Experience

O'Brien Glass Industries

• Australia
• Retail
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Commercial Finance Manager || Head of FP&A (Financial Planning & Analysis) + Pricing + BI

  • Jul 2013 - Present

  O’Brien Glass Australia is the market leader in Australia Emergency Glass Replacement, providing services to Australian retail customers, rental, fleet and insurance companies; through a national 24/7 call centre, 70+ branch networks, and a team of 1000+ experts in glass.Key achievements:Worked alongside CEO, CFO, Commercial Directors & other Senior Leadership Team to improve business performance, via securing Tender Wins, Supplier Negotiation, setting up Pricing Governance and Controls, and executing other profit improvement initiatives.Drove process improvement in Management & Board Reporting, Budgeting & Forecasting, Pricing & margin optimisation – leveraging best practices in financial modelling & TM1 platform.Successfully rolled out Power BI Reporting Solutions across the organisation to enable generation of clear insights with speed & accuracy for various financial and non financial metrics.Led continuous improvement initiatives in making our Data warehouse "a single source of truth" whilst ensuring agility to cope with evolving business requirements.Managed and mentored staff, to become more proficient analysts and valued business partners to senior leaders in the company. Show less

• Finance Business Partner

  • Jan 2012 - Jul 2013

  Process improvement initiatives in reporting, forecasting and analysis.Successfully developed and roll out new labour Capacity Planning Tool (CPT) for H&B division.Recipient of Finance Manager Ovation Award May 2012, for superior analytical skills, the courage to challenge status quo and perseverance which lead to new solutions that better address customer requirements.



Virgin Money

• United Kingdom
• Financial Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Commercial Analyst || Planning Reporting & Analysis Manager

  • Dec 2007 - Dec 2011

  Managed the preparation of the monthly Board Pack, quarterly forecasting and annual budgeting process for Virgin Money Australia Analytical and decision support to the Commercial Directors and senior leadership team, in the area of feasibility analysis, financial modelling and preparation of business cases for board review, during the launch and divestment of various banking products: Credit Cards, Superannuation, Car Insurance, Online Savings Account and Mortgage/Home loan. Worked hand in hand with the marketing team, to build marketing planning tools which allow more effective marketing campaign and channel planning, reporting and post implementation review. Also designed a rolling cross sell plan, which aimed to increase customer product holdings by 30% and increase overall customer engagement. Show less



Origin Energy

• Australia
• Utilities
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Risk and Business Planning Analyst

  • Feb 2006 - Dec 2007

  Monthly monitoring of short and long term exposures of Origin’s gas and green portfolios, to ensure compliance of acceptable risk limits set by the board. Redesigned existing Gas and Green/Environmental commodity risk valuation models (MTM and PaR), improving data transfer methodology, speed, accuracy, and user friendliness. Coordinated 5 year strategic planning and budgeting process for ERM Gas Division. Initiated the development of the sales contract database and a new demand forecasting tool in access database to generate and capture monthly demand volume reforecast position. Show less



Ross Human Direction

• Sydney, Australia

• Business Analyst

  • Mar 2004 - Feb 2006

  Received 2 special staff commendation awards – recognising service excellence. Provided financial modelling solutions, involving scenario and sensitivity analysis to assist managing directors in making key business decisions that resulted in winning several major national tenders. Improved efficiency, by developing automated reporting solutions resulting in more timely delivery of internal and external client reporting requirements. Budgeting & Forecasting - working closely with Managing Directors, National Operation Manager, Regional General Managers, National Account Managers and Branch managers. Show less



BOC

• Singapore & Sydney

• Various analyst roles (perm & contract)

  • 2001 - 2004

  Developed financial models for major Packaged Chemical capital investment in East Asia, leading to the successful roll out of refrigerant projects in Asia, increasing sales revenue and profit margin in the region by more than 40% in the first year. Increased efficiency by cutting down preparation time to produce monthly and quarterly reports from one week to one day. Built and maintained strong relationships with people across all levels of the organization, including Asia Pacific Countries MDs, Business Development Managers and Sales Team. Show less