Niraj Pau FCPA, GAICD

Chief Financial Officer and Office Head (Business/Corporate) at Australian Radiation Protection And Nuclear Safety Agency
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(386) 825-5501
Location
Greater Melbourne Area, AU
Languages
  • English Full professional proficiency
  • Gujarati Native or bilingual proficiency
  • Hindi Native or bilingual proficiency

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Bhaskar Khanna

Niraj has an eye for detail, a professional at work. Like a leader, he understands & guides his team..He is very focused also.

Gaurav Sharma

A professional who knows how to manage his work well in time.

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Experience

    • Chief Financial Officer and Office Head (Business/Corporate)
      • Dec 2018 - Present

      The Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency (ARPANSA) is the Australian Government's primary authority on radiation protection and nuclear safety. ARPANSA regulates Commonwealth entities with the objective of protecting people and the environment from the harmful effect of radiation. ARPANSA undertakes research, provides services, and promotes national uniformity and the implementation of international best practice across all jurisdictions. My role as the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) covering all the enabling services including Finance, Digital Technologies, Human Resources and Facilities and Engineering, forms a critical part of the Executive Management Team, leading and mentoring a multi-disciplinary team of professionals. I am responsible for providing advice on the financial aspects of strategic decisions made in relation to all Agency activities and the overall management of the Agency’s operation and capital budget including financial planning, sustainability analysis and management reporting and analysis. As a member of both the Executive Group and the Strategic Management Committee, my role provides financial advice and support to the CEO and senior managers at all levels. The position is involved in the development of the future strategic directions of the Agency and maintaining cost recovery arrangements through the use of appropriate and robust costing and pricing models. I also work closely with internal and external stakeholders to ARPANSA for financial strategy implementation, detailed financial reporting, people management, high level operational reviews of Offices and Branches, improving the overall financial performance, sustainability, capacity and strength of the Agency.

    • Australia
    • Government Administration
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Acting Assistant Director
      • Jul 2016 - Dec 2018

      As part of the Senior Executive group, I managed the delivery of regulation and compliance function of the division with a specific focus on building the financial capacity of the portfolio entities and ensuring long term financial viability of the sector. Played a lead role in establishing financial viability framework for the Victoria's regulatory system which later on was adopted by the National Regulatory System. - Acted as a senior executive within the department and provided support to the senior executives;- Leading, managing and coaching a multi-disciplinary team of finance, policy and academic staff;- Managing regulation, financial appraisal and sector performance reporting for the entire group;- Performing financial and business analysis on entities’ performance and identify areas of improvement;- Manage IT, Budget, Communication, Procurement and other corporate services for the unit.

    • Manager, Regulation and Financial Appraisal
      • May 2011 - Jul 2016

      Department of Treasury and Finance is a Victorian Government's central agency providing economic, financial and resource management advice to help the government deliver its policies. As a senior manager within the Commercial Division which provides advises and reports on the State’s financial assets and liabilities and associated financial risks, including the State’s investments, debts, superannuation and insurance claims liabilities, I was responsible for ensuring the 40 portfolio entities under my supervision are well governed, well managed and financially viable. Some of the responsibilities included; - Ensuring financial viability by performing high quality periodical reviews on financial health of the entities;- Perform high quality financial assessment including assessment of key ratios, revenue and cost drivers, segment level performance analysis, sensitivity testing, scenario based analysis and assessment of sector capacity to grow further and meet debt repayment obligations;- Manage data analysis and consolidation, business intelligence and user friendly dashboards for the management and the board;- Identify and investigate issues threatening viability, intervene when required and suggest improvement areas to ensure compliance;- Ensure the sector has organisational, financial and technical capacity to grow further;- Provide constructive feedback to the regulated entities on their performance and agree a plan of action;- Preparation of training materials and conduct internal/external training sessions to educate staff to continuously strengthen their capacity.

