Experience

Alpine Resorts Victoria

• Australia
• Government Administration
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Chief Financial Officer

  • Sep 2021 - Present

  Appointed as the Chief Financial Officer for the newly created Alpine Resorts Victoria (ARV) in October 2022 after a stint as the Corporate Services Director and Senior Finance & Compliance Manager for the Mount Hotham Alpine Resort Management Board. ARV is an amalgamation of Mt Buller, Mt Hotham, Falls Creek & Southern Resorts Alpine Resort Management Boards. Appointed as the Chief Financial Officer for the newly created Alpine Resorts Victoria (ARV) in October 2022 after a stint as the Corporate Services Director and Senior Finance & Compliance Manager for the Mount Hotham Alpine Resort Management Board. ARV is an amalgamation of Mt Buller, Mt Hotham, Falls Creek & Southern Resorts Alpine Resort Management Boards.



Razorback Advisory

• Australia
• Financial Services

• Commercial Finance Consultant

  • Mar 2017 - Sep 2021

  Some examples of commercial finance consulting roles undertaken include-o Australian Dairy Farms Group is a vertically integrated dairy producer that owns & operatesfour dairies on six properties over 1,300 hectares (3,500 acres). The dairy farms carryapproximately 3,500 livestock, with over 2,000 milkers producing 15 million litres annually.o Delaware North manages & provides food & beverage concessions, premium dining,entertainment, lodging, & retail at many large venues & special places. These include sportsstadiums, entertainment complexes, airports, national & state parks.o Inzenius, The HRM System That Pays, delivers the most efficient fully integrated payroll system. Inzenius'​ robust Award Interpreter is able to automatically interpret the most complex Award conditions, reducing the potential for Payroll errors and time involved in Payroll processing and reporting.SELECTED ACHIEVEMENTSo Construction of excel modelling to accurately predicted the milk production, livestocktrading, calving plan, feed requirements, operational & capital budgets, & related KPI’sfor five large dairy farms in South West Victoriao Conducted due diligence on a 400 bed project on the South Island of New Zealand,including contract & financial reviews, operational & capital budgets for the expectedcontract period (20 years)o Overseeing a finance department to support a national staffing & recruitment firm, including preparing for next generation payroll softwareo Working closely with the business development team in retaining existing contracts & growing market share though flexible pricing models, innovative offerings & creating win-win commercial outcomes.o Creating a suite of reports for a national payroll organisation, through the utliisation of Microsoft Power BI, linking into the database tables, with the ability to link to other systems (general ledger, POS, etc).



Pinnacle People Australia

• Australia
• Staffing and Recruiting
• 100 - 200 Employee

• General Manager Finance

  • Jun 2017 - May 2019

  Starting off in a short term contract capacity in June 2017 the role transitioned into more a permanent contract role in 2018 as the business required a more dedicated resource.Pinnacle People was founded in 1991 in response to a growing demand for quality hospitality staff. Initially based in Melbourne, Pinnacle have grown in geographical reach and charter and now maintain offices or representation in all states and territories of Australia. More than twenty years later Pinnacle still supply exclusively to the hospitality, events and accommodation sectors; it is Pinnacle's sole focus and specialisation.SELECTED ACHIEVEMENTSo Overseeing a finance & payroll department to support a national staffing & recruitment firm, including preparing for next generation payroll software.o Working closely with the business development team & operational management in retaining existing contracts & growing market share though flexible pricing models, innovative offerings & creating win-win commercial outcomes.



Spotless Group

• Australia
• Facilities Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Commerical Manager - Sports, Leisure & Entertainment / Business & Industry / Resources

  • Nov 2011 - Feb 2017

  Spotless Group Holdings is an Australian listed company that provides Integrated facility services in Australian & New Zealand. The company currently employs more than 36,000 people & is the support service partner behind many of Australia's iconic events & venues, providing cleaning, food, waste services, security & maintenance services to many clients. Some of these clients include the MCG, Perth Convention & Exhibition Centre, Australian Formula One Grand Prix & retail outlets at various Australian airports.ACCOUNTABILITIESo reporting to the General Manager, supervising teams >10o monthly & weekly financial & management reportingo operational & capital budgeting & forecastingo preparing financial submissions for new business & contract renewalso understanding the business model/contract & applying it to new opportunitiesSELECTED ACHIEVEMENTSo contributed to the successful implementation of SAP & BW data warehouse, being the key point of contact financially for the IT project team, including set up of new processes for revenue integration, joint venture accounting, management fee charging, labour & overhead allocationo created new automated reporting directly from the data warehouse, through integration of data tables & key attributeso creation of new monthly reports to understand results at a glance – streamline into one easy to understand package, involving data warehouse and excel macroso business development – winning new contracts through financial modelling & bid process, including understanding what the client wants & needs to ensure an outcome positive to all partieso debt reduction – reduction of the debt book through rigorous recovery processes



