Mark Shackel

Mark Shackel

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  • About me

    Commercial Director

  • Education

    • The University of Queensland

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      Economics Economics
    • The University of Queensland

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      Bachelor of Commerce - BCom Business/Commerce, General
  • Experience

    • Deloitte

      Jan 1995 - Dec 1999
      Accountant
    • Hastings Funds Management

      Jan 2000 - Jan 2001
      Senior Accountant
    • Lendlease

      Feb 2001 - now

      Financial management of Lendlease’s Building and Engineering businesses in Queensland, Northern Territory and Western Australia with combined $750m+ revenues, ~15 projects, including oversight of finance, commercial management, contracts administration and project administration staff. Responsibilities included management of strategy development, business planning, pipeline information capture, risk management, business compliance and management reporting with added emphasis on project assurance activities - project establishment, financial governance (project reviews, audits etc), commercial and claims management, operational and management reporting. Other responsibilities have included support for development of business cases and conversion strategies for senior management, investment committee approval along with management of activities associated with the divestment of the Lendlease Services and Lendlease Engineering businesses. Show less Senior Finance Lead assigned to Lendlease’s global finance transformation involving implementation of an Oracle ERP and IBM TM1 forecasting and reporting platform, restructure of the Finance function and establishment of a Global Finance Services function. The role involved management of ~15 Lendlease finance staff seconded to the project for the global design and initial implementation phases in Australia and Singapore and involved regular engagement with senior Finance and other business executives through-out design and implementation.Responsibilities included oversight of business requirements capture, business process definition, roles and responsibilities design, system detailed design, development of the governance and control framework, system and user acceptance testing, transition planning and implementation, training design and delivery, change management and stakeholder communication. Other responsibilities included design of the financial control framework and development of Finance policies and procedures. Show less Financial oversight of Construction businesses in Boston, Columbus, New Jersey, Washington, Charlotte, Raleigh, Atlanta, Tampa, Miami and Houston with combined ~$US800m revenues including management of ~10 Senior Finance Managers. The business carried-out building work for private clients in the commercial, residential and social infrastructure sectors.Responsibilities included management of strategy development, business planning, pipeline information capture, risk management, business compliance and management reporting, with an emphasis on standardising and embedding project assurance processes and system change in the region ie project establishment, financial governance (project reviews, audits etc), commercial and claims management, operational and management reporting.Other responsibilities included planning and implementation of a corporate re-structure during the Global Financial Crisis (GFC) resulting in significant overhead and head-count reductions and direct involvement in resolution of several significant commercial issues – credit / insolvency, claims management (legal and insurance) and defect / warranty. Show less

      • General Manager Finance

        Nov 2014 - now
      • Global Finance Transformation Lead

        Nov 2011 - Oct 2014
      • Head Of Finance

        Oct 2008 - Oct 2011
      • Senior Finance Manager

        Dec 2004 - Oct 2008
      • Finance Manager

        Feb 2003 - Nov 2004
      • Finance Manager

        Feb 2001 - Feb 2003
    • Windlab

      Mar 2022 - now
      Commercial Director
  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Member

      Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia
      Jan 1996