Pamela Little
Glen Forrest
Summary
A professional degree qualified Senior Finance professional with 30 years’ experience in a variety of roles, (including 20 years in mining) using several different systems, including recent experience with SAP, Hyperion and Pronto.
Overview
19
19
years of professional experience
Work History
Finance Project Lead – Winu Copper Joint Venture (fixed term contract)
Rio Tinto
11.2024 - 05.2025
- Company Overview: Rio Tinto is the world’s second largest metals and mining corporation with global revenue in excess of US54 billion
- Identifying risks, communicating to relevant stakeholders and facilitating risk management strategy development;
- Leading finance stream workflow to ensure readiness for Joint Venture;
- Collaboration across functions to ensure an aligned view of implementation requirements and post go live processes;
- Facilitating scenario planning workshops across multiple functions to ensure de-risk multiple potential outcomes;
- Remapping of processes and supporting change management to ensure a smooth go live;
- Advising on key terms of joint venture agreements;
- Partner between IS&T teams and functional teams to ensure business requirements are being met with systems implementation
- Liaison amongst multiple functions (Legal, HR, Taxation, Shared services, Projects etc)
- Rio Tinto is the world’s second largest metals and mining corporation with global revenue in excess of US54 billion
Finance Manager – Turquoise Hill Resources (fixed term contract)
Rio Tinto
07.2023 - 11.2024
- Company Overview: Turquoise Hill Resources Ltd (“TRQ”) was a TSX Listed entity, which was fully acquired by Rio Tinto in December 2022 and is now 100% owned by Rio Tinto
- Following its acquisition and delisting, the TRQ group of entities underwent significant restructuring and simplification
- Responsible for integrating newly acquired TRQ entities into Rio Tinto’s operating model
- Leading the finance/ controllership workstream for successful restructuring of group of entities (22 in total) to deliver synergies, including working multiple stakeholders across tax, legal, and corporate reporting teams
- Preparation of annual and long term plan
- Leading liquidation and amalgamation activities of entities no longer required alongside tax and legal teams
- Manage the relationships with internal and external stakeholders, including Tax, Legal and Treasury and FAS teams, Oyu Tolgoi finance team, external auditors, and 3rd party providers of finance and accounting services for the TRQ entities
- Work with Group services team to integrate remaining 9 entities into the Rio Tinto operating model, including SAP implementations, documentation of existing processes, and transitioning workload from external bookkeepers to relevant Group Services teams
- Undertake ongoing Finance controllership activities for all entities in the group, including managing the month end, half year and year end closing activities as required by Corporate reporting team
- Preparation of accounting issues papers
- Lead and review the planning process, monthly forecasting, cost reporting and variance analysis
- Review Oyu Tolgoi and non-Oyu Tolgoi funding arrangements, including documentation, schedules and any compliance and governance requirements
- Responsible for compliance and external reporting, including financial statement preparation, analysis and compliance across multiple jurisdictions, including Singapore, Canada, Mongolia, UK and the Netherlands
- Turquoise Hill Resources Ltd (“TRQ”) was a TSX Listed entity, which was fully acquired by Rio Tinto in December 2022 and is now 100% owned by Rio Tinto
- Following its acquisition and delisting, the TRQ group of entities underwent significant restructuring and simplification
Finance Manager
Focus Minerals Ltd
03.2020 - 07.2023
- Company Overview: Focus Minerals is a gold exploration company, with which transitioned it’s Coolgardie site to operations in 2022
- Significant focus on transitioning the finance function of an exploration entity with over 200 tenements back into an operational status
- This included:
- Due diligence with potential partnering/JV opportunities;
- Systems advisory for CFO to ensure ERP was fit for purpose;
- Commercial review of royalty agreements, ensuring accurate identification of obligations associated with mining activities;
- Identification and documentation of accounting policies required in operations
- Project team responsible for capital raising through ASX rights issue
- Project Manager – Pronto Implementation
