In my own words
— NicExperienced and driven Financial Controller / Financial Analyst with an impressive background of managing multi-million dollar budgets while providing analysis and account support.
Worked to reduce business expenses and develop logical and advantageous operating plan budgets. Skilled in Management, Financial Modelling, Financial Analysis, Accounting, and Financial Planning. Strong finance professional with a Bachelor of Commerce (BCom) focused in Economics and Business Management from University of South Africa (UNISA).
Trajectory
Mar 2019 — Now
Senior Financial Analyst FP&A · HomeChoice
• Financial management of Supply Chain, IT and the Customer Support centre.
• Building and maintaining relationships with key stakeholders of the business for budget/forecast inputs based upon the operating environment.
• Analysis and performance reports for management teams to review P&L performance, labour, Sales, COGS and price/volume/mix, with the identification of risks and opportunities.
• Effective financial planning to help drive the business in expanding Gross Profit and EBITDA.
• ROI analysis.
• Business partnering with the operations team.
• Key Performance Analysis monthly presentation to directors.
• Microsoft AX report building with developers.
• Assist with audits.
May 2018 — Feb 2019
Financial Controller – Global Outsourcing (GO) · Amazon
• Financial controller for .com Global Outsourcing.
• Operational and financial modelling – forecasting, planning and analysis for multiple business units.
• Month end, quarter end and full year financial reporting.
• Weekly performance reporting to Vendors.
• Full analysis, invoicing and payment of Outsource Vendors for .com GO and EU GO.
• Lead Budgeting process by working with managers in all departments.
• Business partnering with Vendor Managers, Outsource Vendors and EU GO team.
• New invoicing software automation project for third party vendors and User Accepted Testing (UAT).
• Geographical span – Philippines to the Caribbean and Europe.
Jun 2011 — May 2018
Financial Controller · Amazon
• Preparation and analysis of financial and management reporting, including budgets, forecasts and business analytics.
• Operational and financial modelling – forecasting, planning and analysis for multiple business units.
• Monthly, Quarterly and Full Year OPEX reporting for fixed and variable cost components, identification of risks and opportunities.
• New business launch projects – Launching a Virtual Contact Centre and 3 sites in the Philippines.
• Worldwide financial management of the Communities Business.
• Metric-based operational performance management.
• Headcount and FTE (full time equivalent) analysis and management to align with the operational strategy of the business.
• Business units worked with – Retail, Digital, Indie Publishing, Twitch, AWS, EC2, and Book Depository.
• Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) – consolidation, calculation and submission to government.
• Capex – monitoring assets at the site and documenting then for the Fixed Assets team in Seattle.
• Business partnering with Operations, HR, Workflow and Capacity Planning.
• Reporting to Seattle with EU partnerships.
• Assist with audits.
Activity
Education history
University of South Africa
BCom | 1995 - 1997
