Budgeting

Exceptional budgeting is the financial backbone of project and programme success. It transforms strategic intent into a disciplined roadmap — forecasting costs, allocating capital, and maintaining fiscal control across the lifecycle. Beyond estimation, budgeting aligns expenditure with business value, adapts to change, and enables informed decision-making. By integrating capital, operational, and depreciation costs, budgeting ensures transparency, accountability, and sustainable outcomes.

Experience

Financial Literacy – Academic & Practical Foundations

Built financial fluency from BSc Accounting module (P&L, balance sheet, cash flow) and deepened through MBA Corporate Finance. Applied this across Greencross, easyJet, and Rabobank, collaborating fluently with CFOs and finance teams to shape credible business cases.

Capital vs. Operational Cost Governance

Navigated evolving finance rules — especially with SaaS and cloud shifting delivery costs to OPEX. At each organisation, engaged finance early to clarify capitalisation thresholds, licence proration, and depreciation treatment, ensuring board-ready financial models.

IBA – Rigorous Cost Tracking & Reporting

Implemented manual invoice tracking against approved Statements of Work. Maintained actual, committed, and forecast cost views in real time — delivering transparent, audit-ready financial reporting to stakeholders and the board.

NSW Rural Fire Service – Earned Value Management

Used MS Project for fixed, usage, and resource costs, generating earned value metrics (EV, AC, CPI, SPI). Applied EVM discipline to public sector projects, ensuring financial performance was measurable and defensible.

SAFe & Lean Portfolio Budgeting

Embraced Lean Budgets under SAFe — shifting from fixed project funding to value stream allocation. Enabled innovation pilots with ring-fenced budgets, aligning investment with strategic outcomes rather than rigid scope.

Credentials

• BSc (Hons) Computation – Accounting Module
• Post Graduate Diploma in Management Studies
• MBA – Corporate Finance Module
• PRINCE2 Practitioner
• Post Graduate Diploma in Computing for Commerce and Industry
• SAFe 6.0 Agilist

Related Skills

• Resource Management
• Programme Management

Contact

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