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A good humoured and relaxed senior finance & operations professional who has a hands-on approach to financial and operational management and team leadership. Commercially focused and experienced Chief Financial Officer (CFO)/Operations Director with a demonstrated history of working in and creating value and growth in the manufacturing, renewable energy, service and FMCG industries. Skilled in all facets of financial and operations management with expertise in FP&A, cash flow management, and risk mitigation strategies. Solid IFRS statutory accounting experience with technical consolidation knowledge. Several years of board level reporting encompassing all aspects of business functionality and executing agreed strategies. Aside from the financial, accounting and reporting skills developed over the past 30 years, I have several years experience and understanding of operations & supply chain management, systems development & implementation, IT management, HR and ISO 9001 and 45001 standards implementation and maintenance. Professional qualifications include a Bachelor of Commerce majoring in Accounting and Finance combined with CPA and formal company director qualifications.
Cantire Foods
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Group Financial ControllerRor Group Pty Ltd Jul 2024 - PresentVermont, Victoria, AustraliaThe ROR Group of companies specialize in energy savings systems across solar, LED and the IoT. Coupled with a suite of SaaS products covering EMS, BMS and DMS and the associated hardware, we are able to maximise cost savings through identifying areas of energy waste and implementing solutions tailored to our customers' needs. For listed entities with multiple sites, we provide ESG SaaS that consolidates groups' data into a streamlined reporting platform in adherence with statutory requirements.
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Operations Director/CfoHome Green Pty Ltd T/As Shine On Solar Sep 2020 - Jul 2024Melbourne, Victoria, AustraliaShine On is a large privately owned entity selling and installing energy savings systems in the commercial, government and residential sectors. We specialize in LED, large scale commercial solar, residential solar, sports ground lighting in Australia and New Zealand. The Operations Director/CFO role is ultimately responsible for every business function, excluding sales. The role sits on the company's board of directors and is instrumental in strategic decision making, direction and execution.
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Senior Business ConsultantSelf-Employed May 2020 - Sep 2020Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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Finance DirectorFortress Systems Pty Ltd May 2008 - May 2020Melbourne, Victoria, AustraliaFSP is a wholly owned subsidiary of Post Glover Asia Inc (Telema Group) and was previously owned by Halma PLC whose shares are traded on the London Stock Exchange. FSP manufactures engineered high voltage power resistors used in the manufacturing, mining and power distribution industries.As Finance Director, I was responsible for all aspects of the company’s financial, IT, administration, HR, OH&S, supply chain and company secretarial affairs. In its early stage, the role included responsibility for the entire production/manufacturing capabilities and staff. The position sits on and advises the Board of Directors on financial related issues as well as providing the ELT with past and current business performance indicators and analysis. It has significant commercial strategic direction input and a change leadership focus. Being responsible for a small team of finance professionals, the role is particularly hands-on as well as advisory across the businessAchievements: • Developed Monthly Management Reports and Budget Process• Monthly results reporting down from 8 days to 2• Sales doubled in last 4 years• GM improved from 26% to 35% by identifying cost reduction opportunities.• Created budget analysis report adopted by group companies• Implemented OHSAS18001 policies and procedures.• Designed IT system to support OHSAS 18001 & ISO9001• Implemented lean philosophies throughout Operations, Supply Chain and Finance.• Streamlined the supply chain to decrease stock by approx. 30% creating savings at the COGS level and releasing cash.• With MD, successfully negotiated the sale of the business from one parent to another• Redesigned the structure of employee roles including PD’s and Business Role Tasks• Improved DIFOT by 20% by increasing production capability and flexibility.• Implemented Knowledge Management System across the business
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Corporate Finance ManagerDaniels Sharpsmart Oct 2005 - May 2008Melbourne, Victoria, AustraliaDSPL is a privately owned company who manufacture sharps collection containers for the medical industry. DSPL market these collectors world wide through subsidiaries and joint venture arrangements with medical waste companies. They currently have interests in seven countries outside Australia. The Daniels group consists of a number of companies, joint ventures and trusts.DSPL is a privately owned company who manufacture sharps collection containers for the medical industry. DSPL market these collectors world wide through subsidiaries and joint venture arrangements with medical waste companies. They currently have interests in seven countries outside Australia. The Daniels group consists of a number of companies, joint ventures and trusts.The Corporate Accounting Manager is the 2IC in Finance team of seven reporting directly to the group’s Chief Financial Officer. The main aspects of the role include treasury and cash flow management, monthly management accounts, staff supervision, budgets, assistance with statutory accounts and special projects such as business modeling.Achievements:• New business profitability models created for various product groups in different markets.• Premises valuation, sale and negotiation of lease back terms.• Sale of share in Australian JV business. • Creation of new management accounting and budgeting reporting model for group consolidation.• Creation of IFRS compliant accounting policies• Changes to accounting treatment and new ideas resulting in, in excess of A$4m to the EBITDA in the June 2005 statutory accounts. Specifically freight, depreciation and fx option -
Corporate Finance ManagerNational Foods Feb 2001 - Oct 2005Melbourne, Victoria, AustraliaNational Foods Ltd was a top 100 Australian ASX company whose major business is the production and distribution of fresh dairy products (FMCG). It is the only nation wide dairy company with manufacturing and recognizable brand names in each state of Australia.The Corporate Financial Accountant is positioned in a small team of professionals whose main responsibilities include statutory financial accounting and reporting, audit, monthly management reporting from a group corporate perspective, group tax, banking, treasury and asset management.• Creation of consolidated group trial balance report used for data integrity check of data ware house reports. Also used to produce other reports such as funds employed by entity that were unavailable through other sources.• Improved processes increasing accuracy and reducing time in reporting results.• AASB 1028 employees’ leave provision calculation saving business in excess of $1M. -
International Trading AccountantDairy Australia Nov 1987 - Jan 2001Melbourne, Victoria, AustraliaThe Australian Dairy Corporation is a Statutory Marketing Authority whose mission is to improve the profitability of the Australian Dairy Industry through strategic Commercial, Public Good and Regulatory activity streams. I was part of the team that provides commercial management services to the Industry as well as internal Trading Management. Our role was to maximize the returns with minimum risk to the Australian Dairy Industry in a volatile FMCG market. The position required in depth knowledge of the whole trading, shipping, treasury and accounting systems involved with International Business. Furthermore, the role was used to analyze, report and inform management of financial information and provide sound strategic financial and business direction.The International Trading Accountant is ultimately responsible for the monthly accounting and reporting of the Australian Dairy Corporation and its subsidiary’s Trading, Commercial Services and Technical activities. This is achieved through the coordination of the flow of information from the Trading, Shipping, Treasury, Accounting and Systems functions into meaningful reports for senior and executive management.Achievements:• Responsible for the implementation of electronic data transfer into GL from an in-house built shipping and trading system and associated reporting.• Based on costings and strategic financial advice provided to trading division, profits were made each year including years of volatile exchange rate fluctuation.• Changing the view and content of the trading section’s board report to include concise analysis of actual results including fx variance impact.• Smooth transition and new team built following restructure of trading accounting operations during which I was elevated above 2 CPA’s.• Several analytical tools built to review the results and performance of traders and the businesses.• One employee in five years resign from a subordinate position.
Ross Phillips Education Details
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Business Administration And Management, General -
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Mt Waverley High School
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Ross Phillips
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