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Finance Business partner working on the Woolworths Everyday Extra Subscriptions and across the wider Woolworths Rewards space.

Finance Business partner supporting the Woolworths Food Company or Woolworths Own Brand predominantly focused on Sales and Profitability drivers across the Own Brand Product Portfolio.

Finance business partner, partnering with a number of non-Finance stakeholders within the newly formed Customer Transformation team.The key focus of the team is to implement initiatives in stores that drive cost efficiencies. Key tasks• End to end business case development• Providing insights to Project Managers and Senior Leaders from the inception of a Project through to roll-out• Creation of Dashboards and benefit tracking for stores in POC, Pilot and Roll-out… Show more Finance business partner, partnering with a number of non-Finance stakeholders within the newly formed Customer Transformation team.The key focus of the team is to implement initiatives in stores that drive cost efficiencies. Key tasks• End to end business case development• Providing insights to Project Managers and Senior Leaders from the inception of a Project through to roll-out• Creation of Dashboards and benefit tracking for stores in POC, Pilot and Roll-out • Budgeting / Forecasting of cost and benefits (EBIT) as well as Capital allocation• Valuation of project investment proposals - NPV, IRR, MIRR and Payback Period Key achievements:• Being a foundation member of the finance team, setting our original month-end reporting files and helped establish the monthly rhythm • Used forward-looking analysis to impact the implementation of numerous Projects ensuring they were done in a cost effective manner and that ultimately the Business Case would be approved. • Regular contributor to Decision Forum packs to be presented to Senior leaders. Show less

The Performance Reporting team is primarily responsible for the co-ordination of the all internal and external Group management reporting information including the monthly Board reporting and analysis process, six-monthly Profit Announcement, peer analysis and ad-hoc CFO, CEO and Board support.Month-end Performance reporting for CFO:- Preparation of the month-end management results pack to be presented to the CFO - Hosting daily huddles to co-ordinate different team… Show more The Performance Reporting team is primarily responsible for the co-ordination of the all internal and external Group management reporting information including the monthly Board reporting and analysis process, six-monthly Profit Announcement, peer analysis and ad-hoc CFO, CEO and Board support.Month-end Performance reporting for CFO:- Preparation of the month-end management results pack to be presented to the CFO - Hosting daily huddles to co-ordinate different team submissions- Consolidation of individual Business Unit results- Providing commentary for actual vs plan and forecast for senior stakeholders- Engaging with Forecasting, Treasury and Business unit teams to ensure submission deadlines were met- Providing progress reports to my team and senior management throughout the month-end process- Building discontinued operations functionality into the month-end consolidation file Half Year-End Profit Announcement (external reporting):- Consolidating the half year-end result from individual Business Unit submissions.- Preparing the segment file showing Group and BU result by line item.- Preparing profit reconciliation note showing reconciling items between the cash and stat result.- Providing analysis on the year on year movements in non-cash items.- Dealing with external auditor (PWC) queries.US Profit Announcement (external compliance document):- Owned the 188 page document - Coordinated the senior management review process- Collaborated with external legal counsel on what should be included in the document- Dealt with external auditor queries (PWC)- Coordinated note owner sign-offs for all submissions to the documentProfit Announcement Refresh Project: - Benchmarking the CBA half year-end reporting document against Domestic and Global banks to align external reporting with Global best practice. Show less

Worked in KPMG Corporate Finance department in Dublin on a range of tasks including company valuations, financial modelling, business plan preparation, industry research, data room management and preparation of pitch documents for investor meetings.

Joined KPMG in Autumn 2012 as part of their graduate recruitment programme. Have worked on audit clients in a wide range of industries including:TechnologyConstructionProperty investmentPharmaceuticals Media Advertising

During this placement I worked in the CHEC (Construction, Healthcare, Energy and Communications) audit department in KPMG for 12 months. At the end of this placement, I was offered a place on the graduate programme by KPMG Ireland.