- Supervision of Finance team of 3
- Preparation of Annual report and Half Year report as well as relevant Board Papers for ASX Listed group
- Cashflow management, including foreign exchange and loan facilities
- Leading audit process for half year and full year audit
- Responsible for compliance with all group tax obligations, including international tax, Country by Country reporting, Transfer pricing obligations, FBT, GST, Payroll Tax, Income Tax, royalties and fuel tax rebate
- Budgeting and forecasting
- Accounting and Commercial Policy implementation;
- Management of group Insurance policies
- Supervision of payroll;
- Liaison with Banks
- Focus Minerals is a gold exploration company, with which transitioned it’s Coolgardie site to operations in 2022
Principal Financial Accountant
Minjar Gold Pty Ltd
01.2018 - 03.2020
- Company Overview: Minjar Gold was a mining company with one operation which had recently acquired two additional operations
- Coordination of assimilating processes, policies and systems of three separate mining operations into a consolidated, shared services Finance function
- Direct supervision 5 finance staff, including Qualified Accountants and Accounts Payable
- Overseeing the monthly financial accounts, including consolidation for 3 operations plus corporate office
- Liaison with Chinese parent entities with regards to audit and reporting requirements
- Pronto system administration for the group
- Implementation of Accounting policies to ensure consistency across the group
- Development of capital expenditure reporting process to manage spend against approved spend
- Streamlining finance processes to improve accuracy and efficiency at month end
- Highlight internal control deficiencies and implement processes to mitigate
- Supervision and mentoring of finance staff, including Accounts Payable
- Management of annual audit process and tax effect accounting
- Preparation of special purpose financial statements
- Review and approval of Balance Sheet reconciliations
- Selected contributions
- Implementation of new lease standard AASB 116 across group
- Accounts Payable shared service transition
- Minjar Gold was a mining company with one operation which had recently acquired two additional operations
Senior Corporate Accountant
Alkane Resources Limited
07.2016 - 01.2018
- Overseeing the monthly financial accounts in Pronto
- Preparation of Board reports
- Development of capital reports
- Maintenance of fixed asset register
- Preparation of budgets forecasts
- Management of financial/management accounts for Agricultural company (including livestock accounting)
- Balance Sheet Reconciliations
- Development and Implementation of Accounting Policies for Spares, Biological Assets
- Liaison with auditors as required
Corporate Accountant
La Mancha Resources Australia
02.2014 - 07.2016
- Overseeing the monthly financial accounts in Pronto
- Development of monthly flashboard reports
- Development of Qlikview reports
- Supervision of Accounts Payable team (2) and Assistant Accountant
- Maintenance of fixed asset register, for Accounting and Taxation
- Management of operating and finance leases
- Tax effect accounting for Tax Group, including liaison with Tax Accountants with regards to Tax return and transfer pricing issues
- Preparing of Special Purpose Financial Statements for entities within the group;
- Presentation of budget/forecasts to parent company in Paris
- Month end reporting including customizing reports using Excel;
- Maintain appropriate Insurance policies for Mine site, Perth Office and business as a whole
- Balance Sheet Reconciliations
- Development and Implementation of Accounting Policies and Procedures in line with IFRS
- Liaison with auditors and tax accountants as required
- Preparation of cashflows
Senior Accountant – Growth and International Projects
Gold Fields Australasia
01.2012 - 11.2013
- Supervision of 2 staff members
- Review and responsibility for month end processes and reconciliations, including payroll using SAP
- Project reporting across 3 states including assisting project managers with forecasting
- Budgeting and forecasting for cost centres and projects
- Cash management
- Selected Contributions:
- Streamlined month end processes resulting in overall reduced staff cost within Finance Department of $70k per annum
- Implementation of Concur expense management system including integration with SAP
- Development and implementation of policies and procedures including banking, travel, credit card
Senior Corporate Accountant
Gold Fields Australia
