Jessica Roberts
Sydney,NSW
Summary
Proactive Commercial Finance Manager with strong background in financial analysis, budgeting and forecasting. Ardent business partner, driving solutions and results.
Overview
23
23
years of professional experience
Work History
Finance Manager
Bohemia Group – M&C Saatchi Australia
04.2022 - Current
- Ownership of the Revenue Budget and live Forecast
- Business Partnering with Leadership Team to identify revenue opportunities and risks
- Contract reviews and recommendations, pricing and resourcing reviews
- Lead and Manage a direct Junior report on all Media Finance deliverables
- Management Reports, actuals and reforecast
- Variance analysis and insights on above
- Profit & Loss, Balance Sheet review
- Support Leadership and Snr Commercial Partner on new business proposals and project pricing
- Time sheets analysis – Client profitability and Utilisation
- Lead Audit contact, external client audits and M&C Global Audit
- Escalation point for Media Finance complications
- Escalation point for Spectra MD system issues.
Finance Manager
The Media Store Australia
02.2020 - 04.2022
- 2IC to CFO
- Client facing, Managing all client reporting for Toyota and Lexus Australia and their affiliates
- Responsible for Internal Management Reporting, Forecasting and Variance analysis, credit insurance reporting, vendor contract reviews and various ATO reporting requirements through our External Accountants
- Management Reports for Board and external Accountants
- P&L, Balance Sheet, Bank Reconciliations
- Fixed Asset Register
- Revenue and Expense Forecasting and Variance analysis
- BAS and FBT
- FPOC for Toyota finance budget reporting and queries
- AP/AR
- Production and General Ledger
- Job and Estimate creation and Maintenance
- Retainers and EOM invoicing
- General Journals, Accruals, WIP take-ups
- Cost Type creation and Management
- GL / COA creation and Management
- Escalation point for Account Service for all financial matters
- Media Transactions
- RCTI and Rebate calculations (SMD) split between Toyota and 6 creative partners
- Escalation point for Media Reconciliations
- Media month end invoicing
- Spectra SMD Maintenance: Client, Product, Creditor, Medium set ups
- EOM roll over and reporting for turnover $100M - $130M p/a
- Manage and maintain User Groups and rights in SMD and SPF 40 staff.
Client Finance Manager
Starcom Australia (Publicis Media Pty Ltd)
12.2018 - 02.2020
- Client facing FM for Procter and Gamble, Brown Foreman and various client audits in addition to pitch contributions on Finance patch
- 100% score on external audits including Procter and Gamble Global Internal Audit as well as all quarterly contracted audits
- Responsible for tracking and managing budgets, forecasts and variance analysis across multiple brands
- Manage jobs/estimates, invoicing, auditing, POP and stewardship compliance
- Crafting, writing and implementation of financial processes in compliance with Procter & Gamble stewardship and Groupe corporate governance
- SOW review and alignment
- Manage client S2P portals (Coupa)
- Continual system and process review to optimize efficiencies
- Consult and advise on complex issues raised by CFO, OOS to wider Finance team
- Best practice training of client teams on BMD, PF and SAP/Altair.
Media Finance, Assistant Manager AU/ Manager NZ
Publicis Media Resources
07.2007 - 12.2018
- SPOC for escalations, manage high risk issues while adhering to strict corporate guidelines and Global policies
- EOM rollover, produce month end reports and outgoing cash forecasting for 5 Media Agencies between $60M - $130M pcm
- Continual policy and procedure review and development
- Documenting of processes including SOP and creation of user manual for Pegasus including training staff on processes
- Various Project work including three month posting in Malaysia to restructure and train team of 16, Project Coordinator of first automated media reconciliation system NXG including requirement specs, UAT testing and writing of business rules
- Reconciliation and payment of complex vendors including adjustments journals/FX and posting to ledger across multiple Media companies including Zenith, Starcom, Spark Razorfish and Match Media
- Manage NZ Media Reconciliation team based in NZ and Philippines
- EOM rollover and payment approval/processing through Pegasus.
