Michael Dowling Email & Phone Number

Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Private Company focusing on domestic and global investment opportunities

Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Euclideon is a world leader in managing and visualising 3D data in real time, supporting the increasing size and scale of 3D data with abundant storage, cloud-powered visualisation and collaborative analytics to produce cellular-level visualisation of the entire world on a laptop.

Australia

As the Chief Financial Officer of Stoddart Group, I was responsible for completing the implementation and optimisation of NetSuite ERP, installing an enterprise risk management framework, and leading a team of 40 finance, accounts, credit, compliance and supply chain professionals through significant change in the group's strategy and integration.

Brisbane, Australia

As General Manager of 360 Finance, I led one of Australia's largest online asset finance brokers. The team and I worked hard to ensure our customers' finance and insurance needs were met whenever they needed to purchase or refinance cars, caravans, boats, bikes or commercial equipment. We were proud to work alongside Eagers Automotive dealerships to find.

Brisbane, Australia

Took on the post of Acting General Manager in January 2019, and led one of Australia's largest online asset finance brokerage businesses during a period of transition and growth. As Financial Controller I am also directly responsible for:- All aspects of financial and management accounting including consolidations and preparation of financial, statutory.

Brisbane, Australia

Built and continually improved the management accounting function at Shine Lawyers, an ASX-listed plaintiff law firm. The key responsibilities of this role included:- Conducting accurate and timely financial analysis to support the Executive Team's strategic decision making and business planning processes;- Driving the annual financial budgeting and.

Sydney, Australia

Provided analysis, data modelling, reporting and decision support to senior leaders in the Colonial First State business. Specific responsibilities included providing answers to financial questions posed by CFS's strategy, product and marketing teams, and continuing the development and roll-out of dynamic business intelligence using Tibco's Spotfire.

Sydney, Australia

• Provided reporting, planning and analysis support to Executives, Business Managers and Actuaries/Product Managers across InsuranceLine, its parent TAL, and group parent Dai-ichi Life. Achievements included:
• Redesigned and implemented new financial processes for the TAL Direct finance team, reducing the month-end turnaround by 3-4 days, and saving an estimated 2-3 days per month on ad-hoc items.
• Received the annual award for Employee Excellence in December 2011 for redesigning… Show more Provided reporting, planning and analysis support to Executives, Business Managers and Actuaries/Product Managers across.
• Received the annual award for Employee Excellence in December 2011 for redesigning the acquisition planning process with the marketing and operations teams.
• Identified trends and problems with the customer lapse rates and cost base, and worked with senior management on strategies to address these, resulting in an additional $3m profit to the business.
• Led the 2012 and 2013 financial and acquisition budget processes, including designing and installing elements of TAL’s Group-wide Hyperion Planning system, and reinvigorated financial analysis within the call.

• Supported KPMG’s national Internal Audit, Risk and Control Services (IARCS) practice in preparing monthly budgeting, forecasting and revenue reporting packs, driving and tracking detailed action plans to pursue new.
• Monthly sales reporting and budget analysis to… Show more Supported KPMG’s national Internal Audit, Risk and Control Services (IARCS) practice in preparing monthly budgeting, forecasting and revenue reporting packs.
• Monthly sales reporting and budget analysis to National and Sydney IARCS Partners and management team, manipulating data extracted from KPMG’s SAP system by developing detailed Excel models and report templates. This.
• Preparation of quarterly input to the Asia-Pacific IARCS Newsletter and reporting pack;
• Project management of major proposals and tender processes, leading the delivery of over 50 multi-million dollar proposals since 2008 (success rate 50%). This includes advising Partners and senior management on risk.

• Prior to transferring to KPMG Sydney, Michael developed the Business Development Manager role within KPMG’s Brisbane IARCS team (July 2007 – July 2008), the greater Risk Advisory Services (RAS) team (July 2008 – July.
• Monthly sales reporting and budget analysis to Brisbane IARCS and RAS Partners and management team, similar to reports produced in National Business Development Manager role (as described… Show more Prior to.
• Monthly sales reporting and budget analysis to Brisbane IARCS and RAS Partners and management team, similar to reports produced in National Business Development Manager role (as described above);
• Preparation of IARCS Brisbane business plan, in consultation with IARCS Partners and management team;
• Preparation of sales and budget variance analysis reports, performance scorecard and other analysis reports;
• Driving periodic sales drives and developing reports to track and manage new sales against agreed actions performed by management team to pursue new opportunities; and

Mba (Executive)

Graduate Diploma (Icaa), Accounting, Pass With Merit (Top 5%) For All 5 Subjects

Bachelor Of Commerce / Bachelor Of Business Management, Accounting, Economics, Banking & Finance