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How do you:
- 1.Deliver profitable ROI while positioning your business at the forefront of innovation?
- 2.Keep up with evolving business, consumer and technology trends?
- 3.Manage a role that is becoming more multi-faceted than ever?
- 4.Develop your finance teams to suit the ever-changing retail landscape?
By uniting the top finance leaders across the sector, Finance Leaders in Retail answers all of these questions.
Co-located with People Leaders in Retail, you will learn everything you need to drive your organisation through turbulent industry waters.
Learn how to effectively collaborate with business disciplines to decide overall strategy and ensure organic growth for your organisation.
Gain exposure to the most effective ways to innovate your investment strategies to ensure longevity and profit.
Come and say hello to
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Natalie Paradisis Head of Commercial Finance Big W
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Gemma Kyle Group Executive - Corporate Services Rest
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Simon Green Director of Sales – Australia & NZ Jurlique
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Mia Barry Chief Financial Officer The Iconic
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Stephanie Carroll Former Head of Finance Coca Cola Amatil
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Zichen Qiu CFO iFlix
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Darren Silber Chief Operating Officer Seafolly
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Matt Croasdaile Chief Financial Officer RM Williams
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Alan Kearney Head of Finance ANZ Hellofresh
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Kieran Rivett Chief Financial Officer Aesop
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Brett O’Hanlon Finance and IT Manager Liquorland
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Samantha Hu Finance Manager Salera's
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Lina Calabria Co-Founder & COO Bellroy
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Shama Ragavan-Iyer Finance Director Hussmann
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Guy Griffiths Chief Financial Officer Gazal Group
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Sara Wu Finance Manager Plush – Think Sofas
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Ian Clarke Chief Financial Officer Clar Rubber Franchising
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Chris Hitch Retail Chief Financial Officer and Advisor
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Dennis Liberis Head of Operations Finance Saputo Dairy
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Marcus Bartlett Chief Financial Officer Munro Footwear Group
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Sarah Gale Leadership Development Coach
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Caleb Brown CFO/COO The Brand Collective
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Paul Farina Motivational Speaker paulfarina.com.au
Other challenges we solve:
How to transition from financial gatekeeper to strategic business partner
How to drive organisational growth using innovative investments
Methods to align capital allocations with organisational strategy
The expanding eCommerce space and how to grow with it
How to gain the competitive advantage by designing and implementing Big Data strategies
How to manage rapid innovation in technology and business trends
Agenda Overview
TUESDAY, 8TH OCTOBER 2019
WEDNESDAY, 9TH OCTOBER 2019
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08:50
Opening Remarks from the Chair - Brett O’hanlan
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The evolving role of the finance leader
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09:00
Influencing change through effective finance business partnering
- Finance talent of the future – Developing high performing business partners
- How to build a top performing finance team
- Support the business strategy, decision making and drive innovation
Mia Barry
Chief Financial Officer The Iconic -
09:30
From dollar to data - Understanding the shift to a data-driven consumer market
- Use data to identify the precise needs of your target market
- Combine numbers with human experience
- Analyse your data to draw a more accurate bottom line
Darren Silber
Chief Operating Officer Seafolly -
10:00
A multifaceted role in a multidimensional industry
- Collaborate with key operational stakeholders to drive your business
- Tips to ensure proposals are grounded in sound financial criteria
- Keep up with the evolving retail landscape – What’s hot, what’s not and who is leading the way?
Kieran Rivett
Chief Financial Officer Aesop -
10:30
Getting creative with your financial resource allocation
- Drive business growth through innovative investments
- Identify which emerging technologies will ensure ROI
- Determine passing business trends and which are here to stay
Zichen Qiu
CFO iFlix Lina Calabria
Co-Founder & COO Bellroy Caleb Brown
CFO/COO The Brand Collective -
11:10
Morning Tea
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11:40
Using Big Data to forecast upcoming trends and consumer needs
- Design and implement Big Data strategies
- Pinpoint upcoming business trends based on recent data
- Generate new insights or more effective decision-making
Zichen Qiu
CFO iFlix -
12:10
Inspiring Productivity - leadership traits to uplift
- Learn the three critical behaviour sets that inspire Courage, Confidence, and Commitment in teams and stakeholders alike
- Understand the building blocks of Rhythm, and how this creates high performance
- Influence critical areas of your business such as sales results, problematic departments or regions, and over-budget projects
Paul Farina
Motivational Speaker paulfarina.com.au -
12:45
The role of risk and governance in supporting the transformation of business operating models
- Looking at data and analytics to support front line customer interaction
- What do the back-end support models look like?
