Melissa van Roon
Airport West
Summary
Dynamic finance professional with extensive experience at Orora Group, excelling in strategic budgeting and forecasting. Proficient in advanced SAP and TM1, I drive process improvements and lead high-performing teams. Recognized for delivering accurate financial insights, I combine analytical expertise with strong communication skills to enhance profitability and operational efficiency.
Overview
19
19
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Commercial Business Partner
Cleanaway
07.2023 - 03.2025
Commercial Business Partner
Cleanaway
03.2020 - 06.2023
Commercial Manager
Orora Group
01.2019 - 02.2020
- Company Overview: Orora Group is a leader in Total Packaging Solutions, based in Melbourne, with 43 sites across 7 countries and 7200 employees
- Annual sales in 2019 were $4.7b
- Orora Australasia comprises of 4 divisions – Fibre Packaging, Paper and Recycling (Including Bag Solutions), Beverage (Cans, Glass Closures) and Cartons
- Leading the annual Budget and Strategic Plan processes, end to end, from co-ordinating with Supply Chain, Operations and Sales, to reporting and presenting to General Management
- Leading the monthly forecasting process, followed by EOM process, working closely with sales and operations, with continual process improvements to result in accurate and reliable forecasting
- Coaching, development and training of Management Accountant, Assistant Accountant and Sales Analyst to ensure roles and responsibilities are clear, resulting in a motivated, engaged, high performing team
- Accountable for all standard costing, ensuring accurate labour, material and gross margin is reflected
- Leading costing project and project team through a deep dive analysis of all costing in the P&L from Sales to PBIT, with the end result in a full absorption budget per manufacturing line and Plant Fixed Costs recalculated to understand true profitability per sku
- Project includes full analysis of waste calculations, set up and run time assumptions per bag size and type, and customer profitability analysis per sku
- Accountability of Balance Sheet Reconciliation
- Leading and reporting outcomes of cost saving initiatives with Operations, Sales and Supply Chain teams
- Financial support to HR and Legal teams for EBA negotiations
- Financial support to Procurement and Supply Chain teams for new and renewed supplier contracts
- Leading numerous successful system implementation / changes with minimal disruption to day to day tasks
- Financial responsibility and oversite of all customer tenders, working closely with Sales Manager
- Providing Commercial Support to General Manager and Senior Management teams
- Recruitment of commercial team members, and assist General Manager in recruitment of leadership team roles
- Liaise with Head Office Shared Services
- Lead internal and external financial audits
- Orora Group is a leader in Total Packaging Solutions, based in Melbourne, with 43 sites across 7 countries and 7200 employees
- Annual sales in 2019 were $4.7b
- Orora Australasia comprises of 4 divisions – Fibre Packaging, Paper and Recycling (Including Bag Solutions), Beverage (Cans, Glass Closures) and Cartons
Accounting and Sales Analyst Manager
Orora Group
06.2018 - 12.2018
- Right hand Sales and Operations support to Commercial Manager, Sales Manager and Operations team
- Coordinating the Accounting and Reporting function, and management of Management Accountant and Assistant Accountant
- Lead customer tenders/contract renewals and recommendations for pricing movements
- Working day to day with the Sales Team providing support and governance for pricing
- Ensuring pricing accuracy of all active sku’s with regular labour and material standard reviews
- Management of customer price reviews (Rise and falls), and tier reviews, ensuring sku’s are manufactured as per pricing qty’s, and material movements are passed on as per contract
- Calculating standard costing for new products
- Maintain and ensure accuracy of complex pricing file, used for new customer tenders and new items
- Driving process improvements across sales and operations
- Administration of customer contracts and status
- Oversee Payroll and AP function
Accounting Manager
Orora Group
04.2017 - 06.2018
- Manage End of Month Reporting and completion of Balance Sheet Reconciliation
- Co-ordination and completion of end to end budget and forecasting process
- Daily / Weekly sales and operational reporting
- Regular SAP and ERP (QAD) deep dive to understand complex standard costing transaction issues
- Management and review of all product costings including review of actual production results
- Manage Capital Spend through Capital Expenditure Request (CER) management and monthly capital spend reporting to initiators
- Lead and co-ordinate twice yearly Inventory and Engineering Spares stocktake
- Lead Fixed Asset Stocktake
- Drive Slow Moving Stock and HFI stock reduction through chairing of meetings and assigning actions to Supply Chain, sales and Ops team, reducing risk provisions
- Weekly waste reporting and analysis, working with Ops team to reduce waste costs
- Calculation of customer and supplier rebates
- Management of supplier claims
- Australian Bureau of Statistic surveys
Project Management Accountant
Orora Group (Formally Amcor)
07.2014 - 03.2017
- Leading and successfully engaging the Beverage Commercial Team through the Control Self-Assessment (CSA) process, proving support and guidance in completing controls within tight deadlines
- This was achieved through establishing successful relationships and effective communication across the Beverage team and wider Corporate and Internal Audit Teams
- Reviewing internal controls across group to ensure consistency in procedures across sites and providing guidance to site accountants to improve controls going forward
- Overseeing the creation and completion of Action Plans for failed controls
- Working with the Corporate and Audit Teams to streamline the CSA process for all Orora Divisions
- Streamline AR Reconciling process by coaching Credit Controller, and liaising with Treasury Team and ERP (QAD) Helpdesk to reconcile Accounts Receivable Ledger, establish process improvements in AR processing and EOM reconciling and reporting
