Experience

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  EzyDeck Limited

  • Auckland, New Zealand

  • Business Manager

    • Dec 2022 - Present
    • Auckland, New Zealand

    • Leading the design, construction and delivery of quality outdoor living spaces, complete with shelter, decking, and outdoor blinds. Redefining how home owners and families live and play outdoors. EzyDeck are an Outdoor Living Company established in 1999, we have been the champion of outdoor rooms for over 20 years. With unbeatable specialist experience, our solutions are best-in-class and built to last.• Managing sales delivery, site design, consultation and measure. Pricing, cost modeling, quote process and project management.• Business management, financial and management accounting, business planning & analysis, forecasting and performance reporting.

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  Moisen Networks Limited

  • Auckland, New Zealand

  • Delivery Partner Principal

    • Apr 2018 - Nov 2022
    • Auckland, New Zealand

    • Delivery Partner for Next Generation Access (NGA), Ultra-Fast Broadband (UFB) Network infrastructure and equipment installation, construction and cabling. Surveying, design, build and installation.• Commercial & Contract management, projects statement of work, contract performance and delivery service level management.• Business management, financial and management accounting, business planning & analysis, forecasting and performance reporting.

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  Fonterra Brands (New Zealand) Limited

  • New Zealand
  • Food and Beverage Manufacturing
  • 700 & Above Employee

  • Financial Process & Risk Manager

    • Nov 2017 - Mar 2018

    • Lead financial process design and delivery, responsible for understanding, evaluating and improving financial processes, ensuring a combination of standardisation, optimisation and risk mitigation.• Supporting the Simplification Programme and understanding impacts of Change on controls and compliance. Drive business systems and process redesign, transformation, continuous improvement and enactment of business rules. • Lead financial process assurance, risk & compliance, ensuring adequate controls are designed and implemented to meet Group Compliance Standards. Finance Business partner to address risks in systems and processes, support the business with action plans for mitigation and closing out.

  • Finance Planning Manager

    • Mar 2016 - Nov 2017

    • Conduit for Group Planning & Performance, leading delivery of group LE/Forecasts, AOP, and consolidated long-range business plans, providing insights, analysis and narratives on performance.• Lead the delivery of an Integrated Business Plan (IBP) through the Oliver Wight Class A Business Excellence framework. Lead the integration of Sales & Operational Planning (Demand & Supply), new product development, strategic projects and financial planning into time-phased sales, margin & EBIT projections that are evaluated and revised monthly by the senior leadership team.• Support the commercial planning and review rhythms of IBP including reviews of sales demand forecasts, new product pipeline, margins, operational costs, EBIT and the design/delivery of decks with business unit/stream narratives.

  • Integrated Business Planning Lead

    • Aug 2015 - Mar 2016

    • Lead the delivery of an Integrated Business Plan (IBP) through the Oliver Wight Class A Business Excellence framework. Lead the integration of Sales & Operational Planning (Demand & Supply), new product development, strategic projects and financial planning into time-phased sales, margin & EBIT projections that are evaluated and revised monthly by the senior leadership team.• Support the commercial planning and review rhythms of IBP including reviews of sales demand forecasts, new product pipeline, margins, operational costs, EBIT and the design/delivery of decks with business unit/stream narratives.

  • Senior Financial Analyst - Commercial, Sales & Marketing

    • Jun 2014 - Aug 2015

    • Support the Oliver Wight Integrated Business Planning (IBP), Sales & Marketing programme of work to drive one disciplined commercial planning, control and performance rhythms across the business unit.• Category/Product Performance Management - partnering with Sales & Marketing, category& product teams to analyse category/product performance.

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  Vodafone New Zealand Ltd

  • Financial Analyst - Customer Operations

    • Jun 2013 - Jun 2014

    • Total company cash flow planning, forecasting and working capital analysis and reporting. Business Partnering with Customer Operations and Consumer business units on total company receivables management and terminals forecasting. • Customer operations channel economics; revenue, direct costs, margin analysis and channel profitability - online, telesales, retail and D2D sales.

  • Senior Financial Analyst - Technology

    • Jul 2012 - Jun 2013

    • Technology - Networks business performance management and reporting - support strategic business and commercial decision making on cost management and capital project investments.• Partnering with Chief Networks Officer, GM Networks Operations and the Technology Networks Leadership team in financial planning, financial analysis, performance reporting and decision support.

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  Fonterra Co-operative Group Ltd

  • New Zealand
  • Food and Beverage Manufacturing
  • 700 & Above Employee

  • Financial Analyst - Planning & Projects

    • Sep 2011 - Aug 2012

    • Business planning & IT cost allocations – coordinate & support the annual 3 year business planning process for IS costs, recharges and cost allocations across business units.• Provide PMO financial support, analysis and business case assessments for capital and project work and provide guidance to project managers on capital financial management.

  • Financial Analyst - Management & Reporting

    • Apr 2009 - Sep 2011

    • Financial management and reporting – producing monthly and annual financial performance reports across various IS teams to measure and report on performance.• Report on Group IS performance against budgets and provide helpful insights to managing operational performance and explaining significant variances to the Finance Manager, GM Service Delivery IS and the wider IS leadership team.

  • Commercial & Performance Analyst

    • Jan 2008 - Apr 2009

    • Responsible for collating, analyzing and interpreting financial data and providing performance reports, support the budgeting and forecasting process.• Manage the monthly reporting process ensuring significant budget & forecast variances are identified, explained and communicated to the IS managers.

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  EDS an HP Company

  • Auckland, New Zealand

  • Business Analyst - Billing

    • Feb 2005 - Jan 2008
    • Auckland, New Zealand

    • Perform and complete billing & revenue cycle close activities as required by EDS accounting policies including validation of billing reports to accurately reflect on financial revenue performance.• Coordinating billing & revenue activities for the Global Fonterra account, duties involved revenue planning and forecasting, analyzing results and monthly reporting.

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  Post Haste Limited

  • Auckland, New Zealand

  • Billing and Revenue Assistant

    • Jun 2003 - Feb 2005
    • Auckland, New Zealand

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  Econet Wireless Zimbabwe

  • Zimbabwe
  • Telecommunications
  • 700 & Above Employee

  • Assistant Accountant - International Roaming Services

    • Jan 2002 - Dec 2002

  • Assistant Accountant

    • Jun 2001 - Jan 2002