André Freilinger

Experience

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  IAEA

  May 1992 - Sept 1993

  IT Consultant
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  WIV-Australia (Wine International)

  Nov 1993 - Jun 2001

  Reporting directly to the MD, Overseas Markets based in Europe, accountability spanned financial and statutory accounting, budgeting, forecasting, cash flow, FX, tax, liquor licences, HR, payroll, logistics, warehousing, distribution, capital expenditure decisions, facilities management (offices in five states & Hunter Valley Estate), Legal and IT.

  • CFO / Director Finance & Administration

    May 1995 - Jun 2001

  • Financial Controller

    Nov 1993 - May 1995
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  Stora Enso Australia

  Jul 2001 - Sept 2003

  CFO

  Reporting to the MD, fully responsible for all financial and statutory accounting, cost controlling, budgeting, forecasting, cash flow, reporting, taxation, transfer pricing, credit risk, HR, IT, Legal and sourcing contracts.

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  Stora Enso, Corpore IT

  Oct 2003 - Jul 2007

  Director Finance & Administration

  With an annual budget of EUR 200 million (AUD 300 million) and located in Finland, Sweden, Germany and USA, Corporate IT delivers IT services across the Stora Enso Group including one of the world’s largest SAP rollouts. Reporting to the Group CIO, responsibilities spanned financial and business controlling as well as HR. Member of the Corporate IT Management Team and the Group’s IT Committee. Responsible for Corporate IT’s Business Excellence – TQM program.

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  Stora Enso Timber Australia

  Sept 2007 - May 2008

  Managing Director

  Accountable for the Australian import & distribution business.

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  Westpac

  May 2008 - now

  Finance business partner to Group COO providing finance support across the ~$2b CST portfolio including Technology, Operations, Customer Services and Financial Crime and Fraud Prevention. Finance partner to COO Transformation Officer providing e2e portfolio and project level finance support across the ~$500m COO portfolio including Technology, Information Security, Data, Operations, Procurement and Property. 2IC to the CFO Technology and dotted reporting line to Group CIO. Technology transformation lead, responsible for governance of Group Technology’s investment portfolio comprising 80+ Technology and Cyber Security projects. Lead the Group's Project Finance COE of 75+ finance professionals, providing project finance support across the Group's $1.5 billion investment portfolio. Senior Finance Leadership role within the Centre of Excellence for Project Finance, leading a team of 25 project and portfolio finance professionals providing e2e life-cycle finance support to Westpac’s portfolio of Technology & Operations investments with a combined annual budget of AUD 400 million+. Dual reporting lines to the CFO Technology and to the Technology General Managers, providing primary finance business support to four GMs and their leadership teams who manage a combined annual operating budget of AUD 500 million+.

  • CFO, Technology

    Oct 2023 - now

  • Head of Finance, Customer Solutions & Technology (CST)

    Mar 2022 - Sept 2023

  • Head of Project Performance & Financial Control, COO

    Jul 2021 - Feb 2022

  • Chief Of Staff (Acting), Group COO

    Feb 2021 - Jul 2021

  • Head of Finance & Portfolio Director (PMO), Technology

    Jan 2017 - Jan 2021

  • Head of Enterprise Project Finance

    Jun 2015 - Jan 2017

  • Head of Project Finance, Technology & Operations

    Oct 2011 - May 2015

  • Head of Finance, Technology

    May 2008 - Sept 2011