# Harry A - Senior Finance Manager (FP&A, Commercial Finance, Finance Transformation)

Contact: harryaconsult@gmail.com  
Location: Australia (all capitals, regional or remote)  
Work rights: Australian citizen  
Notice: 4 weeks

## Summary

Australian-based finance leader with 15 years across Fortune Global 500 and major Australian companies in FMCG and manufacturing, energy and utilities, infrastructure and construction, retail, financial services, consulting and transport. I lead FP&A, commercial finance and finance transformation: budgeting and forecasting, business partnering with senior leaders, ERP and EPM change, post-acquisition integration and month-end uplift.

## Open to

- Permanent, contract and interim roles anywhere in Australia
- Short-term international contracts: USA, Singapore, Hong Kong, UK, New Zealand, UAE and the Middle East

## Target roles

Finance Manager, Senior Finance Manager, Head of Finance, Interim Head of Finance, FP&A Manager, FP&A Lead, Head of FP&A, Commercial Finance Manager, Senior Finance Business Partner, Business Partnering Manager, Finance Transformation Manager, Finance Transformation Lead, Finance Change Manager, Finance Systems Manager, ERP Finance Lead, EPM and Planning Systems Lead, M&A Integration Finance Lead, Performance Management Lead, Pricing and Revenue Manager, Project Finance Manager, Finance Operations Manager, Finance Consultant

## Selected results

- Identified $2m of uncommitted trade spend, enabling its reallocation and tighter commercial controls across supplier contracts (Fortune Global 500 FMCG group).
- Directed post-acquisition general ledger integration and led finance data remediation across 5+ newly integrated entities, enabling recovery of historical overstatements (major Australian infrastructure group).
- Ran month-end close and payment controls across 14+ infrastructure programs, protecting project margins.
- Led a three-entity subsidiary group off its standalone legacy ledger and onto the group ERP at financial year end, removing a monthly intercompany cycle and a one-month reporting lag (major Australian infrastructure group).
- Managed costs across $1bn+ joint ventures (tier-one construction contractor).
- Embedded SAP IBP and SAP Analytics Cloud reporting, standardising divisional P&Ls and forecast models used in executive reporting (Fortune Global 500 energy company).
- Business-side finance representative on an Oracle Fusion Cloud ERP transformation: UAT, process testing and post-migration data validation (major Australian leisure and entertainment company).
- Rebuilt and automated month-end reporting packs, cutting manual effort and turnaround time (energy and financial services companies).

## FP&A Manager and FP&A Lead: budgeting, forecasting and performance reporting

Planning, forecasting and performance reporting for senior leadership and CFOs, with analysis feeding Board reporting, across energy, FMCG, retail, leisure and transport.

- Monthly forecasts and variance analysis across divisions for senior leadership (Fortune Global 500 energy company).
- Budgeting and forecasting for Procurement and Property; designed the KPI set used in CFO reporting (major Australian leisure and entertainment company).
- Annual plans, re-forecasts and month-end reporting with commercial commentary across business units (major Australian retailer).
- Standardised divisional P&Ls and forecast models in SAP IBP and SAP Analytics Cloud.
- Prepared management reporting packs for regular leadership forums, with analysis escalated into executive and Board reporting.
- Prepared cash flow and working capital forecasts; ran forecasts, budgets and month-end reporting (Fortune 500 FMCG company).
- Budgeting, forecasting and results presentations (major transport authority).

Suited to: FP&A Manager, FP&A Lead, Head of FP&A, Planning and Analysis Manager, Performance Management Lead

## Commercial Finance Manager and Senior Finance Business Partner

Partnering sales, operations and divisional leaders on revenue, margin, pricing, trade spend and business cases.

- Identified $2m of uncommitted trade spend, enabling reallocation; owned contract management and accruals (Fortune Global 500 FMCG group).
- Partnered Sales Directors and Channel Managers across On-Premise, Retail and Wholesale; designed a sales incentive scheme linking channel budgets to state and account manager targets.
- Partnered divisional leaders on performance drivers and commercial actions (Fortune Global 500 energy company).
- Built business cases for strategic initiatives; partnered operations, warehousing, delivery and e-commerce on performance and profitability (major Australian retailer).
- Partnered sales and retention teams to reduce churn and improve unit economics (financial services company).
- Built weekly sales and retention dashboards in SAP, Power BI and VBA (FMCG company).
- Supported product costing and cost modelling analysis.

Suited to: Commercial Finance Manager, Senior Finance Business Partner, Business Partnering Manager, Pricing and Revenue Manager, Revenue Management Finance Lead

## Finance Transformation Lead and Finance Systems Manager: ERP, EPM and process redesign

Finance process change, ERP and planning systems, reporting automation and offshore transitions.

- Business-side finance representative on an Oracle Fusion Cloud ERP transformation: UAT, finance process testing and post-migration data validation.
- Embedded SAP IBP and SAP Analytics Cloud reporting across divisions.
- Global finance transformation for a multinational transport client: Record-to-Report process mapping, current-state workflow documentation and cost-reduction opportunities (Fortune Global 500 consulting firm).
- Led the training and transition of recurring reporting processes to an offshore team, reducing reporting cycle time.
- Automated month-end reporting in Power BI and Excel; supported Anaplan enhancements; owned BlackLine balance sheet reconciliations.
- Used Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance and Operations alongside SAP for month-end close, payroll and management reporting.

