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North Rocks, NSW, AU

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Liechtenstein

• Act as finance business partner for Hilti digital marketing globally to oversee CHF70m+ investment and ensure tangible financial transparency & return
• Provide high-quality & value-adding support to Executive board members in topics such as quarterly Board of Director update, regional rolling forecast review, regional performance deep-dive and etc.
• Lead strategy definition and support business intelligence establishment across sales & marketing globally to steer performance & measure impact
• Design & launch enablement journey to equip global finance community to understand new CRM system launch and new way of working for Hilti salesforce
• Project management for strategic global projects with cross-functional teams including Global Finance, Strategic Marketing, Business Units, IT and Market Organizations
• Coaching and developing team members to become future Finance leaders and/or experts for their respective departments

Singapore

• Lead company performance management cycle by revamping monthly business steering, trimester rolling forecast, annual strategy review and bottom up planning process with cross-functional collaborations and strong.
• Establish processes for operating expense and net working capital efficiency improvement, saved 1.7M SGD opex and reduced DSO in 2017
• Oversee accounting, FP&A and credit & collection functions, lead a team of 8 team members with experience in people development and talent acquisition
• Coordinate internal control trimester roll-out and act as company compliance officer

Singapore

• Monthly review of regional financial and business performance with 6 entities to drive productive growth
• Coordinate and steer rolling forecast of full P&L and NWC KPIs for 6 entities trimesterly
• Support 3 years company strategy in Indonesia with financial analysis and investment planning
• Lead data cleaning and utilization process of global financial analytical system across Asia

Shanghai City, China

• Conduct monthly business performance review from BU, geography and trade perspective
• Conduct quarterly rolling forecast, P&L simulation, annual budgeting and annual target setting for topline sales, margin and opex
• Act as Finance Business Partner for regional sales team, conduct monthly business review with sales director and provide financial competence trainings to +100 salesforce
• Implement performance review package and scorecard for +40 sales manager to enhance their sales team management competence
• Assist to establish procurement function, involve in supplier selection process for company car leasing and travel management platform; design company purchasing process and policy and upgrade Travel& Entertainment.
• Coordinate internal audit for two years, involve different functions to ensure risk control and compliance

Duluth, Minnesota Area

• Perform monthly financial analysis and forecast on overall operating performance, margins by products and territories, departmental expenditure and cash flow
• Lead annual budgeting cycle and assist each area leader to complete financial review and their operating budget; conduct financial review and forecast for revenue and COGS budget
• Conduct cost accounting analysis on COGS variance and purchasing price variance weekly, provide cost per plane analysis weekly
• Responsible for all Sales& Marketing associated accounting works, such as payments and accrual of leaseback program, sales commission and customer referrals; invoice new sales, and book entire company store accounting.
• Assist the management of Superior Aerospace Insurance Company (SAIC), a subsidiary company of Cirrus: completing monthly accounting entries for SAIC, monitoring the investment portfolio, and providing analysis on.

University Of Minnesota

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

• Arranged and implemented advanced executive training course for mid-career professionals from China
• Experienced being oral interpreter of visits and lectures for Chinese government and corporate delegations, including the Ministry of Forestry, China Aviation General Aircraft Corporation, visiting scholars and others

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

• Analyzed financial statements of borrowers and monitored their operating and financial performance
• Conducted loan risk analysis reports to support the loan officer’s decision making
• Analyzed loan request proposals by examining industries and business performance, financial data, collaterals, capital structure and the management team of prospective borrowers

Egypt

• Conducted financial and social cost-benefit analysis and sensitivity analysis for a start-up waste management and recycling company, improved the company’s management capacity and cost effectiveness
• Led financial analysis training workshops for local solid waste corporations and NGOs
• Researched the value chain of plastic recyclables and interviewed key stakeholders

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

• Conducted stakeholder analysis, communicated and involved with a diverse group of twenty stakeholders including legislatures, corporate leaders, community and environmental associations leaders for expanding the use of.
• Coordinated six task force meetings and raised the attention of PPP in transportation issues

Beijing

• Analyzed “Mutual Aid Fund” in rural China and composed a report on microfinance practices
• Involved in micro-insurance project proposal bidding to acquire International Labor Organization funding
• Compiled PlaNet Finance China’s Newsletter 2010, and researched grant and funding sources

Master Of Development Practice, Minor In Applied Economics, Development Economics And International Development, 3.78

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