Resort & Casino with a 5-star 121 room hotel, various Food & Beverage outlets and a state of the art casino servicing the Russian and Asian gaming market with over 950 staff members and annual turnover up to USD 68m. Led all finance activities related to construction, pre-opening and operation of the Tigre de Cristal Resort and Casino, reporting to the COO, and holding company Financial Director with over 100 staff responsible for:• Preparation and presentation of the financial and… Show more Resort & Casino with a 5-star 121 room hotel, various Food & Beverage outlets and a state of the art casino servicing the Russian and Asian gaming market with over 950 staff members and annual turnover up to USD 68m. Led all finance activities related to construction, pre-opening and operation of the Tigre de Cristal Resort and Casino, reporting to the COO, and holding company Financial Director with over 100 staff responsible for:• Preparation and presentation of the financial and operational performance to board participants on a monthly and quarterly basis, with detailed commentary on actual performance versus business plan• Managed annual financial and strategic target setting with appropriate budget and business plan, subsequent measurement of performance KPI’s and corrective action through forecasts and profit improvement plans• Full responsibility for planning and management of the annual audit process, and preparation of AFS complying with IRFS (including supplementary information for HKEX listing requirements)• Ensuring compliance with the regulatory framework, and ensuring tax compliance for direct and indirect taxation• Prepared and presented for board approval various feasibility studies using IRR modelling in excel, as well as formulating scenario analysis for key business decisions required to improve and expand operations.• Design, maintenance, and continuous improvement of financial, treasury and risk management policies and procedures, and ensuring workflows efficiently maintained for accounting, procurement, and cashiering functions• Ensuring appropriate employee mentoring, training, and development, including corrective action where necessary• Analysed revenue performance against trend and expectations, in addition to ensuring marketing campaigns were accurately measured against objectives ensuring cost per action was effective against expected ROI’s• Ensured appropriate local solvency levels maintained and management of all on-site Show less

I held several roles within the Sun International Group starting as Financial Manager at the Wild Coast Sun Resort and Casino in 2002. I was then promoted to Financial Manager for a project in Egypt, opening the Port Ghalib Resort in 2007 where the property included three hotels with over 900 rooms and various other conferencing and banqueting revenues, wholly responsible for the finance function and reporting to the resort Operations Director and the investment company. When the contract… Show more I held several roles within the Sun International Group starting as Financial Manager at the Wild Coast Sun Resort and Casino in 2002. I was then promoted to Financial Manager for a project in Egypt, opening the Port Ghalib Resort in 2007 where the property included three hotels with over 900 rooms and various other conferencing and banqueting revenues, wholly responsible for the finance function and reporting to the resort Operations Director and the investment company. When the contract finalized I moved back to South Africa to the iconic Sun City Resort as Financial Manager for shared services responsible for the entire resorts transactional accounting, warehouse and procurement, project finance, and cashiering teams with over 150 staff from those disciplines. I followed this by making a lateral move to Finance Manager for a Hotel Casino property, Morula Casino and Hotel, to assist them in a restructuring program to improve the properties financial performance and to prepare for the possible movement of the license to the centre of Pretoria. I left the Group after I was offered the opportunity to work within the Melco Crown Group in Russia to open the Tigre de Cristal Resort and Casino. Show less