bpw international finance director
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BPW InternationalLeadership Summit
2013
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Who is Your Finance Director?• Member of BPW Australia since 2002• State President 2006-2009• Finance Director 2012 till now• Qualified Accountant• Completed 3 degrees including an MBA• Worked in UK, US and Singapore but mainly in
Australia• Specialise in Business and Marketing Strategy• Currently Tech Entrepreneur• On various boards including advisory board for the
largest Children’s Hospital in Australia
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Support to Finance DirectorRoshan Strange is rock in the Finance Office where she handles day to day finance operations for BPW International. She is based in Sydney, Australia who runs her own book-keeping company. She is attentive, hard-working, professional and courteous.
Our contact email address – [email protected] reaches both of us however she is the one who will handle typical financial issues.
BPW International Finance Sub Committee
Sandra D’Souza (Chair)Elisabete Freitas (BPW Brazil)Anna di Glacomo Alvarez (BPW Switzerland)
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BPW International Finance Team
Our mottoWe are here to
help
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Revenue
Membership Fees are our only
source of income
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Initiatives
• Reduce inefficiencies• Reduce costs with productivity
gains eg. Outsourcing inventory management
• Improve systems eg. Online Accounting System
• Creating sustainable workflows eg. Ivvy
• Providing a source of truth eg. Salesforce
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New Inventory Purchasing Model
BPW Club orders merchandise
Roshan receives order, sends Club invoice with
shipping rates
Club pays invoice then Roshan liaise with EFS to ship stock to Club
EFS receives order, sends stock to club and
updates inventory system
Club receives stock
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Questions?