12.2010 - 01.2012
- Coordinate financial and accounting functions for the Gold Fields Australasia group, including two sites in Australia
- Accountability extends to :
- Preparation of consolidated taxation returns, annual reports and US GAAP accounts
- Bank administration
- Development of corporate accounting and finance policies for the group
- Manage transfer pricing obligations for the group
- Corporate liaison with lenders and auditors (Report directly to CFO)
- Selected Contributions:
- Implementation of GRC system (for SAP user access) across 3 sites including training, and reducing segregation of duties risks by 80%
- Directed tax fixed asset upload into SAP, including reconciliation
- Streamlined bank administration process to reduce requirement for board intervention
- Automate multiple financial models for use at sites to improve month end efficiency
Change Manager – SAP Implementation Project
Gold Fields Australia
03.2010 - 12.2010
- Change management planning and implementation for implementation of SAP across 3 sites, 700 staff
- Development and implementation of change management plan, including:
- Change readiness assessment
- Training plan
- Communications plan
- Impact assessment
- Including regular update meetings with Project Sponsor and Project Manager
- Project was completed successfully on time and on budget
Senior Compliance Accountant
Gold Fields Australia
02.2007 - 03.2010
- Managing the Sarbanes Oxley compliance program for the Gold Fields Australian Operations, including supervision of control compliance at 3 sites, including:
- Development of procedure documents
- Performing walkthroughs of key controls on a quarterly basis and reporting of deficiencies, including remediation planning
- Preparation of consolidated accounts and Financial Statements
- Preparation of consolidated taxation return for the Gold Fields group
- Preparation of USGAAP accounts
- Provision of accounting assistance to the CFO (Australia) on an as needs basis including company secretarial duties
- Supervision of payroll processing including approval of payruns for 450 employees
- Provision of advise to site Finance Managers
Chief Accountant, St Ives Gold Mine
Gold Fields Australia
01.2006 - 02.2007
- Supervision and development of 6 direct reports, including month end reporting, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable and Business Analysts
- Reviewing team journals and reconciliations
- Review of monthly returns including BAS, Diesel Fuel rebate and royalty returns
- Approve all company creditor payments
- Development of policy and procedure documentation
- Attending to ad hoc queries from management;
- Management if inventory
- Selected Contributions:
- Nominated for Leadership Development program following nomination from senior management
- Design and Implementation of new costing methodology for contractor invoices
Education
Bachelor of Commerce - Accounting and Business Law
Curtin University of Technology
Master of Business Administration (MBA) -
Curtin Postgraduate School of Business
Skills
- Finance leadership
- Business Partnering
- Excellent technical accounting skills
- Business Process improvement
- Board advisory
- Strong Problem Solving and analytical skills
- Business acumen
Training And Development
- Qlikview developer course, 2014
- Concur Expense Management and administrator course, 2013
- SAP (FI-Co) course, 2010
- Change management coaching (one on one), 2010
- Gold Fields Leadership Development Program, 2006
Timeline
Finance Project Lead – Winu Copper Joint Venture (fixed term contract)
Rio Tinto
11.2024 - 05.2025
Finance Manager – Turquoise Hill Resources (fixed term contract)
Rio Tinto
07.2023 - 11.2024
Finance Manager
Focus Minerals Ltd
03.2020 - 07.2023
Principal Financial Accountant
Minjar Gold Pty Ltd
01.2018 - 03.2020
Senior Corporate Accountant
Alkane Resources Limited
07.2016 - 01.2018
Corporate Accountant
La Mancha Resources Australia
02.2014 - 07.2016
Senior Accountant – Growth and International Projects
Gold Fields Australasia
01.2012 - 11.2013
Senior Corporate Accountant
Gold Fields Australia
12.2010 - 01.2012
Change Manager – SAP Implementation Project
Gold Fields Australia
03.2010 - 12.2010
Senior Compliance Accountant
Gold Fields Australia
02.2007 - 03.2010
Chief Accountant, St Ives Gold Mine
Gold Fields Australia
01.2006 - 02.2007
Bachelor of Commerce - Accounting and Business Law
Curtin University of Technology
Master of Business Administration (MBA) -
Curtin Postgraduate School of Business
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