Experience

Accent Group Limited

• Australia
• Retail
• 700 & Above Employee

• Group Head of Procurement

  • Dec 2022 - Present

• Group Head of Procurement & Payables

  • May 2022 - Feb 2023

• Accounts Payable Manager

  • Feb 2018 - May 2022

  Experienced Accounts Payable Manager working to deliver excellent team performance, reduce risk, increase productivity and efficiencies. P2P Specialist creating Policy and implement new procedures.



Carlton & United Breweries

• Australia
• Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Procurement Specialist

  • Jun 2015 - Sep 2017

  • Review and approve local purchase requests, monitor purchasing processes and identify potential improvements.• Act as the primary point of contact for stakeholders regarding contractual and pricing issues, KPI’s, P2P queries including supplier payment queries.• Co-ordinate local contract implementation including system setup for supplier on-boarding and system pricing through online catalogue's. • Monitor and report policy compliance issues, identify potential improvements and present to relevant stakeholders. • Investigated reasons for non-compliance to policy, worked with stakeholders to promote change in behaviour and provided support resulting in reduction of non compliance of 31% to 9% in 6 months.• 99% of stakeholders in admin / purchasing roles trained to use the purchasing system and complete policy training.• Identified a process to stock manage inventory items in the system leading to a significant reduction in manual journals required by the finance team monthly.

• Fleet Compliance

  • Jul 2013 - May 2015

  • Manage operational activity of a fleet of 300 vehicles plus equipment ensuring all regulatory requirements are met• Policy ownership including updates and enforcement• Supervise the fleet providers KPI’s• Provide the business guidance on OH&S fleet regulations including research, pricing and execution• Manage the FBT reporting requirements with tax team • Appropriate reporting of accidents and financial settlement• Prepare the annual fleet budget and identify saving • Vehicle selection review complete and proposed change of manufacturer accepted• Policy re-created and adopted as part of SAB Millers Global Policy• Tender process complete for fleet management company, new supplier on boarded with zero disruption to operations• Created monthly fleet reporting providing visibility of costs and compliance. Driver demerit point system created to identify risk to drivers, public and the company• Budget reduction of 10% over 2 years• Safety issues identified and addressed

• Accounts Payable Team Leader

  • Mar 2014 - Aug 2014

  • Manage a team of 8 employees day to day operational activity• Review and approve daily, weekly and monthly payment runs• Weekly and monthly reporting for inclusion in the CFO finance updates• Action escalations from suppliers and internal stakeholders re payment concerns• Reduction in invoices on hold from an average of 500 per week to less than 100.• P2P Policy review and update in line with procurement team changes and in preparation of introduction of SAP system• Worked as part of a project team to reduce standard payment terms from 60 days to 90 leading to an increase in working capital.• Creation of standard operating procedure documents and business context documents in preparation of accounts payable team outsource to global business services office to ensure a smooth transition

• Transaction Compliance - Finance

  • May 2011 - Jun 2013

  • Review all invoices auto created in the system to check for compliance and approval• Test tolerance of over receipting limits to ensure un-approved transactions are not released for payment• Review credit card transactions to identify any breaches to Corporate Card Policy, report in monthly compliance report.• Corporate card administration, card applications and cancellations, limit requests and changes.• Identified potential audit issues in the Electronic Receipting System (ERS) and drafted a new process to reduce risk to the business. • Identified breaches to the Corporate Card Policy and escalated to senior management preventing an event to occur which could have caused significant damage to company image. • Successfully managed credit card expiry process and issue of new cards to users with minimum disruption.



Gallagher & Co. Accountants & Auditors

• Assistant Accountant

  • Jan 2004 - Apr 2011

  • Bank reconciliations for clients • Preparation and submission of taxes to Revenue including VAT, PAYE/PRSI, RCT, income tax and corporation tax • Preparation of draft trading accounts for Sole Traders, Partnership and Limited Companies • Debtor and creditor reconciliation • Managed a portfolio of clients ranging in size and activity in excess of allocated client list. • Managed the practice time management system charging clients for services ensuring all time was charged correctly and fully to clients. • Introduced the practice working register meeting all CPA audit requirements in order for practicing certificate to be renewed