Brendan White

Experience

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  Audit New Zealand

  Feb 2007 - Jun 2011

  Auditor

  - External auditor for a wide range of public sector entities, including both financial and service performance information.- Job planning, risk assessment, costing and budget monitoring.- Involved working in a team environment, supervising staff and providing on-site mentoring to team members and written feedback on their performance.- Development of other staff and building a positive working environment where staff feel motivated to deliver quality.

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  Provoke Solutions

  Jun 2011 - Apr 2014

  Group Finance Manager

  ·Reporting on company performance to Executive Management through weekly and monthly reporting cycles·Management of Tax compliance and preparation of GST, FBT, and RWT returns·Preparation of the annual Financial statements for review by company’s external accountants and auditors·Preparation of cash forecasts and budgets·Review of Payroll, Accounts Payable and Receivables·Backup for Payroll, Accounts Payable and Receivables entry-Establishing offshore subsidiaries, including company registration, transfer pricing, payroll, banking and tax compliance. Show less

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  Big Save Furniture

  Apr 2014 - Sept 2015

  Finance Manager

  Delivering quality financial and management information, monthly management accounts, budgeting, forecasting, process improvements and compliance with relevant legislation.

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  Unity

  Sept 2015 - Apr 2022

  Fixed term role is responsible for the establishment of a centralised data and analytics function to support key users of data across all business functions, improve data quality, and improve access to data to drive business insights. The role also includes the provision of transitional support to the finance function. Day-to-day leadership and management of the Finance and Administration team.Part of the flexcube transition team - successfully migrating the core banking platform in early 2018. Business analytics and reporting specialist. Key member of merger due diligence and transition team for merger of ACU, NZCU Central, and NZCU South into NZCU Baywide as at 1 May 2019.

  • Establishment Manager Data and Analytics

    Oct 2021 - Apr 2022

  • Financial Controller

    Sept 2015 - Oct 2021
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  Awa Environmental

  Apr 2022 - now

  Finance Manager

  In house finance manager