Andre Dsouza

Background

About Andre Dsouza

Skills Summary as CFO / Finance Director / Financial Controller Strategic planning: • Develop strategic plans in concert with the CEO and/or General Managers • Annual budgets, Operational plans • Company restructure Systems: • Design and develop systems to improve a process or to produce information required for decision-making mainly in the areas of sales, distribution, inventory and production. • Development and implementation of policy and procedures. • Selecting software and implementation of the same. • Financial modelling in Excel • Website management Monthly Reporting: • Board reporting comprising of, profit & loss statements, balance sheet, cash flow, sales and margin, working capital management, KPI’s, commentary / analysis on the financials, cash flow and profit forecasts, foreign currency translation. External Reporting: • Annual and half yearly statutory accounts. Includes consolidation accounting made up of Australian and overseas entities, Annual Report from creation to final print Risk management: • Internal system controls, Insurances Capital Investment Analysis: • Assess ROI and Pay Back period for major capital investments • Acquisition of business • Disposal of business Treasury: • Cash flow management • Bank liaison, arrangement of banking facilities i.e. lines of credit, investing, etc • Foreign exchange management Taxation: • Income tax return, Fringe benefits tax return, BAS returns • Transfer pricing Legal: • Liaison with company’s lawyers, contract review, leases, tenders, intellectual Property registration and searches, other ad hoc legal matters Costing: • Oversee product costing – establishing of standard costs, periodic review of costs, bill of materials maintenance, setting of process time. Secretarial: • Share registry, ASX & ASIC lodgements, corporate governance, minutes of meetings, Press releases Quality Assurance: • Responsible for the preparation and maintenance of the Q.A. Manual to meet the requirements under ISO 9001.