Peter C. Email & Phone Number

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

• Ensure accurate and timely delivery of managerial and statutory accounts.
• Maintain local tax compliance.
• Lead the budgeting and forecasting process in collaboration with department and country managers.
• Manage business system upgrades and implementations.
• Support commercial sales teams with pricing management.
• Oversee treasury and cash management for Australia, focusing on working capital optimization and cash flow initiatives

• Coordinated budgeting and long-term planning processes for the Construction System Business Unit.
• Developed forecasting templates at regional and group levels.
• Ensured business forecast assumptions included growth factors, product mixes, price increases, and strategic initiatives.
• Managed the IBP/S&OP process, ensuring engagement from sales, marketing, logistics, and operations.
• Acted as the point of contact for the IBP transformation team.
• Partnered with key operational stakeholders to support strategic decision-making.

• Recruited and coached two finance team members (indirect reports).
• Partnered with national sales, warehouse, and supply chain managers.
• Assisted in preparing business reviews with the regional management team.
• Ensured timely and accurate annual audits with no major findings.
• Successfully assisted in implementing an ERP upgrade within a limited timeframe.
• Managed CAPEX projects, including depreciation, additions, disposals, and transfers in ERP.

Greystanes, New South Wales, Australia

• Managed the annual budget and maintained financial data accuracy in SAP and Hyperion.
• Partnered with operation and commercial teams including product management, warehouse, and production
• Led the annual cost roll, reviewing activity rates, freight costs, and overhead rates.
• Developed costing models for new product development.
• Conducted margin analysis to ensure profitability across all product categories.
• Act as the lead contact for internal SOX compliance and external statutory audits.

North Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

• Processed monthly journals and prepared management reports.
• Assisted in monthly reconciliation of balance sheet accounts.
• Maintained the fixed assets register for all Australian entities.
• Assisted with budget and forecast preparation.
• Provided key financial data (budget tracking) for relevant stakeholders in the APAC region.
• Collaborated closely with finance teams across EMEA, APAC, and America.

Sydney, Australia

• Prepared and processed monthly journals, including accruals and prepayments.
• Prepared and submitted CAPEX reports.
• Liaised with intercompany contacts in Asia Pacific, UK, Americas, and Europe to ensure month-end intercompany balance reconciled.
• Prepared monthly reconciliations of balance sheet accounts and other assigned accounts.
• Ensured accurate allocation of customer receipts in the accounting system, including electronic bank receipts, cheques, and credit card receipts.
• Managed the SAP Dunning process weekly to provide clients with current positions on overdue invoices.

• Verified supporting documents for the billing process.
• Monitored job status and maintained sales report
• Liaised with technicians and customers to schedule suitable delivery time and location to improve job efficiency.
• Managed sales order cycle, includes creating quotation and sales orders, assigning deliveries/pickup time and location, and issuing invoices for customers.
• Investigated historical job orders which were not invoiced to recover unbilled revenue

Master Of Applied Finance, Fund Management And Treasury

Bachelor Of Commerce, Accounting