- Successfully performed detailed investigation and reconciliation of ERP system (QAD) and SAP Financials over a 12 month project, working closely with site administrators and QAD support team
- This project was a focus for internal and external audit and at the executive level
- At completion of project, handover and training was performed back to site accountants for continuing maintenance and reconciliation going forward
- Initiation and creation (working with IT) of new Profit Centres and Cost Centres for improved reporting of revenue streams
- Leading the creation of customer price list upload CIM files into QAD (ERP)
- Working with programmers to create the CIM file, saving multiple days every qtr when price lists require updating
- EOM Cash Flow and Commercial Reporting for Group
- Hyperion / OSCAR loading, consolidations and journals
- Successful coverage of Group Reporting Manager & Sales Commercial Manager during extended leave
- GRIR investigation
Site Accountant
Amcor Australia
05.2008 - 10.2013
- Company Overview: Amcor Australia is involved in Closure Systems
- Detailed and accurate labour planning and budgeting in a manufacturing environment
- Preparation of monthly forecast requiring efficient communication with sales, manufacturing and customer service
- End to end month end processing and Management reporting, including journal processing, Budget vs
- Actual analysis
- Preparation of Monthly and YTD Yearly reporting packs with variance analysis and bridging schedules
- Communication with Payroll and factory key personnel regarding expenses and any ad hoc queries which may arise
- Detailed Daily Production reporting providing key information to Site Manager such as Daily Labour Recovery, MYD spoilage and MTD stock on hold
- Preparation of Statutory Reporting Packs for auditors within tight deadlines
- Internal Control testing and improvement responsibility for site
- Raising Capital Expenditure Requests for New Machines, Upgrades and any other site projects
- Once approved, follow through the capital project from tracking costs of the project against the Internal Orders to Capitalised project when complete
- Preparation and execution of SAP implementation from former financial system GLAMR inclusive of mapping of old to new cost centre and accounts, testing of the new system and communicating and training site employees of these changes; liaising with various member of the business to thoroughly understand cross over issues before occurring, or resolving issues efficiently when occurred
- Implementation of reporting process for newly acquired wine cap business
- Invoice Raising for recharges etc to customers, suppliers and shared site services
- Raising, approving and following up Purchase Orders for goods or services
- Point of contact for site team members for all Accounts Payable issues
- Chairing of weekly Hold Stock, R&M and Spoilage meetings
- Amcor Australia is involved in Closure Systems
Business Analyst
Avery Dennison Materials
09.2007 - 04.2008
- Company Overview: Avery Dennison Materials is a Fortune 500 company and are the worldwide leading manufacturer of self adhesive materials such as tapes and labels, office products, tags, retail systems and specialty chemicals
- With two manufacturing sites and six distribution centres, annual sales in Australia/New Zealand are $180 million
- Avery Dennison Materials is a Fortune 500 company and are the worldwide leading manufacturer of self adhesive materials such as tapes and labels, office products, tags, retail systems and specialty chemicals
- With two manufacturing sites and six distribution centres, annual sales in Australia/New Zealand are $180 million
Assistant Accountant - Logistics
ANL Container Line Pty Ltd
02.2006 - 08.2007
- Company Overview: ANL is Australia’s largest shipping line
- Together with parent company CMA CGM, ANL is able to offer worldwide shipping services
- ANL employs over 300 staff in five offices around Australia
- ANL is Australia’s largest shipping line
- Together with parent company CMA CGM, ANL is able to offer worldwide shipping services
- ANL employs over 300 staff in five offices around Australia
Education
Foundations in Directorship -
AICD
05.2025
Advanced Leadership Program -
Women And Leadership Australia
05.2025
CPA Program -
01.2010
Bachelor of Business - Accounting
Victoria University
Footscray, Victoria01.2006
Skills
- TM1
- JDE
- Advanced MS Excel
- Advanced SAP
- Advanced MFGPro (QAD)
- Hyperion / OSCAR Consolidation
- Qlikview
System Skills
- TM1
- JDE
- Advanced MS Excel
- Advanced SAP
- Advanced MFGPro (QAD)
- Hyperion / OSCAR Consolidation
- Qlikview
References
- Sean Blackburn
- Richard Wein
- Matt Esaeil
Development
WILO – Woman in Leadership at Orora, Selected for and completed 1 year Leadership Program for highly talented women at Orora as part of a very successful pilot program.
Attributes
- Dynamic, agile working style, with the ability to identify and manage priorities
- Conceptual approach to problem solving by understanding the big picture
- Excellent communication skills with natural ability to build relationships with internal and external stakeholders at all levels
- Passion for learning and being challenged
- Questioning the status quo and always working towards a better way
- Positive, energetic 'can do' attitude
Timeline
Senior Commercial Business Partner
Cleanaway
07.2023 - 03.2025
Commercial Business Partner
Cleanaway
03.2020 - 06.2023
Commercial Manager
Orora Group
01.2019 - 02.2020
Accounting and Sales Analyst Manager
Orora Group
06.2018 - 12.2018
Accounting Manager
Orora Group
04.2017 - 06.2018
Project Management Accountant
Orora Group (Formally Amcor)
07.2014 - 03.2017
Site Accountant
Amcor Australia
05.2008 - 10.2013
Business Analyst
Avery Dennison Materials
09.2007 - 04.2008
Assistant Accountant - Logistics
ANL Container Line Pty Ltd
02.2006 - 08.2007
Foundations in Directorship -
AICD
Advanced Leadership Program -
Women And Leadership Australia
CPA Program -
Bachelor of Business - Accounting
Victoria University
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