Experience

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  Guild Insurance

  • Business Services Consultant

    • Jul 2020 - Present

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  UniSuper

  • Melbourne, Australia

  • Financial Systems Partner

    • Jul 2016 - Jul 2020
    • Melbourne, Australia

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  Tridant Pty Ltd

  • Melbourne, Australia

  • Senior Consultant - Financial Performance Management

    • Jan 2016 - May 2016
    • Melbourne, Australia

    Specialising in Financial Performance Management solutions.Responsible for the Design, Project management, Build and Delivery of TM1 solutions.Recent Clients include BHP and Warrnambool Cheese and Butter. Major achievement was taking one of the initial clients onto IBMs new TM1 cloud offering. IBM Planning Analytics.

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  PwC Australia

  • Senior Manager - Data Analytics Delivery

    • Oct 2013 - Dec 2015

    Provide consulting and training across multiple analytics platforms to provide end-to-end analytics solutions.Specialising in technology solutions with a focus on financial systems, I have broad experience in managing systems that have become integral to the operations of an organisation. I've genuine passion for finding ways to get multiple systems to integrate to reduce manual handling and deliver greater value with less effort.

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  Australian Unity

  • Australia
  • Wellness and Fitness Services
  • 700 & Above Employee

  • Head of Group Finance Systems and Technology

    • Jul 2010 - Jul 2013

    Reporting into the Chief Financial Officer, this role was responsible for the operation of the Groups’ central financial systems and managed the connectivity between business systems and the core accounting system. Focus on encouraging enhanced capability through innovation and integration to improve efficiency and productivity. Drive collaboration across the business, leveraging on TM1 to deliver a single methodology for the budgeting and forecasting process across the organisation.In addition the role was tasked with optimising the areas of system integration and consolidated dashboard reporting from various other business systems including; Payroll, Rostering, Project Management, Property Development and Insurance.Project activity included the responsibility for the accounting integration tasks generated through M & A activity. Delivered two significant mergers where the efficiency of integration resulted in significant financial and operational benefits.

  • Manager - Financial Systems

    • Apr 2006 - Jun 2010

    Reporting into the CFO, this role was responsible for setting direction for the design of the budgeting and forecasting model in TM1. Working with consultants and the business stakeholders, effort centred on achieving acceptable levels of quality assurance and system stability. Over time the role changed to include building an internal team of TM1 resources to meet the growing needs of the business. This was achieved through the delivery of regular training and mentoring sessions.

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  BCC AdSystems

  • Development Manager/Technical Team Lead

    • Jan 2002 - Nov 2005

    BCC Adsystems is a medium sized software development company, employing 45 staff, specialising in developing software solutions for the advertising industry, with offices in Melbourne Sydney and Singapore. In November 2002 my company, Ad Systems merged with BCC to form BCC AdsystemsReporting into the general manager of development, the role held was software development lead. providing guidance to the team of developers in the areas of technical design, developing and maintaining development standards and working with the support managers to prioritise and deliver outcomes

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  Ad Systems

  • South Melbourne

  • Systems Specialist/Director

    • Jan 2001 - Jan 2002
    • South Melbourne

    Ad Systems was a SME business with its head office in Melbourne and a satellite site in Singapore. The business serviced 60 clients in 12 countries and had 12 staff.This role was responsible for driving delivery of a new database schema and a new accounting application, breaking free from any legacy code limitations. Managed relationships with consulting firms and account managers to deliver solution.

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  Ad Systems Asia Pacific (Singapore)

  • Singapore

  • System Specialist/Director

    • Jan 1998 - Jan 2001
    • Singapore

    Ad Systems Asia Pacific was the Singapore branch office for Ad Systems, employing 5 staff to support the growing client base. The role was initially tasked with setting up and managing the Singapore office, including working with all the respective government bodies. Further responsibilities were to manage the client base within the Asian region to support as well as develop the products to work in the multi-currency, multi-linqual and multi-countries that these companies operated in.Growth was driven through business development initatives that included presenting training, roadshows and sales seminars.