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Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

• Management and development of a team of 10 people encompassing Finance, BI/BA, IT, Tax and Corporate Governance.• Appointed to strengthen commercial presence in the company with a focus on actively engaging with key stakeholders in Sales, Marketing and Buying to bring commercial awareness into decision making.• Developed and implemented a bottom-up annual Budget process (Sales, Gross Profit and Expenses) providing integrity in the development of store budgets (for 70+ stores) and providing data for meaningful evaluation of variances to Budget and the identification of actions required to address variances.• Developed and implemented weekly cash flow analysis designed to manage cash flow implications of seasonal store cash inflows and impacts on investment timing and activities.• Developed and led the implementation of debt restructure for 2 local companies including key liaison with parent company and leading the preparation of 20+ agreements required across 4 parties• As Head of IT, managed the tender for network support, selection of the preferred tenderer and lead the successful transition to the new provider through the development and implementation of a transition planning process.

Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

Management of team of 16 encompassing Finance, IT, HR, Procurement, Payroll and Credit Control as well as responsibility for Corporate Governance and Legal. Provide Company Secretarial services to the Board.Provide strong financial leadership to the company with a focus on developing and implementing processes and procedures to address risk. Partner with CEO and COO on the development and commercial analysis of company strategy.Strengthen role of KPI reporting and analysis within the company to identify areas for improvement in cost management and opportunities for revenue growth. Implemented quarterly Budget process designed to deliver financial outcomes aligned to Board expectations.Reimagine HR role to improve recruitment process and ensure that employee management practices are aligned to company culture and trademarks.

Sydney, Australia

Member of 2-person Executive Committee responsible for delivering revenue and profit for 2 business units – one in Australia and one in New Zealand. Role encompasses the management of Supply Chain (includes company-operated warehouse and pick/pack operation, supply planning, inventory management), Customer Service, Finance, IT (infrastructure management and development/enhancement of business applications) and Business Analytics. Management and development of a team of 119, 8 direct reports. Developed, implemented and managed the business closure plan, assuming additional responsibility for Sales, Marketing and HR functions.

Sydney, Australia

• Day-to-day management of the Finance function encompassing transactional accounting (managed by an outsourced provider), results reporting to Region and Global, budget and forecast preparation, treasury and financial analysis of results, trends, etc.• Provision of robust financial advice including the identification, development and implementation of cost saving initiatives designed to resize the cost base to support the current revenue base.•. Management of 13 person team• Lead the transition to an outsourced services company (Cap Gemini) for transactional accounting (from July 2015).

Sydney

• A broad-based role encompassing day-to-day management of finance operations, IT and HR as well as an active engagement with the sales, project management, logistics and manufacturing operations.• Introduce and maintain commercial focus on project management activities and manufacturing and 3PL operations. • Identify and implement procedures, practices and reports designed to support and encourage growth initiatives.• Introduce HR initiatives aligned to a company embarking on a growth strategy and designed to provide clarity around roles and to support development of a culture based on accountability.• Corporate governance, company secretarial, taxation, statutory and management reporting for the group (7 companies).• Manage and develop a team of 11 people.

Sydney, Australia

• Manage global finance, corporate governance, taxation, legal, H.R., and I.T. operations across a number of local and overseas offices and concurrent projects.• Commercial oversight and management of all active projects.• Responsible for the commercial operations of all companies in the group including overseas-based companies (7 companies in total of which 2 in Canada, 1 in New Zealand, 1 in Qatar).• Prepare contracts. Negotiate contracts with clients, professional service providers, banks and suppliers (for both local operational requirements and project requirements).• Manage and develop a team of 12-50 finance and legal staff.• Evaluate project opportunities and preparation of project tender responses.

Sydney, Australia

• Participation on 4-person Board.• Management of Corporate strategic direction.• Management of finance, accounting, tax, treasury, IT, credit control, payroll and corporate governance for both the Australian company and a New Zealand joint venture. • Manage due diligence program for acquisitions.• Manage and develop a team of 34 people.

Sydney, Australia

• Manage team of 16 people encompassing the accounting, taxation, corporate governance, I.T., factory reporting (2 manufacturing sites) and credit control functions within Australia and New Zealand.• Address weaknesses in the financial controls in the company.• Improve commercial awareness amongst senior members of the sales, marketing and technical teams.• Increase the involvement of Finance in key operational and strategic decisions.• Contribute to the development of a strategic plan for the company.

Singapore

• Dual reporting responsibility to the Regional Vice President and the International Finance Director.• Key member of the 3-person Asia-Pacific management team.• To contribute to a turnaround of the profit in the region.• Financial management and commercial assessment of the performance of 6 affiliates and 14 distributors in the Asia Pacific region. • Development and implementation of comprehensive budget and performance management reporting across all affiliates in the Asia Pacific region.

Cpa

Finance, Accounting And Systems, Accounting, Statistics, Economics, With Merit