11.02.07
Orica, Fairfield Avenue, Staines, Surrey
Australian listed consumer company with four divisions: Explosives, Paints, Chemicals, Fertilisers
International project team brought together for the global integration of Dyno Nobel into Orica Explosives
Jan 2006 - Mar 2007 Business Finance Support Manager
Recruited to Orica Limited to support the CFO & Integration project manager on Finance & Synergy reporting
- Created budget process for 53 countries and worked closely with global CFOs to complete on time
- Budget v. Actual variances following through any large variances to understand and close the gap
- Developed synergy process & model to monitor and report the performance of 450+ initiatives
- Worked with project managers and AT Kearney Consultants on the identification of synergies leading to potential EBIT improvement of A$400 million over four years
- Prepared cash flow statement and NPV analysis to 2014
- Scoped a cost model and wrote business case for the closure of the Oslo head office
- Prepared an internal audit programme for the three operating regions (Asia, Europe and Latin America)
- Maintained the Balanced Scorecard and KPIs for the project team
Achievements
- Created budget process and model for 53 countries to a total value of A$140m in 2007
- Created a synergy performance reporting tool, replacing the complex model built by AT Kearney
- Part of the team which identified A$80m synergies in 2007 growing to A$115m in 2010
- Prepared board slides on progress of synergies and budgets
