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Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Home care service provider for Aged and Other Australians with over 1,300 staffResponsibilities:• Managing a 13 person team incorporating Financial Accountants (4), Accounts Payable (4), Payroll (2) and Accounts Receivable (3)• Monthly P&L production and commentary• Ensuring government grant revenue for HCP, CHSP and other Aged Care programs of $90M is acquitted, claimed and reconciled• All audited Statutory, Tax and reporting obligationsAchievements:• Recruitment of 7 staff to steady the Finance team after significant turnover and Kincare’s recognition of my management skills with 3 additional staff moving to reporting directly to me• Self training with no handover and picking up and improving incongruous systemsManaging a 13 person team incorporating Financial Accountants (4), Accounts Payable (4), Payroll (2) and Accounts Receivable (3)

Crows Nest, Sydney

Australia’s largest privately owned independent book publisher with revenues of $100MResponsibilities:• Reporting directly to CEO and C-suite responsibility for the Financial, Administration (including HR), Commercial and Operations functions • Finance Lead for analysing and reporting on the organisation’s P&L and Balance Sheet• Providing the solutions to all finance and payroll questions of 130 staff across Australia and New Zealand• Directly managing seven staff and functions of financial and management accounting, operations, payroll, royalties, and accounts payable• Managing the warehouse relationship including ensuring the effectiveness of the supply chain, freight and direct sales processes• Liaison with Auditors and Tax advisers• Member of Company Executive Achievements:• General education of the business to the drivers of costs and the influences on profitability• Leaving the business in a dramatically stronger position as far as controls and procedures• Oversaw cost savings and efficiencies resulting in the ANZ business having record profits and operating margins• Transformation of areas of the finance function from manual workarounds to simple automation• Bringing in a myriad of reporting including Sales, Cost of Sales Analysis, Stock and Cash • Improving Controls to stop wastage, errors around stock processing, a/cs payable, and payroll• Lead in providing all figures required in the sale of Academic Business

Cammeray, Sydney

Australian subsidiary of the 5th biggest book publisher in the world (and CBS TV Network subsidiary) Responsibilities:• Management of the Financial, Distribution and Analytical functions of the business• Financial reporting of Profit and Loss, Balance Sheet and Cash Flow for actuals, forecasting and budgeting on a monthly basis• Contract negotiation across all major contracts of the business: Lease, Printing, and Warehouse.• Overseeing and involvement in the Information Technology, Human Resources (including policies and payroll), Office Management and Legal requirements of the company• Direct support to the CEO in assessing new title deals, business development deals and Client Publishing contracts• Analysis of revenue, customers, pricing and discount structure and support to the Sales Director• Title and imprint profitability analysis• Ensuring the compliance needs of the business with regards to ASIC (including Statutory Accounts) and ATO are fulfilled• Modelling and solution finding for scenarios faced by the business including Sales GAP analysis Achievements:• Increase in Operating Income profitability four fold from 2014 with OI margin increase from 9% to 14%). Overseeing most profitable year in the last 10 years in 2015 • Increase in Market share with six new Client publishers being brought on in the last year to 4.4% from 3.2% in a mature stable market• Providing integral input to CEO with regard to all decisions made in relation to the business and building a culture of commercial understanding across the organization

Sydney

EMI in Australia (NS of $65M), the home of the Beatles and Coldplay, was purchased by Universal Music Group (UMG) in Oct 12.Responsibilities:• Manage BPO relationship for Accounts Payable (up to four staff) and Financial Accounting (up to six staff) with Accenture India as well as two reports• Managing Month End timetable and coordinating Financial Accounting, Business Support and Royalties areas • Review and finalisation of Monthly Profit and Loss (all items included in NDS, GM and EBITDA)• Hyperion submissions, analysis and commentary on results for UK Head Office• Annual budgeting of overheads, payroll, Capex, Cash flow and the Balance Sheet • Cash forecasting and Treasury management and maintaining banking requirements• Responsibility for, and finalisation, of audited A-IFRS Statutory Accounts and accompanying requirements• Liaison with Tax Advisers for Income Tax, FBT and Transfer Pricing (also managed an ATO Comprehensive Risk Review)• Aus. facilitator for the separation work as part of the EMI sale (as Co. Sec and the related accounting work) • Stock reporting – turnover, valuation and calculation of obsolete stock• Ad hoc analysis and projects for the CFO incl. Restructuring , IT analysis, Returns Key Achievements:• Managing through a period of integration involving maintaining the Financial systems, Reporting and meeting the requirements of the Universal Group• Valuation and sale of the EMI Music into the Universal corporate structure• As Company Secretary –separation of two operating companies of the Aus. company and implementing steps to liquidating dormants• Company meeting EBITA and 100% cash conversion for 2011, 2012 and HY2013• Meeting Overheads budgets and reduction in expenses – tax advisors, printing, annual leave, and mobile phones• Move to consignment accounting for key retailer• Progressing to and maintenance of “green” BPO relationships across RTR, PTP

