Business Manager

• Jul 2022 - Present

-Strategize, implement, and oversee processes for increased productivity and growth-Design daily operational programs that produce organizational objectives-Manage employee activities, providing suitable resources-Establish and grow relationships with appropriate partners-Establish cost parameters and manage the overall P&L of this company / division-Maintain a forecast and targeting sales attainment plan

Freelance Financial Manager

• Sep 2021 - Jul 2022

Head of Accounting & Tax

• Sep 2015 - Oct 2020

•Understand clients needs and expectations and that the work product is client-focussed, clear, accurate and well-presented •Identify and communicate relevant trends, developments and key performance drivers relevant to the client •Manage and participate in BAS preparation and lodgement •Ensure work is delivered timely and in compliance with regulatory requirements •Understand clients needs and expectations and that the work product is client-focussed, clear, accurate and well-presented •Identify and communicate relevant trends, developments and key performance drivers relevant to the client •Manage and participate in BAS preparation and lodgement •Ensure work is delivered timely and in compliance with regulatory requirements

Commercial Finance Analyst/ SAP Project Manager

• Jun 2012 - Apr 2015

Commercial Finance Analyst •Finance Analyst for the Education sector reviewing the monthly performance of sector with the Operational teams •Proactively highlight future performance concerns and opportunities to account teams and to Sales and Finance leadership teams, and take an active role in planning commercial activities required to remediate any gaps to target •Liaise and establish solid relationships with key stakeholders with a view to assist as well as become the “go to” finance person supporting the business unit •Lead monthly finance reviews with account directors •Preparation and review of annual operational budgets & monthly forecasts •Provide collaborative analytical support to the Sales account teams to enable them to build and iterate their account business plans so that they meet financial targets and maximise return on investments SAP Project Manager •SAP Masterdata Champion providing SAP application support for specific module(s) including implementation, enhancements or maintenance •Manage implementation of functional solutions to problems •Production of PowerPoint presentations for Exec, and Finance team •Conduct end user training

SAP Implementation Analyst

• Oct 2011 - Mar 2012

•Initiate finance data migration from Oracle to SAP system, validating data for the IT team from a financial perspective, liaising with different personnel and departments •Identify data sources (mapping within SAP field by field), collation, cleansing and reconciliations to tight timescales •Prepare and monitor Capex budgets for the EVO project •Run test transactions in SAP system & resolve data issues, verifying test scripts and carrying out UAT •Provide in-house and on the job training to finance team, communicating to both finance and non finance personnel in a formal and informal manner •Produce and interpret SAP BI financial reports, enquiring of end users their output requirements and feeding this back to the IT team to develop a robust and useful reporting tool

Audit Supervisor

• Jan 2007 - Aug 2011

•Involved in statutory audits of public & private companies •Manage trainee accountants team of +-10 people •Review audit files to identify process improvements and business issues •Produce analysis of key performance indicators, with comparisons to industry averages and similar status companies •Communication of this analysis to clients to drive their business performance •Conduct work related meetings, manage tight deadlines •Reporting directly to audit director •Involved in statutory audits of public & private companies •Manage trainee accountants team of +-10 people •Review audit files to identify process improvements and business issues •Produce analysis of key performance indicators, with comparisons to industry averages and similar status companies •Communication of this analysis to clients to drive their business performance •Conduct work related meetings, manage tight deadlines •Reporting directly to audit director