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Cameron Robb

Cameron Robb

Mount Cook,Wellington

Summary

Accomplished finance leader with expertise in cost accounting and strategic finance, honed at Customs New Zealand. Proven track record in financial planning, stakeholder engagement, and implementing cloud-based systems. Adept at delivering high-quality insights and optimizing pricing strategies, leveraging strong leadership and communication skills to drive impactful results and enhance operational efficiency.

Overview

15
15
years of professional experience

Work History

Team Leader – Cost Accounting

Customs New Zealand
01.2022 - 01.2025
  • Lead the cost accounting function, maintaining and improving Customs NZ costing system.
  • Manage a team of analysts and advisors to deliver high‑quality financial insights.
  • Ensure cost‑recovery systems and allocations meet Treasury requirements.
  • Provide financial planning and impact analysis for operational and policy changes.
  • Implement cloud‑based costing tools and lead key reviews, including CPI adjustments and fee structure updates.

Principal Adviser – Strategic Finance

Ministry of Education
01.2022 - 12.2022
  • Allocated $20b of Departmental and non-departmental expenditure and managed the performance of appropriations
  • Improved business managers’ understanding of financial performance.
  • Completed service ratio reviews to support effective departmental expenditure management.
  • Ensured accurate and fair budget allocations across business units.

Senior Adviser - Financial Modelling Cost Recovery

Ministry for Primary Industries
01.2020 - 12.2022
  • Reported $200m cost‑recovery financial performance and redesigned monthly reporting to highlight key risks and variances.
  • Set fees and levies through robust financial analysis and collaboration with industry and MPI business units.
  • Strengthened relationships and streamlined finance processes to improve pricing outcomes and operational efficiency.

Senior Analyst Emissions Trading Compliance

Environmental Protection Authority
01.2019 - 12.2020
  • Developed and operated quality assurance and compliance processes for the ETS, delivering cross‑agency initiatives, improving stakeholder communication, and introducing new systems such as the unique emissions factors process.
  • Formalised the prosecution assessment framework and led strategic, multi‑process initiatives to reduce operational risk, improve participant experience, and enable EPA’s first‑ever prosecution under the Climate Change Response Act.

Retail Fuels Pricing Analyst

Z Energy
01.2017 - 12.2019
  • Optimised retail fuel pricing to deliver target margins, analyse performance and trading anomalies, and provide strategic pricing recommendations—including daily executive support during Regional Fuel Tax implementation.
  • Developed new pricing algorithms and strengthened pricing controls, enabling greater automation, improved customer experience, and better decision‑making across sales teams.

Pricing Analyst

ACC
01.2015 - 12.2017
  • Developed and maintained pricing models for various product lines.

Operational Analyst

Vector
01.2014 - 12.2015
  • Balance Gas Supply and Demand daily.

Various Roles

Z Energy
01.2010 - 12.2014
  • Started as a Graduate and progressed through roles.
  • Roles (in order): Strategy Analyst 12 months, Pricing Analyst (Commercial) 12 months, Supply and Distribution Strategy Analyst 12 Months, Aviation Pricing Analyst.

Education

Bachelor of Commerce and Administration - Accounting and International Business

Victoria University of Wellington
Wellington, NZ
06-2010

NCEA Level 3 -

Wellington College
Wellington, NZ
12-2006

Wellesley College
Wellington, NZ
01-2001

Skills

  • Team leadership
  • Process optimization
  • Financial modeling
  • Cloud-based tools
  • Expenditure oversight
  • Strategic thinking
  • Stakeholder engagement

Qualifications And Interests

Z Energy: Headquarters employee of the year award, Won multiple national titles in water-ski racing (most recently 03/2022), Driver of the year for water-ski racing 2019 season, Won multiple national titles in Water Polo, Competed at nationals in men’s netball and at the Maori mixed nationals, Excel level 1,2 and 3 (Advanced at excel), CostPerform ABC costing software, Kalibrate Pricing Software - (Expert), Lean Principles (KPMG), Corporate Business Writing (Write Group, plain English), SAS, DAX, VBA, SQL, Microsoft Office Advanced all applications, JMW Leadership training (advanced leadership training), Technology1 Accounting Software, SAP. Business Objects, Customs NZ Leading Teams Programme Graduate (20 day programme over 6 months)

Timeline

Team Leader – Cost Accounting

Customs New Zealand
01.2022 - 01.2025

Principal Adviser – Strategic Finance

Ministry of Education
01.2022 - 12.2022

Senior Adviser - Financial Modelling Cost Recovery

Ministry for Primary Industries
01.2020 - 12.2022

Senior Analyst Emissions Trading Compliance

Environmental Protection Authority
01.2019 - 12.2020

Retail Fuels Pricing Analyst

Z Energy
01.2017 - 12.2019

Pricing Analyst

ACC
01.2015 - 12.2017

Operational Analyst

Vector
01.2014 - 12.2015

Various Roles

Z Energy
01.2010 - 12.2014

Bachelor of Commerce and Administration - Accounting and International Business

Victoria University of Wellington

NCEA Level 3 -

Wellington College

Wellesley College

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