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Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

• Driving the Active Mobile program; defining requirements, setting the strategy and ensuring projects are optimally resourced, solutioned and delivered within time, scope, quality and budget constraints. The Active.
• Planning, leading and organising concurrent high visibility projects and project teams using agile and hybrid methods.
• Leading the design, development and implementation of new solutions and business processes.
• Improving customer experience and team engagement.
• Leading process optimisation and change management efforts.
• Development and approval of project business cases.

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Data insights project for Asia Pacific’s leading health & wellness groupDec 2020 – Mar 2021Jira and Confluence implementationJan 2021

Sydney, Australia

• Currently working on a proof of concept project for robotic process automation (RPA) and a project to optimise Goodman's processes and tools supporting Human Resource's Employee Life Cycle.Past projects:
• Responsible for successful global upgrade to Yardi Voyager AP system (Yardi 6 to v7S).
• Created and maintained the Group Operations testing framework.
• Implemented Yardi Procure to Pay solution for the Australian Property business.
• Implemented Yardi VENDORCafe (vendor portal) solution for the Australian Property business.
• Audited, redesigned and implemented a new security and access control framework (SACF) for our global Yardi platform,

Sydney, Australia

• Setup, configuration and maintenance of JIRA projects; creating workflows, screens, issue types, permission schemes, filters, dashboards etc.
• Deliver training for users and regular workshops to create awareness of how users can use the tool more efficiently.
• User management with relevant permissions.

Sydney, Australia

Mentoring at a local not-for-profit organisation that provides accommodation and development for young people who are homeless or at risk of homelessness.

Sydney, Australia

• Employed in a business partnering role to provide decision support and management reporting to the Institute’s state offices.
• Responsible for forecasting and monthly variance analysis
• Decision support/guidance around commercial and financial issues
• Creation and enforcement of best practice procedures, for example revenue and cost recognition
• Identified a need, and assumed responsibility for, creating new financial training programs for managers and starters
• Training delivered in person and via intranet resources (supporting documentation; manuals and quick reference guides etc)

Sydney Area, Australia

• Employed on a project basis to identify unrecognised revenue and to report on and implement a process improvement plan.
• Identified $1.3m of unrecognised revenue which IPN could recognise immediately. Directly improved FY13 financial position.
• Identified a further $839k of unrecognised revenue for the Finance Team to investigate, pending possible partial disbursements.
• Created an in depth report for the auditors and the board regarding the project; highlighting the problems found in the billing and receipting process, the steps I took to rectify and suggested solutions/improvements.
• Built, tested and implemented a bank reconciliation database using MS Access allowing the Finance Team to automate identification and categorisation of receipts, and to highlight any new grant/incentive income. Greatly.
• Business process analysis and documentation of Accounts Receivable in both IPN’s approx 200 medical centres and in the Finance Team. Identified weaknesses, errors and inconsistencies in the receipting process.

Sydney Area, Australia

• Studied and passed ACCA exams on Business Analysis (P3) and Advanced Performance Management (P5).
• April 2012 to June 2012 & August 2013 to present I took contract positions at the Institute of Chartered Financial Accountants in Australia (ICAA) as their Finance Systems Analyst and Business Analyst respectively.
• April 2013 to August 2013 took a contract position at the Independent Practitioner Network (IPN) as a Senior Accountant.
• Travelled to Europe.

Sydney, Australia

• Representing the Finance Department, dealing with all aspects of the systems, internal controls and reporting requirements.
• Provided technical support across FinanceOne, XLOne and Crystal Reports to the business.
• Managed user security; ensuring it was within approved delegated authorisations and access groupings etc.
• Development and maintenance of reports within FinanceOne in order to meet Management, Budgeting and Forecasting requirements.
• Liaised with Finance and other personnel in resolving system issues and problems towards satisfactory operational outcomes.
• Responsible for full data integrity.

Sydney, Australia

• TechnologyOne (ASX: TNE) is a leading enterprise software solutions provider with offices in each State and Territory of Australia, New Zealand, Malaysia and the United Kingdom. Providing integrated enterprise software.
• Responsible for Business Research Studies/Solution Design; presented out-of-the-box Products and Solutions to relevant departments/functions at client sites. Through a process of workshops and/or business process.
• Configured TechnologyOne software to client requirements.
• User Acceptance Testing at client sites; demonstrating that the configured Product/Solution works as per agreed Business Research Study/Solution Design.
• Ran external key user training (System Administration, XLOne, Enterprise Budgeting, Core Financials), tailoring standard training materials to client systems and requirements.
• Business partnering with clients; reviewing and suggesting improvements to business processes. Analysing and reviewing their software to make recommendations for enhancements.Reason for leaving: Professional sabbatical.

Brisbane, Australia

• Reporting directly to both the Financial Reporting Manager and the Chief Financial Officer, I was responsible for the provision of management information to senior stakeholders within the business. Providing accurate.
• Strategic analysis of costs and revenue streams.
• Reporting and analysis.
• Budgeting and forecasting by company, region, revenue stream, vertical market, sales/marketing campaign.
• Business process improvement.
• Ad hoc query management from various business units.

London, United Kingdom

• Winner of UK magazine Accountancy Age’s Best Medium-Sized Firm award and the CBI’s (Confederation of British Industry’s) Best Business Adviser award, Wingrave Yeats employs c.65 people across Accounting Services.
• Developing bespoke reporting models for in-depth management reports.
• Book keeping coordination and management accounts preparation.
• Period end journals – accruals, prepayments, deferred income, movement in financial instruments, late corrective journals from prior period.
• High volume multi-currency bank and expense account reconciliations.
• Actual vs. budget analysis, assisting our clients with their financial controls.

London, United Kingdom

• Internally known as Financial Management Analyst (FMA). I was promoted internally to manage a team of five other Analysts; reporting on and improving the financial position of the London Tax Practice.At E&Y revenue and.
• Management and support of my team of Analysts (EAs). Supervised quality, work flow and results within my team.
• Acted as the Firm’s expert and advisor on the PeopleSoft based ERP system; chosen from peers to support implementation of the ERP system on-site in both South Africa and Norway.
• Assessed areas of financial and business risk and implemented appropriate action.
• Analysis of time charged, fees raised and cash collected was needed in order to give an accurate representation of a project’s current status. Key to success was the ability to create good relationships and an open.
• Drove performance against cash collection and billing targets. Proactively monitored and challenged recovery rates and unbilled inventories, focusing in particular on the largest clients.

Certified Business Analysis Professional (Cbap®), Information Technology Project Management

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Acca Part-Qualified, Accounting, Business, Finance

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• Studied A-Levels: English Language & Literature, Chemistry & Human Biology