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Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

• Providing consultant services primarily to the Healthcare space in the areas of:finance, activity reviews, Casemix reviews, data analytics etc.Business Case reports, Health service Commissioning
• ABF Funding Restructuring: Successfully restructured Community Health operations into Activity-Based Funding (ABF) model, optimising financial efficiency and aligning services with funding structures.
• Coober Pedy Hospital Business Case: Developed a comprehensive business case for Coober Pedy Hospital, outlining financial feasibility, strategic goals, and operational improvements to support informed decision-making.
• Medicare Compliance Audits: Conducted thorough Medicare compliance audits for healthcare entities, ensuring adherence to regulations and identifying areas for improvement in billing and documentation practices.
• Financial Analysis for GP Negotiations: Led financial analysis efforts for General Practitioner (GP) negotiations, providing crucial insights and data to facilitate successful and mutually beneficial contractual.
• Hospital Activity Matrix Creation: Designed and implemented a Hospital Activity Matrix, enhancing transparency and efficiency in tracking and managing hospital activities for improved resource allocation.

Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

Board Member for the Flinders and Upper North Local Health NetworkChair of the Finance and Performance Tier 1 CommitteeMember of the Audit and Risk Tier 1 Committee

Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

Financial Strategy Leadership: Spearheaded the development and execution of comprehensive financial strategies, contributing to significant revenue growth and enhanced profitability.Team Leadership: Managed a high-performing finance team, providing guidance in budgeting, forecasting, and financial planning initiatives.Financial Controls and Risk.

Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

South Australia, Australia

• Responsible for the budget and funding position of the entire Flinders and Upper North LHN
• Oversee and manage all financial functions within the Flinders and Upper North LHN
• Provide Board assurance through reporting, briefing documents, cost analysis and other activity and financial mechanisms.
• Helped guide a large organisation transition through a period of great change
• Advise, liaise and assist with the executive leadership around mechanisms to improve performance
• Assisted with the rollout of the Clinical Documentation Specialists program and the Criteria Led Discharge flow model.

South Australia, Australia

• Coordinated the transition of activity budgets to the six new regional LHNs.
• Analysed efficient rates for various costs drivers for base workload budget builds utilising patient (activity based) costing data and efficient business practice provisions.
• Built strong interpersonal relationships with clinical stakeholders to drive financial skills transference and knowledge to increase implementation, value and engagement.
• Provided high level analysis and interpretation of funding and budget variances to executive leadership groups.
• Developed the Health Roundtable information reports for nine hospitals for use in executive and stakeholder reporting.
• Assisted with the costing and conversion of funding models for the expansion of Country Cancer Services.

South Australia, Australia

• Created and coordinated the addition of four peri-urban hospitals into the patient costing system and refinement of all sites.
• Implemented patient costing reports to improve comparability and value between sites.
• Developed coding and documentation assistance notes to assist clinicians to identify common diagnosis’ to accurately identifying complexity in their patients.
• Conducted the activity budget process and forecasting algorithms for hospital activity

Fellowship, Accounting

Bachelor Of Commerce - Bcom, Accounting