Veronica van Lingen

Chartered Accountant (CA ANZ) | Finance Business Partner | Finance Systems & Process Improvement | Mining & Resources

Greater Perth Area

About

Commercially experienced analytical professional with extensive experience across operational analysis, management accounting, forecasting and budgeting leadership, process optimisation and systems improvement within complex multinational and matrix reporting environments across APAC operations. Industry experience includes mining equipment and services, enterprise technology and IT services, logistics, manufacturing, retail and shared services environments. Known for quickly understanding unfamiliar operational environments, refining workflows and translating operational complexity into structured, practical solutions. Strong interest in analytical problem solving, workflow refinement, systems thinking and operational alignment, with a natural focus on improving consistency, usability and business visibility across complex environments. More recently exploring collaborative AI-assisted analytical workflows to support reasoning, workflow analysis, logic refinement and problem solving across both professional and unfamiliar domains. I view AI as a collaborative analytical tool that accelerates synthesis and learning while still requiring strong human judgement and practical evaluation.

Experience

  • Financial Controller at Cape Kitchens
    May 2026 - Present · 3 mos

    Engaged as Financial Controller for a growing Margaret River-based business, to build the financial management capability needed to keep pace with the business's growth. Focus areas include establishing robust financial records, controls and reporting processes, managing GST and reconciliations, and supporting the business's transition from MYOB to Xero to better support scale. Used AI tools to reconstruct and reconcile payment allocations against a major supplier's open-item statement, restoring an accurate view of account status after a period of unallocated bulk payments. Broader scope of the engagement includes contract and purchasing oversight, and introducing management reporting with KPI tracking and profitability analysis, as the business continues to grow. Experience included: Financial systems and controls established to support business growth Bookkeeping, reconciliations and GST reporting (MYOB Business) AI-assisted reconstruction of supplier payment allocations (open-item statement reconciliation) Accounting systems transition (MYOB to Xero) to support scale

  • Weir Minerals Australia Ltd. (10 yrs 5 mos)
    • Senior Management Accountant / Finance Business Partner - Western Australia
      Apr 2020 - Mar 2026 · 6 yrs

      Sole Finance Business Partner supporting two Business Directors across Western Australia within a mining equipment and services business spanning multiple cost centres, service centres and a large customer base. Delivered budgeting, forecasting, management reporting, commercial analysis, finance systems improvement and operational decision support. Designed and implemented a commercial contract control and invoicing framework for a complex, long-term European customer agreement, strengthening billing accuracy, contractual compliance and cash flow visibility. Redesigned and automated weekly sales reporting following the consolidation of two business units, using Power Query and advanced Excel to improve consistency and reduce manual effort. Experience included: Sole finance business partnering for a dual-reporting, multi-site business unit Commercial contract structuring and invoicing for major customer agreements Budgeting, forecasting and management reporting Power Query-based reporting automation

    • Senior Management Accountant - Asia
      2017 - Mar 2020 · 3 yrs 3 mos

      Led a redesign of the Asia Pacific SAP BPC planning hierarchy and forecasting process, removing duplicate forecast maintenance across multiple legal entities and significantly reducing forecast preparation effort while improving usability for regional finance teams. Resolved long-standing intercompany indebtedness at a Mongolian subsidiary by reconciling the Goods in Transit account and intercompany invoices, enabling a substantial cash repatriation to the parent company. Developed an Excel-based Open Order Book reconciliation process to improve data integrity and support accurate monthly revenue forecasting. Experience included: SAP BPC planning hierarchy redesign across multiple legal entities Intercompany reconciliation and cash repatriation Regional forecasting and order book reconciliation

    • Accountant & Business Process Analyst / BPC Business Analyst (Maternity Cover)
      Nov 2015 - Mar 2020 · 4 yrs 5 mos

      Administered the SAP BPC planning and forecasting system, providing user training, issue resolution, report development and process redesign to support evolving business requirements. Led an intercompany process review and managed migration of FP&A Standard Operating Procedures into an ISO-controlled documentation system (Integrum). Experience included: SAP BPC system administration and user training Intercompany process review SOP documentation and ISO-controlled process migration

  • Finance Manager / Finance Business Partner, Asia Pacific Japan Technology at Unisys
    Jan 2003 - Jul 2015 · 12 yrs 7 mos

    Progressive finance business partnering and financial controllership roles across Unisys's Asia Pacific Japan Technology business, supporting enterprise technology, IT services and outsourcing operations within a complex multinational reporting structure. Held full financial controllership of the Japan Country P&L and balance sheet, including tax, statutory reporting and US GAAP / Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) compliance. Partnered with senior stakeholders and the Vice President to deliver Annual Operating Plans and Quarterly Business Reviews, supporting forecasting processes that consistently achieved outcomes within ±5% of actuals. Conceptualised and implemented a Hyperion upload process for Regional Annual Operating Plan consolidation, and authored the first Unisys Hyperion User Guide for Beginners — later used as an informal onboarding resource for new users worldwide. Experience included: Financial controllership, tax and statutory compliance (US GAAP / SOX) Annual Operating Plans & Quarterly Business Reviews Forecasting and variance analysis Finance systems (Hyperion) implementation and user training Cross-functional stakeholder partnering across regional business portfolios