Renee Richardson Email & Phone Number

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

I provide professional direction across financial planning, operational analysis and clients & market disciplines for the Transport Business Line in ANZ. I play a key business partner role by embedding strategic, operational and commercial acumen across the Professional Services team. Core tasks include:- Instilling accountability across Finance and Operations to further enable the achievement of strategic objectives- Leading, empowering and developing a team of business analysts and project accountants- Delivering insightful, transparent and detailed business partnering with all leadership and operational teams within Transportation across ANZ- Owning the budgeting and forecasting process including detailed resourcing analysis, project data, backlog analysis and pipeline projections through to Profit & Loss and operational cash flow- Performing financial analysis to review operational performance and key trends against strategic priorities. Identifying and implementing initiatives to drive business performance.- Providing analytics and influential decision-making recommendations covering the complete project life cycle.- Benchmarking operational metrics, project deliverables and bidding activity.- Managing, developing and overseeing the implementation of commercial strategies- Delivering financial analysis to review market performance and client trends in forward workload. Implement initiatives to drive client and market performance.- Providing commercial input into project bids ensuring commercial risks are managed and returns are maximised.- Championing an environment of continuous improvement to ensure sustainable project facing solutions are delivered and aligned to strategies.- Developing team members to support Project Managers and Finance Leaders through day-to-day tasks related to projects such as set up, maintenance, invoicing, revenue recognition, cash position, ETC, project forecasting and project analysis.

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

I am responsible for providing professional direction across financial planning,operational analysis and clients & market disciplines to ensure the achievement of objectives. I am a key business partner, embedding strategic, operational and commercialacumen across the Professional Services team.I am responsible for the Calibre Professional Services business across Australia.

Sydney, Australia

Sydney, Australia

I play a key business leadership role as a member of the Advisory Service Line team by embedding sound commercial advice in the day to day functioning of the service line. I provide broad commercial leadership, assisting the Regional Service Line Leaders to run the business effectively by providing commercial interpretive analysis across a range of financial indicators to ensure the achievement of the business objectives.I also provide high quality project support to Project Managers working within Advisory to enable improved project management and financial tracking. KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:• Financial and project oversight across Advisory ANZ.• Manage, develop and oversee the implementation of financial and commercial strategies in conjunction with Africa Commercial Manager and Global Advisory Commercial Director. • Oversee and manage reporting requirements to ensure consistency, accuracy and timeliness of financial and non-financial reporting. Provide commentary to assist the Service Line leadership in the preparation of business plans / budgets, including setting business performance goals.• Drive positive working capital outcomes and provide regular (weekly) insights to regional leadership, this includes but is not limited to providing regular working capital updates, including a weekly cash forecast for the region.• Present working capital results to Regional Service Line Leaders and their leadership teams, and to delve into working capital performance.• Act as the key business partner for Project Managers, Service Line Leaders and Director of Commercial Strategy - Clients, by providing project finance support • Build strong relationships with the Lead Project Accountants in each Region to ensure that the creation, maintenance, billings, revenue, forecasting, cash position and project analysis is completed and working capital is being managed.• Ensure that the backlog and pipeline for ANZ is correct.

Provide high quality project support services to the NSW leadership team working within Regions, including commercial and financial interpretive analysis across a range of financial indicators to ensure complete understanding of financial aspects.Key Responsibilities:• Perform financial analysis to review business performance and key trends against strategic priorities. Identify and implement initiatives to drive business performance.• Provide internal and external reporting requirements to ensure consistency, accuracy and timeliness of financial and non-financial reporting to achieve regulatory and business outcomes• Ensure efficient use of business unit resources by providing support to business unit leaders in the effective management of staff utilisation and overhead costs in liaison with Commercial Managers.• Assist the management of robust financial controls together with the Group Finance team to ensure integrity of all financial systems, processes and outputs.• Prepare working capital results for region and delve into working capital performance, providing working capital updates, and a weekly cash forecast for the region.• Provide support to Commercial Managers with dealing and providing information to external auditors. • Provide support and consolidation of the budget process including project data, backlog analysis & P&L • Good understanding of the processes in place for projects in delivery including revenue recognition, cash flow management and project costs to complete to be able integrate project performance details when preparing the monthly commentary. • Act as the key business partner for Leadership Finance teams and Regional Leadership Operational teams by providing financial support

Neutral Bay

As commercial manager I support the strategic planning and commercial analysis for New South Wales to drive value and growth in the region. I have day to day responsibility for managing the commercial and financial performance of the business by embedding myself in the operational aspects of the organisation.My key responsibilities include:• Managing, developing and overseeing the implementation of financial and commercial strategies, providing technical guidance and monitoring delivery against financial goals and broader business objectives• Performing strategic financial analysis to review business performance and key trends against strategic priorities• Identifying and implementing initiatives to drive business performance• Overseeing and managing internal and external reporting requirements to ensure consistency, accuracy and timeliness of financial and non-financial reporting to achieve regulatory and business outcomes• Coordinating the provision of accounting, tax and treasury advice• Ownership of preparation and management of business plans including setting business performance goals , monthly review process and reporting• Providing support in business development activities including financial analysis of markets, pipeline and backlog, and commercial input into project bids

Sydney, Australia

Aurecon brings ideas to life to design a better future. Imagining what is possible, we turn problems into solutions. We provide advisory, design, delivery and asset management services on projects across a range of markets, in locations worldwide. I provide commercial advisory services to the Transport Leadership Team within the Sydney Office.My key responsibilities include:* Active participation in the strategic business planning process. * Compilation of annual budgets and financial forecasts.* Assisting bid leaders in pricing tenders.* Project governance of live projects - ensuring commercial compliance with company policies & procedures. * Facilitating training sessions on project management within the accounting system. * Providing advice and support to the Transport Leadership Team to assist them in understanding underlying reasons for project data.* Analysing & presenting the monthly profit & loss statement.* Compiling & analysing utilisation & productivity reports.

Sydney, Australia

I assisted specifically the Transport, Water and Land Development units within the Sydney Delivery Centre.My key responsibilities included:* Sound knowledge of the accounting application in relation to project setup and maintenance, billing, revenue recognition, forecasting, collections, and reporting. * Educating Project Leaders on project-related financial processes.* Providing supporting data to Unit Managers to assist them in understanding underlying reasons for project data.* Compiling & presenting the monthly P&L & Utilisation Reports to the leadership team. * Project Governance - Ensuring compliance with corporate business rules and procedures.

Accounting

Bachelor'S Degree, Business, Management, Marketing, And Related Support Services