Richard Crafter

Project Manager in Finance. Lead for all Finance related project work: ERP, CPM, all supporting systems, Inventory, International expansion, business process mapping and improvement.

- Provide systems and process advice - Cashflow modelling - Forecast creation - Management reporting - Team training

- Systems admin and accountant for Vero Insurance, AA Insurance and Asteron Life underwriting systems and GL - Project lead and Finance SME for General Ledger and reporting rationalisation and automation project - Systems and integration tester for NextGen underwriting system implementation

Employed on a contract basis to oversee migration of current Applicant Tracking System to new system (JobAdder) - Month-end process - Contractor payroll processing and client billing - Streamlining all finance processes - KPI tracking system - AP/AR/Ad hoc analysis - Market analysis

- Full finance responsibility including team management post merger with Tyco Valves & Controls - Restructure planning and implementation - Manage transition of local finance functions to regional head office (Sydney) - Manage Hyperion Essbase forecasting implementation. - SAP FI/CO

- Manage finance process migration to IBM Global Business Services Mumbai - Process mapping, testing and documentation - Sarbanes Oxley compliance - Local tax compliance - Audit - SAP FI/CO

- Month, quarter and year end process - Division forecasting and budgeting - Division product and portfolio reporting - Ad hoc reporting and analysis - Company-wide bookings for IBNR (Incurred But Not Reported) reserving movements - Vero & AMP joint venture accounting - Create month-end reporting and variance analysis pack for all divisions - Redesigned IBNR process saving three teams 8 hours review time per month - Following function review, assumed responsibility for four additional divisions

- Post SAP implementation reporting and process review - Budget build and international consolidation - Business Unit and Sales team margin and product reporting - Sales and Product team system and process review and training - System and process review for Marketing module - Legacy ERP (Adonis/Sun) close

- Review of all inventory processes and controls - Implemented changes to the obsolete stock provision process resulting in greater accuracy on stock turn calculations and highlighted further areas for improvement in PO processing/approval and van stock control - Managing change in physical warehouse control from branch to Supply Chain - Implementing system changes to support upcoming process improvements and designing fixes for ERP system (Oracle)

- Division finance reporting, process and strategy - Support and advise divisional GM, COO and FD - Support and advise local branch teams in 9 locations - SOX compliance and audit responsibility - Introduced labour resource models and installation project reporting packs helping to improve job margin levels - Design and implement strategy changes resulting in the division achieving a monthly profit for the first time since inception and consistently thereafter

- ERP System Admin (Sun 426) - Designed all Management accounts, forecast and budget models and function based tracking reports - Support to Dir Financial Planning, CEO, COO, CTO(Intl), Country Managers (France, Spain, Germany, Japan, Australia, Nordics, UK), Overhead dept heads (Dallas) - Managed transition of Sun system to Dallas and transition to Hyperion Essbase/Planning system - Provided training to Global Controller and Accounting team (Dallas) with month-end process and system

- 3 month contract position - Budget load involving 80+ legal entities worldwide - Designed and provided consolidation reports for review to CFO, CEO, COO - Ad-hoc assistance with general Management accounts design

- Developed and managed accrual models for local tail and Carrier minute costs - Provided rate cards for new reseller deals to Business Development team - Provided reporting assistance to Accounting Team - Developed commission tracking and reporting structure - Assisted Network Operations and Facilities teams with cost analysis