Emanouel Mereos

• Delivered timely strategic insights and reporting to Business Cost Centre Managers and the Leadership team.
• Led the delivery of the Annual Business Plan and Forecasts including the overlay of business strategic initiatives.
• Provided finance advisory support to cost optimization initiatives and validated cost savings to ensure targets were achieved.
• Coordinated month end activities and reporting to provide meaningful analysis and commentary on financial performance highlighting drivers of performance, opportunities and risks.
• Actively participated in key business leadership forums and departmental team meetings to present financial performance and results.
• Streamlined cost center reporting to enhance financial performance and insights by migrating management reporting and insights to Power BI.
• Led the development of the Asia Pacific Oracle Workforce and Contracts planning module (scoping and design, UAT, through to implementation including identification/rectification of design gaps and issues).
• Led and mentored a high performing team to ensure critical finance support and analysis is delivered to the business.
• Led finance process improvement initiatives and acted as a subject matter expert for the enterprise project management remodel, contingent worker management and purchase to pay project.
• Developed material and conducted finance training sessions with business cost center managers to enhance the understanding of financials and drive financial accountability and performance.
• Developed a monthly rolling forecasting to manage risk across the business to provide improved insights on overspend and identify opportunities to manage costs in line with targets.

• Produced robust financial analysis and management reporting to the business and broader finance that provided insights into business drivers impacting results and conducted variance analysis against budgets and forecasts.
• Coordinated and implemented improvements to month end processes collaborating with finance operations and the business to improve the accuracy and quality of monthly financial results.
• Established and monitored lead performance business indicators to identify a clear linkage between operational and financial business performance.
• Coordinated monthly cost challenge sessions to appraise operational costs and coach the business on finance fundamentals and processes relating to cost accruals and prepayment expenses.
• Prepared timely monthly flash and business reporting and results to group reporting and parent entity.
• Led and delivered business planning and forecasting activities within a tight timeframe partnering with senior management and line managers.
• Led financial performance improvements by enhancing structures and processes that foster transparency around costs and drove accountability across the business (contractor Labour cost error $400k identified which resulted in business process redesigned to mitigate risk of error recurring).
• Contributed to financial strategic transformation projects in the areas of management reporting, month end, consolidation, chart of accounts and cost objects.
• Managed the interface between Finance Operations and the Business for all finance processes and resolution of key issues and queries.

• Led Accounts Payable Audit across full spectrum of activities from planning to preparing report findings and recommendations.
• Operated to extremely tight deadlines and provided objective, critical thinking and analysis to all audit assignments (Customer Care, Procurement, Financial Control, Power Station, Business Process Outsourcing, Commercial and Accounts Payable).
• Identified business control areas warranting improvements and developed practical cost-effective solutions to address control deficiencies.
• Collaborated with senior management throughout audits to ensure timely reporting of internal audit findings.
• Proactively engaged the business to ensure the effective closure of audit actions.
• Contributed to the preparation of the Audit Committee presentation reporting pack as well as the formulation of the Annual Internal Audit Plan.
• Supported the planning of individual audits which included determining the objective, scope and work program and compliance to policies and procedures.

• Coordinated the project portfolio planning process to ensure key deliverables were executed accurately and on time.
• Designed and fully automated key project management reports to assist project managers better manage and assess project financials.
• Challenged robustness of project management processes and reporting and proactively initiated changes to achieve improved operational excellence.
• Streamlined monthly project portfolio management reporting to provide key insights and analysis to the Investment Committee.
• Developed finance initiative assessment methodology to streamline the investment evaluation process.
• Partnered with project managers and commercial finance business partners to undertake finance due diligence on initiative business cases.
• Evaluated the financial performance of implemented initiatives and prepared findings and recommendations to the Chief Finance Officer for endorsement.
• Collaborated with Senior Business Analyst to document project finance processes and identify key controls.
• Led the delivery of business and functional requirements for the Enterprise System Transformation Project relating to Projects and Assets.

• Maintained oversight over financials and finance processes to streamline month end close reporting.
• Executed corporate finance divestment activities to ensure the successful delivery of the project within a tight timeline.
• Reviewed (100+ Business controls) and established a fit for purpose business controls framework for retained Shell businesses to align to global group requirements.
• Enhanced monthly management reporting by identifying and documenting key month end processes.
• Conducted knowledge transfer sessions to finance operations and the business to enhance month end close processes (time saved 1-2 days a month).
• Led the development of the Australian finance and credit accountabilities paper to assist with determining the scope of migration activities to offshore shared service centers.

• Tracked and managed detailed project plans to ensure key milestones and deliverables were executed on time.
• Established operating budgets and resource plans for the broader project.
• Prepared and distributed concise monthly project progress status reporting and steering committee packs to the senior finance leadership team and advisory committee.
• Established, managed and reported on finance implementation KPI (financial and non-financial) to assess readiness of project implementation activities.
• Planned and effectively managed monthly finance implementation costs within budget.
• Proactively managed and reported on all issues, risks and challenges impacting project delivery and supported the creation and execution of mitigating actions.
• Led and delivered the manual solution to manage third party leases for non-retail sites given the global real estate system of choice would not be operational at go live.
• Expanded accountabilities to lead and support other implementation activities around change management, user acceptance testing preparation, process awareness sessions, stage gate and self assurance reviews and cutover planning.

· Led, managed and delivered the Australian operating business plan across functional teams (30+ individuals) across the entire span of business planning activities.

· Coordinated and led the development of the 10-year integrated strategic financial model and associated methodology and assumptions for the Australian Business.

· Produced timely monthly management reporting on business performance to the Australia Leadership Team.

· Provided high level concise strategic support through industry research, market share and competitor analysis to Senior Management.

· Managed complex data to create meaningful business analysis to assist with developing business plans and the assessment of business strategy projects.

· Successfully managed and delivered a robust Functional business plan (Finance, Contracting and Procurement and IT) liaising with cross-functional teams onshore and offshore.

· Performed and delivered operating expenditure analysis to the Australian Leadership team to assist in assessing cost reduction initiatives and the impact of cost drivers.

· Managed and tracked monthly Functional costs to maintain costs within plan in consultation with the General Manager of Finance.

• Held various roles in the Banking and Finance Sector which included Assistant Relationship Manager, Managers Assistant, Loan Documentation Officer, Customer Service Officer and Senior Loans Officer.