Project: Profitability Turnaround and Sales Growth

Challenge: Unistrut Australia required a turnaround of profitability, balance sheet improvement, and sales growth initiatives.

Solution: Restructured staff utilisation, optimized inventory management, and identified sales opportunities across APAC markets.

Achievements: Doubled sales across the region, reduced manufacturing costs, and improved management reporting for better decision-making.

Project: Financial Reporting and Operational Efficiency

Challenge: KTC Group required improved financial reporting, operational efficiency, and cross-border financial management across its businesses.

Solution: Aligned operating and financial systems, consolidated reporting packs, and facilitated regular financial and business meetings.

Achievements: Streamlined reporting processes, improved operational efficiency, and provided actionable insights for business growth and savings.

Project: Financial and Strategic Support

Challenge: Phoenix Embroidery, a solo business owner with multiple staff, required financial and strategic support to optimise operations and review product costs.

Solution: Conducted a product cost review, calculated variable contribution margins, and performed break-even analysis to enable strategic pricing decisions. Developed a sales and go-to-market strategy to drive business growth.

Achievements: Doubled sales over the last 3 years through strategic pricing and go-to-market strategy implementation.

Project: Accounting Software Migration and Operational Improvement

Challenge: SMB Victoria needed to migrate from Xero to MS Dynamics Business Central accounting software while addressing inaccuracies in financial records and improving operational information capture.

Solution: Formed a mini project team with an MS Dynamics specialist contractor to fast-track the migration and ensure accuracy and timeliness of accounting processes. Conducted thorough data reconciliation between Xero and Business Central, corrected account coding errors, and balanced bank account control accounts and subledgers. Identified profitability across different service offerings, including product supply, rentals, and building services.

Achievements: Successfully migrated accounting data with accuracy and timeliness, improved operational information capture, and gained insights into service profitability.

Project: Financial Performance Improvement

Challenge: Ingram Micro needed to improve financial performance and decision support across its divisions.

Solution: Streamlined management reporting, improved cost allocations, and remodelled ROI for each business unit.

Achievements: Achieved a multimillion-dollar improvement in profitability, optimised investment allocation, and enhanced overall business performance.

Project: Operational Excellence and Growth

Challenge: Baxter Healthcare sought to optimise operations and drive significant cash flow growth while maintaining high-quality standards.

Solution: Managed the implementation of an award-winning operating system, reengineered manufacturing product costing, and applied Activity Based Costing to overheads for improved gross profit and pricing accuracy.

Achievements: Achieved global recognition for significant cash flow growth, facilitated the rollout of Haemodialysis and Pharmaceutical Compounding Centres across ANZ, and developed ROI models for multi-million dollar robotic rollouts.

Project: Financial and Operational Transformation

Challenge: Acoustica required strategic support, decision-making assistance, and an uplift in financial and management accounting systems to reduce costs and improve product pricing accuracy.

Solution: Implemented bottoms-up budgeting, improved product cost accuracy, created divisional P&Ls, and managed balance sheet enhancements.

Achievements: Successfully reduced costs across various areas, including labor efficiency and finance department expenses, leading to consistent year-on-year growth.

Project: Profitability Review and Pricing Strategy

Challenge: Brightpoint needed to review profitability, renegotiate supplier contracts, and create competitive pricing structures for its telecommunications and logistics services.

Solution: Conducted activity-based costing analysis, negotiated significant freight savings, and optimised costs across customer service, warehouse operations, and freight management.

Achievements: Achieved substantial cost savings and improved profitability through strategic cost management and pricing optimisation.