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Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Electricity

Melbourne, Australia

* Finance Lead Victorian Power of Choice Program & SAP ERP Implementation in NSW * Consolidation of business case financials for major IT projects* Monthly reporting of IT project financials and earned value forecast cash-flow projections* Development of business and project modelling to improve project forecasting and reporting* Financial presentations to.

Reporting to Group Finance Manager. Dotted line to AM EGM* Responsible for the completion of SP AusNet's regulatory accounts to Victorian energy regulator* Review and approval of major energy network infrastructure projects* Key management accounting analysis on $45m operating division, plus revenues & COS* Strategic line of business cost allocation and.

Reported to Group Finance Manager. Dotted line to ICT EGM* Partnered with ICT to update revised (AMI) Smart Meter business case* Process improvement efficiences leading to reduced accounting support to deliver BAU* Managing, reporting and forecasting $350m IT budgets* Financial review and approval of BAU IT investments (data centre, infrastructure.

Reported to Group Finance Manager, Dotted line to 5 corporate EGM's* Continuos improvement in month end reporting, forecasting and annual budgeting across 5 divisions* Financial review of major IT investments* Management of IT related party charging, dispute resolution, payments & negotiation* People Management* Improvements in FTE reporting to increase.

Reported to outsource project team, IT EGM, Group Finance Mgr and CFO* Negotiated the cost of IT from new Joint Venture partner on favourable terms* Developed commercial charge back model & costing principles* Financial risk based assessment of outsource agreement contract* Updated internal processes ensuring smooth implementation of new charging.

Reported to Financial Reporting & Planning Manager (1 down from Group Finance Mgr)* 5-10% opex savings achieved through cost management initiatives and reporting on $25m budget* Develop of new group performance reporting framework through to IT leadership team & CFO* Strategic review and analysis of 5 year business plan inputs* People Management* Financial.

Reported to Financial Reporting & Planning Mgr. Dotted line to IT Program Mgr* Lead program accountant for $80m IT acquisition & build across 20 projects* Highlighted key project trends through implementing earned value reporting on high focus projects* Development of project cost models, finance processes and new project costing guidelines* IT fixed asset.

Reported to Senior Management Accountant* Timely consolidation of networks group cash-flow, balance sheet, P&L and capex reporting* Assisted with implementation of new cube based budget financial system, incl training to field staff* Consolidation of Network business report and KPI information, incl key commentaries* Partner with operations to review and.

Reported to Shared Services Settlements Manager* Reconciliation of Australia wide Australia Post branch takings to treasury systems* Automated back-end excel settlement records, reducing daily reco's and data input by ~10%* Part of team to implement new automated system, resulting in significant staff reductions* Internal process review with recommended.

Reported to Finance Manager* Produced timely production cost control reporting for plastics and resins divisions* Documented and improved materials stocktake process, resulting in 1 day saving to month-end* Worked with Financial Controller to improve (automate) bank reconciliation process* Enhanced product costing through modifying overhead activity drivers

Cpa Qualified

Bachelor Of Business, Accounting