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Chris Vine

Doreen,VIC

Summary

Experienced financial systems analyst, with a background in diverse industries and roles. Proven ability to quickly get up to speed and deliver solutions that improve efficiency and performance, bringing extensive knowledge of system development, process improvement & automation, financial reporting, and financial system implementations.

Overview

9
9
years of professional experience

Work History

Financial Systems Analyst

SG Fleet Group (formerly LeasePlan Australia)
03.2019 - Current
  • Developed custom excel macros to automate tasks/processes across various finance teams, resulting in recurring time-savings of 82 hours/month and 400 ad-hoc hours saved (since July 2022)
  • Assisted other teams/departments with SAP ECC systems expertise, transactional interfacing, reporting requests and troubleshooting. Collaborated with in-house developers on implementation of system changes and enhancements to improve productivity, accuracy and integration of data across systems and other business departments.
  • Responsible for chart of accounts, executing lease-accounting engine accrual jobs and resolving any errors that arise, and executing period/year end closing and rollover in ECC.
  • Conducted monthly analysis of CRM billing to ensure complete accuracy of pending invoices and executed monthly invoice and print runs (approx. $80 million/2400 invoices per month).
  • Completed weekly and monthly reporting for SG Fleet’s funding warehouse securitization program, reporting on 36,000 lease assets worth $1.2 billion.
  • Assisted in design and development of reporting logic enhancements and played a key role in the introduction of new reporting functionalities utilizing SAS Enterprise, resulting in a 70% reduction in hours spent preparing month-end reports.

SME - SalaryPlan SAP Integration Project

LeasePlan Australia
01.2018 - 03.2019
  • Elicited requirements for a full-function salary packaging solution, through requirement workshops, business process mapping and task analysis.
  • Developed clear detailed user stories for development backlog, incorporating functional requirements, system requirements and user acceptance criteria.
  • Managed the testing program (UIT, UAT & Regression), including scenario development and execution (unit testing), and co-ordination of UAT and regression testing phases across multiple business departments.
  • Supervised external development resources, including backlog prioritization, providing clarifications on technical requirements and specifications, and defect issues.
  • In conjunction with team leaders and project members, developed and executed staggered migration plan to progressively migrate all required data with no system down time or service interruptions to customers.
  • Documented new processes as part of comprehensive training program and worked with team leaders to roll-out training to all end users.

Salary Packaging Consultant

LeasePlan Australia (part Of SG Fleet Group)
08.2015 - 01.2018
  • Leadership of Accounts Payable and Package Reconciliation functions within SalaryPlan, processing $134 million in payments and reconciling 2400 individual benefits annually.
  • Month-end bank account auditing and reconciliation of approx. 110 bank accounts.
  • Month/year-end GST and FBT reconciliation, analysis and reporting to clients.
  • Implemented process tracking system covering Accounts Payable and Reconciliation functions, to smooth workflow, ensure full process completeness and provide KPI visibility to senior management.

Commercial Assistant - Bids & Proposals

Jubatus Consulting
10.2014 - 08.2015

Skills

  • Proven ability to quickly comprehend new systems and develop a strong working knowledge of business processes
  • Excellent knowledge of FBT legislation and practices, including NFP and salary packaging
  • Advanced Excel skills, including VBA
  • Experienced in Agile methodology
  • ERP & Accounting Systems Expertise
  • Experienced in SAS Enterprise, SQL, Power BI & Power Automate

Timeline

Financial Systems Analyst

SG Fleet Group (formerly LeasePlan Australia)
03.2019 - Current

SME - SalaryPlan SAP Integration Project

LeasePlan Australia
01.2018 - 03.2019

Salary Packaging Consultant

LeasePlan Australia (part Of SG Fleet Group)
08.2015 - 01.2018

Commercial Assistant - Bids & Proposals

Jubatus Consulting
10.2014 - 08.2015
Chris Vine