Media Reconciler
Adcorp Australia Pty Ltd
07.2006 - 07.2007
- Accurately reconcile high volume of Media accounts including TV, Radio, Outdoor, Online and Press accounts
- Reconcile and pay all foreign currency accounts through Travelex, including calculation of exchange gains/losses
- Enter reconciliations into purchase journal
- Calculate gains, balancing adjustments, rebates and FX on all vendor accounts.
Accounts Payable/ Cash Controller
QSR Pty Ltd
01.2006 - 07.2006
- Reconcile and pay supplier invoices through Navision accounting software and import files and pay through ANZ online
- Process payroll automated time sheets through Acrivia financial software
- Reconcile all cash and EFTPOS deposits for 55 KFC franchises
- Using excel spreadsheets
- Audit financial process and ensure all supplementing paperwork is provided.
Finance Officer
Norman Disney & Young Pty Ltd
05.2004 - 01.2006
- Accounts receivable, Billing, Collection and processing of payments
- Daily banking including posting of receipts and manual processing of cheques/eft payments
- Accounts Payable, Creditor reconciliations and posting of payment
- Reconciliation of Expense Claims and Corporate credit cards for approx
- 60 staff
- Code expenses and credit card statements to GL
- Upload to head office
- Cash handling, reconciliation and re-imbursement of Petty cash
- Imprest account including drawing and posting of cheques, reconciliation and reimbursement.
Accounts Payable Officer/Accounts Officer
Clarke & Walker Pty Ltd.
01.2001 - 05.2004
- Reconcile creditor accounts
- Cheque runs, Payment posting
- Bank reconciliation
- General journal entries
- Reconciliation of Mitre 10 national account – approx
- 800 invoices per month
- Payment and posting of Mitre 10 national account to creditors ledger
- Batch, match code invoices
- Till reconciliation/preparation of banking.
Education
Advanced Diploma - Accounting
TAFE NSW
Ultimo, NSWSkills
- High working knowledge of GAAP and Audit compliance
- Ability to work to strict, often conflicting deadlines across multiple Brands and BUs
- Leading and development of direct reports, requiring high level communications skills for large, Geographically diverse teams
Commercial Finance Manager with extensive experience in Budgets & Forecasting and Business Partnering
- Escalation point for complex issues example - creating workarounds where system limitations prevent goal achievement
- Change Management, process, policy crafting and implementation – full creation of Finance Process for Procter and Gamble to ensure contract deliverables and stewardship compliance
- Senior Project Coordinator for automating reconciliation process, writing business rules UAT and system roll
Education Qualifications
Qualifications: Accounting Advanced Diploma
Software And Technology Skills
- MS Office applications
- Altair/SAP
- Spectra PF
- Spectra MD
- Pegasus
- Checkfree Admin reconciliation
- Pacsoft accounting and inventory software
- Epicor Accounting and Office Software
- Navision Financial Software
- Reedsoft
- APB Media and Invoicing systems
- Mediatools
- COUPA
Timeline
Finance Manager
Bohemia Group – M&C Saatchi Australia
04.2022 - Current
Finance Manager
The Media Store Australia
02.2020 - 04.2022
Client Finance Manager
Starcom Australia (Publicis Media Pty Ltd)
12.2018 - 02.2020
Media Finance, Assistant Manager AU/ Manager NZ
Publicis Media Resources
07.2007 - 12.2018
Media Reconciler
Adcorp Australia Pty Ltd
07.2006 - 07.2007
Accounts Payable/ Cash Controller
QSR Pty Ltd
01.2006 - 07.2006
Finance Officer
Norman Disney & Young Pty Ltd
05.2004 - 01.2006
Accounts Payable Officer/Accounts Officer
Clarke & Walker Pty Ltd.
01.2001 - 05.2004
Advanced Diploma - Accounting
TAFE NSW
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