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SonderHead of Finance
Jun. 2022 - Apr. 2025Sydney, New South Wales, AustraliaMajor Duties
• Leading a team of 3 finance individuals
• Responsible for all finance functions across ANZ and UK(A/R, A/P, Payroll, Tax, statutory obligations)
• Consolidation of accounts for 5 entities
• Accountable for all monthly and annual financial reporting and compliance obligations
• Annual audit management
• Annual budget, and quarterly forecasting
Achievements:
• Provided commercial support for 2 significant capital raises
• Implementation of new systems and process improvements across credit cards, corporate travel, reporting and revenue management
• Established the UK business
Little Athletics NSWChairperson
Mar. 2021 - Aug. 2023Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Vitality Works - Sanitarium Workplace HealthHead of Commercial
Aug. 2020 - May. 2022North Sydney, New South Wales, AustraliaMajor Duties:
• Reporting into the EGM, responsible for all commercial, IT, risk and governance aspects
• Leading a team of finance, legal, WHS & IT individuals
• Owner of all finance functions (A/R, A/P, Payroll, Tax, statutory obligations)
• Accountable for all monthly, quarterly and annual financial reporting and compliance obligations
• Quarterly board reporting
• Annual audit management
• Annual strategy and budget, and quarterly forecasting
• Integration of acquisitions and new revenue generating business units • Ensuring compliance for IT privacy and security • Owning, mitigating and managing business risks
• Implementation of system improvements across employee experiences
Achievements:
• Supported the creation of a 400+ nurse workforce to run COVID19 vaccination program within 6 weeks, including implementing a ISO20000 compliant service delivery platform.
Little Athletics NSWBoard Member
Aug. 2019Sydney, Australia• Chair of Little Athletics NSW for 2.5 years, first female in the history of the organisation
• Chair and member of Finance and Audit Committee for 5 years
• Elevated the quality of output of the finance function at LANSW by implementing a new accounting system, outsourcing the bookkeeper function, and improving the annual audit and reporting process
• Acting CEO twice at LANSW while the role was open
QuiddityGroup Finance Director
Mar. 2019 - Mar. 2020Sydney, AustraliaMajor Duties:
• Managed a portfolio of clients with bookkeeping and a variety of other accounting support services.
• Leading 2 teams (Sydney/Serbia) of 12 staff across multiple accounting support models.
• Accountable for the delivery of accounting support services for 35+ clients
• Ensure clients tax and statutory compliance obligations are met
• Monthly reporting and cashflow reporting for the larger clients
• Maintaining profit margins of client’s accounts with efficiency measures and staff time management
• Continuous training and development of the team
• Implement process improvements to improve accuracy and delivery of services
AdcorpInterim CFO
Jun. 2018 - Dec. 2018Sydney, AustraliaProvide Financial support for the CEO and Board of a publicly listed Media agency, $45m annual billings, leading the Finance, HR, and IT business units.
• Leading a team of 11 staff across 3 disciplines.
• Accountable for all the financial reporting and compliance obligations of the company, ensuring the company complies with AASB and ASIC standards and regulations.
• Lead the annual audit and reporting processes.
• Working with the Board through a period of financial challenges which has resulted in a Rights Issue exercise, a significant reshaping of the business, major technology changes and business structure simplification.
• Cash Flow management – daily cash flow planning and reporting, 12-month cashflow forecasting, implementing cash flow initiatives to ensure the ongoing viability of the business.
• Ongoing Implementation of operational efficiencies, process improvements and cost savings across the business, resulting in +25% EBITDA improvement YTD.
Dentsu Aegis NetworkProgram Manager
Jun. 2017 - Oct. 2017Sydney, AustraliaProgram Lead at Dentsu Aegis Network for a centralisation project. Led the centralisation of media buying & implementation functions for 3 Dentsu Aegis Network media brands into 1 team within Amplifi. This involved centralising over 250 staff, as well as setting up centralised processes and tools.
Lantern PartnersFinance Consultant
Apr. 2017 - Jun. 2017Sydney, AustraliaProvided financial advice to a Medium Sized Digital Agency. This included an assessment of the financial health of the business and providing several recommendations to improve its financial performance and results.
TelstraGM Telstra Media Business Operations
Oct. 2015 - Mar. 2017Sydney, AustraliaReporting to the Executive Director of Telstra Media, responsible for all the operational aspects of the business unit including Capital expenditure, Operational expenses, Projects and Performance reporting.
TelstraGM Business Development & Operations -Pay TV /IPTV
Jul. 2015 - Nov. 2015Reporting to the Director of Pay TV/IPTV, responsible for managing the Portfolio Program and all business development negotiations and activities.
TelstraGM Strategic Program Management
Apr. 2015 - Jun. 2015Manage the Portfolio of Projects for the IPTV/Pay TV business unit.
TelstraGM Commercial Development - PayTV / IPTV
Jun. 2013 - Apr. 2015Sydney, AustraliaExplore, define and evaluate business opportunities through market assessment and competitor analysis
Working with the GM's in the business to source and deliver growth opportunities
Drive the development and approval of Business Cases
New and current deal negotiations
TelstraCommercial Manager - Pay TV / IPTV
Mar. 2013 - Jun. 2013Sydney, AustraliaBusiness partnering with Pay TV/IPTV division
Planning/forecasting
Business Case scoping and modelling
ninemsnFinancial Planning & Analysis Manager
Apr. 2011 - Mar. 2013Sydney, AustraliaManage budgeting, forecasting, analysis & sales reporting, yield & pricing
Yahoo!7Finance Manager
Sep. 2005 - Jan. 2011Managing finance functions such as Audit, Tax, Stat Reporting, AP, AR, Payroll, Month End, Year End and Finance Application Projects
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