Greater Melbourne Area
Skilled CPA with solid experience in financial control. Possess solid experience across Asia Pacific with large MNC high tech sector and demonstrated ability to scale. Change and cultural management, integration of finance, IT & logistics; business case development; strategic financial planning; lease modelling; capital and expense budgeting and management; resource staffing and management of inter-disciplinary and inter/intra-company work teams; strategy development and implementation across corporate structures, business processes and systems. Australia-based experience with hospitality group. Manage HR function as well. Experienced in leading finance and IT teams. Hands on and a great mentor.
Responsible for all finance and operations of the Singapore, Malaysia and Brunei entities, including Asia–Pacific distributor channels across China, Taiwan, Korea, India, Philippines, Thailand and Indonesia. Led all financial aspects like funds negotiation, collection, investment and operational expenditure. Impact Gross Margins, Operating Costs, Non-operating expenses, Tax, Operating Profit, Net Profit, Return on Assets Managed/Investment/Equity. With sound business planning and financial advice, I co-managed the growth of the company from S$23m in 1998 to S$40m in 2002 together with the M.D. Reduced assets managed from S$17m to S$9.9m by introducing Asia-Pacific warehouse in Singapore and reduced lease portfolio from S$10m to S$2m through vendor lease programs Involved in securing large deals with Seagate-S$2m; Brunei Shell B$4m; Bertelsmann S$2m; ABN-Amro S$1.5m; Exxon-Mobil S$0.85m. Drove structural change in the consolidation of Siemens Printing Systems which Océ acquired in 1996 and integrated them into Océ Singapore. Managed subsequent integration of Océ Far East operations into Océ Singapore Actively contributed to birth of MyOcéCompany (MOC) project designed to provide all Emerging Markets Operating Companies in the Océ Group to run on standardized approaches Scope of Responsibilities include: • Timely and accurate financial reporting back to headquarters in Venlo, Netherlands • Accurate reporting of GST and Income Tax planning for audit purposes • Determination of system, process and organization modifications to create and implement standard suite of systems – Emerging Market Companies’ Operating software, EXACT Accounting Software, OSCAR which is a sales and prospecting software • Managed a team of 12 accounting staff, 2 IT personnel and a credit controller
An Australian Hospitality Group with two properties situated in Melbourne, Victoria with 550 rooms. Dual role of finance and HR. Financial and operations management including funds negotiation, operational expenditure, property valuation, cash flow management, operating cost and asset management, operating profit and project costings. Drive ownership and management of P&L. Strategic and financial planning, capital and tight expense budgeting and management; experience in forensic accounting and financial documentation used in supporting legal processes. Manage finance departments on reporting, payroll, BAS/PAYG, accounting issues through use of MYOB and Xero.