Experience

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  Adventist HealthCare Limited (Aus)

  • Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

  • Director of Finance

    • Jul 2016 - Oct 2023
    • Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

    Adventist Healthcare (a not-for-profit organization) comprises of Sydney Adventist Hospital, Dalcross Adventist Hospital and San Day Surgery Hornsby. It is one of the largest private hospitals in NSW (524 beds) with a long history servicing the patient community. It has a workforce of over 3,000 (including 500 volunteers who contribute significantly to the whole patient care delivered by the hospital) and its annual turnover exceeds A$350 million.Key responsibilities: -• Lead a team of 12 across the whole financial accounting, internal control, payroll, tax compliance, statutory reporting and audit function according to Australian GAAP and church governance guidelines• Serve as the business partner by providing management reporting and analysis to the business for performance reviewing and forecasting. Strategic planning, annual budgeting (both operating and capital), rolling forecast as well as supporting the Board and executive management team.• Manage the various government and sponsor funding acquittal process• Manage the insurance and foreign exchange risk for the business• Implementation of Patient Costing System to facilitate organizational change in decision-making process and focus on strategies in areas with good margin and good growth• Lead the Supply Chain and Warehousing team of 17• Provide financial and commercial input into the various HPPA (Hospital Purchaser Provider Agreement) negotiations, federal or state provider agreements as well as staff Enterprise Agreement.• Review of significant contracts and provide advice from a finance and risk perspective including modern slavery legislative compliance within the ESG framework.

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  Medibank Health Solutions

  • St Leonards, Sydney

  • Commercial Manager/Financial Controller

    • Oct 2009 - Jun 2016
    • St Leonards, Sydney

    Subsidiary of Medibank Private which employes over 1,500 employees and operates in Australia, New Zealand and United Kingdom specialises in delivering healthcare services utilizing telecommunication, online technologies and face-to-face consultations Key responsibilities:-- Financial accounting and statutory reporting- Budgeting, Forecasting and Strategic planning- Business Partnering- Providing management reporting and analysis- Pricing and contractual management- System implementation such as SAP- Internal control and risk management- Internal and external audit coordination and management- New international business venture set-up

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  Lifehealthcare

  • Artamon, Sydney

  • Finance Manager

    • May 2008 - Oct 2009
    • Artamon, Sydney

    Private equity owned distributor of healthcare equipment. My key responsibilites were to ensure statutory accounts are preprared properly and implemented the internal control system for the newly integrated business.

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  Johnson & Johson Medical

  • North Ryde, Sydney

  • Finance Manager

    • Jul 2007 - Jan 2008
    • North Ryde, Sydney

    Fortune 40 US healthcare product supplier with annual turnover exceeding A$500 million.Responsible for the implementation of outsourcing payroll fucntion, shared service financial accounting service to the group across Australia and New Zealand and transfer pricing compliance.

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  McKesson Asia-Pacific

  • Lane Cove, Sydney

  • Director of Finance

    • Jul 2001 - Jun 2007
    • Lane Cove, Sydney

    Fortune 20 US healthcare product and service provider which employs over 1,000 employees. It was acquired by Medibank Private Limited in July 2010 and changed its name to Medibank Health Solutions Telehealth Pty Ltd.Responsible for the finance team and workforce planning team (provision of operational workforce plan and forecast), management analysis, pricing and commercial negotiation, company secretarial duties, SOX managament, insurance management and tax management. Implemented automated workforce planning system, internal control SOX system and accounting policies and procedures to satisfy US GAAP requirements. Strategic Planning, budgeting and forecasting

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  Haworth Greater China and Australia

  • Carringbah, Sydney

  • Financial Controller

    • Jan 1995 - Jun 2001
    • Carringbah, Sydney

    US based world's second largest office furniture manufacturer . It has presence across major countries in Asia-Pacific.Responsible for the establishment of the Asia-Pacific head quarters in Hong Kong (financial, logistics, warehousing and customer service functions), Singapre, Malaysia, Thailand and China. Implemented financial systems for the manufacturing facility in Malaysia and China. Provide pricing and tendering support to the commercial team. Strategic planning for the region. Business engineering for the Australian business unit.

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  Swank Retail Group (Hong Kong)

  • Hong Kong

  • Chief Accountant

    • Jan 1993 - Oct 1995
    • Hong Kong

    Swank is high class fashion retailing group which operates retails channels and wholesale functions in Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore, Malaysia and China.Reponsible for the financial reporting and management analysis. Implemented a new integrated ordering and inventory management system.

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  Coopers & Lybrand (Hong Kong)

  • Hong Kong

  • Audit Intermediate

    • Jan 1992 - Dec 1992
    • Hong Kong

    Coopers & Lybrand (now Pricewaterhouse Coopers) is the world Big 4 audit firm.Responsible to conduct audi on various companies (listed or private) within Hong Kong and China.