1. CV of Gary Mathieson, page 1 of 6
Gary Scot Mathieson
18 Pony Park Place
Beachlands, Manukau 2018
Tel: 09 536 5557
Mob: 021 201 2133
E-mail: Gary.Mathieson@xtra.co.nz
PERSONAL SUMMARY
An articulate professional who can ensure that a business is financially sound, has robust accounting
processes, delivers on its financial targets, as well as the talent and drive to be the best. Gary has the
ability to handle complex assignments effectively and possesses the confidence to work as part of a team
or independently, and will be an asset to any company. He has an excellent understanding of the latest
accounting and financial concepts and possesses the ability to deal with ambiguity and changing business
requirements.
He has extensive commercial knowledge and experience of working in an international environment, and is
someone who will always provide the required level of leadership and guidance needed to ensure that best
practice is always followed.
Gary is presently looking for a suitable finance manager / senior financial accountant position with a
dynamic forward thinking company where he can excel, deliver and achieve his potential.
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
Auditing
Team Management
External reporting
Cash Management and
forecasting
Project accounting
Decision analysis
Financial / Management
accounting
Process implementation
Variance analysis
Capital expenditure
Invoice payment
External reporting
Annual budgeting
Pricing & Costing
Balance sheet management
Planning and forecasting
Book keeping
Credit Control
Debtor Management
Foreign Exchange
KEY SKILLS AND COMPETENCIES
Personal
 Attention to detail but also being able to see the “bigger picture”.
 Commitment to supporting core business principles and delivering best practice.
 Excellent interpersonal, cross-cultural, verbal and written communication skills.
 Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
 Ability to learn quickly and adapt to a changing and challenging environment.
 Respectful and trusting of others.
 Takes responsibility for own personal development.
 Assertive and hands-on mentality.
 Tenacious and able to work well under pressure.
 Good IT knowledge.
 High levels of integrity.

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Professional
 Use and application of personal computers, Windows, Word, Excel (VBA), and various accounting
packages e.g. Oracle, SAP, AX, Navision, Greentree, Caseware, Solomon, Exonet / Clarity, Xero,
QuickBooks and MYOB.
 Strong understanding of accounting and financial principles, processes and practices.
 Experience in preparing Management Accounts.
 Prioritizing and managing multiple tasks simultaneously.
 Able to cope with high volumes of orders and invoices.
 Ability to interrogate finance systems.
 Highly analytical, organised and detail orientated.
 Can work effectively within global, multi-disciplinary and cross-cultural teams.
 Challenging, investigating and providing analysis on P&L costs and income.
 Solving complex problems.
 Track record of improving financial processes and procedures.
 Able to work to tight deadlines especially during the run up to the month and year-end.
 Can communicate financial information to a non-finance audience.
 Experience in using large-scale accounting systems.
 Monitoring annual spend.
 Maximising the return on any corporate investment or spend.
 Cash flow control.
 Budget preparation and management.
 Financial Forecasting.
 Strategic thinking.
 Effective delegation and supervisory skills.
 Decision making.
 Experience in consolidations and stock exchange reporting.
Summary of Career
Year Role Company
2013 - Contract Company Accountant Page & Daley Builders
2012 - 2014 Senior Financial Accountant The Selwyn Foundation
2011 - 2012 Finance/Accounting Manager Tourism Holdings Ltd
2010 - 2011 Assistant Financial Controller Cereus / Medtech Global Limited
2008 - 2009 Business Analyst Smith & Smith
2005 - 2007 Financial / Property Accountant BlueChip Limited
2004 - 2005 Senior Financial Accountant Ingot
2002 - 2004 Financial Controller & Group Accountant Olympus, Zedex & Capital Events
1999 - 2002 Contract work in New Zealand Genesis, Freedom Air & Credit Works
1995 - 1999 Contract work in United Kingdom Millers, Scottish & Newcastle, Ford
1988 - 1995 Financial Controller & International Internal
Auditor
Hertz
References - Available on request.

