Bruce Dennehy

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About Bruce Dennehy

A senior finance professional with extensive experience leading teams to deliver high quality services in Australia, the US and UK. Quickly adapts to new businesses and industries having worked across a range of sectors including fundraising, hospitals, entertainment, and fast moving consumer goods. Skills, experience and attributes include: • Providing commercial financial advice to the Executive, Financial and Operations Committees and the Board, developing tailored reports, business cases and supporting the development of strategy for the business • Ensuring the Board, Executive and Senior Managers understand the key business drivers enabling increased revenue, reduced costs and improved profitability • Building high performing teams, recruiting well, leading by example, aligning the team with vision and strategy and stretching the team to deliver improved budget performance • Conducting forensic reviews of areas of concern, resulting in the implementation of robust systems of control and learning from the past to improve risk management • Proven ability to quickly understand the key business drivers and intuitively understanding if the financial reports make sense • Calm in a crisis, remains solution focused and looks for opportunities for continuous improvement • Ensuring compliance with industry regulations including gaming regulations across multiple States, the Collections Act, ASIC, ACNC and health and safety • Supporting budget holders to develop reliable budgets and forecasts based on sound financial assumptions, providing analysis and commentary to enable budget ownership and control • Effectively manages relationships with major contractors, negotiating terms and service levels, agreeing strategy and monitoring performance • A Chartered Accountant having qualified with Price Waterhouse. Specialties: Financial management, strategic planning, Board reporting, leading teams, budgeting & forecasting, financial decision making, business cases,