Cameron Smith
MELBOURNE,VIC
Summary
Combining business analytics and a strong accounting foundation, this professional excels in financial control and management reporting. Focus on leveraging data insights to enhance customer experiences and optimise operational processes through innovative solutions. Strong collaboration and communication skills drive value across teams and organisations.
Overview
17
17
years of professional experience
Work History
Journey Expert
ANZ
Melbourne
10.2021 - Current
- Accountable for optimizing existing end-to-end FSDI customer journeys and enhancing customer experience by analyzing customer/user requirements and developing innovative solutions, services, and products.
- Evaluated impact and prepared solutions for Suncorp migration, contributing to product innovation for regulatory submissions.
- Successful strategic delivery of the APRA Return ARF115 – Capital Adequacy: Standardised Measurement Approach to Operational risk through the full life cycle of implementation
- Developed minimum viable product for APRA Return ARF110 - capital adequacy
- Executed remediation actions and processed change requests for EFS and risk management APRA returns, identifying source data within ANZ’s Finance & Risk Systems using SQL.
Senior Business Analyst
Commonwealth Bank of Australia
Melbourne
12.2019 - 10.2021
- Lead Business Analyst in the reconciliation and change management process.
- Migration of the Credit Risk Capital and reporting engine onto a new platform.
- Integration of new source systems into credit risk reporting and new jurisdictions.
- Building customer segmentation reporting into Credit risk reporting.
- Onboarded stakeholders to new credit risk reporting platform and demonstrated its features.
- Executed release changes to ensure compliance with evolving regulatory requirements.
- Monthly release changes for Credit risk reporting.
- Contributed to decommissioning legacy system post-integration into collective provisions models.
- Managed data for group capital analysis and reporting.
Business Intelligence
Commonwealth Bank of Australia
Sydney
12.2015 - 12.2019
- Delivered timely, accurate analytics and insights to business and finance sectors, enhancing decision-making capabilities.
- Ensured precise and accurate management reporting by conducting high-quality analysis and maintaining financial control.
- Delivered self-service dashboard to over 400 frontline and support users, managing full agile lifecycle.
Planned, designed, developed, built, and maintained dashboard to meet user needs efficiently.. - Integrated tools like Tableau and Alteryx to create dashboards and blend multiple data sources, streamlining data access for analysis.
- Support and mentoring guidance for fellow team members to embrace the new technologies.
- Key stakeholder for group wide data initiatives to opine on design and scope.
- Evaluating existing data-collecting and analytics systems.
- Analyse big data to discover trends and patterns.
Business Analyst – Project Secondment
Commonwealth Bank of Australia
Sydney
04.2015 - 12.2015
- Secondment to Group wide bank initiative in the Best in Class Data Project.
- Delivering a single source of truth in the Group Data Warehouse.
- Documenting requirements and capturing them as user stories.
- Work in accordance with agile development models (Scrum, LEAN).
- Actively participate in agile ceremonies such as sprint planning and sprint review.
- Provide feedback regarding achievement of the sprint goals in the sprint review.
- Attending workshops with business and project stakeholders.
- Provided assistance with drafting and organizing project documentation to enhance clarity and accessibility.
- Actively participates in agile ceremonies such as sprint planning and sprint review.
Finance Manager – Institutional Banking and Markets
Commonwealth Bank of Australia
Sydney
09.2012 - 04.2015
- Provided insights and analysis to finance, product, and segment teams in Institutional Banking and Markets, influencing strategies related to business performance.
- Related business performance to financial outcomes through detailed review and analysis of business and financial drivers, enhancing decision-making processes.
- Ensured accuracy and integrity of management reporting through high-quality analysis and rigorous financial control.
- Coordinated and reviewed key inputs from operating sites and departments for finance processes and reporting, ensuring accuracy and integrity in management reporting.
- Development and maintenance of streamlined business reports, together with driver and forecast modelling.
Financial Accountant
BHP Billiton Mitsubishi Alliance
Brisbane
06.2012 - 09.2012
- Executed daily, month-end, and quarterly financial accounting and reporting activities, ensuring timely completion of commitment reporting and cash calls.
- Coordinated and reviewed key inputs from operating sites and departments for finance processes and reporting, ensuring accuracy and compliance.
- Conducted periodic reports and monthly ledger reviews to maintain financial integrity.
- Review and ensure accuracy of Joint Venture Special Purpose Accounts and Company Statutory Accounts.
- Contribute to strong stewardship of the balance sheet through accounting and governance tasks including reviewing reconciliations, calculations and journals.
Financial Reporting Analyst
Sojitz Coal Resources
Brisbane
12.2011 - 06.2012
- Developed a comprehensive cash flow model to enhance financial reporting accuracy.
- Automated the monthly consolidation file to streamline report generation.
- Preparation of 6 financial statements, group and 5 subsidiaries.
- Developed financial statements template to standardize reporting process.
- Contributed to monthly management reporting pack for Sojitz Coal Resources Board, enhancing strategic oversight.
- Coordinated with external auditors to ensure accurate completion of financial reports.
Manager - Private Wealth Management (PWM) Controller – Financial Reporting
Morgan Stanley
London
05.2009 - 09.2011
- Guardianship of the firm’s books and records.
- Model design and daily preparation of Intra Month Capital Adequacy, Hard Limit and Basel II gearing ratios.
- Preparation of net funding requirements for PWM and presentation to PWM Chief Operating Officer.
- Controls design and facilitation of PWM Europe, Middle East, Africa (EMEA) and Asia Joint Venture revenue transfer pricing.
- Preparation of net funding requirements for PWM and presentation to PWM Chief Operating Officer.
- Model design and daily preparation of Intra Month Capital Adequacy, Hard Limit and Basel II gearing ratios.
- Led Non Officer Forum and represented PWM in meetings.
Education
CA (AUS) -
Institute of Chartered Accountants (Australia)
01-2005
Bachelor of Business - Accountancy, Banking and Finance
Queensland University of Technology
Brisbane, Australia01-2001
Skills
- Customer journey mapping
- Data analysis
- Data visualisation
- Requirement Gathering
- Data governance
- Regulatory compliance
- Risk management
- SQL programming
Systems Experience
- Tableau
- Alteryx
- Oracle
- Microsoft SQL server
- Terradata SQL Assistant
- Microsoft Office suite. Advanced Excel skills and Microsoft SQL
- Microsoft Power BI
- Prism, Kapital and Pyramid (trade booking systems)
- Essbase (management reporting suite)
Timeline
Journey Expert
ANZ
10.2021 - Current
Senior Business Analyst
Commonwealth Bank of Australia
12.2019 - 10.2021
Business Intelligence
Commonwealth Bank of Australia
12.2015 - 12.2019
Business Analyst – Project Secondment
Commonwealth Bank of Australia
04.2015 - 12.2015
Finance Manager – Institutional Banking and Markets
Commonwealth Bank of Australia
09.2012 - 04.2015
Financial Accountant
BHP Billiton Mitsubishi Alliance
06.2012 - 09.2012
Financial Reporting Analyst
Sojitz Coal Resources
12.2011 - 06.2012
Manager - Private Wealth Management (PWM) Controller – Financial Reporting
Morgan Stanley
05.2009 - 09.2011
CA (AUS) -
Institute of Chartered Accountants (Australia)
Bachelor of Business - Accountancy, Banking and Finance
Queensland University of Technology