I am SENIOR FINANCE PROFESSIONAL who guides innovative, technology-based and start-up companies to establish robust finance and operations to position the companies for growth.I operate with discretion, integrity, a clear ethical compass and the courage to address poor practices.My skills & experience include:• Strategy: bringing financial, analytical and commercial skills to the development of high level strategic plans.• Business Planning: as a key contributor to the strategic planning process, undertaking due diligence of potential acquisitions, preparing financial data and performing critical analysis of business plans.• Leadership: sourcing and retaining highly competent, effective people, leading, coaching and developing them to effectively support operations and decision making.• Build collaboration: understanding key operations and functions in the organisation and supporting their objectives, thereby winning their collaboration in the work of the finance and accounting function.• Risk management: effectively overseeing risk in relation to business operations, strategy, financial reporting, investor relations, governance, audit, timely exposure and management of all critical information.• Information systems: applying my keen working knowledge of information systems and their application in reporting, and in the integration of financial, operational and customer information, and the dissemination of organisational metrics.• Influence and communication: successfully influencing external and internal stakeholders to support significant changes to business systems, operations and culture through strong working relationships.• Financial controls: providing effective controllership across multiple business activities and establishing reporting disciplines and budgets across an organisation.• Reporting externally and taxation obligations: understanding of taxation obligations, the regulatory environment and tax-effective pathways in business structuring