Simon Gallagher Email & Phone Number

Melbourne, Vic, Au

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Talent Communities and Marketplace Technology

Melbourne, Australia

HR Technology Advisor - Recruitment/Workforce/Talent Management Technology Solutions Key Achievements Current Assignments:• Founder of Hired1st which is a Talent Community and Marketplace Platform. Hired1st also provides SAAS workforce software with PowerHouse Hub. The Talent Marketplace automatically connects employer networks with job seekers. • Chief Financial Officer Powerhouse Hub Globally. Powerhouse Hub is a Global Technology company, with a Workforce Management Platform. We work with Government, Associations, Corporates, and Recruitment companies to upskill and source candidates for industries such as Aged Care, Health, Mining, Finance, Technology, and Education.Previous Assignments• Outsourced CIO role for Oncore Solutions for 1.5 years (Contractor Management Platform). • Spearheaded business plans for companies, including WorkPro. • Founder Hired1st Candidate Screening Tool• Initiated a Merger of Hired1st with Powerhouse Hub, enabling both entities to launch Powerhouse Recruit as a Recruitment/Talent Pooling solution within a Learning Management and Qualifications platform

Melbourne, Australia

Key Achievements• Transformed Drake International from making more than $10 million in losses to a profit of over $1 million in the Australian region. Attention was focussed on growing Digital Consulting business to improve profitability. Responsible for winning deals in the following industries: Financial/Superannuation, Logistics, Call Centre, Education.• Managed an elite HR technology consultancy and achieved outstanding success through partnerships with industry leaders and government departments.• Outsourced CIO role for Oncore Solutions for 1.5 years (Contractor Management Platform).• Designed an industry-specific HR Platform for Aged Care, with Mediasphere group (Federal Government Contract).• Worked with Owens-Illinois Glass over an eight-month period to design and develop transportation apps to streamline business processes within warehousing distribution.• Spearheaded business plans for companies, including WorkPro.

Melbourne, Australia

Key Achievements• Source of leadership for management for extensive financial assets.• Key driver of enhancement to LUCRF Super’s level of member engagement through innovative initiatives.

Melbourne, Australia

Key Achievements• Assisted operations in a challenging AeM/Ajilon integration period where I was the Executive Lead, resulting in Adecco’s leveraging of the opportunity presented by the natural resources boom, and in IT consultancy, moving bottom-line profitability from $6 million to $25 million.• Reduced insurance premiums by reducing accidents by 68 per cent and lost time by 83 per cent.

Johannesburg Area, South Africa

Key Achievements• Significantly improved business profitability from R$60k to R$6 million per annum, a growth rate of 900 per cent in three years. This was achieved by reducing back office costs by relocating the Head Office and Assets from Johannesburg to Durban; implementing new automated systems under CRM, payroll, billing, and accounting; and closed loss-inducing branches to further improve client profitability and reporting.• Additionally delivered DSO management improvements, reducing project timelines from 73 days to 38 days in addition to renegotiating contracts with clientele and improving cashflow from -R$14 million to +R$10 million.• Collaborated with the Managing Director to grow annual sales from R$150 million to R$250 million, achieved by establishing a new professional staffing division as well as specialised IT, finance, call-centre, banking, logistics, technical, industrial, and automotive division; relocating 50 per cent of client outsourcing contracts to improve margins; and improving service levels through a centralised shared services call-centre with an integrated transformation programme “Experts talking to Experts” to enable clients to liaise with SMEs.• Improved firm-wide compliance to enable more lending and investment opportunities by focussing on Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) compliance and improved lending reporting. This not only established covenants but also improved the business’ relationship with the Zurich headquarters.

Johannesburg Area, South Africa

Outlearning: Corporate Training and DevelopmentKey Industries:Financial Banks & AutomotiveRevenue:• R$80 million revenue (small company with a high growth rate)Key Projects:• Implementation of New Financial systems.• Upskilling of Finance and Head Office team.• Implementation of New Business Reporting.• Assisting Managing Director with Strategic growth.• Establishment of centralised Learning centres for developing customised training.

GE Capital: Leasing HQ for Europe. 3000 employees.Key Projects:• Rollout of standard Oracle Financials GL projects across Europe.• Integration of Dublin Head Office into London and/or GECIS (India outsourcing).• Member of US Reporting team, consolidation of results from Europe to HQ in New York.

London, United Kingdom

Poplar HARCA: Private Housing Association (Construction Company Building Council Houses)Key Projects:• New company, set up Treasury function which involved investing $33 million in cash.• Raised funding for $133 million capital investments• Implementation of new ERP system (Sage).• Recruitment and set up of New Finance and Treasury functions.

Christchurch, New Zealand

Christchurch Casinos: The first casino in New Zealand.Key Duties:• Overall control of Treasury function.• Investing surplus cash in high-earning accounts.• Forecasting. • Shareholder and Bank reporting.• Assistance with Management and Statutory accounting.

Christchurch, New Zealand

Key Duties:• End-of-Year accounting and tax returns.• Budgeting and Forecasting.• Financing and Bank Reporting.• Audits.• Installing Financial Systems.• Main clients were Breweries, Bars and Restaurants.

Chartered Accountant (Ca), Accounting

Adecco Leadership Training

Adecco Leadership Program, Business/Managerial Economics

Bachelor Of Commerce (B.Com.), Accounting, A-

Post Graduate Dip Com, Business Management & Strategy, Marketing, A

Activities and Societies: Rugby