FuturePlus is an industry superannuation fund administrator with 270 staff providing broad services including administration, client service and finance to funds with $8.5B in invested funds.ResponsibilitiesManager incorporating all financial aspects of a stand-alone medium sized commercial reporting entityManager of team of four to six staff. The functions include Management and Financial Accounting, Billing and Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable and Payroll. Recruitment, coaching and training of the staffOverseeing preparation of Statutory Accounts for three companies and two trusts under A-IFRS from 2006 to 2010 ; all representation letter, board signoffs and lodgementsPreparation of Business Plan documents for Board presentation and approvalOverseeing Budget timetable, discussions, comparisons and finalisation Capital Expenditure (including Projects) budgeting and monitoring Drafting of 18 month rolling forecasts and 5 year forecastProduction of bimonthly Board Reports and various Board papers (including dividend proposals, valuations, and related parties)Preparation and review of Income Tax returns (and BAS returns)and taxation matters Reporting and discussion of monthly results with General ManagersMonthly Financial Scorecard reporting to the CEO and CFOLiaising with companies valuers, external and internal auditors and taxation consultantsMonitoring AFS Licence and Responsible Entity requirementsKey Achievements:Presentation of Statutory Reports and Financial Reports to the BoardsImplementation of new Cognos Management Reporting to increase speed and accuracyAutomising of monthly divisional reporting Introduction of management reporting involving payroll, profit and loss forecasting, cash forecasting and Scorecard reporting Claiming of Research and Development accelerated tax deduction of $1.5M on internal developed Software including Aus Ind. submissionLow turnover and progression of staff

Manager for Accounts Payable team (five) and Cash Management team (two)Overseeing Month End AccountingCommentary on monthly results to US parent companyKey Achievement:Covering the Finance Manager position in the media industry using a new SAP system whilst managing a challenging team

Understanding and development of a Route Profitability Model providing the basis for an airline's reporting, network formulation and strategic decisions Support for Route Profitability Model for Aspirion clientsPreparation of files to present to prospective clientsAssignment: Jetstar Asia Corporate Data Warehouse Project (in Singapore for 3 months)Overseeing SQL programmer in setting up a Sequel database to provide Airline essential information on Travel Agency amounts due, and development of Bookings by source, Revenue, Performance and Flight Operating statistics reportsAssisting Data Warehouse project scoping, planning, and implementationTesting and Improving reservation system and providing instruction on accounting treatment of revenueKey Achievements:Involved in launch of Jetstar Asia (Qantas's low cost carrier) providing support on revenue and accounting servicesUnderstanding of complex Excel model producing management information essential to choosing routes and understanding profitability

Part of the initial project team involved in the setting up the airline Involved in decisions in processes and controls in revenue and collection processSole Management for the setup of the airline's Revenue Accounting systemDrafting of manual for Revenue Accounting including processes for transactions Testing, identification and solving of problems in the "teething" period of new Open Skies reservation system and Minisoft reporting systemEnsuring revenue systems compliant with Audit requirements and Qantas standardsDesigning Templates for Month End and Year End Reporting of Revenue, Unearned Revenue and reconciliationReporting on monthly and year end revenue figures within strict 2 day deadline Ensuring accurate reporting of intracompany transactions including blockspace, frequent flyer, cancellations and forward bookingsDiscussions and assisting with Qantas to ensure reporting in line with Parent company requirementsEnsuring bank specifications regarding EFT files met so as to be able to process and collect all cash and credit card transactions Key Achievements:Integral to team to launch the first profitable major airline owned low cost airline in the worldLiaison with all stakeholder including Revenue team, Qantas head office, and IT to ensure controls on booking and revenue collection occurred from launch daySetting up and configuration of the airline booking and cash collection systemProduction of first revenue collection management reports to the CFO subsequent to launch

2IC to Group Financial ControllerDirectly manage Financial Accounting (5 staff), Accounts Payable (8) and Revenue Team (4) and department functionsCoordinating Month End reporting for two airline companies and five SPVsOverseeing standard costing on routes/Direct operating costs, balance sheet reconciliations, intercompany reconciliations, cross charging, foreign currency calculations, payroll entries, Airline Departure Tax Returns, CAA and government statistics, models accruing for major costs including insurance, fuel and maintenance Preparation and assistance for Half Year Audit and LSX figures releaseReconciliation of migrated data from redundant system Navision to CODADirectly managing the accounting for European subsidiaries Preparing Statutory Accounts and liaison with Group's Auditors Accounts and analysis for Monthly Management Reports for Board MeetingsDevelopment of Cognos Business Intelligence Reporting Systems Providing and implementing general accounting policies and bases for revenues through Service Level Agreements, Occupancy Agreements, Feasibility study and Incubation FeesLiaison with external tax consultants regarding most effective group structureImplementation of Coda Financials 7.1 Accounting System

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Business Administration; Nsw

Aca, Accountancy

Bachelor Of Commerce