Experience

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  Tāmaki Health

  • Group Financial Planning and Analysis Manager

    • Jan 2021 - Present

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  Fletcher Building

  • New Zealand

  • Performance and Insights Manager

    • Sep 2017 - Dec 2020
    • New Zealand

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  Fisher & Paykel Appliances

  • Auckland, New Zealand

  • Management Accountant

    • Feb 2015 - Aug 2017
    • Auckland, New Zealand

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  Metro Performance Glass

  • Auckland, New Zealand

  • Financial Analyst

    • Mar 2014 - Jan 2015
    • Auckland, New Zealand

    Metro Glass is the market leader in NZ in the glass industry providing commercial and residential purpose built glassing solutions. The company has presence all across New Zealand with over 800 employees and a turnover of around $200 million. Metro Glass successfully completed the IPO in July 2014 and is now listed in NZX and ASX.• Monthly group financial reporting, preparation of financial statements with performance comparison against budget, forecast and previous year with commentary.• Analysis of financial performance and preparation of management reports, presentations and variance analysis on company performance.• Production and labour KPI reporting of the company’s manufacturing facilities in Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch and Bay of Plenty on a weekly basis.• Provide explanatory reports to the management on cost movements for the month compared to the budget and previous year performance by coordinating with the business unit managers.• Inventory costing and accounting for the facilities in upper north island.• Coordinating with overseas suppliers and carrying out sheet glass purchase payments while monitoring creditors.• Assisting in the prospectus preparation for the company’s IPO in NZX and ASX.• Completing company GST and FBT tax returns and filing with IRD.

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  Pulse Energy New Zealand Ltd

  • Auckland, New Zealand

  • Pricing and Billing Administrator

    • Sep 2013 - Mar 2014
    • Auckland, New Zealand

    Pulse Energy is an independent electricity retailer listed in the New Zealand stock exchange with a customer base of over 40,000 and is the winner of the Deloitte fast 50 in 2012 as the fastest growing company in NZ. • Maintaining the retail and network pricing plans by carrying out pricing revisions as required.• Product and Job Costing for energy price plans.• Receivables monitoring and reporting.• Assisting in preparation of process mapping controls for Pulse Utilities supply chain, which is the parent company of Pulse Energy.• Creating costing codes and mapping codes to relevant costs for product pricing and customer billing within the Gentrack ERP system.• Final checking of customer communications of new prices before release.

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  T&FG (Timex Garments)

  • Sri Lanka

  • Group Financial Analyst

    • Aug 2012 - Mar 2013
    • Sri Lanka

    The company specializes in manufacturing of designer brand clothing and I have gained experience in the management of finances and other non-financial elements such as production monitoring, HR and special project implementations across the group. Reporting to the Group General Manager and as an employee within the corporate finance and planning department I was responsible of reporting performances of the manufacturing facilities around the country and the corporate head office located in Colombo.My job role demands me to deliver the following.• Analysis and reporting of monthly group financial performance and monitoring of key cost drivers of all major expenditure in the group.• Maintaining financial budgets for all factories along with holding responsibility for periodic budget revisions and variance analysis.• Conducting detail studies of areas which require immediate attention and present to the senior management for decision making.• Executing the group finance ERP system integration with the human resources information system and representing finance team in the systems implementation project.• Preparation of Overhead expenses budgeting policy manual and manpower budgeting policy manual for the group.• Management report preparation on a monthly basis summarizing the performance of the company.• Visiting each location to identify process inefficiencies and propose development requirements to derive benefit to the group.

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  WNS Global Services

  • Sri Lanka

  • Finance Executive / Lead Operations Associate

    • Oct 2009 - Jul 2012
    • Sri Lanka

    As a Finance Executive/Lead Associate working for the team - Aviva Group Centre, I report to the senior manager based in London and the Cost Manager for Aviva Europe Regional Office.The job role demands me to deliver the following,• Managing the team of Aviva Europe in Colombo and hold responsibility for reporting of final accounts for Aviva Europe Regional Office (AERO).• Assisting in preparation of consolidated financial accounts, management accounts and management information on a monthly basis for Aviva Plc (UK) which is the holding company of all Aviva subsidiaries. • Having handled and managing the process of the global Aviva inter-group process (AIMS – Aviva inter-group matching system) which facilitates inter-company accounting, fund management and recharges for all Aviva business units around the world.• Maintaining the Loan database of Aviva International Holdings which is the parent company of Aviva International Insurance businesses. The database is the final summary of inter-company lending loans which manages assets of £ 240 billion.• Financial analysis of company performances and periodical movements in accounts and presenting to the senior management based in UK.• Budgeting and forecasting accounts for quarterly cycles as part of the planning team for group companies and preparation of statutory accounts.

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  Mclarens Holdings Ltd

  • Sri Lanka

  • Internal Auditor

    • Jul 2007 - Sep 2009
    • Sri Lanka

    Reporting to the Head of Group Internal Audit I was responsible for the business auditing and process mapping functions of the group companies engaged in different business segments across international jurisdictions. The position gave me the opportunity to lead and manage special project teams assigned with the task of on-site process blue-printing of group companies to recommend and document process improvements to the board. The internal audits and financial process development studies were carried out on the following companies which are subsidiaries of Mclarens Holdings Limited.• Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) Lanka Pvt Ltd - Sri Lankan agency for the world’s second largest shipping group.• Mclarens Lubricants Limited – Sole importer and distributor for the foremost oil major and the Fortune 500 No. 1 Company, ExxonMobil Corporation.• Gulf Agency Company (GAC) Sri Lanka (Subsidiary of GAC group -UK) – Providers of shipping and marine solutions for vessels and providers of logistics services for Unilever Sri Lanka and American & Efird Lanka Limited (Subsidiary of Brandix)• Macbertan Limited – Manufacturers of polyethylene based products for the construction industry.• Mclarens Hotels Limited – Leisure sectorWorking within these companies has immensely helped me in continuously learning and understanding business operations and financial functions within different industries while giving me the opportunity to gather relevant experience.