Manish Shah Email & Phone Number

Sydney, Nsw, Au

Australia

Australia

● Advises and supports the Industrial Operations, Distribution and PNG Leadership Team in key commercial decisions ● Provide insights regarding the drivers of performance & their impact on profitability in a timely, insightful, actionable and simple to understand manner ● Ensures KPIs are in place to measure how effectively costs are being managed● Plays an active role in identifying, implementing, and tracking productivity initiatives ● Plays an active role in contract re-tenders● Build relationships with respective businesses partners to ensure a solid, trusted “advisor” role is maintained.● Partnering with the business with a shared responsibility mentality to achieving targets ● Monthly forecasting process; articulation of financial performance to expectations to ensure that gaps are addressed to understand why and then working with the business to close them as required ● Constantly monitors financial performance and provides leadership team with financial expertise in the development of corrective actions for target achievement ● Responsible for completing the annual budgeting process and for monitoring actual performance against budget. ● Evaluates and challenges the business plans and CAPEX expenditures, always striving for highly profitable and sustainable growth

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

● Manage creation and maintenance of programs within the portfolio for Optus Enterprise Division worth more than $120 million● Co-ordination of AOP Activities to complete the Optus Enterprise Product and IT Capital Plan● Assess Funds Requests against FY Plans to identify impacts, risks and ensure governance controls are in place and enforced.● Ensure business benefits of program are clearly articulated and captured● Providing insightful analysis and commentary in regards to monthly variances● Driving the accuracy of Monthly Project Manager Forecasts● Review current financial control points and processes to ensure the accuracy and effectiveness of Financial Tracking & measurement and if appropriate implement improvements to existing controls, systems and/or processes● Carry out analysis, prioritisation, reporting and cost management activities across the Portfolio in line with monthly and quarterly deliverable's● Undertake ad hoc analysis, reports and system/process reviews where directed by Commercial Manager, Director Commercial Finance and other senior stakeholders

Sydney, Australia

Responsibilities:● Responsible for the end-to-end COGS process for Australia.● Play a key role in understanding, developing and combining inputs from Procurement, Manufacturing and Logistics to ensure robust product costing. ● Working closely with supply chain business partners and commercial peers ● Supporting the Marketing NPD team around innovation.● Responsible for maintaining the integrity of standard costing within our financial systems including assisting in a yearly detailed build for Annual Operating Plan (AOP) and ongoing accurate and timely processing of BOM changes

North Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Responsibilities:● Preparation of the monthly Actual Result and monthly Rolling Estimate for Australia ● P & L reporting and analysis (local, regional, Group and HQ), including commentaries ● Key contributor to the Long Range Plan and annual Business Plan● Work with Bottlers and supply points to obtain and verify information, and to compile monthly reporting ● Assisting to provide regular Risk and Opportunity analysis on basis of volume, shipment information & monthly estimate expenditures ● Working with Commercial Finance associates to ensure DFR and DME is within planned budget ● Reconciling and tracking latest shipment forecasts from Concentrate Plant - Singapore against production demand from the Bottler to ensure alignment and accuracy for the RE process. ● Preparing bottler ending inventory reconciliations on a quarterly basis. ● Delivering timely submission of ad-hoc reports and analysis to Group and Corporate including weekly volume reporting, DSI analysis, and Actual/RE scorecards. ● Facilitating equity income reporting (Actual / Forecast) and narratives for SPBU

Chatswood

Responsibilities:● Preparation of accurate month end accruals and review of potential balance sheet write-offs● Commentary surrounding variances to month, quarter, year to date and full year forecast are documented● Maintaining a detailed reporting matrix and pro-actively follow up to ensure all Finance reporting requirements are met in accordance with agreed corporate, divisional and local timelines● Planning assumptions are continuously pressure-tested by identifying Risks and opportunities early and subsequently analysed, qualified, quantified and monitored● Managing 3-years strategic plan, annual operating plan and monthly forecast accurately representing planned activities● Managing Fleet operations cost of more than $300 Million – Crew, Fuel, Port, Freight, R&M, Drydock ● Providing insights and performance improvement suggestions, where applicable● Building and pressure-testing new business cases or initiatives.● Manage and support value added large projects (Drydock - $22 Million) with key stakeholders● Mapping existing process/system flows and preparing process and training documentation● Working cross-functionally and within Finance to align on changes required and implement improvements Achievements:● Applied advanced Excel modelling and data analysis techniques using Power BI Dashboard reporting to transform detailed transactional source data into Dashboard reports for executive presentation● Appreciation from Vice president to arrange my travel to our Corporate office at Los Angeles to participate in our annual Group Finance offsite to expand my business knowledge and align our business process with Group

