Experience

Zurich Australia

• Financial Services
• 400 - 500 Employee

• Planning Performance Manager

  • Oct 2016 - Present

  Leading and coaching a team of financial analysts and business partners responsible for strategic financial analysis incorporating variance investigation, financial simulations and consideration of non-financial and customer impacts. Produce budgeting, forecasting and financial reporting for the Life and Investments business.

• Senior Planning and Performance Analyst

  • Mar 2015 - Oct 2016

  Responsible for senior business partnering, expense management, sales and margin reporting across multiple product lines, budgeting, forecasting, identifying efficiencies and training of analysts.• Partnered with operational and sales teams to deliver 20% reduction to travel and entertainment spend plus over $1m of other discretionary expense savings.• Contributed to valuation of major business acquisition from Macquarie, followed by analysis of new process requirements including creation of new financial reports. Show less

• Planning and Performance Analyst

  • May 2012 - Mar 2015

  Principal tasks were business partnering, expense management, sales, new business value and margin reporting across multiple product lines, budgeting and forecasts.• Designed and built an interactive expense dashboard for cost centre managers, which facilitated annualised savings of over $50,000.• Obtained designated super-user for a new global financial data reporting tool and used it to create efficiencies in the monthly cost centre reporting process.• Organised annual community volunteering events for finance employees, initially 25 staff but growing over the years to over 50. Show less



Zurich Insurance

• Switzerland
• Insurance
• 700 & Above Employee

• Financial Accountant

  • Jun 2008 - May 2012

  Various accounting roles including: • Financial Accounting. Responsible for preparing the accounting for a new business line, ensuring the capability to do regulatory reporting was in place prior to launch. Prepared financial statements and balance sheet reconciliations. • Finance management information team. Responsible for timely, accurate delivery of a range of reports to the UK Life Executive and global headquarters. • Finance Controls and Governance. Wrote and published the first UK Life Finance Local Governance Manual. Evolved the risks and controls MI provided to the Finance Executive Team Show less



St. Joseph's Colllege, Tabwiroa

• Abaiang, Kiribati

• Head Of Science

  • Jun 2007 - Dec 2007

  Head of secondary school science department. Head of secondary school science department.



API Security

• Australia
• Security and Investigations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Store Security Supervisor

  • Apr 2006 - May 2007

  Store security supervisor for Louis Vuitton flagship store in Honolulu. Beyond protecting the company's assets the role also had a high level of customer service as I was responsible for greeting all customers on entry and making them feel relaxed and safe. Store security supervisor for Louis Vuitton flagship store in Honolulu. Beyond protecting the company's assets the role also had a high level of customer service as I was responsible for greeting all customers on entry and making them feel relaxed and safe.



St. Joseph's College, Tabwiroa

• Abaiang, Kiriba

• School Principal

  • Nov 2003 - Feb 2005

  Management of a 400 student, 50 staff, co-ed, boarding school for students aged 14-18 on a remote Pacific atoll. Notable achievements include extension of the school library, instigation of the school’s agriculture program, publication of the first school handbook, securing new sources of funding for library resources, a generator, science equipment and agricultural tools Management of a 400 student, 50 staff, co-ed, boarding school for students aged 14-18 on a remote Pacific atoll. Notable achievements include extension of the school library, instigation of the school’s agriculture program, publication of the first school handbook, securing new sources of funding for library resources, a generator, science equipment and agricultural tools



VSO

• United Kingdom
• Non-profit Organizations
• 700 & Above Employee

• Secondary School Teacher

  • Aug 2000 - Nov 2003

  Secondary school science teacher and head of department. Secondary school science teacher and head of department.