CV

Who Am I

I am a commercially astute Finance Business Partner and Finance Account Manager with a proven track record of providing effective financial control and commercial decision support to Board members, CEO’s, divisional GMs, Heads of Sales, Heads of Marketing and other key roles in the Animal Health and Pharmaceutical and Not For Profit sectors. Using my 25+ post CPA qualification years of experienceI am confident in providing a high level of financial and commercial expertise to ensure accurate, efficient and profitable accounting operations across sales, marketing, R&D, and Head Office divisions as well as operations within the Not For Profit sector.

Skills I Can Bring To You

Experience I Have Gained

Accounting For Good

• Managed a portfolio of 7-9 clients ensuring:
  • Clients have their financial needs met according to their individual contracts
  • Financial transactions are entered with accuracy, compliance and timeliness
  • Month End is closed in a timely manner and all balance sheet reconciliations are produced and variances investigated and cleared
  • Month/Quarter End reports are produced with commentary providing insight on the state of the financial position
  • To work with client GM/CEO to produce and present Board Reporting
  • Statutory reporting requirements are met
  • To assist GM/CEO to produce strategic plans, annual budget, periodic forecasts for both financial and cash flow positions
  • Tracking grant money received is spent in accordance with the agreement and acquittals are generated and submitted to funders.
  • Support for operational structure, potential business cases, developing policies and other GM/CEO initiatives.

And There’s More

Bayer Australia Limited

• ANIMAL HEALTH
• Member of the Animal Health and Finance & Business Services Leadership Teams.
• Responsible for providing value-add commercial analysis and insights to support decision making process for different business strategies.
• Partner with business leads to provide key commercial support to decision making through P&L analysis, KPI, toolkits and dashboards.
• Responsible for the yearly Budget, three Revised Forecasts and monthly Sales Forecasts. Included the validation of the data, presentation to Local and Regional Management for approval and upload to global Budget tool.
• Provide the key link between the Animal Health Division and the Country Platform service departments (Accounting, Controlling, Customer Service etc).
• Performed sensitivity analysis for price increases to determine financial impact and recommend price options to achieve maximum profit in the long term;
• Maintain local profitability through accurate Transfer Price setting and end of year reimbursement calculations.
• Responsible for identifying process related issues and risks that impact the targeted project outcomes.
• Key contact for External and Internal Audits as well as current ATO Transfer Price Audit
• IMAXXEON
• Responsible for the timely and accurate month end close
• Responsible for the monthly BAS return
• Maintained and re-engineered the Balance Sheet Reconciliation process
• Managed a small team
• Partnered with key team members to ensure that business goals were achieved.
• Provided input into redesign of financial software requirements
• Used MYOB