Australia
I’m a strategic, solutions-focused Finance Operations Leader with 20+ years of experience transforming finance functions, improving processes, and enabling smarter business decisions. My foundation in financial and transactional accounting has evolved into a passion for optimizing operations, leading high-performing teams, and aligning finance with broader business goals. I hold a BBUS (Accy) and began my career in administration and customer service — giving me a people-first approach that’s been key to my success in finance leadership. I’ve worked across both financial and operational roles, consistently finding ways to drive efficiency, accuracy, and accountability. 🔹Finance & accounting operations 🔹 Process optimisation & automation 🔹 Cross-functional collaboration 🔹 Strategic business partnering 🔹 Compliance, controls, and transformation initiatives I’m known for being calm under pressure, deeply collaborative, and relentlessly focused on improving the way finance supports the business. I don’t just run the numbers — I help reimagine how the work gets done.
Leading payroll, accounts payable and accounts receivable across Anglican education. Supporting high-performing shared services teams to deliver compliant, efficient and customer-focused financial operations, while driving process improvement, controls and systems optimisation.
Governance, optimisation, and evolution of enterprise financial systems to ensure accurate reporting, efficient processes, and scalable business operations. Key responsibilities include: • Acting as the bridge between Finance, IT, and the business to translate operational needs into system solutions • Designing, maintaining, and improving financial structures including chart of accounts, entities, cost centres, and reporting hierarchies • Driving system enhancements, upgrades, and automation initiatives to improve efficiency, controls, and user experience • Managing integrations between finance systems and upstream/downstream platforms (payroll, billing, procurement, banking, data warehouses) • Leading UAT, change management, and user training to ensure smooth adoption and minimal disruption • Partnering with finance leadership to support strategic initiatives.
-Managed a team of 7 professionals, providing coaching, guidance, and development opportunities to enhance performance and career growth. - Developed and implemented process improvements, resulting in reduction in processing time and errors. - Collaborated with senior leaders and stakeholders to align shared services with business objectives, ensuring seamless integration and minimal disruption. - Ensured compliance with regulatory requirements, internal controls and risk management frameworks.
Led the end-to-end management of financial transactions, ensuring accuracy, efficiency, and compliance. Oversaw daily transactional operations, implemented process improvements, and provided expert guidance to stakeholders.
SME for financial system upgrade to CiA, Technology One. Change management, process improvement, system configuration.