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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 cars, trucks and motorbikes to suit our customers' needs, and worked closely with other retailers of cars, caravans, motorhomes and boats… Show more 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 cars, trucks and motorbikes to suit our customers' needs, and worked closely with other retailers of cars, caravans, motorhomes and boats around Australia to bring the value of over 24 lenders to their customers. Show less

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 and tax statements;- Analysing and reporting on financial and operational performance across the company;- Leading… Show more 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 and tax statements;- Analysing and reporting on financial and operational performance across the company;- Leading strategic financial management planning and budgetary control; and- Developing and implementing strategies to improve reporting and forecasting. Show less

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 quarterly forecasting processes;- Developing financial models and forecasts for various mission-critical financial processes… Show more 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 quarterly forecasting processes;- Developing financial models and forecasts for various mission-critical financial processes, including WIP Provisioning and Cashflow forecasting;- Redesigning the management reporting suite for monthly management accounts and board reports, and providing variance analysis and commentary on performance results; and- Driving continuous improvements in management accounting information delivery to business stakeholders, using various BI tools (especially Microsoft's new PowerBI tool) to develop management dashboards for bespoke real-time performance monitoring. Show less

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 platform.Also championed productivity behaviours within the CFS and Wealth Management Advice finance teams, as part of Wealth Management… Show more 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 platform.Also championed productivity behaviours within the CFS and Wealth Management Advice finance teams, as part of Wealth Management Finance's drive to Silver accreditation within the CBA group's productivity framework.Moved internally from a previous role as Decision Support Manager for CBA's Colonial First State and Wealth Management Advice businesses. In this role, provided financial modelling and business case support to project managers and senior leaders to drive over $100M in project funding decisions. Also provided project financial accounting, forecasting and reporting to inflight projects. Show less

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 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 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 centre.Responsibilities included:• Financial analysis, advice and support to strategic and operational departments and TAL in relation to budgets, monthly results and ad hoc projects;• Monthly financial reporting and analysis. This includes trend and variance analysis, forecasting and both management and statutory reporting;• Annual budgeting support and preparation, including input into company guidelines / manuals and liaison with TAL;• Quarterly financial reforecasting, including analysing historical direct and overhead cost drivers in collaboration with business and department managers.• Monthly financial process support, specifically with respect to model-driven calculations and journals required during month-end processing, and cash forecasting and planning;• Preparation of InsuranceLine Strategic Committee (“Stratco”) reports, including but not limited to, weekly operating statements and commentary incorporating all departmental KPI’s. Show less

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 opportunities, and coordinating specific ad-hoc projects such as proposals, client presentations and pitches. The role was 70% Sydney-focused, with 30% of total time allocated to National initiatives. Responsibilities:• 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, driving and tracking detailed action plans to pursue new opportunities, and coordinating specific ad-hoc projects such as proposals, client presentations and pitches. The role was 70% Sydney-focused, with 30% of total time allocated to National initiatives. Responsibilities:• 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 includes trend and variance analysis, revenue forecasting and qualitative reports of service delivery quality from clients;• 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 and inherent profitability of specific bids and targeting initiatives, coordinating input from technical and support personnel based locally, nationally and globally, workshopping key messages and pitch differentiators and coordinating / writing the proposal. Show less

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 2009), and the broader Advisory team (July 2009 – January 2010). Responsibilities:• 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 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 2009), and the broader Advisory team (July 2009 – January 2010). Responsibilities:• 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• Management of proposal and tender processes (as described above). Show less

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