Vishal Kumar
Royal Oak,AUK
Summary
Commercially astute FCPA Qualified Accountant experienced in financial planning and analysis across multiple industries. Delivered significant revenue growth and optimized business processes through effective data analysis and economic forecasting. Focused on providing strategic insights that enhance decision-making and drive profitability.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Commercial Analyst
CHEP New Zealand
Manukau City
09.2026 - Current
Senior Commercial Analyst
Lion Nathan Limited
Auckland, NZ
05.2026 - 08.2026
- Business partnered with the wider Marketing Team to identify cost saving opportunities by providing them information on overhead cost reporting, analysing variances and reforecasting
- Identified risks and opportunities in commercial finance, supporting value creation initiatives
- Supported forecasting, planning, analysis, insight generation and reporting to deliver deep commercial insights and advice to support decision making and value creation
- Managed P&L actuals and forecasts for Merchandise team, partnering with business to conduct analysis and provide commercial insights for decision making
- Conducted data manipulation and modelling and prepared ad-hoc analysis to generate insights for decision making
- Recreated the P&L of the Merchandise team from a high-level version to the individual product lines version. That enabled the Marketing Procurement Manager and the Marketing Manager NZ to review the P&L with more transparency and accuracy to make informed business decisions while saving time
- Lion Nathan Limited is a leading brewer in the Australasian region, with a strong presence in both Australia and New Zealand. The company is a subsidiary of Kirin Holdings Company Limited and has a diverse portfolio of brands and product. It generated $2.30 billion revenue and had 2,809 employees including employees from all subsidiaries under the company’s control in 2024.
- Period: May 2026 – August 2026
- Position: Senior Commercial Analyst - Reporting to the Head of Commercial Finance
Senior Management Accountant
Downer NZ
Penrose, Auckland
11.2025 - 02.2026
- Prepare, review reconciliations, journals & propose remedial actions, process revenue and cost accruals
- Completed all EOM activities in accordance with business requirements and timelines, prioritizing customer service delivery within the team
- Contribute to ensuring WIP is accurately transacted for each project, support preparing regular reports on WIP balance and status and regularly monitor WIP ageing and conversion to cash
- Raised and reviewed claims to clients in line with contract terms, including projects, JVs, and alliances.
- Raise and review claims to client (invoice to customer)/project tax invoice in line with Contract terms as required including projects/contracts, JVs, Alliances, etc. Includes reconciliations as needed through to claim approvals
- Provided critical variance explanations to finance managers under challenging handover conditions, ensuring timely consolidation during month-end process. Developed quarterly forecasting process notes for efficient user completion and time savings
- Downer NZ is the Downer New Zealand is the largest provider of integrated services in the country, focusing on infrastructure management, construction, and community support. Downer New Zealand is a leading provider of services to asset owners, with a strong commitment to helping communities thrive. The company employs approximately 31,000 people across more than 300 sites in New Zealand and Australia, focusing on maintaining and renewing vital infrastructure assets that support economic growth and community wellbeing. It generated $10.53 billion revenue and $149.1 million net profit after tax for the twelve months to 30 June 2025.
- Period: November 2025 – February 2026
- Position: Senior Management Accountant - Reporting to the Finance Manager TI Finance & Performance
Business Advisor, Finance &Commercial Advisory
Tataki Auckland Unlimited
Auckland City
10.2024 - 09.2025
- Coordinate and support business planning that successfully delivers on TAU business planning expectations and strategic goals.
- Provide financial and business support and advice to managers and staff on financial planning and reporting
- Assist managers with the preparation of business plans and management reports
- Assisted in developing capital works budgets for building renewal and new works projects, aligning with strategic financial objectives.
- Assist in the development of capital works budgets for building renewal and new works projects
- Delivered financial performance reporting to managers, enhancing decision-making and facilitating actions to improve financial performance management.
