Experience

• 

  Pro Medicus Limited

  • Melbourne, Australia

  • Head of Finance & Company Secretary (ASX)

    • Mar 2010 - Present
    • Melbourne, Australia

    Pro Medicus (parent company) and Visage Imaging, is a global provider of diagnostic enterprise imaging solutions. The Visage® 7 Enterprise Imaging Platform provides diagnostic and clinical imaging to large hospital groups and radiology practices across North America, Australia and Europe. Visage Imaging is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Pro Medicus Limited, with more than 30 years of experience in medical imaging. Pro Medicus Limited shares are traded on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX), “PME” [ASX:PME]. Market Cap AUD $5.34B.Position as the Group Financial Controller/Head of Finance:* Financial Management and consolidation of financial accounts of three entities (Australia, USA & Germany) general Ledger and sub-ledgers.* Income Statement and Balance Sheet reviews, reconciliations and variance analysis by entity and consolidation.* Preparing yearly budgets and rolling forecasts, and liaising with key stakeholders across the business.* Managing and conducting of the half-year and annual audit – compiling audit requirements, preparing financial statements, liaising with auditors and audit queries.* Assisting in ASX Reporting requirements (ASX200).* Credit control: debt management.* Cash Management: cash flow forecasting and FX Hedging * Overseeing global payroll, inclusive off remuneration review cycle, medical insurance renewal review, employee tax matters – U.S entity & Australian entity.* Preparing monthly reports for the Board of Directors.* Tax matters including preparation and submission of Business Activity Statements, FBT lodgments, Income Tax & PAYG submissions. Liaising with external advisory services in relation to income tax requirements.* ESG and Risk Management Reporting and Governance. * Streamlining processes, improving efficiencies and looking for opportunities to reduce costs across the business

• 

  Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP

  • New York City

  • Financial Controller (Intl) - EMEA

    • Aug 2007 - Sep 2010
    • New York City

    Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP is an American international law firm with over 1,000 attorneys, headquartered in New York City. With a gross annual revenue in excess of $1.8 billion, it is among the world's largest law firms. Some notable clients and cases are General Electric, Enron bankruptcy, J.Crew Group, ExxonMobil, EBay, Verizon acquistion and Lehman Brothers bankruptcy (2008) whilst I was in the position of Financial Controller during the Global Financial Crisis. Position as the Financial Controller (Intl):* Financial management and accounting for nine entities across Europe, Asia and the Middle East.* Yearly budgeting and forecasting – including travel to all international offices to review budgets withlocal partners and staff.* Treasury and cash management: managing multi currency bank bank accounts on a dailybasis. Ensuring sufficient cash requirements are in place in various currencies and various locations.* Oversight and management of the international accounting teams.* Leading the yearly audit on all nine entities – compiling detailed audit files, statements and liaising with the auditors on a daily basis, audit meetings, gathering evidence and documents from the local offices.* Accounting systems project manager for conversion from legacy to upgrade.

• 

  Weber Shandwick

  • London, United Kingdom

  • Senior Financial Accountant

    • Feb 2005 - Jul 2007
    • London, United Kingdom

    Weber Shandwick is one of the world's leading global public relations firms with offices in major media, business and government capitals around the world. The company is part of global agency network Interpublic Group (IPG), as part of the parent company's IPG DXTRA operating division.Weber Shandwick head quarters are in New York City, with listed offices in sixty seven cities worldwide, as well as other affiliate city offices in six continents, employing approx. 4,500 employees.Position as Senior Financial Accountant:* Responsible for completing Balance Sheet reviews and reconciliations for eleven entities.* Management of several staff in the financial control team.* Completion of Profit & Loss analysis for overhead support costs on a for divisional heads basis.* US GAAP reporting in Hyperion for eleven entities, including Profit & Loss, Balance Sheet, Work-in-progressand restructuring costs.* Liaising with the USA Head Office on all requests for eleven entities.* Monthly and quarterly tax computations for management reporting.* Assisting in preparation of statutory accounts for ten entities applying UK GAAP.* Yearly tax computations for submission to PWC and coordination of quarterly audit visits.

• 

  Interoute

  • London, United Kingdom

  • Senior Financial Accountant

    • Sep 2000 - Feb 2005
    • London, United Kingdom

    Interoute Communications Ltd. provides and manages a large network of fiber optic infrastructure to offer internet connectivity, communications, and computing services to technology companies and internet service providers throughout Europe.Position as Senior Financial Accountant:* Responsible for the management, accounting, and reporting of three entities within the Interoute group* Preparation of monthly accounts: month end accruals, prepayments, reconciliations and reporting on theEntity Profit & Loss, including commentaries on variance analysis on the direct and operating costs against budget. Assisting in setting the budgets and reforecasts using in-depth knowledge of each of the entity cost structure.* Management of the General Ledger for each entity, including balance sheet reconciliations, management ofintercompany accounts and transfer pricing across the entities.* Preparation of monthly cash flow forecasts.* Responsible for the day-to-day operations of the three entities by overseeing the accounts payable,accounts receivable and cash teams to ensure effective operational and working capital management.* Timely preparation of monthly, quarterly and yearly VAT returns, intrastats and various other taxdeclarations, in accordance with local tax & accounting principles.* Regular reviews with the country and sales managers.* Assisted in merging a newly acquired business into the organization. Main responsibilities included: trainingall staff on the Oracle system, transfer and integration of the existing accounts into the Oracle system.* Assisted in the balance sheet audit of a target company in Austria and Slovakia prior to acquisition bygaining an understanding of the position and operations of the company in order to aid the post-acquisition integration process (April 2004).* Liaising with the auditors on statutory audits of the Swiss, Austrian and Spanish entities. Responding to audit queries, compiling detailed information and audit files.