Shimmi Rakkhit-Walling
Spennymoor,UK
Summary
Driven finance professional with background in financial forecasting, budgeting and cash-flow management. Uses strong analysis and research to develop comprehensive annual budgets. Drives continual improvement in department processes and workflows.
Adaptable and motivated communicator committed to improving financial controls, processes and procedures. Builds positive working relationships organisation-wide to communicate financial requirements.
Overview
22
22
years of professional experience
6015
6015
years of post-secondary education
Work History
Senior Financial Planning & Analysis
Arriva
Sunderland, UK
06.2022 - 11.2024
- Company Overview: Arriva is a multinational public transport company operating in bus and trains across Mainland Europe and UK
- Accountable for groupwide financial planning process including forecasts & year-end outlooks, mid & long-term plans
- Undertake quarterly risk reporting process & preparing presentations for Arriva Group
- Accountable for production of group financial planning outputs including review & aggregation of divisional submissions ensuring clear, consistent, and concise messaging, supporting with the preparation of narrative for management presentations
- Develop, maintain, and refine Arriva's groupwide financial planning models utilising large data and working with local and divisional finance teams to ensure consistent adoption, including patronage model, track capex spend against mid-term plan, financial modelling as required for strategic projects and track & report on progress of central management initiatives as defined by CFO
- Identify trends, provide insights, and assumptions using modelling outputs to support stakeholder decision making
- Prepare management presentations for Arriva management board and other senior leadership teams to support stakeholder decision making
- Prepare patronage & revenue model to identify trends and implications for planning purposes
- Arriva is a multinational public transport company operating in bus and trains across Mainland Europe and UK
- Accounting & Reporting Package: TM1 & Tagetik
Consultant
Westrock MPS
Newcastle
07.2019 - 08.2021
- Company Overview: WestRock is one of the world's largest paper and packaging companies with $15 billion in annual revenue and 42,000 employees in 30 countries
- Worked with various teams on the various sites to implement a framework and reporting for the sales and cos insights
- WestRock is one of the world's largest paper and packaging companies with $15 billion in annual revenue and 42,000 employees in 30 countries
- Accounting & Reporting Package: Vision, Oracle HFM, FMIS & Blackline
Internal Audit Manager
Axicom Australia
Sydney
02.2017 - 08.2018
- Company Overview: Axicom is Australia's leading provider of independently owned wireless infrastructure
- Axicom owns, operates and manages a portfolio of approximately 2000 towers in Australia, substantially covering the Australian population
- Responsible to the Axicom Audit Committee and responsible for the review and assessment of the effectiveness of the Company's risk management systems, processes and internal controls via the performance of financial and operational audits to assist in ensuring the organisation meets its compliance requirements, and manages risks
- Conduct a post implementation review of the operational software used by the engineering, sales, and CAD team
- This involved conducting a GAP analysis against the detailed selection criteria, the expanded scope of requirements post selection and Projected vs
- Current subscription cost
- Assess whether the software was 'Fit for Purpose' and operational purpose including review of Axicom's project governance/change management across the delivery of all IT projects
- Provide a report to the Management team and the board of Directors which included report findings, recommendations, and areas of development
- Axicom is Australia's leading provider of independently owned wireless infrastructure
- Axicom owns, operates and manages a portfolio of approximately 2000 towers in Australia, substantially covering the Australian population
Business Process Controller
Brown Forman Australia
Sydney
01.2016 - 02.2017
- Company Overview: $600M multi-national premium spirits company with market leading brands including Jack Daniel's, Woodford Reserve, Herradura, Finlandia and Chambord
- Evaluate, design, execute, measure, monitor and control business processes and work to ensure that business process outcomes are in harmony with an organization's strategic goals
- Identify and analyse the basic and complex issues surrounding the ongoing B-FA business processes and systems
- Make recommendations surrounding improving processes, efficiency and effectiveness
- Develop and implement a process to build and maintain awareness of upcoming activity timelines and deadlines throughout the company including user acceptance and systems integration testing
- Communicate process changes and provide coaching / training to impacted departments as required
- High level stakeholder management to harmonise the competing needs and priorities across departments active in the respective business planning processes
- Managing multiple key stakeholder management across departments including influencing at all levels in the organisation
- Facilitate adoption of promotional activity planning through the business planning process through to post activity evaluation
- Develop and facilitate the ongoing business planning activities that require multi-department input
- (Brand Planning, Budgeting, Joint Business Planning etc)
- Provide market insights and analytics such as shopper behaviour, demographics, geographical/cultural influence etc to the sales and marketing team
- Present research information & analysis to the marketing team for any new product in the various stages of the product life
- Facilitating and harmonising the ongoing multi-department business processes within Brown-Forman Australia to required timelines
- Establish new business processes and the application of new technologies to existing business processes for increased efficiency and effectiveness
- Business processes walkthroughs and control design effectiveness procedures
- Operating effectiveness testing of business process controls and documentation of results
