Greater Melbourne Area
Experienced finance and operations leader and qualified chartered accountant that has overseen the financial transformation and establishment of a $2.1 billion governance change of Catholic schools. Development of long-term financial plans, financial policies, delegations, reports and budgets. Passionate about complex data analysis and using the latest technology and data visualisation techniques to tell the story and support organisational strategy. Highly experienced in building relationships with boards and committees and reporting key information, insights and solutions to boards, committees and executives. Involved in end-to-end development, communication and implementation of complex funding models. Demonstrated ability to build a positive team culture and coach and develop talented and high achieving finance professionals.
Salesian College Chadstone is a Year 7 to 12 Catholic boy's school with around 1,000 students and employs over 170 teachers and professional support staff. The College is governed by a Board of Directors that oversees the $25 million annual budget. In this role I also undertake the role of the Company Secretary and oversee the areas of finance, facilities, IT, risk and compliance, and administration. 🏆 Key achievements: - Led and developed the Salesian College Chadstone 10 Year Financial Plan, incorporating Strategic Plan initiatives and key stages of the College Master Plan. This included developing a complex financial model that catered for the government funding formula and scenario analysis. - Oversaw the appointment of architect and development of the College's long term Master Plan. - Undertake Company Secretary responsibilities, including organising board and committee meetings, maintain board records and minutes, development of the board’s skills and diversity matrix and recruitment of board and committee members. - Led the uplift of enrolments for the Year 7 2025 student intake 38% through targeted marketing and community engagement. - Transformation of Board financial reports from narrative based reporting to dashboards and visualisations to succinctly highlight trends and focus areas. - Improving fee collection and reducing the provision of doubtful debts by 19%. - Led the implementation of consistent and robust financial policies around fee management, procurement and accounts payable. - Implemented Alii automated accounts payable, purchase ordering and expense reimbursements, resulting in improved efficiencies and reducing printing by 95% in 8 months. - Developed the College's first business continuity plan. - Led the development of the College's first risk management framework and corporate risk register.
Catholic Education Sandhurst Limited (CESL) is the owner and operator of 58 school and early childhood communities within the Diocese of Sandhurst. CESL is the employer of over 2,600 teachers and staff and educates 18,000 students. As a Child Safety, Audit and Risk Committee member, I assist the Board to discharge its responsibilities to exercise due care, diligence, skill and oversight in relation to child safety, financial reporting, internal control and risk management systems and the internal and external audit functions.
Catholic Education Melbourne (CEM) was amalgamated with 290 schools to form Melbourne Archdiocese Catholic Schools Ltd (MACS) on 1 January 2021. MACS now owns and operates 290 schools and supports 120,000 students in the Archdiocese of Melbourne. CEM was transformed from an organisation with $110m turnover and 500 staff to MACS which has $2.1b turnover and 14,000 staff. 🏆 Key achievements: - Led and developed the financial aspects of the Catholic Education Melbourne ($110 million turnover) governance transformation to MACS ($2.1 billion turnover) including the transfer of 290 schools in the Archdiocese of Melbourne. - Financial management of Catholic Education Commission of Victoria (CECV) with an annual turnover of $3.1 billion, including a $57 million technology implementation and operational budget. - Led the development and consolidation of the inaugural 2022 MACS group budget totaling $2.1 billion, comprising 290 schools utilising multiple financial systems (Technology One, Greentree, Synergetic and SAS). - Led the review, development and implementation of the new Long Service Leave Investment Policy and Strategy. Implemented the transition of $170 million in a bespoke managed fund to increase long term returns from 0.2% to 4.9%.
🏆Key achievements: - Implemented a new financial model and grants distribution formula for the National Consistent Collection of Data on School Students with Disability (NCCD) to manage $129m in disability funding. - Led the development of the School Data Snapshot, comprising a series of dashboards displaying key metrics such as NAPLAN results, student retention, financial management and school culture.
🏆 Key achievements: - Developed and implemented the Catholic Education Commission of Victoria funding formula for secondary schools, using the principles of the Australian Education Act Schooling Resource Standard (Gonski model). Transitioned $1.1b in funding to ensure stable funding conditions until 2029. - Developed and implemented the Catholic Education Commission of Victoria funding formula for secondary schools, using the principles of the Australian Education Act Schooling Resource Standard (Gonski model). - Performed financial modelling and costing of staff costs totaling $2b for the Victorian Catholic Education Multi Enterprise Agreement 2013. - Performed a comprehensive financial evaluation and introduced new fee structure at the Catholic Leadership Centre, resulting in the increase of profit from $24k in 2015 to $801k in 2018. - Performed a review of finance and administration services in Melbourne Catholic Primary schools, resulting in the establishment of the current $21m Shared Services and Business Managers finance operating model.
Vichealth is a State government agency established to promote good health, safety, and prevention of disease. With a turnover of $41m and 66 staff, Vichealth provides grants to organisations to undertake health promotion activities, sponsorships, projects and research programs. 🏆 Key achievements: - Implemented VicHealth’s first ever multi-year budget to align with the VicHealth 2013-16 strategic plan. - Implemented Vichealth’s integrated payroll and HR management system (Empower). - Introduced a new three way forecast operating statement, balance sheet and cashflow model.