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Melbourne, Australia

CenITex is an ICT shared services agency set up by the Victorian Government to centralise ICT support to government departments and agencies. CenITex was created as a state owned enterprise to deliver ICT infrastructure, application hosting and desktop services.Projects & Accomplishments: • Formulate the yearly budget and quarterly forecasts in line with the company’s goals and objectives. • Monthly dashboard reporting, KPI and profitability analysis for business partners. • Analysis and variance reporting on actual labour costs verses standard labour costs recovered through project for fixed price contract and variation change order.• Report on labour utilisation, project accounting and cost recovery for labour and materials • Financial modelling using Excel for sales revenue forecast, catalogue labour rate card and pricing.• Oversee the reconciliation of sales revenue, catalogue pricing reconciliation, accounts receivable and doubtful debts.

Melbourne,, Australia

Mentor the financial team to create efficient, accurate and scalable financial systems and processes for APAC Finance function. Lead the yearly budgeting process starting with setting goals and long-range strategic plan, work with business leaders and provide guidance, work with functional areas to understand and meet their financial needs to meet the long range goal. Present budget to the management team. Evaluate the internal control systems & procedures to highlight shortcomings & implementing necessary recommendations.Projects & Accomplishments: • Scoped, designed and established Asia Pac Financial Management / Outsource Shared Services leading to the reduction from 80 to 8, in the number of staff performing accounting function and financial support services.• Designed and implemented mechanisms to streamline the end of month reporting process resulting in a reduction in the month close duration from 10 to 4 working days.• Successfully Implemented the SAP system with no business disruption transiting from old BPCS system.• Implemented centralised project system for Capex Approval Request (CAR), PO raising, reporting and month end closing procedures after invoiced resulting in reduction from delay in project implementation from 21 days to less than 3 days. • Restructured the telecommunications accounts from multi carriers to single carrier, reducing the cost by over 20% and invoicing and payment processing time by 80%.• Directed the transition and migration of insource shared services to outsource shared services from Melbourne to Shanghai and Manila resulting in annual saving of $40 million. • Implemented a consolidated reporting and executive information system across ERP systems for Asia Pac region resulting in consistent and transparent financial reporting.

Indonesia

Supported the group strategy and provide financial and accounting leadership to NYSE listed forestry, pulp and paper manufacturing facilities comprising water treatment plant, power plant, chemical plant, logistics, transport and port facilities with a turnover of $1.7 billion. Guided financial decisions by establishing, monitoring, and enforcing policies, procedures and internal controls. Oversaw all accounts, ledgers, and reporting systems ensuring compliance with appropriate GAAP standards and regulatory requirements. Deliverables included annual budget, half yearly projection, management accounting, manufacturing costing, financial management, continuous improvement, cost saving, KPI and traffic light reporting.Projects & Accomplishments: • Conducted detailed studies in logistics, transportation and wood delivery to determine the most cost efficient mode for the business to pursue resulting in annual saving of wood cost by 20%.CORE COMPETENCIES: Financial Planning, Public Accounting, Financial Analysis, General Accounting, Financial Management, P& L Control, Cost Centre Accounting, Bank Reconciliations, Payroll Processing, Strategic Business Planning, Auditing, Financial Reporting, Expense Reduction, Risk Mitigation, Audit Planning, Cost Controls, Budgeting, Forecasting, Variance Analysis, Asset Management,, Regulatory/ Tax Compliance, GAAP, Sarbanes Oxley Process, SAP, Management, Process Improvement, Cross-functional Team Leadership, Budgets, Business Analysis, Project Management, Analysis, Change Management, Financial Reporting, Financial Analysis, Business Strategy, Project Portfolio Management, ERP, Auditing, Pharmaceutical Industry, Paper Industry, Business Process Improvement, IT Financial Management

Singapore

Accountable for operation and support of all Enterprise services portfolio. Provided leadership and guidance for resolving production issues, implementing security/compliance measurements, enhancing monitoring/reporting capabilities and achieving operational excellence. Diagnosed problems, determined solution options with consideration to business impact. Partnered with divisions, manufacturing, enterprise management teams and business units to evaluate requirements and determine the best business solution for initiatives. Projects & Accomplishments: • Set up and established the Enterprise Services Division for a green field project to support the building of a pulp and paper mill as well as the forestry and plantation division.• Designed and implemented SAP for the company’s budgeting, costing, accounting, procurement logistics, asset management and inventory with consistent processes and SOP.• Designed, engineered and successfully implemented the whole IT and communication network involving satellite receiving station, WAN, LAN and servers for PCs networking, data capture and storage. It was completed ahead of time and budget resulting in a 25% cost saving as well as contributing to management efficiency.• Participated and engaged with bankers resulting in a successfully $100 million syndication loan.• Led the ISO project team resulting in approval and certification of ISO 9000 (Quality Management System) and ISO 14000 (Environmental Management). • Successfully led a team of public affairs staff to lobby Government for concession and building access road resulting in saving of $40 million with the Government constructing it.

Chartered Accountant, Accounting And Finance

Associate’S Degree, Computer/Information Technology Administration And Management

Master Class

Annual Workshop

Chartered Accountant, Chartered Accountancy