Experience

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  UBCO - Utility Electric Vehicles

  • New Zealand

  • Director of Financial Planning and Analysis

    • Nov 2020 - Present
    • New Zealand

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  Nando's

  • Auckland, New Zealand

  • Finance and IT Manager

    • Jun 2017 - May 2020
    • Auckland, New Zealand

    • Heading up the New Zealand Finance Team, the main focus of my role is to streamline reporting for Nando’s 28 New Zealand restaurants.• Provide strategic advice to the Asia-Pacific Nando’s headquarters on sales forecasting, the required staffing levels to meet business demands, and restaurant performance in the New Zealand context.• Established a strategic business partner model, encouraging new and effective working relationships between the Finance Team and restaurants.• Implemented a new workforce scheduling app reducing administration and improving the company’s ability to accurately forecast and manage staffing needs.

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  MACVAD

  • New Zealand

  • Group Financial Controller

    • Jun 2009 - Jun 2017
    • New Zealand

    • Led a team of six, responsible for all accounting, budgeting, reporting and cash flow for the group.• Acted in the role of CFO for an extended period while the incumbent was on sabbatical.• Significantly improved accounting quality and performance to support the continuing growth of the company, including reducing reporting time from 20 working days to three.• Developed a revenue forecasting tool to track sales and profit by customer enabling management to better predict future performance. • Oversaw the migration of order processing and accounting from multiple internal systems to Great Plains, enabling the integrated processing of transactions and much closer control of financial position.

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  BP

  • London, United Kingdom

  • Reporting Team Leader (contract)

    • Aug 2008 - Nov 2008
    • London, United Kingdom

    • Led the property portfolio leadership team following a restructure. • Oversaw financial aspects of BP’s portfolio of offices and tenancies (£75 million in Opex and £10 million in Capex annually).• Project managed the rollout of a new SAP-based reporting tool across seven business segments

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  1E

  • London, United Kingdom

  • Financial Controller (contract)

    • Nov 2007 - Aug 2008
    • London, United Kingdom

    • Led a team of four to deliver the inaugural financial reports following the migration to a new accounting platform, reducing reporting time at month-end from 45 days to six days.

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  ICAP

  • London, United Kingdom

  • IT Finance Analyst (contract)

    • Apr 2007 - Aug 2007
    • London, United Kingdom

    • Responsible for profit and loss reporting across foreign exchange contracts.

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  Cable & Wireless

  • London, United Kingdom

  • Commercial Finance Manager

    • Aug 2004 - Feb 2007
    • London, United Kingdom

    • Led a team of accountants supporting the IT and Network leadership team responsible for £100 million in Opex and £80 million in Capex.• Advised on new product development and pricing, such as VoIP and bundled phone and broadband services.• Authorised business cases for network rollout, and advised how to improve financial aspects.• Reduced operating costs by £1.5 million annually.

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  Intervisual Media INC

  • Los Angeles, California

  • Financial Controller

    • Jun 2003 - Jun 2004
    • Los Angeles, California

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  JLL

  • London, United Kingdom

  • Management Accountant

    • Nov 1999 - Nov 2002
    • London, United Kingdom

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  Frymer & associates

  • Cape Town Area, South Africa

  • Supervising Senior

    • Sep 1995 - Apr 1999
    • Cape Town Area, South Africa