    • Government Administration
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Manager Financial Appraisal
      • Jul 2008 - Apr 2011

      - Managing a portfolio of a number of not-for-profit entities and conducting financially focused performance reviews; - Preparation of robust financial models including financial performance report, forecasting tools and project viability assessment methodologies and tools; - Build and maintain effective communication with CFOs and CEOs of the entities and ensure constructive feedback is embedded in all the engagements; - Design and implement financial appraisal methodology and reporting framework; Some notable accomplishments/achievements - Successfully integrated the financial performance reporting to Business Objects platform thereby saving significant time and efforts in manual data consolidation. It also provided the team with flexibility in data manipulation and analysis; - Carried out a capacity assessment study of the housing sector which was later appraised by the management and the sector for its sophistication and logical outputs;

    • Spectator Sports
    • 100 - 200 Employee
    • Senior Internal Auditor
      • Oct 2007 - Jun 2008

      Racing Victoria Limited, as the governing principal racing authority, has responsibilities to develop, encourage, promote and manage the conduct of Thoroughbred horse racing in the State of Victoria, Australia. As a senior auditor within the Risk, Finance and Compliance area of the organisation, my role was to ensure the industry's internal audit plans are designed in line with the risks, audits are concluded as per the plan and reports and recommendations are provided to the senior executives of the organisation and respecting racing authority/clubs. - Carry out on-site internal audit of various racing clubs in accordance with audit plans & procedures; - Assessment and analysis of financial and operations processes; - Co-ordination with audit committees, board, club management and preparing high quality reports on audit findings; - Presentation of reports to the boards and sub-committees of racing clubs; - Lead and participate in fraud investigations; - Active participation in preparation of audit plans; - Guidance to clubs in the areas of gap analysis, internal controls and corporate governance; - Carrying out special audit projects of the affiliated entities of Racing Victoria Ltd.

    • Retail Luxury Goods and Jewelry
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Team Leader - Financial Planning and Analysis
      • Oct 2004 - Sep 2007

      Overseeing financial and operational aspects of the retail division of this large conglomerate retail enterprise with 400 retail outlets across the globe. - Financial and commercial analysis of retail division consisting of 150 retail stores; - Lead and manage retail store budget process worth $500 million and liaise with area managers; - Management reporting for the whole UAE region including high quality analysis on store performance against key KPIs; - Identify control weaknesses in the business processes, identify ways to optimise revenues and alternatives to reduce costs, suggest improvements and discuss time bound corrective action plan with the management; - Merger and acquisition advice to the management. - Due diligence and demand forecasting on product launch and brand performance; - Leading and managing a team of 18 high calibre individuals. Some notable accomplishments/achievements - Headed Retail Division for preparation and submission of 10 years business projections for IPO (Initial Public Offer) purposes; - Appraised by management for making them alert of two vicious fraud/mal practices worth $ 0.7 Million; - Project managed a large scale CRM implementation; - Created 'Flash Reports' and 'Dashboard' formats for board/committee reporting.

    • Audit Manager
      • Aug 2000 - Sep 2004

      Providing value-add professional services to various client groups (high net-worth individuals, SMEs, large global corporate businesses) - Performing financial and statutory audits and preparation of high quality audit reports; - Design and implement internal audit plans for clients; - Presentation of audit findings and recommendations to the board/governing bodies; - Monitoring and managing work-flow of junior staff and providing them with training; - Maintain effective relationship with clients and other stakeholders; - Physical verification of Inventory & Assets for the year end process; - Income Tax returns of corporate and individuals.

Education

  • Australian Institute of Company Directors
    Governance
    2011 - 2011
  • CPA Australia
    CPA, Accounting
    2010 - 2010
  • The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India
    Chartered Accountant, Accounts
    2000 - 2004
  • The Chartered Institute of Management Accountants
    CIMA, Management Accounting
    2006 - 2008
  • Saurashtra University
    Bachelor, Commerce
    1998 - 2001

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