Worked closely with procurement to improve the review of contracts and reduce undue spend and created SOP for procurement to be attached to the new procurement manual.
Review of all school annual budgets FY18/19 and reduced spend for the next financial year. Each entity has improved EBITDA and are preparing budgets for FY19/20 now.
Created CFO report to sure consolidated results for the region by revenue and each expense line and overall EBITDA against budget, using Power BI.
Review major expenses within budgets for all business units and challenge ROI, to improve efficiencies of budget usage, as well challenge any new unbudgeted requests to understand the business need.
Created delegation of approval process to ensure easier understanding of process and further understanding of regional cost at HQ level, in the absence of ERP, with workflows for ease of understanding.
Reduce the budget approval process and provide a more business partner approach with introduction of bi weekly calls with regions to ensure open communication.
Improved the process of cash management and reduced receivables in several schools. Created a more efficient way to review and control regional cash flow which previously took 2.5 days a month and now 0.5 days. The quality of information has improved to include detailed understanding of priority liabilities.