- $600M multi-national premium spirits company with market leading brands including Jack Daniel's, Woodford Reserve, Herradura, Finlandia and Chambord
- Achievements: Brown-Forman Australia had no formalised, structured or standardised process to capture and evaluate Sales & Marketing promotional activities
- Created and implemented a framework to capture all the Sales & Marketing promotional activities in Salesforce
Finance Manager
Fuji Xerox Australia Pty Ltd
Sydney
10.2012 - 01.2016
- Company Overview: Fuji Xerox Australia a $1B company market leader specialising in business and document management services
- Business partnering with key stakeholders ensuring compliance with JSOX (Japanese Sarbanes-Oxley) and internal policies
- Drive strategic organisational programs and projects as required
- Key partner in the implementation of the Oracle R12 Accounting and Inventory Modules (Accounting to Cash, Procure to Pay, Implement to Deliver, and Project Accounting) within FXA including reporting tools
- Management of risks and opportunities and associated reporting
- Headed the Internal Audit team and developed compliance policies and procedures consistent with JSOX and US GAAP across multiple non-financial and financial functions
- Fuji Xerox Australia a $1B company market leader specialising in business and document management services
- Achievements: Implemented the core Finance modules in Oracle (October 2013) with Accenture
Management Accountant
Opus International Consultants (Australia) Pty Ltd
Sydney
09.2010 - 10.2012
- Company Overview: Opus International Consultants are a multinational civil engineering firm specialising in planning, development, maintenance and operation on infrastructure assets
- Partnering with the MD and Finance Manager to ensure reporting was undertaken in a timely and accurate manner
- Collaborated with the Managing Director on the joint venture for the Brisbane Flood works between Opus, AECOM and Leighton to compile the tender requirements for financials which included the pricing and margin structure for Opus
- Opus International Consultants are a multinational civil engineering firm specialising in planning, development, maintenance and operation on infrastructure assets
- Achievements: Assisted in the M&A work for the purchase of a rail company in Melbourne in 2011
Business Services & Tax Manager
ADP Prosperity Advisers
Sydney
09.2009 - 09.2010
- Company Overview: ADP Prosperity Advisers is a second-tier chartered accounting firm consisting of 11 Directors specialising in Accounting, Tax, Business Advisory, Investment and Wealth Management
- Managed a team of 6 professionals providing business services and tax advice
- ADP Prosperity Advisers is a second-tier chartered accounting firm consisting of 11 Directors specialising in Accounting, Tax, Business Advisory, Investment and Wealth Management
- Accounting and Reporting Packages: APS Tax, XPA Ledger, Corporate Compliance, MYOB, Quick Books, Winforecast, Attache, Banklink, BGL Simple Fund
Client Manager
Gateway Partners
Sydney
12.2007 - 09.2009
- Company Overview: Gateway Partners is a second-tier chartered accounting firm consisting of 2 partners specialising in Accounting, Tax, Business Advisory, and Investment and Wealth Management advice services
- Gateway Partners is a second-tier chartered accounting firm consisting of 2 partners specialising in Accounting, Tax, Business Advisory, and Investment and Wealth Management advice services
- Managed a team of 4 professional accountants ranging from intermediate to senior accountants
Management & Financial Accountant Consultant
Sport England
London
02.2007 - 10.2007
- Company Overview: Sport England is a non-departmental public body organisation that creates opportunities for people of all ages and abilities to play sport in every community
- Sport England is a non-departmental public body organisation that creates opportunities for people of all ages and abilities to play sport in every community
- Accounting & Reporting Package: Microsoft Great Plains
Senior Accountant (Manager)/Operations Manager
Catalyst Effect
Sydney
03.2003 - 12.2006
- Company Overview: CatalystEffect is a second-tier chartered accounting firm consisting of 2 partners specialising in Compliance, Management Accounting Planning and Business Partnering
- Managed a team consisting of 4 professional accountants ranging from intermediate to senior accountants and reported to the partners of the firm
- CatalystEffect is a second-tier chartered accounting firm consisting of 2 partners specialising in Compliance, Management Accounting Planning and Business Partnering
- Accounting & Reporting Package: Solution 6 Ledger & Tax, Corporate Compliance, MYOB, Quick Books, BGL Simple Fund, MYOB Dashboard
Education
Certified Practising Accountants certification -
CPA Australia
Sydney, AustraliaMaster of Commerce - Business
Macquarie University
Sydney, AustraliaBachelor of Commerce - Accounting and Finance
Macquarie University
Sydney Australia Skills
- Business Process Implementation
- Business Simplification
- Influencing Leaders
- Stakeholder Management
- Financial Statement Analysis
- Budget Management
- Governance
- Innovative Problem Solving
- Project Planning
- Project Management
- Analytical Skills
- Cross Functional Project Governance
- Strategic Business Partnerships
- Effective research and analysis
Custom
References can be provided upon request.
Affiliations
- Trail runner
Timeline
Senior Financial Planning & Analysis
Arriva
06.2022 - 11.2024
Consultant
Westrock MPS
07.2019 - 08.2021
Internal Audit Manager
Axicom Australia
02.2017 - 08.2018
Business Process Controller
Brown Forman Australia
01.2016 - 02.2017
Finance Manager
Fuji Xerox Australia Pty Ltd
10.2012 - 01.2016
Management Accountant
Opus International Consultants (Australia) Pty Ltd
09.2010 - 10.2012
Business Services & Tax Manager
ADP Prosperity Advisers
09.2009 - 09.2010
Client Manager
Gateway Partners
12.2007 - 09.2009
Management & Financial Accountant Consultant
Sport England
02.2007 - 10.2007
Senior Accountant (Manager)/Operations Manager
Catalyst Effect
03.2003 - 12.2006
Certified Practising Accountants certification -
CPA Australia
Master of Commerce - Business
Macquarie University
Bachelor of Commerce - Accounting and Finance
Macquarie University
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