Ross Cooper Email & Phone Number

Perth, WA, AU

Perth, Australia

Perth, Australia

Perth, Australia

• Regional Manager F&A for Western Australia and Northern Territory overseeing the Regional Finance Team covering a portfolio of Maintenance contracts predominantly in the Mining and Oil and Gas Sectors with Clients.
• Oversaw the successful restructure and optimisation of the Regional Finance Function leading to a more focused and productive Regional team.
• Directed the turnaround of a major contract in crisis after failing to collect outstanding receivables due to quality issues within the billing function on the Contract.
• Acted as Finance Lead in the Transition Team tasked to setup two new regional contracts in the Oil & Gas and Transport Sectors including the setup of the contracts in SAP and the recruitment of Finance Personnel for.
• Managed the successful establishment of a Joint Venture with listed French Company CEGELEC to conduct a maintenance contract for our client INPEX, to maintain their Oil & Gas facilities in Darwin both on-shore and.
• Contributed to the establishment of a Fabrication Business in Darwin to assist our Oil & Gas Contracts as well as Tendered for external work in the territory.

Perth & Brisbane, Australia

• Finance Manager for the Jetties and Nearshore Marine Business Unit which traded predominately as the BAM Clough Joint Venture (BCJV). BCJV is a JV between Clough Ltd and the Royal BAM Group of Holland. The JV.
• Successful set up of the BAM Clough JV Finance function from a zero base to support a thriving business worth $1.2bn.
• Successful recruitment and development of a motivated Finance team to lead the projects and support the central JV.
• Active participation in the investment proposals for the construction and acquisition of $70m in Capex including a Jack Up Barge fabricated and constructed in China.
• Successful set up of a complex project that ran jointly out of Brisbane and PNG. This project has since been successfully completed with the granting of tax clearance by the IRC in PNG.
• Successful FX risk management program through a hedge book worth in excess of $150m and the placement of internal measures to capture risks going forward so that they can be effectively mitigated.

Perth, Australia

• Project Finance Manager on the Boddington Gold Mine Redevelopment Project which was an EPCM Project conducted in JV between Clough Ltd, Murray & Roberts of South Africa and Aker Solutions Australia (AKCMR JV) to.
• Implementing all finance systems and processes from a zero base on the project.
• Putting into place a set of Finance Procedures to drive the financial operations of the project in multiple locations including Santiago and the Boddington mine site.
• Recruiting and developing a highly motivated and effective Finance Team.
• Assistance with the development of a database to capture all man hours on the project that calculated accurately the Client Receivables and Partner Payables in line with a complex Contract and JV agreement.
• Gaining and maintaining the confidence of the Project Management team, the Project Sponsors and the Client.

Perth, Australia

Senior Project Accountant Gorgon Project (Feb 2006 - Sep 2006)Manager Treasury (May 2001 - Jan 2006)ERP Project (Sep 2000 - May 2001)Senior Accountant Corporate (Dec 1995 - Sep 2000)Senior Accountant Clough Offshore Division (Jul 1994 - Dec 1995)

Perth, Western Australia

Union Steel was an Australian wide subsidiary of the the former listed Email Group of Companies. It's business was the processing and distribution of steel products to industry. My role was the Financial management and control of the Perth, Bunbury, and Darwin branches of Union Steel.

Perth, Australia

Hall Chadwick is a large 2nd Tier Chartered Accounting firm based in Perth. The final position I held there was that of Senior in the Taxation and Buinsess Services Division. Primarily I had control of a wide variety of large clients and oversaw the provision of tax advice, tax planning, tax returns, management accounts and a variety of valuation and.

Master Of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Bachelor Of Commerce (Bcomm), Accounting, Finance And Management

'MBA' at the Graduate School of Management (GMA) Degree awarded in 2004. 'Bachelor of Commerce' (Major in Accounting and Finance) Degree.

Associate'S Degree, Graduate Diploma In Investment And Finance, Degree Awarded 1999

I completed the degree in 1999 and became a full memeber of the SIA. I have since been made a 'Fellow' of the SIA.

Professional Year, Professional Year

I became a full member of the ICA in 1992 after the successful completion of the Professional Year.

On Hold

Completed one Unit in Company Secretarial Practice in June 2005 towards the Chartered Secretaries Graduate Diploma. Enrollment has been.