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Detailed Career History
2013 to present Contract Company Accountant Page & Daley Builders Limited
(Residential & commercial construction)
 Implementation of Xero Accounting software and adapted reporting to provide timely and accurate
information to non-financial users.
 Giving advice, guidance and support on all financial matter to the company directors.
 Responsible for the day to day management of the financial reporting, accounting and payroll
processes.
 Preparation of monthly management accounts.
 Handling and resolving financial queries.
2012 to 2014 Senior Financial Accountant The Selwyn Foundation
(Retirement Villages & care of elderly)
 Part of finance team of six, to support financial decision-making information by collecting, analysing,
investigating, and reporting financial data to CFO and board.
 Provision and production of accurate and timely, audited financial and management accounting
statements.
 Ensuring that records are accurately maintained and archived to satisfy any audit and statutory
requirements.
 Complete compliance reporting to Charities Commission, Ministry of Health and Companies Office.
 Managing relationships with auditors at an operational level.
 Advising on new financial and accounting regulations.
 Preparing robust monthly management accounts on a timely basis.
 Providing commentary and analysis of financial information.
 Reviewing balance sheet reconciliations.
 Liaising closely with other company Departmental Heads to achieve improved performance.
 Looking after and managing the accounts team.
 Preparation and assisting with budgets and forecasting.
 Developing the financial skills of budget holders.
 Controlling budgets and expenditure.
 Respond to financial inquiries by gathering, analysing, summarizing, and interpreting data.
2011 to 2012 Finance/Accounting Manager Tourism Holdings Limited
(Camper Van Rental) NZX listed
 Contract role (8mths) to supervise finance team of eight, reporting to Financial Controller.
 Ensuring the integrity and accuracy of day-to-day financial operations.
 Presenting monthly results and reports to the Finance team.
 Ensuring highly accurate financial reporting.
 Upload rolling forecast and financials monthly to corporate BI software.
 Monitoring the company's cash flow.
 Providing insightful reporting and commercial analysis to support Senior Manager decision making.
 Ensuring that payments to vendors are processed within agreed terms.
 Reviewing balance sheet reconciliations.
 Managing and mentoring a team of qualified and trainee accountants.
 Management team member responsible for planning and implementing new business control
processes and financial/ERP systems (Dynamics AX ERP system).

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Detailed Career History (continued)
2010 to 2011 Assistant Financial Controller Cereus / Medtech (Medical Software)
Australian ASX listed
 Production and publication of audited financial reports on Australian listed exchange.
 Providing Company Directors with accurate financial information, management accounts and data
analysis.
 Maximize return on financial assets by establishing financial policies, procedures, controls, and
reporting systems.
 Achieve budget objectives by scheduling expenditures; analysing variances; initiating corrective
actions.
 Produce audited financial reports, director/internal reports, trend, profitability and variance analysis in
iQ4Biz.
 Maintaining tight financial control of expenses.
 Managing relationships with auditors at an operational level.
 Looking after and managing the accounts team.
 Managing the cash-flow needs of the company.
 Supervise finance team.
 Perform daily duties and month ends re banking, creditors and receivables.
 Assisted with annual budget using zero based methodology.
2008 to 2009 Business Analyst (Maternity cover) Smith and Smith (Glass Services)
 Automated reporting of weekly sales with analysis of variance in sales and gross margin
demonstrating impact of mix, price, material cost and volume.
 I provided analytical and commercial insight for the business making use of underutilised Hyperion BI
and reporting software.
 Increase productivity by developing automated accounting applications; coordinating information
requirements.
 Determine cost of operations by establishing standard costs; collecting operational data.
 Identify financial status by comparing and analysing actual results with plans and forecasts.
 Improve financial status by analysing results; monitoring variances; identifying trends; recommending
actions to management.
 Contribute to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed (tender proposals).
 Data was extracted from a central database based on queries (SQL) and filters written by myself.
 Maintain the commercial database by entering, verifying, and backing up data.
 Providing Company Directors with accurate financial information, management accounts and data
analysis.
 Interpreting financial information and data.
 Carrying out post investment and expenditure reviews.
 Assessing business cases for incremental spend.
 Providing insightful reporting and commercial analysis to support Senior Manager decision making.

