Peter Olymbios Email & Phone Number

Melbourne, Australia

• Developed a new suite of management reports for the business including commentary on performance These were in Microsoft Excel format when I first arrived as there was no reporting tool being used at the time. The GL system used at that time was Arrow which had no reporting functionality.• Implemented IBM Cognos/TM1 to streamline business and Board reporting.• Worked with the various business units to develop detailed budget models and incorporated these into the Cognos model to speed up budgeting and forecasting.• Developed the cost benefit analysis tool to enable the assessment of new business and property purchases.• Instigated monthly meetings with the Divisional GM’s to review performance in the preceding month and year to date along with review plans for the future that will be incorporated into the year to go forecast and next year’s budget.• Managed the team of management accountants to deliver timely and accurate management reporting especially to the Education Division prior to sale of the division.• Worked closely with the ANP (Australian Network Provider) division to secure the contract to deliver Apprenticeships support services Nationally, MEGT is the largest ANP in Australia.• Worked with the RMS (Recruitment and management Services) division to secure the contract with BHP to exclusively provide apprentices on labour hire at the BHP Olympic Dam mine site in SA.• I was the project lead in the process to sell the Education Division. The business used Grant Thornton corporate advisory in the sale process which was successfully concluded in January 2019. In order to facilitate the sale we had to set up a new Registered Training Organisation (RTO) to transfer our education business, which I successfully achieved.

Melbourne, Australia

THQ Asia Pacific is the Australian arm of THQ Inc, which produces and markets games for all types of platforms such as PS3, XBox, Wii, Nintendo, and PC. The company also markets games under license for Disney and Capcom.I am currently assisting the Finance Director at THQ to complete the first forecast due for this financial year which runs from April to March. I have also been working on streamlining the Planning and Analysis function, as well as developing a new cash flow model for the business.

Melbourne, Australia

Responsible for Corporate Planning, Forecasting and reporting.• Prepared and submitted the annual budgets for 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011 on the required due dates including all schedules and additional financial data. Financial year for GSK runs from January to December.• Assisted in the preparation of the annual budget presentation to Asia Pacific HQ management. Presentation was presented by the Australia Business MD and Finance Director.• Prepared the monthly and quarterly updates for the Pharmaceuticals business and submitted these on time every time.• Was the contact point for queries and additional information requests from Asia Pacific HQ.• Was the Business Finance Manager (finance business partner) for the Finance & Corporate Services directorate including Customer Service and Distribution & Logistics, Human Resources directorate, Legal directorate and the Speciality Brands directorate.

Melbourne, Australia

Co-founder and Half owner of the business. Business was sold in February 2007.JP Recruitment was started to tap into the growing healthcare sector and the staff shortages that this sector is experiencing. After thorough investigation and analysis it was decided that a nursing agency business would be the corner stone of the business strategy. This strategy was a successful one as the JP Recruitment group ranked number 40th in the BRW 2006 Upstarts edition with revenues in excess of $1.5m.The JP Nurseforce subsidiary grew steadily over the three years 2003-2006 in difficult times and established itself as a major supplier of services to many of the major public and private hospitals in and around Melbourne. The business operates from 5am to 11pm seven days per week, 365 days of the year including public holidays, and pays contract nursing staff weekly.Achievements:• Starting the business from scratch, including business plan formulation and execution, company incorporations, lease negotiation on office space located in Nurses Board of Victoria building, office fit-out, communications cabling, systems implementation all registrations and the necessary approvals and insurances to begin business operations.• Financial management and control to ensure that seed capital was sufficient for initial capital outlay and start up operations.• Operations of the business have been cash positive and therefore have required no external funding or lines of credit.• The JP Recruitment group ranked number 40th in the BRW 2006 Upstarts edition.

Melbourne, Florida Area

Smorgon Steel Group Ltd and OneSteel Ltd completed the purchase of Email Ltd in February 2001. Since that time Smorgon and OneSteel progressively sold off non strategic Email assets and businesses.The position became vacant due to the previous contractor becoming ill. There was minimal handover, which made the task more difficult. The position was directly responsible for the accounting duties of Email Ltd and the thirty two remaining Australian subsidiaries and ten overseas subsidiaries.Statutory accounts, tax effect schedules and tax returns were completed for all entities on time (10 working days after year end for statutory accounts and tax effect schedules, 15 days for tax returns). The audit of these was completed with no audit adjustments required.Additionally, a number of entities were identified for liquidation subsequent to year end. I organised the information packs for the liquidator, and these entities were placed in liquidation.

Melbourne, Australia

Initially hired by the Chief Financial Officer and CEO to help bring the business back to profitability. The brief was to look at both short term “quick fix” items and long term financial modelling on which to base future budgets and create financial accountability.Business was placed into Voluntary Administration in April 2001 and sold in November 2001.

Melbourne Area, Australia

Was responsible for the finances of Hospital Pharmaceuticals division Australia, New Zealand and Pacific Islands.• As part of the Sales & Marketing team, I provided complete financial support including the review and authorisation of selling proposals and new product opportunities.• Prepared the financial results for the division on a monthly basis including cash flow and return on funds analyses.• Compiled the report to Hospitals Head Office summarising the divisions results year to date and forecasting out to year-end.• Responsible for the year end management and statutory accounts for the division including the New Zealand subsidiary.• Responsible for the preparation of the five year budget for the division and presentation of this to the senior Faulding executives including the Chief Executive.• Responsible for the Accounts Receivable function (two staff) including all the inter-company and overseas accounts receivable sub legers (48 sub ledgers in total).• As one of the three GST experts within the Hospital Pharmaceuticals business, I was responsible for preparing the business for the introduction of the GST and ensuring that all systems were GST ready.

Melbourne, Australia

Responsible for all the internal audit activities within the company and all subsidiaries both domestic and overseas, with a functional responsibility to the Board of Directors through the Audit Committee.

Melbourne Area, Australia

Melbourne, Australia

Melbourne, Australia

Audit Division

Bachelor Of Commerce, Accounting

Education record

Combined Law/Commerce, Law/Accounting