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Stirling, Western Australia, Australia

Perth, Australia

The City of Perth is responsible for providing services to its ratepayers, maintaining over $1.2bn in assets providing facilities to Perth’s residents, workers and visitors and supporting activation in the City.The Head of Finance is responsible for the financial performance of the organisation which has a turnover in excess of $200m. The role manages a finance team of 26 which includes contracts and procurement, payroll, management accounting, accounts payable and receivable.

Perth, Australia

Perth, Australia

Calibre Global is an engineering services and project delivery company. The Rail Division designs and delivers heavy haul rail projects for major mining clients in Australia and overseas. The company is the rail engineer of choice to Pilbara miners including Rio Tinto, BHP and FMG.The role of Services Manager for the Rail division is responsible for the financial performance of the division. It includes involvement throughout the life-cycle of a project, from tender pricing, through contract negotiation to the reporting of project performance

Perth, Australia

The University of Western Australia is one of Australia’s leading Universities and has an annual turnover in excess of $600M. The Facilities Management division of the University is responsible for the management of the physical assets of UWA including the management of building and refurbishment projects.Initially my role was to implement Project Management software to manage and report the Universities Capital Development program. In addition to this I was also made responsible for managing the finances of the divisions 17 business units. In this position I managed a team of 14 people.

Perth, Australia

BECCA Cosmetics is an Australian brand of premium cosmetics. BECCA cosmetics are sold in some of the worlds leading department stores including Bergdorf Goodman, Printemps, Harvey Nichols and Myers as well as through an exclusive BECCA store in London. The Head Office of the company relocated to San Francisco in 2006.As the CFO my principal responsibility was to manage the finances of the company, its UK and US subsidiaries. In addition I oversaw the companies supply chain management, developed the consolidated group 5 year rolling business plan and developing strategies to increase sales.

Perth, Australia

The Heytesbury Group is a group of companies owned by the Holmes à Court Family. The core businesses are the Heytesbury Beef Cattle Stations, the Vasse Felix winery and investments in the John Holland Group. Additionally the group has a substantial Art Collection and Horse Stud.My role was to implement systems, procedures and software to enable automated consolidated reporting of the groups 42 companies

Perth, Australia

Xanadu Wines incorporating Normans and NXG brand was a listed wine producer with production facilities in Margaret River and the Adelaide Hills. The company had a turnover of $12m and exported to Europe, Asia and North America.My role was to improve the flow of data through the integrated production/accounting system and create a cost valuation model to value bulk wine stock

Perth, Australia

CIBC (Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce) purchased Eyres Reed Limited, a full service stockbroker specialising in the resource sector in July 1997. Under CIBC the Investment Banking operations were expanded and augmented with Asset Securitisation and Merchant Banking businesses.My role as Director Finance was to manage the accounting function, reporting to the Australian Board of Directors and management in Toronto and Singapore. The role included monitoring compliance with ASX regulations, monthly management reporting and preparation of the groups annual accounts