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Detailed Career History (continued)
2004 to 2007 Financial / Property Accountant Blue Chip Ltd (Financial Services)
Australian ASX listed
 Introduced a pre-feasibility Net Present Value analysis excel model on property acquisitions with
Monte Carlo simulations when none existed previously.
 Reconciled intercompany balances with related parties.
 Supervised staff and assisted with implementation of Exonet accounting software.
 Ensure integrity and maintenance of Exonet.
 Ensuring the integrity and accuracy of day-to-day financial operations.
 Carrying out post investment and expenditure reviews.
 Assessing business cases for incremental spend.
 Involved in Tax reporting, compliance and advice (GST, FBT).
Senior Financial / Intercompany Accountant Ingot (Property developer)
 Reconciled intercompany balances with related party: Blue Chip.
 Maintenance of accounting records on MYOB.
 Presenting monthly results and reports to the Finance team.
 Looking after and managing the accounts team.
 Ensuring that records are accurately maintained and archived to satisfy any audit and statutory
requirements.
 Submit compliance reporting to the IRD (GST, FBT).
2002 to 2004 Financial Controller / Group Accountant Olympus Pacific Minerals Inc.
(Mining prospector)
Canadian TSX listed
 Production and publication of audited financial reports on Australian and Canadian listed exchange.
 Developed, managed and successfully implemented Sarbanes Oxley procedure control methods and
documentation.
 Managing relationships with auditors at an operational level.
 Liaised and facilitated audits over three countries.
 Liaising with stakeholders.
 Established a joint venture company (Phuoc Son Gold Company - PSGC) in Vietnam.
 Contributed to the mining and investment licenses submitted, and received, for the only foreign owned
joint venture mining company, operating in Vietnam.
 Assisted with valuation & other financial documents for a vend in of partners of an operating
company.
 Experience in domestic and international equity financing from placements & warrants, raising in
excess of C$10 million.
 Assisted with the financial sections of a bankable feasibility study.
 Providing Company Directors with accurate financial information, management accounts and data
analysis.
 Developing the financial skills of budget holders.
 Conducting meetings with the company's bankers and financial backers.
 Controlling budgets and expenditure C$5.5 million.
 Looking after and managing the accounts team.
 Managing the cash-flow needs of the company.
 Ensuring that records are accurately maintained and archived to satisfy any audit and statutory
requirements.

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Detailed Career History (continued)
2002 to 2004 Capital Events (Corporate hospitality)
 Having produced regularly the financial statements of Capital Events, I facilitated the due diligence
and subsequent sale of it.
 Trained and supervised the new finance staff.
 Implemented and automated recurring procedures, stream lining processes, seeking efficiency and
effectiveness.
 Providing Company Directors with accurate financial information, management accounts and data
analysis.
 Interpreting financial information and data.
 Controlling budgets and expenditure.
 Monitoring the company's cash flow.
Zedex (Mining / Investment company )
 Assisted with preparation of prospectus to migrate Zedex to Australian Securities exchange.
 Experience in equity financing from placements and direct investor relations.
 Liaised with bankers and external auditors.
1995 to 2002 Contract Employment (NZ & UK)
 Assisted and facilitated company’s first year end, with the external auditors.
 Automated some recurring monthly procedures using excel and visual basic.
 Reported to treasury at Air New Zealand and trained the new assistant account.
 Prepared reconciliation to manage projects, tax computations and outstanding balance with joint
venture.
 Assisted in installation of computerised logistics transportation model, to control costs and stock of
moving empty beer kegs and bottles saving in excess of $1,500,000, reducing uncertainty and
providing a range of options. I also developed Excel model to forecast keg returns.
 Performed Balance Sheet review at main Ford local motor dealership in Edinburgh.
 Research assistant to collect and order financial data from financially distressed companies.
1988 to 1995 Financial Controller / Internal Staff Auditor Hertz (car rental / lease company )
International / Pan European
 Spain 1992, with the management and supervision of 50 personnel at 3 locations.
 Pan European revenue enhancement in excess of $2,250,000.
 Scheduling, and delegating the task of obtaining source data from an Oracle ERP based system, on
which reports are created after appraisal and additional work.
 Designed, developed and implemented office systems and procedures. In particular credit control and
customer retention i.e. invoicing, statement reconciliation and chasing overdue accounts.
 Gained practical experience in management/financial accounting and reporting.
 Travelled extensively in Europe, Asia & Australasia monitoring and comparing country standards -
benchmarking. This ensured performance improvement, understanding relative cost positions and
increased the rate of organisational learning.
 Created 126 reports for senior management, locally and for American review, documenting issues,
possible recommendations, and local management’s comments, which were acted upon.
Education
Waikato University Executive Education School - Diploma in Treasury & Financial Management.
Edinburgh University Management School – MBA : Master Business Administration.
Trained professional Scottish Chartered Accountant
Heriot Watt University of Edinburgh - BA : Accountancy & Finance.