Experience

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  Fonterra

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

  • Senior Treasury Funding Manager

    • Mar 2022 - Present

    A member of the Capital Market's centre of excellence that provides services across equity and debt funding, capital structure and policy, capital development, treasury functions and financial risk management.Understands Fonterra's funding requirements and leads the development and implementation of Fonterra's funding and liquidity strategy.Owns and leads funding programme compliance and management and reporting requirements of the funding documentation for Fonterra's various DCM programmes.Interprets and provides insights on financial analysis for funding and liquidity, and finance costs, including debt metrics relating to Fonterra's external credit ratings.Develops and manages the external and internal relationships including banks, law firms and DCM agency relationships externally that supply services to Fonterra.Decision making and leadership role for key funding related projects.Responsibility for the management and development of the Funding team Analysts and Graduates.

  • Treasury Funding Manager

    • Oct 2018 - Mar 2022

  • Treasury Reporting and Insights Manager

    • Dec 2015 - Oct 2018

  • Treasury Accounting Manager

    • Apr 2009 - Dec 2015

    - Manage and control timely and accurate reporting of Financial and Management Accounting information which includes the completion of and assistance with numerous entities within Fonterra. - Manage the Treasury Accounting team which includes responsibility for Perform, recruitment, induction, performance development, cross training and performance management of direct reports. - Semi annual preparation of statutory reporting on net finance costs, borrowings, foreign exchange and derivative financial instruments.- Manage the annual Treasury forecast, budget, business plan and performance reporting with particular focus on foreign exchange and net finance costs.- Responsibility for the calculation, forecasting and reporting of foreign exchange movements and conversion rates which is a complex process due to the multi-dimensional nature of the organisation.- Accounting for a multitude of derivatives which are actively used to manage currency, interest rate and commodity risk. Working with dealers to ensure all intercompany, funding and external hedging transactions are correctly booked and accounted for.- Maintenance and control of the Treasury ledger, including system maintenance.- Involvement with Treasury related projects on an ad-hoc basis.

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  Fonterra

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

  • Treasury Accountant

    • Apr 2007 - Aug 2008

    - Maintenance of the Group Treasury ledger, preparation of monthly management and financial reporting including analysis of debt, interest and derivative financial instruments.- Preparation of notes to the half yearly Group statutory accounts, as well as preparation of statutory annual accounts for several Treasury entities.- Ad hoc system testing and changes to transaction models and reports in the Treasury accounting system.

  • Group Consolidation Accountant

    • Apr 2005 - Apr 2007

    - Preparation of monthly consolidated financial information. This includes consolidation journals, monthly financial reports and proofs, managing intercompanies, management reports and board reports.- Preparation of half yearly statutory financial statements.- Preparation of regulatory financial statements and returns.- Preparation of quarterly consolidated forecast financial information.- General analysis and advisory activity including mergers and acquisition activities, amalgamations, IFRS, equity accounting and other projects as they occur.