- Streamlined and updated labour recovery report, enabling business partners to control costs and identify revenue maximization opportunities, contributing to Art Gallery Café's turnaround from losses in FY25 to profits in FY26. Created process notes for all tasks to ensure smoother transition.
- Tātaki Auckland Unlimited (TAU) is an Auckland Council-controlled organization that works to advance Auckland's prosperity. It lays a strong foundation for Auckland's economic and cultural development, delivering a co-ordinated, region-wide programme to maximise cultural, social and economic benefits for Auckland residents and visitors. Tātaki Auckland Unlimited (TAU) Trust's total operating revenue for the 2023/24 financial year was $124.5 million, with 57% of that coming from non-rates sources.
- Period: October 2024 – September 2025
- Position: Business Advisor, Finance &Commercial Advisory - Reporting to the Lead Finance Business Partner
Senior Financial Accountant
Coda Group
Onehunga, Auckland
05.2024 - 09.2024
- Delivered timely and accurate monthly, quarterly, and ad hoc financial reports for Coda Group Finance, supporting informed decision-making.
- Partnered with management to provide analysis, insights, and commentary around monthly performance and assisted in completing board reporting in an accurate and timely manner.
- Partnered with management to provide analysis, insights, and commentary around monthly performance and assist in completing board reporting in an accurate and timely manner.
- Assisted with the Purchase Order clean up by analyzing the data and making recommendations for Financial Year 2023 as Financial Year 2024 month to date.
- Executed intercompany settlement for outstanding account since Financial Year 2023, facilitating accurate reporting and forecasting for accounting team.
- Coda Group, a leading New Zealand freight management business, optimises freight flows to create leaner, more efficient pathways to and from freight hubs and key New Zealand ports. With an annual revenue of $39.30 million, Coda specializes in connecting export cargo flows, with import cargo flows, into one transport system, by better coordinating road and rail movements.
- Period: May 2024 – September 2024
- Position: Senior Financial Accountant, Finance Department - Reporting to the Finance Manager
Financial Accountant
Green Cross Health Limited
Ellerslie, Auckland
01.2024 - 04.2024
- Executed month-end tasks with precision, including balance sheet reconciliations, Group consolidation, and monthly management accounts for the Support Office and other departments.
- Partnered with management to provide analysis, insights, and commentary around monthly performance.
- Assisted in completing board reporting in an accurate and timely manner.
- Reviewed the capital WIP account to ensure that items being allocated to capital WIP were valid and correct.
- Assisted with the preparation of the annual budget for the Group and with the preparation of meaningful forecasts and projections.
- Streamlined and updated reports, including the Group Consolidation report and Marketing costs report, reducing report preparation time significantly. Reconciled the Intercompany Advances Group and Shareholder Loan accounts in February 2024 that had not been updated since 2023.
- Green Cross Health is a provider of primary health care services to communities the length and breadth of New Zealand. With a $45.20 million net profit (NZD) in 2023, it is passionately committed to providing support, care, and advice to our communities through our pharmacies, medical centres, and community health services.
- Period: January 2024 – April 2024
- Position: Financial Accountant, Finance Group - Reporting to the Financial Controller
Group Accountant
Sealord Group Limited
Ellerslie, Auckland
08.2022 - 12.2023
- Consolidated month-end financial management reports for review by the Group Accounting Manager, which included posting journals, preparing management cash flows, capital expenditure reporting and management financial reports.
- Resolved month-end discrepancies and highlighted unusual items in monthly results, enhancing accuracy of financial reporting.
- Assisted Group Accounting Manager in preparing statutory accounts and notes for audit, ensuring compliance with regulations.
- Assisted the Group Accounting Manager with the preparation of the statutory accounts and notes during audit.
- Prepared New Zealand statistics return.
- Streamlined month-end process, saving time and improving accuracy of financial report generation. Was part of the Mahi Tahi Project Team to implement the Financial Consolidation system d/EPM at the company.
