Financial Management

Sean Wilson has a strong background in financial management, with extensive experience overseeing, controlling, protecting and reporting on an organisation's financial resources to achieve mission-critical outcomes, sustainable performance and compliance.

He has over two decades of experience managing company-wide financial performance through executive leadership roles, including CEO, Managing Director, Chief Operating Officer and National General Manager Sales & Marketing roles, together with board and committee roles, including Chairperson, Secretary, Public Officer and Finance, Investment and Audit Committee member.

He has held P&L accountability of up to $89M at HIA, together with responsibility for balance sheets, cash flow, budgets, forecasting, working capital, financial controls, risk and compliance. His experience includes improving both top and bottom-line performance, strengthening financial management and controls, improving the management of assets and liabilities, and contributing to significant enterprise value creation. He has also managed complex shareholder equity disputes, governance and compliance matters.

His financial management experience includes:

P&L and financial performance: accountability for revenue, gross profit, operating costs, EBITDA and overall financial performance.
Strategic capital allocation: assessing investment priorities, resource allocation, return on investment and growth opportunities.
Cash flow and liquidity: cash flow forecasting, working capital management, liquidity oversight, burn rate and runway management.
Planning and forecasting: operational budgeting, financial modelling, scenario modelling, forecasting and performance planning.
Financial controls and governance: strengthening financial controls, reporting disciplines, risk management, compliance and accountability.
Value creation: improving profitability, cost structures, asset utilisation, financial performance and enterprise value.
Board and investor reporting: providing financial and performance reporting to boards, committees, investors, shareholders and senior leadership teams.
Commercial decision-making: using financial and operational information to assess opportunities, manage risk and make better business decisions.

He works closely with accountants, finance teams, auditors and other professional advisers to ensure financial information is accurate, reliable and useful for decision-making. This has included oversight of:

Financial statements, management reporting, business activity statements and forecasts
Budgeting, forecasting and financial performance reporting
Invoicing, receivables, payables and working capital
Bank transactions and reconciliations
Payroll and employee expenses
Cash management and cash flow forecasting
Financial controls, risk and compliance
Scenario modelling and financial planning
Reporting to boards, investors, shareholders and executive teams

His approach to financial management is practical and commercially focused. The objective is not simply to report the numbers, but to understand what is driving them, identify the risks and opportunities, and use financial information to improve performance, protect the organisation and create sustainable value.

Proven Financial Management Impact

Zonda Global / Zonda Care

Full P&L and financial performance accountability across a multi-entity healthcare, staffing, recruitment and NDIS group.
Budgeting, forecasting, cash flow, working capital, cost management and scenario modelling.
Board and private equity investor reporting, financial controls, risk and compliance.
Financial integration and performance management following acquisitions.
Improved Zonda Global from losses to 34% gross profit and delivered the group’s 12-month targets in half the planned timeframe.

BetterHR

CEO accountability for P&L, budgeting, forecasting, cash flow, profitability and commercial performance.
Financial management of a SaaS and professional services business supporting 60,000+ users.
Revenue, pricing, cost management, resource allocation and investment decisions.
Management reporting, financial analysis, risk and compliance.
Used financial and operational data to drive growth, efficiency and enterprise value.

Housing Industry Association (HIA)

P&L accountability of up to $89M across a national organisation with 23+ offices.
Budgeting, forecasting, revenue and cost management across multiple business units.
Financial and operational performance reporting to executives and Board.
Resource allocation and financial oversight across membership, training and commercial operations.
Financial management associated with national restructuring, transformation and organisational change.

Sensis / Telstra

Commercial and financial responsibility within a large-scale national sales operation.
Revenue performance, forecasting, budgeting and resource allocation across approximately 5,000 B2B/B2G accounts.
Sales productivity, cost management and performance reporting.
Used customer, sales and operational data to improve commercial decision-making.

Government / Local Government

Financial and resource management within government and public-sector environments.
Budgeting, workforce and resource modelling associated with organisational restructuring.
Competency-based payroll restructuring and associated financial impacts.
Technology investment, asset management and operational systems implementation.
Improved financial and operational visibility through the transition from paper-based to digital systems.

Board & Committee Experience

Finance, Investment and Audit Committee oversight.
Review of budgets, forecasts, financial performance and investment decisions.
Board-level oversight of financial risk, governance, controls and compliance.
Shareholder equity, governance and complex financial matters.
Financial reporting and accountability to Boards, investors, shareholders and members.

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