Sydney City

Responsibilities:● Responsible for various monthly close activities, including accounting for stock-based compensation and preparing and/or reviewing various journal entries and account reconciliations● Providing insightful financial analysis including explanations of variances between actual and prior period results and presents findings.● Preparing monthly, quarterly and annual Financial statements as per US GAAP and Sox Compliance ● Ensure continued compliance with internal audit and SOX requirements and identify process/control enhancements.● Assisting in the preparation of our Income tax (with external support), GST and FBT lodgments and manage any queries for the group.● Maintaining all workings for AFSL license requirements and projections on a monthly and quarterly basis.● Coordinate with auditors to assist in quarterly and year-end audit procedures, including audit requests.● Working with the Financial Shared Service team & Revenue Accountant on AP/AR transactions● Analyse monthly revenue, deferred revenue and unbilled revenue and report results to management● Assisting with transactional or analytical aspects of the Financial System upgrade as directed by the CFO.● Completing various quarterly and annual ABS SurveysAchievements:● Redesigned & implemented weekly cash flow report to give management better insight & efficiency in managing cash flow of more than $50 million● Initiated to developed Financial process document to assist corporate finance and shared Service team to better managed daily & month end tasks● Achieved to meet corporate deadline in a really short amount of time during Easter holidays in absence of Finance Manager

Alexandria

Responsibilities:● Perform month-end and year-end accounts closure process● Assisting in preparation and analysis of monthly financial and management reports● Assist Finance Manager with the budgeting process and other business planning activities● Processing month end journals, balance sheet and intercompany reconciliations● Maintain fixed asset register including additions, retirements, transfers and depreciation for accounting and tax purposes● Track the compilation of project costs into fixed asset accounts (Assets under construction), and close out those accounts once the related projects have been completed● Create and monitor a system of controls, procedures, and forms for the recordation of fixed assets● Recommend to management any updates to accounting policies related to fixed assets● Calculate royalties, including data gathering, analysing, month-end reporting, journal generation, monthly reconciliation and liaise with Brand Managers and overseas principals● Analysis and forecasting of royalty expense and communicating to Management for any major variances● Assist in the development of commission payment methodologies, working in conjunction with the Sales Managers & Brand Managers● Upload, setup, and maintain the commission payment logic in the SAP system, Generate commission payment files and related statements

Botany, Sydney

Responsibilities:● Assisting with the preparation of monthly Financial reports to meet organisational needs, internal controls systems and statutory requirements ● Bank reconciliations, balance sheet reconciliation and intercompany accounts reconciliation ensuring GL integrity consistency in the delivery of accounting policies and procedures● Posting Month end Journals, updating Journal templates, preparing accruals and prepayment schedules● Monitor forward foreign exchange contracts and assist in hedging of Foreign currency commitments● Processing monthly BAS Returns, PAYG & Assisting in FBT Return● Maintaining Fixed Asset Register and deliver appropriate Capex reports to ensure company is within its budgeted capital expenditure and maintains depreciation within its budget / forecast● Co-ordinating with External Auditor during half yearly & year-end audit● Assist with the annual budgets and quarterly forecasts preparation in accordance with the company requirements● Monitoring, reporting and analysis of financial results versus budget & forecast and producing monthly Operations KPI reports● Job Costing and Analysis & reporting of P & L of each major job, including investigation and follow up of material variances● Highlighting problem areas to management, investigating significant variances/concerns and making appropriate recommendations● Liaising closely with General Managers / Senior Project Managers and various other senior staff members

Dubai, Uae

Responsibilities:● Supported Chief Accountant in all month-end activities including month end journal entries, preparing statement of financial position and statement of income scrutiny, balance sheet reconciliations, variance analysis and submitting monthly financials● Conduct reviews and make recommendations for cost-reduction and/or cash saving initiatives● Worked closely with commercial team providing new product costing models as required● Supervised Accounts payable team of three people● Liaison with Banks in respect of overdraft facilities, letter of credit and bank guarantees● Monthly bank reconciliation of more than 12 accounts including foreign currencies● Co-ordination with External Auditors to ensure smooth audit of annual accounts and with Internal Auditors for setting up new controls and procedures● SAP Project - assisted in successfully implementing SAP system to 11 group companies. I was part of SAP core team member for Go-live Preparation to load master data into the system, end user training, final preparations for go-live and supporting the system once it’s gone live to ensure that any issues which may come up are resolved speedily

Cpa, Accounting And Finance, Credit

Master Of Commerce (M.Com, Accountancy