Experience

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  Business Sense

  • New Zealand

  • Operations Consultant

    • Sep 2020 - Present
    • New Zealand

    If you're a service based business [professional services, trades, creatives] and want to create a streamlined and systematised business you're in the right placeImagine having a business where:✓ Your processes, workflows and systems all flow smoothly✓ Your operations are efficient not cl...

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  BSC

  • Outsourced Finance Department

    • Apr 2018 - Aug 2020
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  Sisters & Co

  • Mount Maunganui

  • In house CFO

    • Apr 2016 - Mar 2018
    • Mount Maunganui

    In this role I was involved in managing the smooth running of the financial operations of Sisters & Co and related entities. This included analysis, strategy, monitoring, ongoing support and development across various vertical divisions. I was responsible for the financial management and repo...

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  Living Business

  • Bay of Plenty

  • WorkflowMax Support Specialist

    • Aug 2015 - Aug 2016
    • Bay of Plenty

    I provided specialist support in WorklowMax, Xero, Vend and Unleashed. I also provided higher level bookkeeping reviews, systems checks, advice, training and reporting as well as consulting to business owners and accountants on software suitability.

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  Bay Business Services Limited

  • Bay of Plenty

  • Director - Bay Business Services

    • Jan 2007 - Jul 2015
    • Bay of Plenty

    I started this business as a one-woman band and grew it to a healthy team of 3 with a fantastic reputation locally and NZ wide for offering superb bookkeeping, payroll, Xero and Xero Add-On Setup, Training & Support. During this time I also co-founded the Tauranga Cloud Expo (www.taurangaclou...

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  St Luke's Church

  • Mount Maunganui

  • Associate Pastor

    • Jan 2011 - Jul 2014
    • Mount Maunganui

    St Luke’s is a church community that gathers in Tauranga, New Zealand (www.stlukeschurch.org.nz). I co-founded this church with a bunch of passionate and intelligent individuals in 2011. I worked on staff part time for 3 years prior to taking maternity leave. I am still heavily involved in a volu...

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  Startup Weekend

  • Tauranga

  • Organiser

    • Jun 2012 - Sep 2013
    • Tauranga

    Part of the organising team of Startup Weekend Tauranga 2012 and 2013

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  City Church Tauranga

  • Tauranga

  • Events Management & Pastoral

    • Jan 2005 - Dec 2010
    • Tauranga
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  Lifestyle Designs

  • Papamoa, NZ

  • Marketing Manager

    • Apr 2007 - May 2008
    • Papamoa, NZ

    A start up business manufacturing cedar gates and cedar screens for the property development / home landscaping market. I was in charge of all marketing and promotions and launch of the brand and range.

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  South Pacific International

  • Tauranga

  • Export Manager

    • Nov 2004 - Apr 2007
    • Tauranga

    Export manager and assistant accountant at international seafood export company. Specializing in live lobsters to Hong Kong, China and Japan

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  AC Neilson

  • Tauranga, NZ

  • Market Researcher

    • Sep 2002 - Sep 2004
    • Tauranga, NZ

    Market Researcher conducting market research via door to door surveys of consumers, mainly focusing on the banking industry