RACV Club

• Finance Manager - City Club & Healesville Country Club

  • Jan 2007 - Nov 2011

  The Royal Automobile Club of Victoria (RACV) is a motoring club & mutual organisation, providing services such as roadside assistance, vehicle, home & contents insurance, personal & car loans, driving instruction, tourism services & home security products. The RACV runs a member only club known as the RACV Club, with locations in the Melbourne CBD & at HealesvilleACCOUNTABILITIESo reporting to the General Manager, supervising a team >10o financial & management reportingo operational & capital budgeting & forecastingo reporting to executive & management committees SELECTED ACHIEVEMENTSo introduction of new labour KPI’s – productivity reporting, set to the relevant revenue or cost drivero due diligence of Royal Pines Resort acquisitiono conducted investigation/audit of gaming at Torquay Golf Club which led to a criminal conviction of staff member for theft



National Leisure & Gaming Limited

• Financial Controller

  • 2005 - 2007

  National Leisure & Gaming Limited (NLG) was incorporated in April 2005 & attracted seed capital to fund initial acquisitions. The specialist hotel & gaming company listed on the Australian Stock Exchange in December 2005 after an initial public offering.ACCOUNTABILITIESo reporting to the CFO, supervising a team >5o weekly reporting, monthly financial & management reporting, o establish new systems with strong financial controlso acquisitions (including due diligence process)o capital & operating budgets, income taxation & GSTSELECTED ACHIEVEMENTSo roll out centralised accounting systems to multiple venues throughout Qld and NSWo consolidation of POS systems at various location synchronizing with head officeo implementation of KPI systems for gaming & retail operationso undertook due diligence of all potential purchases



Australian Adventure Tourism Group Limited

• Financial Controller

  • 2003 - 2005

  Queensland Tourism Industries Ltd (now known as Australian Adventure Tourism Group Ltd) is a public National Stock Exchange of Australian listed company. It is based in Airlie Beach where QTI subsidiaries own & operate Magnums Hotel, Backpacker Resort & undertakes property development.ACCOUNTABILITIESo reporting to the MD/CEO, supervising a team >5o development of daily, weekly & monthly financial reportingo timely preparation of all monthly & year end statutory & investor reportingo supervision of accounting & administration staffo liaison with external auditorsSELECTED ACHIEVEMENTSo new reporting & journals upload process set up utilising POS data through MS Query replacing manually created schedules o set up central database of point of sale & gaming systems to improve tracking of seasonality, profitability & labour productivityo ASX statutory reporting for a public entity, including preparation & lodgement of half year & full year financial statements, liaising with company auditors



Crown Limited

• United Kingdom
• Hospitals and Health Care

• Financial Control Manager

  • 1999 - 2003

  Crown Casino & Entertainment Complex is a casino & resort located on the south bank of the Yarra River, in Melbourne, Australia. Crown Casino is the largest casino in the Southern Hemisphere & one of the largest in the world. The complex also hosts three hotels, Crown Towers, Crown Promenade & Crown Metropol.ACCOUNTABILTIESo report directly to Executive General Manager for F&B Operationso prepare monthly financial statements for F&B departments, provide financial & commercial support & advice to outlet managemento action opportunities for revenue streams/cost reductions to improve financial performanceo prepare, implement & administer budget processSELECTED ACHIEVEMENTSo lead of team that led to the creation of an automated daily operating report consolidating all casino operations which was a joint project with IT. The report included gaming, hotel, banqueting, car park, food & beverage, rostering, time & attendance, across multiple platforms, PeopleSoft, TASC, Opera, Micros, etc.o creation of new KPI reporting based on PeopleSoft tables led to a fuller understanding of product line profitability replacing adhoc manual calculations, through integration of menu design with POS tables to compare actual with theoretical marginso positive impact on department performance - bottom line improvement through implementation of controls, reduction in wastage & loss making activities, identification of profit enhancing activities, including rostering by activity levels, swap out of unprofitable product lines



Mt Hotham Skiing Company

• Financial Controller

  • 1998 - 1999