Cris is a senior commercially minded, hands on finance professional with ten plus years experience partnering with senior business leaders to influence and execute strategic initiatives.With a passion for combining business acumen with soft skills, Cris has a proven track record for building high performance finance teams which influence positive commercial outcomes.Cris is able to demonstrate the following expertise:• Strategy development, formulating and executing budgets / forecasts, measuring and influencing financial results• Provide accurate analytical and financial information for the purpose of driving profitability, cash flow and improving key business metrics• Implement critical business systems• Attract, coach, mentor and develop finance team members• Influence cross functional change culture of continual process and productivity improvement• Mitigate risk, strengthen business controls and corporate governance environment• Instrumental in leading organisations through transformation restructureTechnical and soft skills have been acquired by Cris across a number of industries including: construction equipment manufacturing, surface coatings manufacturing, food and beverage packaging solutions company, mining industry, aged care and not for profit.Specialties: Finance and commercial leadership, influential change agent, systems implementation, business improvement, team development, soft skills (Presentation, Communication, Influencing).