Experience

VetPartners Australia and New Zealand

• Australia
• Veterinary Services
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Chief Financial Officer

  • Oct 2019 - Present

• Chief Financial Officer / Executive Director of General Practice (Acting)

  • Mar 2023 - Jun 2023



Macquarie University

• Australia
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Director - Planning and Performance

  • Jan 2015 - Oct 2019

  Senior Executive reporting to the CFO and responsible for managing and leading a team of 40 finance and IT professionals. Core Financial responsibilities have included leading the Forecasting and Budgeting processes, the long-term Treasury function, Debt raising, Management Accounting, month end and year end close processes, publishing and presenting monthly financial statements, evaluating and advising on business initiatives, providing strategic advice and providing business partnering and generic Finance support to all Faculties and Offices. Role has also included non-Financial responsibilities including Capital Prioritisation, Student Load and Program Fee Setting process, full accountability for the development and support for all Financial IT systems. Show less



PepsiCo

• United States
• Food and Beverage Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Commercial Finance Director

  • Jul 2012 - Dec 2014

  Led a team of 20 and had broad finance responsibilities including driving the Forecasting and Planning function, monitoring and managing risk, month end and year close processes, and covering business partnering responsibilities for the Sales, Marketing and R&D functions for both Australia and New Zealand. Was responsible for business partnering with a portfolio consisting of roughly $1.1B in Sales, $0.4B in Trade Spend, $70M in Selling Expense, $30M of Marketing Spend and $5M in R&D Spend. Also business owner of the business wide Integrating Planning (IP) system. The IP system is PepsiCo’s planning and forecasting system which encompasses a Demand Planning process, a Trade Promotional Management process and a Financial Planning process. As business owner was responsible to ensuring all processes were operating correctly and implementing changes to process or systems as required. Show less

• Commercial Planning Manager

  • Sep 2010 - Jul 2012

  Responsible for driving the Forecasting and Planning function and for covering business partnering responsibilities for the Sales Accounts and Field teams. Additionally worked closely with the Financial Control department to monitor and manage risk within the Order to Cash and Financial Reporting processes. Ran the Revenue Mix Management processes for the Australia Snacks business. Working collaboratively with senior leaders in Sales and Marketing, we determined what price, pack size and promotional frequency to sell our products at to maximize profit and increase gross margin. Show less

• Financial Planning and Analysis Manager

  • Sep 2008 - Sep 2010

  Responsible for leading the Annual Operating Plan (Budget Process), 5 Year Strategic Plan and Forecasting processes across the Australia and New Zealand food and beverage businesses. Also responsible for collating and communicating monthly operating results to the Executive Leadership Team and in supporting the GM Planning, CFO and CEO in communicating these results up to the Region (based in Hong Kong) and Sector (based in Dubai).

• Systems Planning Manager

  • Jul 2005 - Sep 2008

  Determined PepsiCo’s Business Intelligence requirements and then worked to improve the systems used for gathering, providing access to, and analyzing data for the purpose of helping employees make better business decisions. This ensured that PepsiCo’s systems were capable of supporting baseline reporting tasks while being flexible enough to adapt to a constantly changing competitive environment and corporate structure.

• Vending and Impulse Planning Analyst / Manager (various roles)

  • Aug 2001 - Jul 2005

  Drove the Planning and Forecasting processes for the $65M Vending and the $180M Impulse Channel. Provided Commercial & Financial decision support to National Account and State Managers to allow them to make informed business decisions. Managed the month end process, analysed variances and reported and presented results to senior management.