Daniel Sauer Email & Phone Number

Chatswood, New South Wales, Australia

Key Duties• Finance and Accounting Consulting – assist with the implementation of the accounting and finance functions within Ebix Broking Systems.• Support – resolve accounting and finance issues as they are reported by clients.• General Consulting – provide consulting services and configuration assistance to Ebix clients to optimise the use of Ebix software solutions.• Training – develop and conduct training courses for Ebix clients.• Testing – assist in quality assurance of new software releases and client sponsored enhancements. • Product Improvement – provide feedback for improvements to existing applications, systems and operations. • Documentation of technical reference material into Ebix Knowledge base system.Key Achievements• Reconciled key customer financials and made appropriate data corrections to help the customers gain confidence in the Ebix product

Key Duties• Modelling and Analysis using ORACLE BI (Business Intelligence) tool• Modelling impact of new Product, Marketing and Promotional ideas• Modelling financial impact of various solutions for new System implementation• Reporting and commentaries on current Promotion and Sales data• Reporting and tracking of data for larger project CAPEX items• Assist in managing AR team in shared service centre (Kuala Lumpur)• Assist with Tax returns, STAT Accounts and Audits• Complete Knowledge Transfer of above to Malaysian team• Be a key knowledge holder of finance function and ORACLE EBSKey Achievements• Trained non-finance staff in use of BI tools• Develop new methods of Data Analysis for marketing from new system• Reconciled and resolved problem AR accounts• Testing of new systems and creation / validation of conversion data

Bateau Bay Square, Bateau Bay

Small business with business partner; New concept Barber-Yoga-Coffee-Skate-Streetwear shop; my contributions were.• Concept and concept presentation• Involved with all aspects of starting new business from design to fit out• Retail customer service, sales and barista• Implemented all Software and procedures including integration XERO, VEND, Timely and Shopify• All Accounting and Payroll requirements• All buying/ordering and planning• Negotiating with supply chains• Marketing and social media content• All Safety OH&S and Food Safety requirements• Mopping floors, sweeping hair and cleaning toilets

Various Accounting roles mainly contracting at;Amway - 2013Alfa Laval - 2012Penrith Panthers - 2011Caltex Energy - 2010CSC Australia Ltd - 2002JDS Uniphase - 2001Plus Austar Entertainment, TCN Channel Nine, Digital Equipment Corp, KFC, BT Australia, Pace Egg Farms, Berrivale Orchards, State Street, Ord Minnet Ltd, Thomas Cook Travel and others. 1983 - 2001

A major Print Solution Provider providing all services from design and print to storage and distribution. Customers included several $10m+ contracts Key Duties• Sales and Cost of Sales Analysis and Reporting to Gross Margin• Management of complex Inventory and Logistics reconciliations and Invoicing• Inventory Management and Stock Taking• WIP, Cost Allocations, Rebates and Accruals• Supervise and Train accounting team• Super-User and heavily involved with all aspects of PRISM including Report Writing (PRISM is a Print Industry ERP based on an ORACLE platform)• Work with Finance Manager on Financial Modelling, Budgeting, all Month End functions including System rollovers and Audit preparation• Communicated the finance team’s needs to the IT team and work closely with them to achieve outcomes as well as developing my own solutions (some of my time at Bluestar was a 50/50 split between IT and Finance)• Helped front end Sales and Warehouse staff with system issues and ad-hoc customer and internal reporting • Continued process refinement for growing needs of finance team