Andrew Jacks

Experience

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  Coles

  Mar 2005 - Jun 2012

  Customer Service Supervisor

  Dealt with customers on a daily basis while serving their needs.

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  Grant Thornton Australia

  Apr 2013 - Feb 2017

  Corporate audit responsibilities through viewing a business as a holistic unit I am able to determine control deficiencies as well as experience achieved by working in a dynamic field with exposure to a large number of industries and clients on different scales. Key responsibilities • Running medium to large audit engagements ($10 - $250 million AUD turnover), ensuring fieldwork complete for Manager/Partner review• Leading teams to ensure jobs completed within required deadlines, including supervision, review and delegation of work to junior staff members• Facilitation and development of internal training sessions for junior staff members• Preparation and review of financial statements (IFRS compliant) across numerous industries• Providing technical accounting advice to a range of internal and external stakeholders• Preparation of reports to deliver to key stakeholders (mainly Board of Directors/Audit Committees)• Ensuring that commitments made to clients and team members are realistic, and meeting these expectations in a timely manner• Developed key relationships and maintained excellent rapport with clients• Liaised with clients directly when organizing and reviewing consolidated accounts, confirmations and issues• Keeping up to date on the regulatory changes and being a trusted advisor on accounting standards and the correct treatment of issues Show less

  • Senior Accountant

    Jul 2015 - Feb 2017

  • Accountant

    Apr 2013 - Jun 2015
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  Grant Thornton LLP

  Dec 2015 - Jun 2016

  Senior Accountant

  6 month secondment to the Dallas office where I was able to work on multi-national companies with business acquisitions and gain a range of experience using US GAAP.Key Client Overview• Varsity Brands: which sells uniforms, hosts competitions, and runs instructional cheerleading and dance camps, annual turnover of $380m USD (Memphis, Tennessee USA)• BSN Sports: a distributor of sports uniforms and equipment, annual turnover of $550m USD (Dallas, Texas USA)• Yukon Trading Company, Rhino Resources Company and IBEX Resources Company: Oil and gas exploration, with annual turnover of $60m USD. Show less

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  Carlton & United Breweries

  Feb 2017 - Mar 2019

  As the Senior Accounting and Reporting Analyst, my key responsibilities include:- Local month end consolidation using SAP & Business Planning and Consolidations (BPC) systems- Group consolidation for Australia using Cognos- Group consolidation for Asia Pacific South Zone and reporting results to the Group team situated in Leuven, Belgium- Reviewing monthly financial results to brief key stakeholders on CUB's financial performance and advise the key factors driving performance- Working capital analysis- Cash flow analysis and forecasting- Working with Global Business Services centre located in New Delhi, India- Continuously improving the Reporting function process, ways of working to support financial decisions- Preparation of statutory accounts Show less

  • Commercial Finance Performance and Analysis Manager

    May 2018 - Mar 2019

  • Senior Accounting and Reporting Analyst APAC South

    Feb 2017 - May 2018
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  Accolade Wines

  Mar 2019 - now

  Lead and manage delivery of the European Supply Chain & Operations; COGS c. $400mPlayed a key role in the divestment of 'The Park' manufacturing site and transition to an outsourced production model whilst ensuring no business disruption related to the change and all material risks were identified and mitigatedDrive execution of the AW strategy with an emphasis on warehousing, distribution and outsourced cost managementIdentify and deliver projects to ensure the strategic plan is delivered over the next 1-3 years; assess business cases through financial modelling. Show less Responsible for identifying, evaluating and driving improvement initiatives across the business working closely with key ELT members, Commercial, Supply and Finance teams to ensure that profitability drives decision making throughout our value chain and value opportunities are continually identified. Involved with any M&A activity undertaken by Accolade including but not limited to identification of opportunities, preparation and assessment of any associated value case, due diligence, negotiation and integration. Key transactions involved in:- Lambrini (brand & stock) acquisition in the UK- Rolf Binder (winery, vineyards, PPE, brand & stock) acquisition in Australia- Katnook Estate (winery, vineyards, PPE, brand & stock) acquisition in Australia- Sale & leaseback of our Australian vineyard holdings- Sale of some surplus vineyards- Sale of The Park our bottling site in the UK with processing agreement with the buyerActivities include:• Providing analysis, financial modelling and strategic insights• Analysing key strategic initiatives across all areas of the business• Identify the key challenges affecting the organisation, develop and conceptualise strategies to improve competitiveness, and advise on initiatives to improve overall business performance• Research, plan for and facilitate business growth• Develop, evaluate and build business case support for new strategic initiatives and projects and highlighting key commercial and strategic insights• Help to develop and maintain internal relationships with key functional areas across the business as well as relationships with external partners/providers Show less Management of the T&M (tracking & monitoring) of the Global IT, GBS and HR Results during the year including: - Compiling and reviewing for accuracy detailed business information (e.g., reports, tracking tools, etc.) to generate reports as needed for key stakeholders- Create reports to analyse trends identifying areas for improving performanceAct as Business Partner for various segments/functions of the business and manage relationshipsCoordination of the Budget process for Global IT, GBS and HR (Compensation & Benefits) related expenditure and provides guidance and support to develop plans to deliver targetsManagement of Finance Department related special projects including planning, development, management and implementation of the Finance department's program specific special projects Show less - Manage the global financial forecasting processes (including quarterly forecasts, annual budgetand strategic plans) and provide associated reporting & analysis - Act as Business Partner for various segments/functions of the business and manage relationships- Co-ordination and consolidation of periodic internal and external performance reporting (flash,monthly results, ELT packs, weekly reports, board papers).- Critically review financial outputs from all planning processes and provide case study analysis andinsights on key initiatives- Critically review reporting outputs to provide a clear understanding of business performance andlevers- Provide commentary and supporting analysis for management reporting and forecastingsubmissions Show less

  • Head of Supply Chain Finance - Europe

    Jan 2023 - now

  • Strategy and Transformation Manager

    Sept 2020 - Feb 2023

  • Finance Manager – Corporate Services & Projects

    May 2020 - Sept 2020

  • Financial Planning and Analysis Manager

    Mar 2019 - May 2020