Greg Simpson Email & Phone Number

Wellington, Wellington Region, New Zealand

Wellington, Wellington Region, New Zealand

Wellington, New Zealand

London, United Kingdom

London, United Kingdom

Just started a new and exciting role as Finance Consultant with WyattSant in the Banking Sector

Stratford

Wellington & Wairarapa, New Zealand

The Manager Financial Planning and Performance operates within a complex financial environment providing strong business and financial analysis and advice across all activities to implement our long term strategies for our sectors and our organisation.Key Achievements:- Implementation of the new Finance operating model – Business Partner and Centre of Excellence model- Restructured and established a new financial performance, planning and reporting team – 23 team members- Successfully transitioned from Oracle to SAP and implemented a cloud based performance and reporting capability under a budget holder self-serve model- Achieved a significant uplift in the financial capability within Finance and across the Department- Developed and implemented an effective and efficient investment oversight framework allowing prioritisation and trade-off decisions to be made to maximise returns from the funds available- Maximised the baseline funding available to .6% with no appropriation breaches (previously had underspends of 3-5%)- Developed and implemented integrated corporate services reporting across the Department- Lifted team engagement from 30% to 70% over the assessment period- Developed and implemented a detailed Financial Sustainability Strategy and plan to address the $140m cost pressures identified across the 4YP period- Developed and implemented Business Efficiencies framework and reporting across DIA- Improved the month end close from approx. 10 days down to 2 – all management reports completed and communicated by WD4- Developed and implemented a detailed cost pressures process to allow $10m of funds to be freed up and reprioritised within the 15/16 financial year- Annual budget process completed within 5 week period compared to 4 months the prior year

Key Achievements:- Established the procurement function enterprise wide in the first 6 months and managing $120m of addressable operating expenditure- Developed and implemented the NZRB Procurement Policy owned by the CEO and effectively cascaded across all divisions company wide- Introduced Category Management across the business to ensure all spend areas are being actively managed to ensure no spend leakage- Established policies, frameworks and best practice processes to ensure we have a Best Practice procurement function- Managed commercial risk across all new engagements, renewals and capital purchases- Managed major Supplier Relationships to ensure all contracted requirements were being met and committed benefits delivered as planned- Responsible for establishing and managing cost management programme enterprise wide to ensure annual profit targets were achieved – savings in excess of $5m achieved being approx. 8% of the addressable spend base- Led the development of a company wide $14m Capital Management program and framework to ensure effective oversight and prioritisation of all projects

Wellington

Key Achievements:- Developed and implemented the Group Procurement Office and Shared Services strategy and Business Plan- Developed and implemented the Telecom Procurement Policy owned by the CEO and effectively cascaded across all divisions company wide- Established policies, frameworks and best practice processes pan Telecom to ensure we had a world class procurement function- Established world class procurement function to ensure value maximisation in relation to all expenditure- Developed a framework to allow Telecom to operationally separate from Chorus covering off all commercial risks from a procurement perspective- Managed commercial risk management across all new engagements, renewals and capital purchases- Managed major Supplier Relationships to ensure all contracted requirements were met and committed benefits delivered as planned- Achieved best practice shared services capability and performance in support of the Telecom Group covering payroll, purchasing, payables, centralised travel and expense reimbursement as well as all revenue assurance, revenue compliance and reporting- Responsible for leading the annual programme of work targeting and achieving $100m+ per annum in savings across the Telecom group- Leadership and management role across team of 120

Wellington

Key Achievements:- Managed financial accountability across the Technology and Shared Services Division including all shared services functions – team of approx 110- Successfully delivered the in-sourcing of all activity performed by strategic partners –in 6 months landing approx $30m p.a. in benefits to the company- Developed and agreed the business plan and strategy with the Group CFO and managed the challenge through the financial year for all opex and capital expenditure- Managed $350m P&L and $150m Capital Programme - Delivered Cost Management Programme of $90m for the year- Led the monthly reviews and reporting with the divisional management team and the Telecom Executive team- Led process re-engineering and continual improvement programmes across T&SS- Effectively delivered commercial Risk Management across all investment decisions

Wellington

Key Achievements:- Led all monthly financial management, quarterly and annual reporting and planning- Established and maintained ownership of the cost management programme across the Division- Established and managed the Capital control frameworks across the Division- Established and owned the resource management recruitment forums across Technology and Shared Services- Maintained all the labour rate calculations, reviews and recovery models and frameworks required for the 1800 staff within the division- Team management of 18 staff

Wellington

Key Achievements:- Financial leadership, planning and strategic direction across the 3 Business Units- Responsible for full financial support and management team participation for the 3 GM’s and BU’s- Team Management – 24 Staff- Led all monthly financial management, quarterly and annual reporting and planning- Established the framework and had ownership of the cost management programme across the Business Units

Wellington & Wairarapa, New Zealand

Key Achievements:- Created, managed and led a team of 10 to support the projects and programmes within the Technology Delivery Team portfolio- Successful delivery of financial management for all projects and programmes (approx. 300 projects, 24 programmes with approx. $250m p.a.)- Established effective reporting and monitoring processes across the group- Developed and implemented an effective financial management framework across the team and strategic partners- Performed Business Case review and sign off to ensure investment decisions were robust and benefits promised were delivered and measured

Wellington

Key Achievements: - Financial Management and achievement of agreed targets, cost recovery targets and implementation of effective time management and transfer pricing across the group.- Ensured that all Westpac projects were managed within established disciplines and processes to ensure the quality and integrity of the deliverables.- Created a framework within which consistent and robust methodologies were utilised across the bank in a uniform manner. - Created and deployed agreed value management tools for implementation by business project managers to enable detailed tracking of benefits over time.- Led and motivated staff to achieve objectives, maintaining the highest standards of service quality and improved productivity.- Provided centralised mentoring of Business Project Managers and shared accountability of the quality of project outputs and deliverables.

Wellington & Wairarapa, New Zealand

Key Achievements:- Provision of full financial support for the GM Strategic Development, GM Credit and GM People and Performance covering the business areas of IT, Processing Services, Legal, Properties, Home Mortgage Company, Core Systems and Contract Services and the central Project Pool across the entire Bank.- Development of financial plans with input into the strategic planning process for the bank.- Forecasting and feasibility analysis.- Comprehensive management reporting, analysing variances, monitoring adherence to expenditure policies and recommending on organisational change.- Ensured accounting standards were met for all external and internal statutory and audit requirements.- Managed the positive assurance process for risk management in these financial areas.- Worked with the in-house taxation team to ensure compliance with tax rules around FBT, GST, depreciation, and software capitalisation.- Managed the centralised project pool to ensure that all major projects were being financially managed.- Led a team of three accounting staff in meeting all of the above deliverables.

Wellington & Wairarapa, New Zealand

Key Achievements:- Managed the compilation of Information Technology business planning. - Co-ordinated the financial and business planning and revision of estimates within pre-set deadlines for Group Finance and Information Technology- Ensured the integrity of all information.- Liaised with management within Information Technology on the budgets they must meet.- Performed detailed analysis of revisions against the original plans.- Fully participated as a member of the Information Technology management team and led the development of policies affecting the direction of Information Technology.- Measured and reported on performance against plan in respect of operational and project expenditure.- Identified and reported on the savings and benefits inherent in the implemented plans

London, United Kingdom

Wellington & Wairarapa, New Zealand

Bachelor Of Commerce And Administration, Accountancy - Bca/Aca

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