Jennifer Cheung

Passionate about Sustainability MBA | CPA | BComm CFO/COO Consultant | Sustainability AI Finance

Greater Sydney Area

About

I love to understand how a business works and what drives it's individual success. I support the fundamentals of business excellence by driving business improvements and supporting commercial decision making, combining my intellectual curiosity with solid financial, commercial and operational experience gained over 20+ years of work experience to achieve the strategic goals of a business. I am passionate about developing and mentoring teams to create opportunities for career progression, training and development so they can be their best selves in and outside of work. I am experienced in Strategic and Commercial analysis, Business Partnering, Business case analysis and presentation, leading Request for Proposal Bids, Contract negotiation, implementation and management, IT Systems review (Financial and Operational) and replacement implementation, Customer Data and Loyalty analytics, Financial Planning and Analysis (Budgeting, Forecasting, Month End Management, Reporting), Activity Based Costing, Inventory Accounting, leading and mentoring teams (Program managers, Analysts, Payroll, Receivables, Payables, Revenue, IT, administrative staff)

Experience

  • CFO / COO Consultant at Jennifer Cheung Consulting
    Sep 2025 - Present · 10 mos

    - Strategic CFO/COO advisory for purpose-led organisations - Led Hospital Food Waste AI Diagnostic, mapping waste for 25% reduction (~$250K savings annually) - Implemented Agile ways for NFP and Revenue diversification (events/digital) yielding 5% Y1 uplift, 15% ongoing - AI transformation specialist - Deployed tools like Notebook LM, cutting analysis from hours to seconds - ESG finance with climate scenario modelling - 20+ yrs scaling to $3.5B revenues (Woolworths/VW/Qantas) - Open to fractional CFO/COO roles in sustainability/tech

  • Member - Executive Leaders at HiveQ
    Mar 2024 - Present · 2 yrs 4 mos

    HiveQ is a global network where relationships are nurtured, ideas shared and opportunities created. It is a hive where leaders become remarkable.

  • Woolworths Group (Full-time · 4 yrs 2 mos)
    • Head Of Programs
      Sep 2024 - May 2025 · 9 mos

      Delivering programs for Group Customer Data and Analytics at Woolworths Group. Manage team operations, P&L ownership, lead Agile ways of working, implementing AI Strategy and commercialising data assets in partnership with Quantium

    • Senior Finance Manager Sustainability and Group Transformation
      Apr 2021 - Oct 2024 · 3 yrs 7 mos

      Finance Lead supporting the Chief Transformation officer and the Woolworths Group's internal consultancy businesses. This included Sustainability (Planet, Health, Human Rights, Sustainability Analytics and Narrative, Indigenous Affairs and Hunger Relief), Transformation Enablement (Transformation, Agile, Change and Project Management), Strategy, Customer, Growth and Venture Capital

  • Chief Financial Officer at The Bower Reuse and Repair Centre
    Sep 2020 - Apr 2021 · 8 mos

    Commercial, operational and strategic support to the GM including systems, people, inventory management, and pricing.

  • Sabbatical at Taking some time to complete my MBA!
    Apr 2020 - Sep 2020 · 6 mos