Experience

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  Westpac, brisbane

  Aug 1999 - Jun 2000

  Business services manager

  Working closely with Senior Business Banking Managers based in the Brisbane CBD division, this graduate role involved: business and cashflow analysis, consulting and preparing proposals and reports for business lending.

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  Pricewaterhousecoopers, brisbane

  Jul 2000 - Nov 2007

  HR Advisory / Generalist / Policy - working in a strong team environment Corporate Tax consulting and compliance for large ASX listed companies based in Brisbane. Duties included: Tax consulting (corporate tax research, providing tax advice, drafting tax position papers) Tax compliance (preparation of income tax returns, FBT returns, tax effect accounting) and Staff supervision.

  • Senior Human Resources Consultant

    Nov 2005 - Nov 2007

  • Senior Tax Consultant - Corporate Tax

    Jul 2000 - Oct 2005
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  Zelda recruitment, brisbane

  Nov 2007 - Jun 2013

  Senior recruiter - accounting & finance

  Business Development, Networking, Key Account Management & 360 degree recruitment of Accounting, Finance and Economics staff in Brisbane for large companies and government entities (on a permanent, contract or casual basis).

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  The university of queensland

  Jun 2013 - now

  • Business Development & industry relationship building - working with Business Industry Partners / Leading Employers to promote careers / employability events, recruitment campaigns & job opportunities• Business Development & relationship building - working with Business Industry Partners / Leading Employers to promote events, recruitment campaigns & job opportunities• High Volume Employability Skills Workshops - designing, presenting and facilitating (both in person and online - in 2020, circa 3,000 people attended circa 60 of my workshops & events)• Work Experience Program Lead - Student Work Experience Program (SWEP) - campaign recruitment to place hundreds of BEL students in professional work experience placements • Mentoring Program Lead - BEL Career Mentoring Program - connecting students with industry mentors• Lead for all Accounting, Information Systems and HR Students• Placing students in Work Experience Opportunities via BEL Career Services Programs• Providing career advice to students &• Event management, significant public speaking and employability presentations• Effective stakeholder management. Show less 2019 Winner - Team, National Award for Programs that Enhance Learning (AAUT) 2018 Winner - Team, QS - Wharton Gold Winner “best university-employer partnerships” 2018 Finalist - UQ, Most Popular Careers Service, AAGE Awards2017 Winner - Team, UQ Award & Grant for Programs that Enhance Learning2017 Finalist - UQ, Most Popular Careers Service, AAGE Awards2016 Winner - Team, Australian Financial Review - Higher Education Awards - Employability 2016 Winner - UQ, Most Popular Careers Service, AAGE Awards2016 Individual Nominee - UQ BEL Employee Dean's Excellence Awards2015 Winner - Team UQ BEL Employee Dean's Excellence AwardsThe UQ BEL Faculty Student Employability Team is a unique uni & faculty based team where many team members have commercial backgrounds in the Schools they support. My role is to assist Commerce students to gain professional work experience and graduate opportunities, teach employability skills and generate networking opportunities.This role includes:• Creating, organising and presenting multiple employability skills workshops (both in person and online - in 2019, circa 2,500 people attended my workshops)• Project Leader - UQ Student Work Experience Program• Lead for all Accounting, Information Systems and HR Students• Working with Business Industry Partners to promote events & recruitment campaigns / opportunities• Placing students in Work Experience Opportunites via BEL SET Programs• Business development / networking building commercial relationships• Providing career advice to student &• Event management, significant public speaking and employability presentations• Effective stakeholder management. Working with leading companies, I represent UQ's Commerce (Accounting, Finance & Business Information Systems) students. Show less

  • Senior Advancement Officer, UQ's Institute of Molecular Bioscience

    Mar 2022 - now

  • Career Advisor, UQ Business Economics and Law Faculty

    Oct 2020 - Mar 2022

  • Employability Specialist, UQ Business Economics and Law Faculty

    Jun 2013 - Oct 2020