Suited to: Finance Transformation Manager, Finance Change Manager, Finance Systems Manager, ERP Finance Lead, EPM Lead, Finance Process Improvement Lead, Finance Consultant

## Post-acquisition finance integration and balance sheet remediation

Bringing acquired entities onto the group ledger, cleaning up balances and building reconciliation discipline.

- Directed post-acquisition general ledger integration, designing variance and opening-balance validation for consolidated group reporting under tight timeframes.
- Led finance data remediation across 5+ integrated entities, reconstructing incomplete records and enabling recovery of historical overstatements.
- Owned BlackLine balance sheet reconciliations; established a standardised reconciliation framework; automated intercompany loan matching in Excel.
- Improved reporting quality and timeliness across counterpart finance teams through reconciliation standards and submission discipline.

Suited to: Integration Finance Lead, Finance Manager (M&A), Separation and Integration Lead, Interim Finance Manager

## Legacy ledger migration, intercompany clean-up and tax remediation for a subsidiary group

Moving a three-entity subsidiary group within a major Australian infrastructure group off its legacy ledger and onto the group ERP, while running its close, intercompany and year-end.

- Held financial controller responsibility for a three-entity subsidiary group: month-end close, balance sheet integrity, intercompany reconciliation, year-end and tax support across the subsidiary's own ledger and the group ERP.
- Led subsidiary finance through the wind-up of its standalone legacy GL and migration onto JD Edwards at 30 June 2026, removing a monthly intercompany cycle and a one-month reporting lag.
- Reconciled a tens-of-millions intercompany loan monthly, designed the parking and clearing logic that kept both ledgers aligned, and delivered a final year-end reconciliation with no unresolved items.
- Found PAYG transfers being captured twice across two journal streams, corrected both entities and changed the process so it cannot recur.
- Finance point of contact for Group Tax and the external tax review on the year-end income tax return: traced a multi-million provision across entities to close audit queries, and showed an apparent tax variance was a presentation split, avoiding an unnecessary posting.
- Prepared and reviewed complex journals, including fixed asset transfers, a tens-of-millions intercompany dividend, provision reclassifications and tax corrections.
- Used AI tools to speed up intercompany matching (one-to-one, group and combination matches with tolerances) and journal balance checks.
- Managed the subsidiary finance team: a finance manager, senior management accountant and assistant accountant.

Suited to: Finance Manager, Senior Finance Manager, Finance Systems Migration Lead, ERP Finance Lead, Integration Finance Lead, Interim Finance Manager

## Finance Manager and Head of Finance: infrastructure, energy and projects

Month-end, project finance, controls and stakeholder leadership in complex, multi-entity organisations.

- Managed month-end project close and payment execution across 14+ infrastructure programs, applying commercial judgement to WIP recognition and approval controls.
- Supported project valuation and WIP for a pavement rehabilitation portfolio.
- Managed project recharges and salary costs across $1bn+ joint ventures using JD Edwards, Insight and BlackLine; built a project cost estimation model (tier-one construction contractor).
- Manages a subsidiary finance team (finance manager, senior management accountant, assistant accountant) and leads cross-functional stakeholders and counterpart finance teams through influence; earlier mentored a graduate analyst and managed an intern.
- Prepared and provided supporting information for internal and external audits.

Suited to: Finance Manager, Senior Finance Manager, Head of Finance, Project Finance Manager, Finance Operations Manager

## Systems

SAP, Microsoft Dynamics 365, SAP IBP, SAP Analytics Cloud, Oracle Fusion Cloud ERP, Anaplan, BlackLine, JD Edwards, Power BI, Advanced Excel, VBA

## Industries

FMCG and manufacturing, Energy and utilities, Infrastructure and construction, Retail, Financial services, Professional services and consulting, Transport, Leisure and entertainment

## Education

- Master of Applied Finance, Monash University
- Bachelor of Commerce and Bachelor of Science, University of Melbourne

## FAQ

**Who is Harry A?** An Australian-based senior finance manager covering FP&A, commercial finance and finance transformation, with 15 years across Fortune Global 500 and major Australian employers.
**What roles is he open to?** Finance Manager, Senior Finance Manager, Head of Finance, FP&A Manager or Lead, Commercial Finance Manager, Senior Finance Business Partner, Finance Transformation Manager or Lead, Finance Systems Manager and related roles.
**Is he available for contract roles?** Yes: permanent, contract and interim roles anywhere in Australia, plus short-term international contracts.
**Is he open to roles in Singapore, Hong Kong or the USA?** Yes, he is open to short-term international contracts in the USA, Singapore, Hong Kong, the UK, New Zealand, the Middle East and elsewhere.
**What systems does he use?** SAP, Microsoft Dynamics 365, SAP IBP, SAP Analytics Cloud, Oracle Fusion Cloud ERP, Anaplan, BlackLine, JD Edwards, Power BI, Advanced Excel, VBA.
**Which industries has he worked in?** FMCG and manufacturing, Energy and utilities, Infrastructure and construction, Retail, Financial services, Professional services and consulting, Transport, Leisure and entertainment.
**What is his notice period?** 4 weeks.
**Where is he based?** Australia. He works across all Australian capitals, on-site, hybrid or remote.
**How do I contact him?** Email harryaconsult@gmail.com with the role details.

Updated 2026-10-16. Source: https://harryaconsult.pages.dev/