Experience

Victorian Institute of Sport

• Australia
• Spectator Sports
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Director Corporate Services

  • Feb 2022 - Present

• Corporate Manager

  • Dec 2016 - Feb 2022



Victoria Racing Club

• Australia
• Spectator Sports
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Business Analyst

  • Jul 2013 - Dec 2016



Glasgow 2014 Limited

• United Kingdom
• Spectator Sports
• 1 - 100 Employee

• General Manager, Financial Planning

  • 2011 - Jul 2013

  • Responsible for the management of the financial planning function including financial forecasting, fiscal control, contract analysis, project control and monitoring. • Provision of financial information and advice to Management to ensure fiscal control of the games budget. • Development of the baseline event budget. • Provide financial analysis/evaluation/feasibility on all projects with functional areas to ensure the most financially effective options are considered and taken where appropriate; including ensuring that only absolutely essential expenditure is incurred. • Assist with project control and monitoring, including milestone delivery in conjunction with the Strategic Planning department. • Select, implement and maintain an efficient, flexible and reliable multi-dimensional budgeting and reporting system. • Liaison with multiple stakeholders including State Government, Sponsors, Suppliers and Specialist Consultants.



BT Global Services

• Commercial Finance Manager

  • Aug 2010 - Feb 2011

  • Preparation and presentation of business cases to support BTGS’s response to RFP’s and pro-active customer proposals valued between £10M and £500M. • Development of financial analysis and pricing models for complex bids including sensitivity analysis. • Contract negotiation with both private and public sector customers. • Preparation and presentation of business cases to support BTGS’s response to RFP’s and pro-active customer proposals valued between £10M and £500M. • Development of financial analysis and pricing models for complex bids including sensitivity analysis. • Contract negotiation with both private and public sector customers.



VANOC

• Spectator Sports
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Functional Business Manager

  • Feb 2008 - Mar 2010

  • Worked alongside Senior Management team to develop strategic operational plans across a wide number of functional areas. • Developed appropriate commercial policies, procedures and controls for functional activities. • Oversaw all aspects of financial forecasting, revenue planning, budget management and modelling. • Advised Executive Management team on games time commercial activities. • Managed the functional teams in contract and procurement activities, ensuring all procurement policies and procedures were followed. • Assisted in drafting of requests for proposals, expressions of interest and scopes of work from operational stakeholders. • Managed a team of 6 direct reports.



GSK

• United Kingdom
• Pharmaceutical Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Commercial Strategy Manager

  • Jan 2007 - Feb 2008

  • Conducted and utilised market analysis and intelligence to precipitate and improve revenue strategic decisions. • Developed commercial offers within context of competitor value propositions. • Worked with Government Affairs Manager to proactively identify, react to and provide commercial input into Government Pharmaceutical Initiatives. • Developed programs that maintain high levels of generic protection within the pharmacy channel & maximize revenue for GSK. • Utilised pharmacy data to generate P & L statements based on utilisation of patterns in pharmacy and generic substitution rates. • Developed and forecasted generic medicine erosion models.



Carlton & United Breweries

• Australia
• Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Commercial Analyst

  • Jul 2006 - Dec 2006

  • Developed and managed models assessing profitability and performance by product, customer segment and channel. • Developed forecasting models and analysed financial reports to support budgeting process. • Identified growth opportunities and develop recommendations. • Communicated forecast to executive and finance teams. • Developed and monitored operational budgets and expenses. • Managed reporting for sales team. • Built and maintained relationships with sales and marketing teams.



Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games Corporation

• Sales & Commercial Division Financial Planning Manager

  • Jul 2004 - Jun 2006

  • Budget management and forecasting for revenue and expenditure. • Management of staffing plans for sales & commercial division. • Financial reporting for a number of functional areas, including the M2006 Finance Committee. • Financial modelling for functional areas. • Contract negotiation and approvals. • Licensee contracting, including negotiations and approvals. • Concessionaire strategy planning and negotiations. • Project management of multi-venue retail outlets. • Strategic planning of additional revenue opportunities for the use of organisation intellectual property. • Team management. • Development of policy regarding VIK sponsorship / procurement. Roll out of relevant training to staff.