Nirantha Wickramasekera Email & Phone Number

Melbourne, VIC, AU

Melbourne, Australia

• Budgeting, forecasting and business advisory support
• Cost allocations and regulatory reporting
• Management reporting
• Currently on secondment at Zinfra Group (fully owned subsidiary of Jemena) - Experience includes: Monthly finance results reporting; Management Business Report; Labour ModelKey Achievements
• Successfully led the BFP Working Group to resolve budget gaps (identified a $9 Million budget gap) and achieve budget timelines in the new push down budget process implemented in CY15 for CY16 budget.
• Implemented a PMP and new guidelines to assist business in the new top down and push budget processes.

Melbourne, Australia

• Cost allocations and regulatory reportingKey Achievements
• Developed a new CAM with improved business rules, acceptable to both auditors and AER, and related costing models for Jemena. Also significant improvements to ICA policy and procedures aligning with CAM.

Melbourne, Australia

• Financial accounting and management reportingKey Achievements
• Provided accounting advice / transactions on debt and equity loan notes for the separation of East and West businesses acquired by the consortium of investors (SP and Babcock & Brown companies).
• First time regulatory reporting for JAM6 Pvt Ltd (currently ZNX2) and setup process documentation.
• Statutory reporting formats centralised within IS Finance complying with Australian Accounting Standards.

Melbourne, Australia

• Statutory Reporting
• Management Accounting and ReportingKey Achievements
• Represented Group Finance at board meetings of Australian Centre for Health Research (included CEOs of Medibank, BUPA and Australian Unity) to report and advice on accounting and finance matters.
• Standardised statutory accounts with consistent group policies for the member companies in the group using Value Financials software that comply with relevant accounting standards.
• Group-wide excel based dashboard report using standardised reporting and graph conventions.
• Set up new policies and procedures for a range of business processes.

Colombo, Sri Lanka

• Key Achievements
• Introduced amendment to Inland Revenue Tax Act to exempt gains on sale of securities by PDs. Exempt gains increased FCTL tax free results by around Rs.500 Million in the year of change.
• Involved nationally to implement RTGS and Scrip-less Securities Settlement Systems. Member of CBSL team of four (only non-bank financial institution member) to visit Singapore and Thailand to study RTGS systems.
• Central Bank and PD joint sub-committee member to recommend localized amendments to a Risk Weighted Capital Adequacy Framework for PDs with the involvement of consultants from World Bank.
• Representations to CBSL, SEC and Inland Revenue through Association of PDs on tax & infrastructure issues.
• Strategic realigning of group with a premier listed retail & manufacturing group followed by acquisitions.

Colombo, Sri Lanka

• Key Achievements
• As GM, reduced Operating Loss for the year from Rs.(12) Million to a mere Operating Loss of Rs.(0.4) Million. Also, the company had the lowest crop loss & semi processed stock loss compared to the industry.

Colombo, Sri Lanka

• Key Achievements
• Saved the Company Rs.47 Million by identifying an error in the Defence Levy computation in line with statutes, enabling enhanced dividend declaration.

Colombo, Sri Lanka

• Key Achievements
• Seconded to KPMG Dubai / Abu Dhabi. Experience in auditing ADCO, a large oil producing organization.
• Valuation and formulation of Capital Structure of six government owned ventures prior to privatisation and National Development Bank with a team of consultants from Development Bank of Singapore.
• Managed the Public Issue of shares of Carsons Marketing Co.

Fellow Member

Member

Fellow Member

Fellow Member (Former)