Manage the finance function and provide strategic leadership from a financial perspective.Key focus on ensuring bids and tenders are priced at levels that factor in risk and are both profitable and competitive.Motivating and leading the finance team.Ensuring cost is in line with revenue and that the business profitability is sustainable.Working capital is at the optimum level to maximise positive cash flow at all times.Maintain the monthly reporting pack and present the monthly financial result to the management team together with recommendation for enhancing profit, capitalising on opportunities and mitigating risk.

Manage the UGL Engineering Northern Region finance team, ensuring staff are motivated and delivering results in line with Group goals.Consolidating and reporting on over 60 projects including major infrastructure jobs such as the Airport Link Tunnel ($600M) and the Clem 7 tunnel ($400M) plus others rail signalling ranging from $15M - $25M.Scheduling and running project review meeting for projects in the Northern Region which included investigation cost to date vs budget and setting or updating the project forecast to completion. Providing variance analysis and explanation for project results based on the project review meetings.Ongoing monitoring of debtors to ensure debtor collection targets remained well within collection periods.Settled two BCIPA claims which resulted in approximately $1M gain to UGL both through the add back of provisions and the claiming of amounts not included in the initial invoicing.

Project reviewsCost control for cost invoiced to the Western Corridor Pipeline AllianceAlliance audir reviewsPreparing and presenting monthly finance reports to the BMA Alliance for the Transfield - BMA Dragline Maintenence project.Reporting profit share for Alliance/JV jobs including pain/gain calculationsMonthly result reporting to Group

Group Consolidation for over 50 group companies.AIFRS implmentation.Prepare half your and full year statutory accounts.Manage finance team of three plus the recruitment and management of the AIFRS team which at its peak numbered four qualified accountants.Prepare the first AIFRS compliant annual financial statements with all relevant disclosures for the first year under AIFRS.

Group Consolidation for over 100 entities from all parts of the Globe. Consolidation requied currency conversion from India, Europe, North America and South America and included 100% subsidiaries and associates.The role also required liaising with regional and overseas entities to assist them with technical issues ralating to the completion of the monthly, half year and full year reporting packs.Management of the assistant accountant responsible for inter-company reconciliations.