Director of Finance

• Sep 2018 - Present

Finance Manager

• Aug 2015 - Aug 2018

Leading, managing and developing the Finance Business Partnering Unit, in order to provide a customer focused financial and commercial decision support to Injazat including accounting, financial analysis, financial planning and risk management. Acting as the business partner for the heads of Lines of Business and responsible for performance reporting, monitoring (cost and profitability) against targets, budgets and KPIs. Leading, managing and developing the Finance Business Partnering Unit, in order to provide a customer focused financial and commercial decision support to Injazat including accounting, financial analysis, financial planning and risk management. Acting as the business partner for the heads of Lines of Business and responsible for performance reporting, monitoring (cost and profitability) against targets, budgets and KPIs.

Assistant Director - FP&A (Oceania)

• Apr 2010 - Jul 2015

Worked with EY in its internal Finance department, supporting the Tax business of EY. Tax business operates out of 9 offices and offers 6 different services in the Oceania region. I was the finance advisor to the Head of Oceania Tax, the Tax segment leaders, HR, Business Development and the Operations teams. Managed a team of management accountants providing financial analysis, reporting and planning (FP&A) and decision support to Tax business in the Oceania region. Responsibilities • Advising business leaders on efficiency improvement and cost management strategies • Collaborating with the senior management, HR, Operations, Business Development and Marketing teams to implement strategic initiatives to set the direction of the business • Tracking of implementation of initiatives and conducting post implementation reviews • Driving the end to end financial planning including annual budget, rolling forecast and 5 year strategic planning • Driving the preparation of reporting packs and the presentation templates for Management in Oceania and Asia Pacific • Ensuring the timely and accurate delivery of weekly KPI, monthly and annual management reporting, analysis and commentary • Designing financial models and dashboards to facilitate informed and timely business decisions • Implement best practices to streamline the regular reporting and accounting process • Ensuring the integrity of the monthly profit & loss reports, performing month-end and year-end procedures including review, analysis and reporting • Hiring, managing and mentoring the management accountants in the team • Ensuring compliance with the firm policy and procedure Show less

Analyst

• Nov 2007 - May 2009

Deloitte is the world’s second biggest professional services firm operating in more than 150 countries with 200,000 staff. The annual revenue in 2013 was USD32.4 billion. Responsibilities • Designed and implemented remuneration strategies (employee share schemes, LTIs and STIs) linking employee and executive performance with pay and annual bonuses • Established annual KPI’s for senior executives • Identified potential tax, accounting and regulatory issues with client’s Australian or Global employee share schemes and making suggestions • Research and analysis of US GAAP, IFRS, tax laws, statutory and regulatory requirements in Australia and overseas to implement a compliant and tax effective remuneration strategy • Benchmarking market remuneration levels • Data and financial modelling Show less

Tax Accountant

• Jan 2006 - Oct 2007

OBBC is a professional services firm providing taxation and business services to a range of clients. Responsibilities • Managed a portfolio of clients which included high net worth individuals, partnerships, trusts and companies. • Provision of taxation and business services to ensure statutory and regulatory compliance • Helped clients in setting up the right business entity structure, accounting systems, accounting and reporting procedures and policies ensuring compliance • Prepared budgets and performed variance analysis for clients • Preparation and analysis of financial statements and reports including profit and loss, balance sheet, trial balance and general ledger • Preparation of individual, company, trust, partnership, BAS, IAS, Payroll and FBT returns. • General ledger and bank reconciliations Show less

Finance Analyst

• Oct 2003 - Oct 2005

Worked with KPMG International as a secondee for a NASDAQ listed company, En Pointe Technologies, Inc with annual revenue of US$400m. En Pointe is a technology solutions provider that supplies I.T. products and services to Fortune 500 companies, educational institutions, government agencies and non-profits nationwide. Responsibilities • Processed accounting transactions in SAP • Maintained general ledgers and chart of accounts • Month end procedures and balance sheet reconciliation • Preparation of monthly balance sheet and profit & loss • Ensured compliance with US GAAP and SOX requirements • Assisted Rebates Department in estimating and forecasting sales rebate, monthly sales analysis, calculating and investigating variances • Month end close and monthly reporting to the management • Facilitated annual audit and compliance • Supervised a team of two staff members Show less