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Singapore

Key Responsibilities • Global finance & support structure• Group Treasury design, including regional treasury center/In-House banking concepts• Group Governance & risk policy• Set up activities – legal, banking • Strategic planning – group• Acquisition strategies• New business structuring / M&A• Operational set up activities – payroll. SAP, office etc.

Singapore

Business restructuring

Singapore

Drive & expand business in Asia, for a globally recognized leader in the development of high specification metal alloy products in Asia.Responsibilities;• Full Profit & Loss management• Recaptured lost business through superior service & technical support• Improve cash conversion, product profitability and working capital• Redefined & upgraded the talent• Overhaul the manufacturing process• Develop a sustainable strategic turn around plan, covering operations & commercial activitiesChange management program completed.

Singapore

Responsibilities;• Full Profit & Loss, Cash Management• Commercial & Operational Change Management programs• Reimagine Shared Services and their primary roles of governance and business partnering• Improve Channel Management, Route to Market, Supply Chain design for Asia & Middle East • Primary focus on customer satisfaction improvement programs• Change culture to a customer facing model, including structural changes.• Overhauled manufacturing strategy; focus on capacity, material flow and yields• Restructure treasury, banking & shared services Change management program completed.

Singapore

Leadership across all functions, Finance, IT, supply chain, Customer Service, distribution, HR, facilities.Responsibilities;• Aligning Asia support structure to better service business needs• Modernize Shared Services into true business partnering• Enterprise level change management programs across shared services• Design future state road map for critical support services & functions• Reduction in non value add costs and processes, delivering better performance for each $ • Business leadership for compliance, ethics, integrity & governance programs• Consolidation of country/regional/Asia services structures

Singapore

Managing Director for all regional businesses across South East Asia, covering commercial financial and operational activities. Responsibilities;• Full Profit & Loss, Cash Management of all entities in SE Asia• Commercial change management programs, driving sales force effectiveness• Drive superior revenue growth, balancing mature & emerging markets investment needs• Overhaul financial model; pricing, product rationalization, supply chain analysis and design• Create effective bonus plan programs to support emerging & mature market sales teams• Responsibility for internal controls, SOX, revenue recognition and audit programs• FP&A for the region• Legal director duties, include statutory accounts, SEC representation attestations• Multiple ERP projects

Australia

Business adviser and partner to Asian CEO. Corporate stewardship of the Asia regionResponsibilities;• Business & financial partner to the Group CEO• Introduced formal data analytics and governance across Shared Services in Asia • Focus on working capital management, driving DSO down by 25%, DIO by 15%• Focus on controls and cost saving programs, group profit doubled• Drove reporting close process to a 5 day close (from average of 12 days),• Consolidation of shared services structures at a country level.• Coordinated clean audit reports right across Asia• Successful integration of acquisition

Australia

Oversea and manage all financial & accounting activities across SEA, India and South Africa. Responsibilities;• Budget planning and control• Regional entity consolidation of the financial• Audit program oversight, including resolution• Financial presentations• Working capital oversight• Internal controls and policy deployment

Australia

Manage all aspects of financial, accounting, IT supply chain & distribution and operations activities across the two countriesResponsibilities;• Business partner to the Country MD• Restructure finance & Shared Services into more effective partnering teams• Drive working capital management, focusing on DSO and DIO performance• Management of audit, tax and statutory process• Improve month end closing process from 15 to 45 days• Complete ERP project• Upgraded talent

Singapore

Business partner and adviser to the CEO. Management of all finance, accounting, IT, supply chain & route to market and operational activities of the company across AsiaResponsibilities;• Improve effectivness of the financial structures• Refocus on customer satisfaction, for both internal and external customers• Re-define Shared Services Priorities, Governance, Analytics, and Reporting (internal & External)• Successful project leader for Y2K, JD Edwards and Bookmaster ERP projects• Deliver US GAAP & local GAAP accounting framework across Asia entities• Branch offices established in seven Asian countries, shared services approach created• Overhaul of cash flow management, (DSO/DPO)• Resolved long outstanding statutory & audit issues

Business, Accounting

Completed part time 4 high distinctions, 7 distinctions and 8 credits were awarded Awarded Coopers prize, best student Cost & Management.

Hsc, University Entrance