Experience

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  GFC Fasteners & Construction Products

  • Auckland, New Zealand

  • Chief Financial Officer

    • Nov 2022 - Present
    • Auckland, New Zealand

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  Bapcor NZ Limited

  • Auckland, New Zealand

  • Financial Controller

    • Apr 2022 - Oct 2022
    • Auckland, New Zealand

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  Seeking a new role with an organisation

  • Auckland, New Zealand

  • Seeking a new role as a CFO or Finance and Commercial Director in a medium to large business

    • Jul 2021 - Apr 2022
    • Auckland, New Zealand

    Having recently completed a successful tenure with BSH Home Appliances limited and achieved some key outcomes around • improving the financial reporting and understanding in the business, • strategy planning and implementation, • business transformation, • governance, risk management I am now seeking a new opportunity with an organisation where I will be able to apply the following experience and capability:• Strategic thinking• Business transformation• Change management• Governance• Financial leadership• Analytical thinking• Leadership• Policy and process development and implementationIf you’d like to discuss an opportunity with me please e-mail me:[email protected] call me on +64 21 070 3157

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  BSH New Zealand

  • Director - Finance and Business Administration/CFO

    • Jul 2015 - Dec 2020

    Director Finance and Business Administration/CFO Jul 2015 – Dec 2020Commercial Manager Aug 2013 – Jun 2015BSH is a 100% owned business of the German headquartered BSH Hausgerate GmbH. BSH import Bosch, Neff and Gaggenau branded whiteware home appliances into the New Zealand market for sale through retailers, commercial builders and direct sale.Responsibilities:I was engaged to bring the business up to the global BSH standard in terms of strategic decision making, financial and commercial governance and policy/process implementation including:• Provide the lead as a director of the business.• Provide the local business with financial support, strategy and analysis.• Drive the financial and commercial business to fully support the sales unit.• Implement a compliance culture within business.• Implement global and local policies.• Implement and perform ongoing review of business risks.Key Achievements:• Led the New Zealand developing and implementing business strategy.• Enabled sound business strategies by providing key performance indicators that aided a solid understanding of the value adds in the business.• Led development of compliance culture in business.• Implemented global and local policies and procedures.• Implemented global risk management processes and incorporating risk mitigation measures.• Worked with staff to identify process steps and document to ensure consistent performance of tasks. • Increased brand awareness and sales focus by leading the financial and commercial change of go-to-market strategy.• Achieved a competitive price in market and reduction in cost structure for warehousing and logistics services.• Performed regular review of costs to identify and implement opportunities for reductions including reducing business cost structure by 10% during COVID-19 lockdown to minimise operating losses.• Reduced headcount demand in business through performance of a lean process optimisation project.

  • Commercial Manager & Financial Controller

    • Aug 2013 - Jun 2015

    The position at BSH initially was performed by the Accountant of BSH Australia who visited New Zealand for one week a month to perform the New Zealand accounting services. This was proving to not be sufficient for the New Zealand business and the business was lagging behind the requirements of the Global BSH standards for governance, policy and process management, reporting standards and the business was lacking in the Financial and Administration validation and planning of any new business strategy.I was bought in with the title of Commercial Manager/Financial Controller to manage the total finance and administration and improve these requirements lacking in the business.Administration including Business Analytics, Human Resources, Logistics, Planning, Purchasing, Customer Services (Sales order entry), Office Administrator/Reception, Governance, Risk, Contract management.This role was reporting through the country Australia who then reported on behalf of Australia and New Zealand into the region of BSH RAP (Region Asia Pacific) based in Singapore and the requirements of global headquarters in Germany.Due to the success of the business and the improvement in the governance, policy, process, controls, compliance the New Zealand business was removed from Australia control and directly reported into region RAP. This promoted the role to CFO/Director Finance and Business Administration in July 2015.

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  Reid Construction Systems

  • Australia
  • Construction
  • 1 - 100 Employee

  • Business Unit Manager

    • Jan 2010 - Oct 2012

    Pryda New Zealand and Reid New Zealand are subsidiaries of the ITW Group. Pryda manufactures in NZ steel products used in the home build industry. Reid imports steel products manufactured by third-party, used in the commercial build industry.Responsibilities:I was bought in to provide improved financial reporting and management of the Pryda and Reid businesses and develop financial and business analytics to support the different business models of Pryda and Reid. I was also required to develop, document and implement processes within the businesses. The businesses were then separated, including the separation of all management, processes and financial reporting to allow a change in strategy. In 2010 Reid launched Flexus, a bendable concrete that had been engineered in house. I was tasked with leading the business unit of Flexus and launch it to market.Responsibilities included:• Lead the financial reporting of the Pryda and Reid businesses. • Manage the administration, finance and purchasing functions of the business.• Manage the IT of the business including implementation of a new accounting system.• Review contracts to ensure contracts conform to legal and commercial requirements.• Implement and review internal processes.• Oversee and promote launch of new product.Key Achievements:• Enabled sound business strategies by providing key performance indicators which aided a solid understanding of the value adds in the business.• Implemented and monitored KPIs for manufacturing plant.• Worked with staff to identify process steps and document to ensure consistent performance of tasks. • Led project to relocate office and warehouse.• Ensured optimisation of inventory levels and reducing stock levels by up to 15%.• Performed regular reviews of costs to identify and implement opportunities for reduction. • Informed global executives of engineering concerns around newly launched product enabling strategic decisions to be made on future of product.

  • Commercial Manager

    • Oct 2008 - Jan 2010

  • Financial Controller

    • Sep 2004 - Oct 2008

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  Recall

  • United States
  • Information Services
  • 700 & Above Employee

  • European Group Controller

    • Jun 2001 - Oct 2003

  • UK Finance Director

    • Apr 2000 - Sep 2001

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  DLA Recruitment Limited

  • London, England, United Kingdom

  • UK Finance Director

    • Oct 1998 - Mar 2000
    • London, England, United Kingdom

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  Villa Maria Estate

  • New Zealand
  • Food and Beverage Services
  • 100 - 200 Employee

  • Company Secretary

    • Oct 1994 - Aug 1997

    Largest Privately owned Wine Producting Company in New Zealand

  • Company Accountant

    • Mar 1994 - Sep 1994