Experience

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  ZETA Group

  • New Zealand
  • Consumer Goods
  • 1 - 100 Employee

  • Group Chief Financial Officer

    • Mar 2022 - Present

  • Group Finance Manager

    • Feb 2021 - Mar 2022

    Responsible for the overall Cashflow, Budgeting, Financials, Costing, Reporting , Compliance and Tax for the Zeta Group of Companies including Zeta Australia, Zeta Fiji and Zeta IndiaPurchasing & Inventory analysis and reporting.Managing and mentoring a high performing shared services team.

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  Delmaine Fine Foods

  • Financial Controller

    • Aug 2004 - Jul 2020

    Financial controller with a New Zealand owned FMCG company, providing business advice; Financial , Cost & Management accounting, budgeting, analysis, reporting; taxation; treasury and foreign exchange; cash flow management; compliance, Purchasing & Inventory reportingManaging and mentoring a diverse, high performing team responsible for management reporting, payables, receivables and payroll. Management of Insurance claims, company vehicles and annual audits. Cost Accounting, Bill of Materials and inventory analysis and reporting.Sales, Production & Operations analysis and reporting. Customer pricing. Dashboard creation and excel support.

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  Danone - Griffins Foods Limited

  • Senior Cost Accountant

    • Jul 2002 - Jul 2004

    Responsible for managing and mentoring 3 Cost Accountants, finance staff and 2 Business Analysts across 3 sites.Review and maintenance of the standard costings, regular monthly variance reporting, ongoing development of production standards and business analysis to support the manufacturing planning & new business initiative. Involvement in a range of business projects and new systems/reporting tools.Responsible for setting budgets across the sites.Provide support to Sales , Marketing and Operations.Monitoring and raising Capital requests after completion of detailed financial payback and IRR evaluations.Financial and cost evaluation of NPD, post and pre-product launches.

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  AEP Filmpac

  • Finance Manager

    • Aug 2001 - Jul 2002