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Sydney, New South Wales, Au

Sydney, New South Wales, Au

Sydney, New South Wales, Au

Tokyo, Jp

Dentsu Aegis Network is a global network providing media, digital and creative communications services and is headquartered in London operating in 145 countries worldwide with ~ 45,000 employees. Dentsu Aegis Network is part of the Dentsu Inc group which is listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.Set up the regional team in the Americas managing the company wide compliance program for the region. Assessed and managed business risks, created and delivered a training and awareness program, conducted M&A due diligence and managed integration, monitored adoption of group policies and procedures. Completed finance projects such as development of finance best practice and policies and implementation, finance process assessment and reengineering, M&A integration and post-acquisition analysis.

Tokyo, Jp

Posterscope, part of Dentsu Aegis Network, is a location-based marketing specialist employing 1,200 people in 63 offices located in 35 countries worldwide.Partnering with the CEO provided financial advice and guidance to senior management to enable sound commercial decisions. Responsible for all financial areas of the business including budgeting and forecasting, reporting to regional management, cost management and effective controls and governance. Managed HR, IT and Operations for agency partnering with regional and global functional teams.

Tokyo, Jp

Responsible for financial management of corporate entities, start-up operating entities, regional shared services (including HR, IT, Real Estate, Payroll) and compliance (including audit and tax). Selected to be part of Route 500, Dentsu Aegis Network’s global high potential career acceleration program for top 1% of global talent (2014-2018).

Sydney, New South Wales, Au

Sonic Clinical Services (previously IPN Medical Centres ("IPN")), a subsidiary of ASX listed Sonic Healthcare Limited, operates (at time of departure) a network of over 200 multidisciplinary medical centres located across Australia. IPN is the business partner of more than 1,500 independent General Practitioners and employs more than 2,500 healthcare professionals.Partnering with the executive management committee drove company returns through business decision support in areas such as company strategy, analysis of results, pricing and structure of customer contracts, sensitivity analysis, acquisition and organic growth opportunities. Managed the group finance function including reporting, budgeting and forecasting, compliance with regulatory requirements and continuous improvement of processes. Oversaw and conducted finance due diligence and integration on acquisitions in a highly acquisitive environment.

Sydney, New South Wales, Au

London, Gb

Short term contract position rationalising processes (documentation, recommendation and implementation).

London, London, Gb

OPG is a publisher of illustrated non-fiction books in the UK with worldwide revenue streams. OPG is a wholly owned subsidiary within the Hachette Livre group (France).Managed central finance team, including corporate and shared services. Responsible for month end processes and reporting including monthly management and group reporting and tax and statutory reporting requirements. Decision making support for operations functions (Sales & Marketing, Publishing, Production, Divisional Finance). Conducted financial due diligence on acquisitions through to integration of businesses.

London, London, Gb

London, London, Gb

Sydney, Nsw, Au

Managed a portfolio of clients in the Energy and Natural Resources Assurance Group (main focus mining with exposure to other industries such as wine and property). After completing CA, successfully secured a 4 month secondment to KPMG Vancouver followed by a 3 month client posting as Financial Controller of an acquired entity within a major mining client on return to Australia. Additionally involved in development and delivery of training materials and graduate recruitment.

Chartered Accountant (Ca)

Bachelor Of Commerce (Bcom), Accounting & Finance, Business Law