As a hands on Financial Controller reporting to Chief Executive Officer / Director, -I am responsible for leading and managing the Finance department including debtors, creditors, payroll, monthly tax compliance; year-end statutory accounts, tax, and audit; foreign exchange hedging; robust cash flow management and forecasting; stock control; information technology ( IT software/hardware ERP responsibility), strategic planning, budgeting, and forecasting; product bill of materials and imported product management and costings; -I manage the day-to-day operations and reporting of the company’s financials within deadlines and ensure internal controls, governance and operating systems are effective and efficient. The year-end financials are audited and prepared in compliance with AAS and interpretations with adoption of IFRS 16.-I am part of the Executive Leadership team and have worked with the Director,CEO & Supply Chain/Operations Manager, in driving business growth by 32%; establishing rolling 3-year business strategies and be part of plans for further business growth by 10% -I perform the role of data analyst in providing data analytics and what-if scenario analysis to the business to drive decision making-I maintain policies & procedures, key driver for system and business process improvements and drawing insights to drive the overall business performance-I review and renew business insurances including trade debtor insurance and PPSR managementAs the Financial Controller, key achievements include:- implemented the current ERP -MYOBEXO Business- implemented a 3-Way Finance Forecast model (Profit and Loss; Balance sheet and Cash flow), increase forecast accuracy by 20%, - significantly improved debtor days from 58 days to 51 days with 90 days balance reduced to <$50k- improved monthly deadline for the profit and loss & consolidated accounts reporting by 10 days- implemented Time Attendance - eliminating manual timesheets and creating efficiency by 50%

Senior Financial Accountant – Reporting to Principal Financial AccountantAs the Senior Financial Accountant, key Responsibilities included:- Reconcile and verify monthly and year to date revenue- Prepare monthly and yearend financial statements- Analysis of profit and loss statement - Prepare notes to monthly accounts and year end accounts- Fixed Asset Management in compliance with The Public Trustee Financial Management Practice Manual- General ledger reconciliations; BAS Returns- Prepare and coordinate the annual budget with relevant stakeholders.- Cash flow management & forecasting- Liaise with internal and external stakeholders including Queensland Audit office and treasuryAchievements:- Implemented a structure of preparing Balance Sheets to improve clarity, accuracy and efficiency to ensure deadlines are met- Implement year to date revenue reconciliation – which identifies issues not sorted- Completed Desk Top Guidelines (Financial Accountability Act)- Monthly accounts completed within the deadlines and in accordance to the government legislative and financial policy requirements.- Budget work completed within the required time frame- Achieve improvements in efficiency and structure of month end reporting and board reporting

Finance & Demand Associate/ Demand Manager – Reporting to Finance & Demand ManagerAs Finance & Demand Associate, my major responsibilities in this position include:- Review and prepare stock provision and stock in transit reconciliation- Prepare month end Blackcurrant Profit (NZ Ribena business) & Loss & provide mid-month latest profit estimate- Analyse purchase price variance and other general ledger accounts- Prepare reconciliation report for Inter-company profit calculation - Post month end journals and reconcile General Ledger accounts- Prepare and provide commentary on KPI report for local and international Head Office- Prepare reports for Management Reporting including commentary- Prepare and assist in the preparation and coordination of annual budget and forecasting process and assist brand managers, general managers on budget related issues- Support the business in preparation & determination of business goals- Provide price volume analysis and variance analysis against budget and forecastCommercial Review, Supply Chain & Inventory Management responsibilities:- Prepare for monthly Sales Forecast Review – agree sales volume forecast between demand (statistical forecast) and sales. Upload agreed forecast on SAP – APO- Conduct monthly sales forecasting meeting with sales, followed by demand planning, inventory procurement and supply chain management for all current SKUs and new product launches- Prepare ABC Inventory Classification and review safety stock- Use MINMAX tool and other SAP tool and reports for inventory planning and analysis, identify problems and provide solutionsKey Achievements include:- part of SAP implementation team- improve sales forecasting by 12%- implement change in safety stock methodology and improve inventory holding- implement invoice review process saving NZD 50k

Reporting to Finance & Demand ManagerAs a Finance & Demand Manager, key duties included:- Finance month end and supply chain & inventory management- Management accounts& KPI reporting and balance sheet reconciliations- Day to day liaison with external key stakeholders, Australian markets, factories, freight forwarder and warehouse and with internal stakeholders; sales and marketing

Maurice Kain was a textiles manufacturer in New Zealand, now owned by Basford Brands.privately owned; AucklandFinancial Accountant – Reporting to the Chief of Operations/Financial ControllerSubordinate Staff: 4As a Financial Accountant; key highlights include:- Successfully completed the monthly and year end statutory accounts of 5 listedcompanies including board reports within the deadlines.- Managed AP, AR, FX; systems Management, assisted in budgeting and forecastingprocess- Achieved setting up new entities on Real Time Accounting Software

Tanner Group incorporates three Group companies: Tanner Sawmills and Kaitaia Timber are the manufacturing i.e. log sawmilling part of the group, Tanners Timberworld (incorporates 5 retail branches) is timber wholesaling and retail and Head Office is the processing and control centre. The Groups annual turnover is over $40m.Group Accountant Head Office – Reporting to Financial Controller- As the Company Accountant, key achievement was upgrading old systems to CBA 2000 and redesign the costing methodology

Healthlink NZ is a recruitment agency for Medical Doctors and Nurses. The company market for recruitment was both national and international. The company’s annual turnover was up to $5m.Financial Controller - Reporting to the Managing DirectorAs the Financial Controller, in addition to managing the finances of the business, the key achievement was implementation of CBA accounting package and internal controls for the business

As the Asset Accountant, I was responsible for managing the banks fixed assets which included monthly reporting and quarterly audits

Internal Auditor at Department of Social Welfare (Corporate Office) (now known as the Ministry of Social Development).Maternity leave from September 1994 to March 1995.

Graduate position at Coopers & Lybrand (now PWC)