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Melbourne, Vic, Au

Melbourne, Victoria, Au

• Partner and collaborate with the Commercial Excellence team to report on, analyse and improve pricing and recoveries, resulting in a 23% improvement in recoveries in FY24.• Drive efficiencies via teams modelling, identifying the optimal team structure to support fee revenue targets and optimise profitability. Pilot program recently rolled out to four locations across AU & NZ which met optimal structure.• Role of conduit between New Business Solutions and the divisions with development plans to meet and forecast revenue targets. Strategies developed to generate income, targeting specific markets and services for growth.• Collaborate and work with the Group Reporting and Financial Control team to ensure monthly reporting is completed in a timely accurate manner and provide deep commentary and insight to the divisional leadership team with a key focus on revenue outcomes. I also assist the Group Reporting team in meeting the Group’s statutory reporting requirements through addressing queries and concerns from auditors and adherence to accounting standards.• Develop and implement multi-year profit and loss and cash flow forecast modelling, budget, report performance and analyse return on investment for key group or divisional strategic projects, such as operational efficiency initiatives and sales campaigns for proposed or existing account executives.• Group Finance representative for renewed M&A strategy, I work directly with the internal Corporate Finance M&A team to consider funding constraints (equity & cash) and analyse cross-sell opportunities within the business. I also successfully integrate Finance processes, report on performance and forecast, and provide proactive solutions to bottlenecks or problems.• Report on actual and forecast key revenue pools and provide insights and recommendations around levers required to achieve targets (e.g. scoped, pricing, new business, growth, etc.).

Melbourne, Victoria, Au

• Focused on partnering with divisional leadership to ensure sound financial management. Delivered accurate budgeting & forecasting, supporting decision making and facilitating the achievement of the division’s strategic objectives.• Worked closely with divisional Head of Growth & Head of Pursuit to develop and implement Go to Market plan for each Partner within the division. This covered defining each Partner’s value proposition, identifying client pain points, considering cross-sell opportunities with other services, establishing industry focus areas or priorities and the channels to achieve this, internal support and funding required.• In collaboration with divisional Head of Client & Head of Process, analysed, reported and collaborated with leadership and Partner group to improve recoveries by 20% across FY21 to FY23.• Managed workforce planning during economic downturns (e.g. pandemic period) and periods of significant growth, factoring for capacity, productivity and profitability requirements, via optimal staff mix modelling.• Established profitability reporting for service offerings within the division allowing the division to focus on high profitability services, improve others or drop service offerings if non-profitable.• Over a two-year period, provided urgent and timely due diligence support during the Group’s capital re-structure, shifting debt to a new equity partner.• Oversaw and tightly managed annual remuneration review and STI / bonus incentive process for division.• Developed and maintained strong relationships with stakeholders including C-Suite, Executive Heads, Managing Partners, Partners & Corporate Department Heads.• Worked alongside divisional leadership & credit teams to manage work in progress, debtors and overall lockup.• Collaborated with cross-functional teams to drive organisational improvements via strategic projects and achieve cost efficiencies.

Melbourne, Victoria, Au

Melbourne, Victoria, Au

In this role I provided reporting and analysis to assist Executive, Senior Management and other key stakeholders in making informed decisions. Strived to improve Finance processes, systems and activities. Liaised and developed strong working relationships with key stakeholders.

Melbourne, Victoria, Au

Beginning as a Graduate Accountant, I undertook a Financial Accounting & Reporting role, developing a sound understanding of Accounting processes and principles, including balance sheet, cash flow, profit and loss and statutory reporting, month-end review and FBT and GST returns. In later years, I worked directly with the divisional Finance Manager in a team of two, responsible for seven service lines out of eleven across the business (Australia and New Zealand).

Melbourne, Victoria, Au

Undertook Accounts Receivable and Accounts Payable functions, liaising with suppliers, Project Managers and Officers. Conducted labour costings, cost transfers and other duties for Projects division.

Education record

Bachelor Of Commerce - Bcom, Accounting And Finance