUD 50 million overhead budget and over AUD 2 million CAPEX for IT department across Australasia ( 6 markets )- Provided financial reporting and presenting the analysis and finance updates to regional and global IT and Finance executive management teams including Head of IT Australasia, Financial Controller Australasia and Regional (ASPAC) and Global IT Finance Business Partner. - As the key finance contact, responsible for enquiries from regional/global IT management team or finance team. Managing Australasia IT financial performance align with area and regional budget control at overall level. - Monitored overall IT operation process and placing internal controls to improve the process efficiency. Provided required information in IT internal auditing process and external auditing process (PWC) - Participated in company-wide projects and provided the knowledge in gap analysis and project process designing, such as overall system updates. Achievements:- Managed the overall actual IT overheads within in budget and delivered AUD 3 million savings in 2013. - Implemented several process improvement projects to streamline and correct the good receipt process. - Solved the long existing reporting issues between Australasia IT team and Regional IT team due to lack and delay of communications. Set up reporting templates to reconcile different reporting systems and ensure the financial data accuracy. - Successfully implemented the transition process of the IT self service operation model including undertaking gap analysis, process planning and delivering trainings to key business stakeholders.

Key Accountabilities: Fin Stat Accounting -Prepared annual Fin Stats for Australasia group and NZ-Responsible for Balance sheet recon at company level&organised balance sheet review with Financial Controller and Finance Director. -Worked closely with FC and Area Reporting Manager in int and ext auditing period to ensure effective controls in place. -Managed mth end, rolling budgeting and company planning process with Shared Service Teams overseas. Led 3 shared service team members and regularly coached them in operational efficiency improvement. System Accounting-Ensured data in reporting systems ( BW/BI/HFM) were accurately reconciled with SAP.-Controlled mth end and yr end system process inc open/close subledgers, GL and recon between SAP and reporting systems. -Maintained chart of accounts structure and cost center, IOs and WBS master data. -On behalf of Fin team, provided advice and support on integration points in primary business process for implementation of system related projects. -Liaison with IT helpdesk team located overseas for the system issues raised by business users. Provided 1st level system support to SAP users.Achievements -Successfully reduced reporting time frame by 1 day -Initiated the first ever visit to the shared service team in Malaysia resulted in better communication and improved month end efficiency. -Redesigned the system settings in SAP to maintain effective control of the GL&deliver accurate mth end reporting. -Built up the mth end and budgeting process and identified the areas with potential risks. The flow chart&cheat sheets have been widely used by project teams & in new starters training sessions ever since. -Created mth end tracker and benchmark reports to review shared service teams’ performance on a monthly basis. -Participated in the global organisational restructure project and provided business advice on behalf of the finance team. -Granted Gold Award in 2012 for the efficiency improvement implemented.

Key Accountabilities: -Prepared regular and ad hoc cash flow reporting and analysis to finance management team and ensured the forecast accuracy of Operating Cash Flow (OCF) and balance sheet accounts. -Coordinated the budgeting process with all finance functions including setting up a timetable to meet regional reporting deadlines, organising scenario analysis meetings with function managers and reconciling data from functions with sensitivities raised. -Reconciliation of cash flow between SAP and Business Warehouse (BW). -Reporting balance sheet and cash flow in Hyperion (HFM)with commentaries to region and global headquarters. Achievements -Achieved 99.6% accuracy in cash flow actual vs. forecast in 2009.-Lead the implementation of a new planning system - Cognos BPS for Australia and New Zealand. Created manuals for Cognos BPS Planning administration process. -Improved OCF and dividend calculation templates for Australia and New Zealand. -Built SAP vs. HFM reconciliation mapping tables for balance sheet and P&L which have been used in each budgeting process and been provided to PWC auditors for quarter end and year end auditing.

Key Accountabilities -Prepared regular and ad-hoc reports and dashboard analysis for operation managers and regional operation finance. -Managed operation cost centres and ensured overhead expenditure was aligned with budget. Discuss monthly cost performance with all cost centre managers and identified corrective actions for all issues.-Developed the long term cost forecasts with the cost centre managers for the planning process of the company.-Supported the effective management of Capital Expenditure for the Operations function by tracking the actual against the budget spend, assisting in the design of KPIs, and provided advice and feedback information-Built stakeholder relationship with operation managers, influencing their decision making in overhead management and promoting cost savings for each cost centre. Achievements -Solved long existing reconciliation issues of facility management cost centre by analysing over 5 years of transactions. -Designed operation overtime tracker by using VBA to reconcile the records from HR.

Key Accountablities: -Set up and redesigned 80% of management reports and business models for Asia Pacific Region which were used to negotiate and manage Supplier Agreements (relationships) and pricing process. -Prepared regular and ad hoc reports and scorecard analysis for management decision making. Analyzed high yield products and suppliers based on the performance. Consolidated 21 airline suppliers, 20 hotel suppliers and 2 car rental suppliers performance into one set monthly management report for director of supplier management and COO Asia Pacific.-Undertook research, financial modeling and other business cases to identify financial trends and issues.-Created pricing models based on cost and budgeted markup when account managers rebid new contracts. Created the supplier commission reporting templates and guide which were utilised in 9 wholly owned braches in APAC countries to standardise their reporting processes.-As the key contact person between Asia Pacific countries and global headquarters in US, consolidated and monitored local data from AsPac countries to Global data warehouse in Europe. -Worked closely with operation and coordinating with suppliers to implement incentive projects.