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Yang (Harry) Liu

Willetton,Australia

Summary

Seasoned Finance Manager with a proven track record at Arcadia Global Pty Ltd, excelling in leveraging skills in Power BI and strategic leadership to drive business analytics and financial management. Demonstrated expertise in enhancing financial processes and systems, including Oracle and SAP, to optimize performance and efficiency. Renowned for meticulous auditing and analytical capabilities, contributing to significant business advancements.

Overview

18
18
years of professional experience

Work History

Finance Manager/Business Analytics

Arcadia Global Pty Ltd
Belmont, Australia
11.2024 - Current
  • Company Overview: Australia’s leading supplier of external shading, louvres and natural ventilation systems, collaborate with top-tier architects, engineers, builders, developers, and contractors, to deliver premium products and services
  • Australia’s leading supplier of external shading, louvres and natural ventilation systems, collaborate with top-tier architects, engineers, builders, developers, and contractors, to deliver premium products and services

Finance Manager/CFO

Arcadia Global Pty Ltd
Belmont, Australia
11.2017 - 11.2024

Management Accountant

Arcadia Global Pty Ltd
Welshpool, Australia
10.2012 - 10.2017

Accounts payable

PTTEP
, Thailand
01.2012 - 03.2012
  • Company Overview: Thailand national oil gas
  • Thailand national oil gas

Accounts payable

Bristow Helicopters Australia
, Australia
01.2009 - 01.2011

Assurance and Auditing

Ernst & Young
, China
01.2007 - 01.2009
  • Company Overview: (Shanghai/Wuhan)
  • (Shanghai/Wuhan)

Education

Bachelor of Commerce - Accounting

Macquarie University

Skills

  • Power BI
  • Power Query
  • Power Pivot
  • Word
  • Excel
  • Access
  • IFS
  • Technology one
  • ACCPAC
  • MYOB
  • QuickBooks
  • Oracle
  • SAP
  • Sage
  • M language
  • Dax language

References

  • Maheshika Vidana Arachchilage, Assistant Accountant, Arcadia Global Pty Ltd, asmaheshi@yahoo.com, 0451 175 724
  • Harry Chen, Metropolitan Cemetery Board, Harry.chen788@gmail.com, 0425 611 533
  • Ming, Connect Group Leader, Kingdom City Church, listar_belusta@hotmail.com, 0431 571 880
  • Emily Wan, Group Administrator, Ernst & Young, emily.wan@cn.ey.com, +86 27 8261 2688, Unit 3304-3309, 33/F, Heartland 66 Office Tower, 688 Jinghan Avenue, Wuhan, Hubei, 430030, China

Languages

English, Fluent

Personal Information

Nationality: Australian

Accomplishments

BIG FOUR Accounting firm working experiences

§ Enabled more than a twofold increase in business profitability.

Achieved 400% business growth as a key member of the executive leadership team through the implementation of a sustainable team incentive program (Game Change Plan).

§ Implemented detailed weekly cashflow forecasts which allowed transparency of any cash shortages

§ Forecasting to obtain funding for a major acquisition

§ Financial forecasts needed to be modelled over an extended time frame with additional risk factors built in to obtain finance

§ Implementation of a new $5M banking facility with increased overdraft, equipment financing and bank guarantee facilities provided the working capital funding to take on new contract bidding

§ Implemented proper job costing to enhance business continuity visibility and proactively address issues on over 200 live projects.

§ Established Power BI for real-time visibility of project P&L, project costing tracking, transactional level drilldown, project team KPIs, factory efficiency, and overtime management.

§ Upgraded ERP systems to the cloud, reducing end-of-month procedure turnaround time by 20%.

§ Negotiated insurance cost savings of 5-10% per year.

§ Developed a debtor collection financial model, saving up to 30% of the AR team's time and ensuring weekly collections are within the forecasted range.

§ Reduced debtor days from 60 to 45 through the implementation of an advanced debtor collection tool.

Timeline

Finance Manager/Business Analytics

Arcadia Global Pty Ltd
11.2024 - Current

Finance Manager/CFO

Arcadia Global Pty Ltd
11.2017 - 11.2024

Management Accountant

Arcadia Global Pty Ltd
10.2012 - 10.2017

Accounts payable

PTTEP
01.2012 - 03.2012

Accounts payable

Bristow Helicopters Australia
01.2009 - 01.2011

Assurance and Auditing

Ernst & Young
01.2007 - 01.2009

Bachelor of Commerce - Accounting

Macquarie University
Yang (Harry) Liu