Eleuthera Group is a member of an Australian investment group that utilises a private equity business model to raise debt funding from wholesale investors for deployment across multiple investments.This role includes, but is not limited to, performing the following duties across multiple entities: • Annual financial statements• Business Activity Statements and Instalment Activity Statements• Maintenance of multiple general ledgers (in Xero) and general accounting duties• Liaising with external tax and legal advisors• Using forensic accounting techniques to undertake complex account reconciliations• Assisting and advising the Managing Director on various matters as and when required

Centrepoint Finance provides commercial and equipment finance broking services to industry and businesses throughout Australia through a mix of owned branches and aggregation partners.My duties and responsibilities in undertaking this role included, but were not limited to, the following: • Preparation of monthly management accounts (in Xero) and reports for the Board• Preparation of financial models in Excel for reporting, budgeting and forecasting purposes• Overseeing the group’s accounting function• Engaging key management in the annual budgeting process• Maintaining relationships with aggregation partners• Preparation of annual and half-year financial statements and liaising with external auditors• Compliance with relevant State and Federal laws; including GST/BAS, FBT and superannuation• Company secretarial duties• Managing company risks, including insurance and other identified risks• Compliance with the licensing requirements of relevant financial services bodies

Pacific Bio uses the power of water and nature to sustainably farm premium black tiger prawns, bioremediate fresh and saltwater using algae, produce natural plant biostimulants from algae and grow astaxanthin for use in neutraceuticals.My duties included, but were not limited to:- Preparation of annual statutory accounts and management of external audit process- Implementation of monthly management financial reporting- Assisting the CFO on a recapitalisation process- Managing relationships with external advisors and financiers- Leading the finance team through a transitional process

Australian Unity is a national healthcare, financial services and independent and assisted living organisation. Specialties: Health, Advice, Investments, Retirement, Financial services and BankingMy duties as Finance Manager role included:- Finalising the sale of the GU Health business to nib- Profit & loss responsibility for business units established to transact the sale, manage the migration of the business and operate a Transitional Services Agreement- Preparing monthly management accounts- Liaising with internal and external stakeholders- Ad hoc projects

Kilter Rural is a fund manager that improves Australian landscapes and delivers returns to investors. It manages over $200m of water, farmland and ecosystem assets. Kilter Rural delivers investors new and expanding opportunities for superior long-term returns from these alternative asset classes.My duties in this contract role included:- Undertaking a comprehensive review of finance policies and procedures- Reconciling and updating three fixed asset registers- Preparation of monthly management accounts- Financing the acquisition of major plant & equipment- Developing templates and procedures for use in project funding requests

With origins in retail, GNC Group works across all industries and in different functional areas including Finance, Logistics, Merchandising, Corporate Strategy, IT, Property and Project Delivery.I was contracted to Coles to work on a major project involving negotiating and documenting revised terms of trade with suppliers in compliance with the Food & Grocery Code.

Verve Advisory was the vehicle used by me to provide independent accounting and business advisory services as an external consultant. Significant assignments included:- Financial Controller and General Manager of an audio visual component wholesaler and retailer, whilst contemporaneously undertaking a sale of the business as a going concern on behalf of its investor owner- Investigating accountant's report for a National trade association on its current and projected financial position- Independent expert's report for a Regional school dealing with the Department of Education is respect of funding- Forensic accountant to a party involved in a complex property dispute in the Family Court

KordaMentha is an advisory and investment firm which provides restructuring, turnaround, real estate, funds management and forensic services.As a Director in restructuring services, I displayed high levels of commerciality, sensitive stakeholder management, strong risk and cash flow management practices, transaction management and an ability to deal with complex legal issues. My key responsibilities included:• Management of a range of customer-facing restructuring projects• Direct responsibility for operational and financial performance and cash flow during trade-on administrations• Customer relationship management and business development• Management and performance review of subordinates• Providing internal and external technical presentations and training• Managing multiple competing stakeholders• Compliance with statutory and regulatory regimes

C&R Design + Print was an SME that offered a complete design, print and finishing service to primarily corporate and Government customers.In managing my own manufaturing business, I lead a team of 10+ staff with widely divergent skill sets and one of my significant achievements was adapting the formal processes and rigorous systems improvement practices of a large corporate environment, to an SME.

KPMG is one of the ‘Big 4’ international professional services networks providing audit, tax and advisory services. My career at KPMG started as a graduate in the audit division and finished as a Senior Manager in restructuring services. Key experience:• Audit of large and small enterprises• Provision of financial and business restructure advice• All forms of trading and non-trading restructuring assignments• Secondment to Gippsland Water as acting Financial Controller• Secondment to PowerNet Victoria (now Ausnet Services) to assist with its privatisation