Experience

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  KPMG New Zealand

  • Financial Controller

    • Apr 2014 - Present

    I am responsible for delivering quality financial support to the business. I currently lead, develop and mentor a team of 15 staff, including qualified professionals, and constantly strive to improve performance with a culture of continuous improvement.Key Achievements:• Implemented a multitude of BI dashboards, which enable the business to focus on key performance indicators in order to drive the business forward.• Reengineered finance team, saving 15% in salary costs, while moving to a business partnering model, which is delivering quality information to the business.• Reduced month end reporting cycle, from in excess of 5 working days to 3, by cutting unnecessary tasks and prioritising the delivery of others.• Successfully led firm’s SAP implementation and subsequently have delivered improvements enabling further efficiencies in both the back office and frontline user experience.

  • Financial Accounting Manager

    • Dec 2012 - Mar 2014

    As Financial Accounting Manager my primary role was finance lead for the roll out of the global SAP solution to the NZ firm.Key Achievements:• Managed requirements gathering to ensure the SAP design adequately met the needs of the local firm.• Conducted strategic review of the business for the Executive team, recommending further actions to achieve bottom line growth.• Produced a 5-year forecasting model which enabled the divisions to review a variety of growth scenarios.

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  Aldous Limited

  • Auckland

  • Financial Controller

    • Jul 2008 - Jun 2012
    • Auckland

    Aldous was an IT software development/implementation company with 50 staff and a turnover of $10m. It developed a customer order entry suite of software geared towards telecommunication companies. Essentially a start-up, the Company completed installations for both Telecom NZ and Telstra Australia. My role was all encompassing, working closely with the CEO and advisors to expand the business internationally. This required close cashflow management and forecasting as well as input into specific sales pursuits, capital raising initiatives and vendor contract negotiation.Key Achievements:• Successful capital raising initiative, which yielded a $7m capital injection from a UK investor.• Pivotal role in offshore contract pursuits, which included the establishment of a partnering agreement with Fujitsu Asia.• Negotiated the writing off of interest and penalties with the NZ IRD and the Australian ATO in excess of $400k.

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  EDS New Zealand

  • Auckland

  • Finance Manager - Fonterra Account

    • Feb 2006 - Jul 2008
    • Auckland

    EDS was a market leader in the New Zealand IT market with an annual turnover over of $400m and 2300 staff nationally and was part of a multinational corporation based out of the US.Finance Business Partner - Fonterra Global Networks2006 - 2008 Supporting the Network Tower Business Manager for the Fonterra account globally on all aspects of financial management from budgeting and forecasting to monthly accounting, profitability analysis and ad hoc financial analysis.Key Achievements:• Participated in the financial restructuring and renegotiation of the Fonterra account that extended the $100m annual contract revenues for a further 3-year period.

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  EDS New Zealand

  • Wellington & Wairarapa, New Zealand

  • Finance Manager

    • Jan 2003 - Aug 2005
    • Wellington & Wairarapa, New Zealand

    My role encompassed the mentoring and performance management of the corporate finance team of 5, including 2 qualified staff. I was responsible for the completion of all statutory and financial reporting, both locally and internationally, including US GAAP reporting, as well as liaising with the Company’s auditors and facilitating the audit process.Key Achievements:• Coordination and streamlining of monthly reports for the Executive Committee.• Setting up 2 offshore legal entities to enable efficient tax treatment of best shoring initiatives.