- Staying ahead of the game
Gemma Kyle
Group Executive - Corporate Services Rest -
01:10
Lunch
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Leveraging data and analytics for more focused and effective decision-making
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02:10
Stepping away from safe spending
- Reduce the likelihood of overspend using effective risk planning
- Design a risk matrix that allows you to push the boundaries on your investments
- Break free of safe investment patterns to gain your competitive edge
Alan Kearney
Head of Finance ANZ Hellofresh -
02:50
Traditional retail vs growing digital commerce
- Consolidate revenue and pinpoint your sales origin
- The in-store sales experience vs anywhere, anyway access
- Design your business model to suit your buyers
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03:20
Afternoon Tea
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03:50
Communicating your proposals with internal and external stakeholders
- Ensure organisation-wide collaboration on new strategies
- Communicate value authentically
- Present your data efficiently
Dennis Liberis
Head of Operations Finance Saputo Dairy -
04:50
End of Day One and Closing Remarks from Chair
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08:50
Opening Remarks from the Chair
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Navigating the competitive retail landscape
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09:00
Ensuring better ROI by developing a multi-pronged approach to omni-channel decisions
- Map your customers journey and identify key influence areas
- Create optimal consumer experience through multi-channel engagement
- Multiply your financial rewards with riskier omni-channel investment
Chris Hitch
Retail Chief Financial Officer and Advisor -
09:30
Gaining the competitive edge without sacrificing your pricing and product value
- Innovative ways to offer more value for money
- Maintain marketplace relevance alongside the retail giants
- Use consumer data to create a more targeted consumer approach
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Panel
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10:00
Effective SKU and capital management in an evolving industry
- Avoid capital disruption during the growing omnichannel landscape
- Secure buy-in from other business units across your organisation
- Optimise your working capital through effective inventory management
Brett O’Hanlon
Finance and IT Manager Liquorland Samantha Hu
Finance Manager Salera's Sara Wu
Finance Manager Plush – Think Sofas Ian Clarke
Chief Financial Officer Clar Rubber Franchising Chris Hitch
Retail Chief Financial Officer and Advisor -
10:00
Effective SKU and capital management in an evolving industry
- Avoid capital disruption during the growing omnichannel landscape
- Secure buy-in from other business units across your organisation
- Optimise your working capital through effective inventory management
Brett O’Hanlon
Finance and IT Manager Liquorland Samantha Hu
Finance Manager Salera's Sara Wu
Finance Manager Plush – Think Sofas Ian Clarke
Chief Financial Officer Clar Rubber Franchising Chris Hitch
Retail Chief Financial Officer and Advisor -
10:40
Morning Tea
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Q&A session
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11:10
From commercial management to business partnerships
- Create centres of excellence and business partner models
- Bring your people on the journey
- Be flexible to adapt as the model evolves
Stephanie Carroll
Former Head of Finance Coca Cola Amatil -
11:30
The next generation of finance leaders
- Effective talent sourcing for the future of retail finance
- Finance leaders as organisational innovators
- Sourcing talent from the bottom up
Guy Griffiths
Chief Financial Officer Gazal Group -
12:00
Leadership of key projects
- Placing the finance team at the centre of the organisation’s key projects, externally and internally facing
- Driving short term and long-term benefits by ensuring Finance’s holistic view of the business is utilised effectively
- Staffing the finance team with appropriate expertise to scope and implement projects
Matt Croasdaile
Chief Financial Officer RM Williams -
12:30
Lunch
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Lead your organisation to success
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01:30
Interactive: Leaders’ Challenge Clinic
This is your opportunity to cross-pollinate ideas and utilise the power of networking to develop creative solutions with your finance counterparts. Take this opportunity to learn from the leaders in the room and establish some key takeaways to drive your personal and business growth!
Simon Green
Director of Sales – Australia & NZ Jurlique -
02:00
Effective stakeholder management to drive change
- Align values across your organisation
- Manage the role of the finance leader
- Understand all aspect of your business for optimum efficiency
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02:30
Leading agility - Upskilling your teams to manage change
- Understanding the new demands of your finance teams in an evolving job function
- Acknowledging the imperative to lead with Agility
- Setting up your teams for success: The skillset you’ll need in the future finance function
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03:00
Afternoon Tea
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03:30
Mini masterclass: Developing authentic leadership and courageous communication
Bringing together delegates from People Leaders in Retail & Finance Leaders in Retail for a hands-on masterclass in how to be an authentic leader and influence real change in a dynamic retail environment. Explore effective change management strategies to navigate disruption
- Overcoming barriers to authentic leadership
- Bringing ‘you’ to the table – what this means and how authenticity drives change
- Developing your skill in influential communication
- Influencing change across the entire C-suite
Sarah Gale
Leadership Development Coach -
04:30
Closing Remarks from the Chair and End of Conference
Partners
Event Partner
The Retail Employees Superannuation Trust (Rest) is amongst the largest funds by membership, with around 2 million members, approximately 170k employers, and over $57 billion in funds under management (as of June 2019).
Originally established in 1988 as the super fund for retail industry workers, we are open to all Australians and industries, and as a profit-to-member fund, we put our members first.
Rest as a super fund aims to offer our members low fees and competitive long term performance.
We look after their super so they can enjoy their retirement.
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