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Melbourne, VIC, AU

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

• Laid foundations for a new Governance function in a newly created national role. Led a small team defining business rules, monitoring compliance and driving consistent performance measurement.
• Collaborating with stakeholders, business rules – especially around customer ownership and revenue attribution - were refined to resolve grey areas and reduce sales team noise.
• Drove consistent performance measurement at team and individual level via the use of centralised national dashboards.… Show more Laid foundations for a new Governance function in a newly created national role. Led a.
• Drove consistent performance measurement at team and individual level via the use of centralised national dashboards. An ancillary benefit was an approx. 50% reduction in manual rework for rewards program staff.
• Streamlined the customer segmentation and portfolio creation process, then supervised its ongoing maintenance. Improved accuracy, timeliness and communication of customer changes were achieved for hundreds of requests.
• Liaised with the National Reporting & Analytics Team to ensure business rules for key revenue producing teams were accurately reflected in standard commercial reporting.

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

• Worked with Operational and Business Improvement specialists to implement new structures, segment customer bases and optimise the commercial side of the business.
• Led a Revenue Reporting workstream through a National Transformation - a major project fast-tracked for July 2019 launch - involving substantial cross-functional interaction & cooperation. Segmentation-driven changes.
• Led a Revenue Reporting workstream through a National Transformation - a major project fast-tracked for July 2019 launch - involving substantial cross-functional interaction & cooperation. Segmentation-driven changes.
• Headed the Operations and Revenue Reporting change streams for Regional restructures in Hobart, Geelong and Darwin, and acted as a subject matter expert for Regional sites more generally. Smooth launches were recorded.
• Advocated for change, providing clear and consistent messaging to teams across the country.
• Drafted & distributed change communication pieces & FAQs to guide affected teams through their transformation programme, including daily impact updates during Go Live periods. Additionally, conducted presentations to.

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

• Managed a team of seven Business and Operations Analysts supporting three separate divisions. I was invited to step into the role following a problematic restructure to stabilise and build the team.
• Business partnered with three General Managers, their teams and other key stakeholders within the Victorian division.
• Managed the delivery of revenue data, commercial and non-financial analytics for effective decision making and KPI tracking.
• Provided state leadership for the… Show more Managed a team of seven Business and Operations Analysts supporting three separate divisions. I was invited to step into the role following a problematic restructure to.
• Provided state leadership for the incentive program, including revenue target setting and performance measurement.
• Oversaw a broad range of team outputs including customer portfolio management, CRM system advocacy & management (Salesforce), advertising booking system administration, pricing control, contract management, audit.

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

• Within a newly-restructured Finance Department, I was the primary Finance Business Partner for three Victorian Editorial teams, collaborating with the State Editorial Director, Managing Editor, Masthead Editors and.
• Crafted annual budgets, monitored financial performance, maintained accounting disciplines & protocols and enabled key Editorial expenditure strategies to be actioned.
• Demonstrated intimate knowledge of the Editorial function as well as the ability to… Show more Within a newly-restructured Finance Department, I was the primary Finance Business Partner for three Victorian Editorial.
• Demonstrated intimate knowledge of the Editorial function as well as the ability to collaborate & communicate effectively with a team of highly skilled people in a pressure-cooker environment.
• Covered all ledger-related journals, reconciliations and variance analyses associated with month & quarter-end accounting closures.
• Forecast short to medium-term expenditure requirements across the largest department in the division, with an approx. $70m p.a. total cost base incorporating approx. $50m p.a. in staff costs. Micro-managed staffing and.

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

• This role was similar to the Finance Business Analyst: Editorial position above.
• In addition to the responsibilities attached to the Finance Business Analyst: Editorial position, greater Human Resource involvement was attached to the role, including being the link between Editorial and Human.
• Managed costs to meet successive annual real-term budget cuts mandated by Group… Show more This role was similar to the Finance Business Analyst: Editorial position above.
• Managed costs to meet successive annual real-term budget cuts mandated by Group of 3% and 5%, by collaborating with Editorial leadership and conducting root-and-twig cost driver analysis.
• Monitored redundancy program progress and projected forward cost savings. Show less

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

• This role was similar to the Editorial Business Manager position above, but with fewer responsibilities associated with Human Resource and operational matters.
• Included responsibility as finance business partner to the growing Digital area over 2010-2011.

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

• Finance partner to three smaller product teams and the department responsible for maximising newspaper sales & managing paper sales channels.
• Key partner to HWT’s Custom Publishing Division for all financial functions, in particular product costing, annual budgeting and forecasting processes, cost management, variance analysis, columnist monitoring, revenue.
• Key partner to HWT’s Custom Publishing Division for all financial functions, in particular product costing, annual budgeting and forecasting processes, cost management, variance analysis, columnist monitoring, revenue.
• Collaborated with the Publisher of HWT’s In Paper Magazines division (as per the Custom Publishing role) to assess the viability of proposed magazines, achieving an acceptable ROI on the published products..
• Responsible for all Circulation Department financial accounting & analysis needs. Produced newspaper sales forecasts and budgets for multiple mastheads averaging >500k daily sales, conducted pricing & contribution.
• Part of the Project Team that transitioned HWT to the Business Objects BI tool and new advertising operational platforms from older legacy systems. Show less

Cairns, Queensland, Australia

• Reporting to the General Manager, carried responsibility for all Finance operations including Management Reporting, Budgeting & Forecasting, Payables, Receivables, Analysis and Compliance.
• Presented two Divisional budgets to the Australian Executive Management team in Sydney.
• Managed a team of 13 people within the Finance Department performing all financial duties.
• Average divisional profit growth of 8% p.a. during my time as Finance Manager.
• Responsible for weekly… Show more Reporting to the General Manager, carried responsibility for all Finance operations including Management Reporting, Budgeting & Forecasting, Payables, Receivables, Analysis and.
• Responsible for weekly performance & forecast analysis and executive commentary.

Cairns, Queensland, Australia

• This role was similar to the Finance Manager position above.
• Heavily involved in revenue-earning areas of the business, especially Sales & Circulation.
• Responsibilities included increasing analysis of Circulation paper sale channels; price & rate card modelling; incentive scheme management; target setting and performance assessment; regular & ad-hoc commercial.
• Responsibilities included increasing analysis of Circulation paper sale channels; price & rate card modelling; incentive scheme management; target setting and performance assessment; regular & ad-hoc commercial.
• Selected to participate in News Corp’s national Leadership Development Program, a mini-MBA type course for potential future senior managers. Show less

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

• Supervised a team of 4 accountants to produce all weekly profit reporting for HWT management. Major emphasis on revenue and payroll variance analysis and head office commentary.
• Managed and collaborated with relevant business stakeholders for budget setting and forecasting processes across all revenue streams.
• Included a three-month overseas placement at the New York Post to improve their Weekly Estimates reporting practices in late 2002.
• Facilitated an ERP implementation for… Show more
• Facilitated an ERP implementation for weekly reporting, budgeting and forecasting. Show less

Port Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Bachelor Of Commerce - Bcom, Accounting And Finance

Diploma, Project Management

Vce