Leading 5 direct reports and ~ 90 indirect reports I was responsible for strategy, business planning, business performance reporting, budgeting, external reporting, tax and treasury, M&A activity and integration, procurement and technology & digital solutions. As CFO, I provided overall stewardship and strategic advice to the CEO and Board in relation to Unitywater’s performance covering revenue of more than $850M, assets of $4.5B and capital and operating expenditure of more than $500M… Show more Leading 5 direct reports and ~ 90 indirect reports I was responsible for strategy, business planning, business performance reporting, budgeting, external reporting, tax and treasury, M&A activity and integration, procurement and technology & digital solutions. As CFO, I provided overall stewardship and strategic advice to the CEO and Board in relation to Unitywater’s performance covering revenue of more than $850M, assets of $4.5B and capital and operating expenditure of more than $500M per annum. Key Achievements:Led the development and execution of a new corporate strategy focused on Unitywater’s customer value proposition and stakeholder expectations delivering a reducing the average bill compared to peers from a 34% difference to 14% difference. Advised and collaborated with the CEO and Board to influence key stakeholders on ownership, dividends and debt structuring to ensure the long-term sustainability of the business delivering an improved credit rating and reduction in borrowing costs.Contributed to and delivered significant operating cost savings and cost avoidance exceeding $100M.Led the transformation of the Finance, Procurement and Information Technology functions to uplift team capability resulting in improvements in the quality and timeliness of financial reporting, month end efficiency (reduced from 10 working days to 2 working days), improved financial control and improved the cyber security environment and delivery of key technology projects to enable operational efficiency and customer ease.Led business transformation projects including system upgrades, delivery of a business intelligence capability and a major price reform project delivering cost savings and benefits to customersContributed to improvements in the organizations' culture, safety performance and employee engagement improving key culture measures by 11% against a target of 5% and achievement of the target safety maturity rating. Show less

Led the organisation’s response to the major weather event in February 2022 including engagement and communication with key stakeholders, offering of a flood relief package to impacted customers and major network repairs delivered across the service region while also ensuring the safety of all team members.Influenced QLD Treasury to provide additional funding towards a major development precinct.With the Executive Leadership team, made improvements to organisational culture and… Show more Led the organisation’s response to the major weather event in February 2022 including engagement and communication with key stakeholders, offering of a flood relief package to impacted customers and major network repairs delivered across the service region while also ensuring the safety of all team members.Influenced QLD Treasury to provide additional funding towards a major development precinct.With the Executive Leadership team, made improvements to organisational culture and safety maturity rating. Show less

Successfully engaged with external auditors to resolve a potential audit qualification resulting from a complex business sale transaction.Improved financial control and compliance processes to increase stakeholder confidence and delivered improvements to financial statements notes and disclosures.Lead the development of an industry position on asset valuation achieving agreement by external auditors and lead the development of various technical accounting positions resulting in… Show more Successfully engaged with external auditors to resolve a potential audit qualification resulting from a complex business sale transaction.Improved financial control and compliance processes to increase stakeholder confidence and delivered improvements to financial statements notes and disclosures.Lead the development of an industry position on asset valuation achieving agreement by external auditors and lead the development of various technical accounting positions resulting in significant P&L benefits.Nominated by my team and was a finalist in 2010 Queensland AIM Management Excellence Awards. Show less

Established the commercial management function for the newly established unit including reporting, business case development, financial analysis and commercial advice.Led the due diligence and investment evaluation activities for the acquisition of several energy services businesses and two contracting services businesses contributing to $60M in growth in assets under management.

Developed complex financial models for forecasting and analysis of the ENERGEX Groups’ performance.Developed detailed gas and electricity financial models for the determination of regulated revenue requirements and developed ENERGEX’s WACC submission to the Queensland Competition Authority and contributed to national forums regarding WACC inputs.Developed a methodology for assessing group performance based on value creation which led to a major restructure of the organisation.