Neil Davidson Email & Phone Number

Perth, Wa, Au

Greater Perth Area

Perth, Western Australia, Australia

Perth, Western Australia, Australia

Perth, Western Australia, Australia

Perth, Western Australia, Australia

Perth, Australia

Perth, Australia

Perth, Western Australia

Review current PMO and Project cost recording processes. Suggest improvements and design Future State. Engage stakeholders and map change plan. Implement changes and assess impact.

Perth, Australia

Introduce, develop and embed a Process Excellence culture in the Financial Services departmentUsing the Lean Six Sigma toolkit, conduct process reviews and continuous improvement projects across the divisionPromote, through team meetings, one to ones, demonstrations, workshops and surgeries, Process Excellence best practice including the use of productivity tools and techniques such as DMAIC as a first step in all improvements

Working with divisional controllers to drive the implementation of improved financial controls in the UK division up to the standards required for compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley regulations and turn the Red Internal Audit around in one yearEuropean lead for the introduction of the new General Ledger system ensuring that it met all statutory requirements for EMEA in association and consultation with my European FD and FC colleaguesThrough close cooperation with the US and European project teams I developed the back office reporting processes required for the new order management system introduced to Dell – at the time the largest IT project undertaken by Dell worldwideAs part of the project team I managed the amalgamation of the European business units accounting into a single shared services centre based in the UK – subsequently moving it to Ireland and then Slovakia

Developed a career structure for Business Support and Sales Ledger staffIntroduced a standard reporting format for all financial reviews in the divisionDeveloped and implemented a control mechanism for subcontractor spendExpanded the use of the time recording system for consultants to allow accurate invoicing and WIP managementProject managed a full fixed asset review for the corporate IT service providerProduced the interdivisional cross charging mechanism for the corporate IT service provider

This was my first role after graduating and I was one of three Trainee Accountants reporting to the Financial Accountant in a finance department of circa 30 people. My major achievement was running the annual stocktake for all 50 stores and 2 warehouses at that time in the chain.

Swindon, United Kingdom

One year placement student as part of my Business Studies Degree. Working in Finance doing a variety of internal reporting tasks.

Business Studies (Hons)

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