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Small business valuation, creation, capital and operational consulting

Oversee Enterprise Facilitation(c) in the George Town and Scottsdale municipalities of North East Tasmania, assisting entrepreneurs with people and resources from the local community, under the principals of the Sirolli Institute www.sirolli.com

Integration of budgeting, financial control and reporting in the merger of Tasmanian Irrigation Systems Ltd and the Tasmanian Irrigation Development Board. This role included:* new budget, credit, accounting, reconciliation and monthly systems and processes; * reconciling and integrating budgets and reporting, often using Excel tools such as flatfiles and pivot tables; * cleaning up legacy debtor and loan books;* resolving old debtor disputes and customer reconciliation issues; and* harmonising customer trading terms.* credit control, such as debt recoverability assessment and reporting;* managing the customer loan book and automating cash collection by direct debit; * designing, issuing and reconciling debtor documents such as invoices, statements, and credit notes using business intelligence tools, Excel and system report writers; * helping to arrange automated billing using XML interfaces; * reconciling cash investments and interest; and* designing and writing monthly board reports.* negotiating contract terms with Renewable Energy Certificate (REC) buyers to maximise TI's revenue from the Meander mini hydro plant; * financial statement analysis of suppliers as part of the pre-qualification for tender process; and* other ad-hoc financial analyses in conjunction with with the contract pricing officer, such as reconciling customer water use from Ajenti meters to actual billing from Southern and Ben Lomond Water.

Leader of a team responsible for finding and appraising businesses and property investment opportunities for indigenous groups, including: * due diligence prior to asset purchases; * hiring and supervising a skilled investment appraisal team; and* assessing and valuing businesses and assetsto purchase assets for client's and IBA's investment portfolio.

CFO of this retail, wholesale and foreign exchange bank and finance companywith 15 retail branches, 450 employees, and net assets of USD 14m, annual turnover of USD 24m. A member of the WESTPAC BANKING CORPORATION group, one of Australia's big 4 banks. [32,000 employees, net assets of USD 30m, annual turnover USD 3.7b].Responsibilities:- Member of Business Management Team, overriding management committee. Main functions: Suggest strategic initiatives to Board and Westpac Pacific Banking; Reporting on implementation of strategic initiatives; day to day operational issues of the Bank.- Member of Asset and Liability Committee. Functions: All pricing, asset / liability mix and strategic direction in sales, retail and wholesale loan book and deposit management.- All compliance, regulatory and management reporting, tax, and remuneration administration, including creation of detailed financial year plan.- Advising on financial and tax impacts and business cases of special projects, large or complex deals, remuneration and capital budgetingWith the Treasurer, make representations to central banking authorities advising and implementing the IMF International Financial Statistics reporting (IFS) and Bank of International Settlements regulatory initiatives.•

Assignments included:Macquarie Bank Treasury and Commodities DivisionReviewed a number of trading desks, including tests for reasonableness of revaluations and trading strategies. Used data interrogation software for use on SUN/Unix and IBM systems. Auditor of Macquarie Equities Limited and Macquarie Options Pty Limited.Chase Global Securities Services4 month secondment as transition team leader and assistant to the relationship manager of their (then) largest client, Commonwealth Funds Management. Used the Chase global custodian system and HiPortfolio, a flatfile funds management and custodial client/server PC based application, and supervised 5 staff.BZW Investment Management Australia LimitedAnalysis and appraisal of the back office and accounting function of this fund manager. Documented controls in order to prepare Board reports and memoranda of internal controls.Other Assignments:Completed audits, business services, controls reviews and secondments with clients in diverse industries and locations, such as manufacturing, warehouse/wholesale, banking and funds management.