Paul was a Finance Business Partner at TAL (a large Australian life insurance company) and PwC New Zealand, where he was a Manager in the Private Business department. Paul is a qualified Chartered Accountant and Chartered Financial Analyst.
Paul is a proven strategic and hands-on CFO / Trusted Business Partner with high business acumen who enables businesses to grow revenue and profitability by creating insights and deriving actionable recommendations for business growth.
A finance leader with high levels of executive presence who has led diverse teams to excellence in high-growth recurring-revenue technology, insurance and professional services industries from start-up, and scale-up to large multinational companies. Proven areas of expertise include change management, transformation, Board reporting, FP&A, budgeting, forecasting, international operations, IFRS, risk management, cost optimisation, and preparing the insightful analysis.
Paul has helped establish and lead an APAC Business Intelligence & Analytics team, which provided actionable insights through the provision of customised dashboards and analytics, including utilising machine learning / artificial intelligence capabilities, to support strategic business decision-making.
Transformational change leader who has led multiple successful rollouts of new ERP systems resulting in improved accuracy and efficiency in financial and operational reporting. Paul has significant experience of successfully driving change management across the organisation through streamlining and redesigning financial and operational processes, leading to cost savings and increased productivity. Paul has built and developed many high-functioning finance teams by creating an environment where trust and purpose are at the epicentre of his teams’ vision.
Natural problem solver, with high curiosity levels, with strong strategic leadership skills who builds and maintains relationships with senior stakeholders through influencing positive change, developing, and coaching individuals to shape business strategy in complex, dynamic and fast-moving environments. Proven storyteller who can influence Board and senior stakeholders to take action.