Experience

Irabina Autism Services

• Australia
• Individual and Family Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• CFO

  • Oct 2015 - Present



Home Hardware

• Australia
• Retail
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Commercial Manager (contract)

  • Mar 2015 - Jul 2015

  * Hands on involvement in budgeting, monthly forecasting, month end analysis * Monthly and quarterly reporting to Woolworths and the Joint Venture, owned 50:50 by Lowe's (USA) and Woolworths * Supervision of two business analysts * Broadened my experience in a large corporate, plus learnt new systems (TM1) * Hands on involvement in budgeting, monthly forecasting, month end analysis * Monthly and quarterly reporting to Woolworths and the Joint Venture, owned 50:50 by Lowe's (USA) and Woolworths * Supervision of two business analysts * Broadened my experience in a large corporate, plus learnt new systems (TM1)



PMP Print

• Printing Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• National Commercial Manager

  • Nov 2011 - Dec 2014

  * Supervise plus hands on completion of monthly and financial reporting including budgets, quarterly forecasts, month end reporting, weekly reporting. * Financial responsibility for the company transformation programme. This major project saw the company spend $30m to save $30m+ annually. * Integral part of the Print senior finance team. * Directly accountable for two Print National staff members (more recently one), guide and mentor to state commercial managers. * Part of a team responsible for achieving agreed budgeted financial performance. * Member of the company superannuation committee. * Successfully developed a job profitability template which assessed the profitability of jobs and customers within the business. This played a key part in assisting the business to understand profit margins of PMP's customers.

• Clayton Commercial Manager

  • Oct 2001 - Nov 2011

  * Responsible for achieving agreed budgeted financial and operational performance * Management and financial reporting including budgets, quarterly forecasts, month end reporting, weekly reporting * Professional and timely support to the General Manager providing, interpreting and analysing a range of financial and non financial performance indicators, including financial assistance with completion of the last two EBA's * Excellent working relationships with all key personnel including general managers, departmental managers, fellow commercial managers, subordinates, group shared services team, group procurement personnel, sales staff * Major projects included due diligence on acquisition of Chullora Directories, plus financial analysis on subsequent site consolidation * Also the feasibility of moving the Victorian print operations to a Greenfield site - I was able to successfully demonstrate to senior personnel that it was not financially viable to move the business to a Greenfield site * Due diligence on acquisition of First In Print in NZ - this project resulted in the purchase of a small sheetfed printer in New Zealand



PMP Limited

• Australia
• Printing Services
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Group Management Accountant

  • Jul 1998 - Oct 2001

  * Responsible for timely and accurate, weekly and monthly management reporting for the PMP Group. Also consolidated budgets and quarterly forecasts.

• Finance Manager

  • May 1997 - Jul 1998

  * Responsible for achieving agreed budgeted financial and operational performance at both Pacific Magazines NZ and Show Ads NZ * All management and financial reporting * Head of small finance team

• Finance Manager

  • Feb 1997 - May 1997

  * Interim Finance Manager's role between returning from the United Kingdom for the birth of our first child and moving to New Zealand on a second secondment



PMP Attic Futura UK

• Finance Manager

  • Nov 1994 - Jan 1997

  * Responsible for achieving agreed budgeted financial and operational performance at both Attic Futura UK and Germany * All management and financial reporting * Head of medium sized finance team * Responsible for achieving agreed budgeted financial and operational performance at both Attic Futura UK and Germany * All management and financial reporting * Head of medium sized finance team



PMP Limited

• Australia
• Printing Services
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Head Office Accountant

  • Nov 1993 - Nov 1994

  * Reporting to the Group Management Accountant and Group Financial Accountant / Treasurer * Reporting to the Group Management Accountant and Group Financial Accountant / Treasurer



KPMG Australia

• Australia
• Business Consulting and Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Insolvency Supervisor

  • Jan 1991 - Nov 1993

  * Transferred from Audit into Insolvency to obtain experience in this area when the economy was down and there was a demand for more insolvency professionals * Worked on many varied clients such as the receivership of McEwans

• Auditor, Senior Auditor

  • Jan 1986 - Dec 1990

  * First role out of university * Progressed through the company well * Passed professional year at first attempt * Learnt high levels of work ethic and professionalism which is evident today * Learnt to work well as part of a team, and also to lead teams * Worked on many varied audit clients such as ANZ Banking Group