Disrupting Finance: Delivering next level
strategic, digital and operational transformation
Australia’s No. 1 Event for Finance Leaders! Celebrating 14 years!
Conference Day Two: Wednesday, 18th September 2024
8:55 am - 9:00 am
Future of Finance Day Two Opening Remarks
Melissa Guy -
Finance Strategy & Improvement Lead,
Woolworths Group
9:00 am - 9:40 am
C Level Panel | Data-Driven and Digitally Enhanced: Transforming Financial Strategy with Emerging Technologies
Jon Blackburn -
Chief Financial Officer,
Sydney Opera House
Doug MacColl - Chief Financial Officer, Scalabrini
Rohan Liyanage - CFO: Pacific Region, Philips Lighting
Melissa Guy - Finance Strategy & Improvement Lead, Woolworths Group
In this session, participants will explore how advanced data analytics are revolutionizing financial strategies, emphasizing the role of predictive modelling, and real-time insights in shaping more informed, data-driven decisions.
9:40 am - 9:55 am
Quickfire | Approaching New Implementations: The How and the Why
Nick Carder -
Chief Financial Officer,
Whites Group Pty
9:55 am - 10:10 am
Quickfire | Digital by Default - Dashboard
Joao Moreira -
Digital Finance & Innovation Lead,
Bluescope
10:10 am - 10:25 am
Quickfire | Changing Mindsets to Power a Data and Digital Transformation
Safwan Arshad -
Group Chief Financial Officer,
Alpha Lifecare
Digital transformation touches everything we can think of. Learning about new technologies is an important element but technology alone won't guarantee success. We need to change the way we think and the way we approach transformation.
In this keynote, we will focus on the single most important element of any transformation project, People, and explore why a “mindset shift” is key to a successful digital transformation. I’ll share strategies to prepare your organisation and the people to be successful in today’s data driven environment.
10:25 am - 10:40 am
Q&A Session
10:40 am - 11:00 am
Speed Networking Refresh |
11:00 am - 11:20 am
Morning Break
Enjoy a coffee and morning snack with a side of lively Future of Finance conversation with your peers!
11:20 am - 12:00 pm
Panel | Efficiency Unleashed: Reducing Complexity in Financial Operations
Maria Kinantra -
Chief Financial Officer,
Great Barrier Reef Foundation
Josie Ludwig - Director of Finance & Operations, Resimax Group
Andrew Yee - Group Chief Financial Officer, Walkinshaw Group
Melissa Guy - Finance Strategy & Improvement Lead, Woolworths Group
The session will focus on practical approaches for streamlining operations, incorporating technology for automation, and minimizing bureaucratic overhead in order to deliver increased agility across operations.
12:00 pm - 12:30 pm
Setting up Your Finance Function: Operating Model for Success
Nikhil Kulkarni -
Finance Transformation Program Lead,
Foxtel Group
12:30 pm - 1:20 pm
Lunch Break
Enjoy lunch with a side of lively Finance Transformation conversation with your peers
1:20 pm - 2:00 pm
Panel | Adapting to Change: Talent and the Evolving Employment Landscape
Mark Donovan -
Chief Financial Officer,
Metro Finance
Samuel Samhan - Chief Financial Officer, BluGlass Limited
Tanuja Bissa - Director of Shared Services, Adara Group
This panel will focus on the evolving challenges in talent hiring and retention, focus on multi-skilling and cross skilling employees, and the impact of AI on the employment landscape.
2:00 pm - 3:30 pm
Workshop B: Unlocking Working Capital Improvement – through better Finance Business Partnering
Sandy Padey -
Director,
Xperiential Working Capital Advisory
In this workshop, attendees will appreciate how using a highly commercial approach helps improve Finance Business Partnering to effectively unlock Free Cash Flow through sustainable Working Capital (WCAP) improvement.
This session will give attendees insights into how successful WCAP projects are delivered; and highlights practical examples of how Finance can identify and facilitate implementation of WCAP improvement initiatives across the three WCAP cycles. Tips on analytics, metrics, business processes, financing solutions and negotiation strategies are all featured in this highly practical workshop.
2:00 pm - 3:30 pm
Workshop C | Cultivating a High-Performing Finance Function
Joshua Carless -
General Manager: Strategic Finance,
QBE Insurance
In this workshop, attendees will explore the tools and strategies to transform finance functions towards future focused, value-adding activities.
· Diagnosing current state capabilities and focus of your finance function
· Implementing a proven framework for a high-performing FP&A function, with practical use cases and examples
· Achieving win-win outcomes for both the business and employees
· Driving commercial acumen through effective business partnering
