Glen Alter

Background

About Glen Alter

A Chartered Accountant and commercially focused finance professional with over 20 years experience in accounting and auditing, financial management, business process improvement and working with a management team to deliver business results - Held senior finance roles in FMCG / Manufacturing / Service organisations with leading brands since (The Coca-Cola Company; Goodman Fielder; Carter Holt Harvey; Amcor Packaging; Griffin’s Foods; Tree Scape / Asplundh) within New Zealand and Australia- Prior work experience includes eight years in a professional services environment with KPMG and Deloitte - Experience in manufacturing and FMCG, with financial management responsibility in multi-site environments and branch structures - Work experience across a number of countries over the past 20+ years while living in South Africa, Central & Eastern Europe, UK, Australia and New Zealand- A member of the senior management team in organisations since 2001, responsible for delivering business results and providing commercial advice and functional finance support to the Managing Director and wider management team in the role of key business advisor - A financial and commercial manager with a hands-on approach and attention to detail, and a track record of leading teams and working effectively with people across all functional areas - Experience in leading the finance function and building finance capability - Responsible for internal controls and governance - Key contributor to the strategic planning process, development of annual business plans and executing across the business to improve results - ERP systems experience- SAP, QAD and Microsoft Dynamics - Experience within listed company environments, requiring dealings with business stakeholders (Board; Banks; Auditors; Suppliers; Strategic Partners). Company director in roles since 2001- Experience with mergers and acquisitions, and business integrations