- Sealord is one of the largest seafood companies in the Southern Hemisphere. With a $29.30 million net profit (NZD) in 2020 and with more than 60 years of fishing experience, farming, processing, marketing operations, Sealord consistently delivers quality seafood to customers around the world.
- Period: August 2022 – December 2023
- Position: Group Accountant, Finance Department - Reporting to the Group Financial Controller
Management Accountant
Steel & Tube Holdings Limited
Highbrook, Auckland
09.2021 - 08.2022
- Month end journals and accruals – preparation of a range of monthly journal entries and accruals for Infrastructure business and prepares allocated Infrastructure balance sheet reconciliations.
- Prepared monthly management accounts, reconciliations, and report for Infrastructure Business Units.
- Provided senior managers and Finance Business Partners with key business analytics to support significant business decisions and assisted in the preparation of annual budgets and business plans as required.
- Reconciled and cleared allocated system accounts monthly, including freight, shipment-related accounts, and customer rebates.
- Worked with Supply Chain to ensure accurate accounting for supplier rebates, including allocation into the appropriate divisions within the Group.
- Provided management accounting and analytical support to infrastructure businesses, collaborating to interpret AX system data and various transaction interfaces for designated projects.
- Delivered critical variance explanations to accountants and managers under limited handover conditions, ensuring timely consolidation for month-end processes.
- Steel & Tube is New Zealand’s leading provider of steel solutions and a proud New Zealand company with over 60 years of trading history in this country generating $480.00 million in sales (NZD) annually.
- Period: September 2021 – August 2022
- Position: Management Accountant, Finance Department - Reporting to the Roofing Finance Business Partner
Finance Business Partner
Woolworths NZ
Mangere, Auckland
01.2021 - 08.2021
- Established category inventory budgets and reporting to track performance.
- Delivered reporting support for weekly inventory, SLOB opportunities, goods in transit (GIT) analysis, and potential risks.
- Identified the Slow-Moving Products worth $5million at the beginning of March 2021 and communicated it to the Merchandising and Commercial Managers. Their initiatives and actions reduced it by about $2 million by the end of the month, which was in line with the monthly provision of obsolescence budget. Created inventory budgets cascaded down to Merchandise Managers level enabling more transparency for the Head of Replenishment & Store Planning to provide more accurate forecast numbers for FY22 budget while saving time.
- Generated exception reports for inventory discrepancies, ad hoc deep dives of subcategories/areas with high inventory holdings.
- Optimized net working capital position through analysis of investment buys and major inventory commitments.
- Identified the Slow-Moving Products worth $5 million at the beginning of March 2021 and communicated it to the Merchandising and Commercial Managers. Their initiatives and actions reduced it by about $2 million by the end of the month, which was in line with the monthly provision of the obsolescence budget. Created inventory budgets cascaded down to Merchandise Managers level enabling more transparency for the Head of Replenishment & Store Planning to provide more accurate forecast numbers for FY22 budget while saving time.
- Woolworths NZ is part of the Grocery Stores & Supermarkets Industry with 18,000 total employees across all its locations and generates $4.39 billion in sales (USD).
- Period: January 2021 – August 2021
- Position: Finance Business Partner, Finance Department - Reporting to the Commercial Finance Manager
Operations & Supply Chain Analyst
CHEP New Zealand
Manukau City
10.2020 - 12.2020
- Prepared the weekly productivity reports and provided detailed analysis on operational performance against KPIs.
- Analyzed trends and recommended actionable improvements to enhance operational performance.
- Business partnered with supply chain to analyse costs, recommended actions, and supported efficiency projects.
- Business partnered with supply chain to analyze costs, recommended actions, and supported efficiency projects.
- Provided governance for inventory control for all products.
- Provided critical variance explanations and recommendations to analysts and managers in Australia. Modified the Transport Cost Report & Weekly Productivity KPIs Report to Operation for greater transparency and enabling managers to make more effective decisions.
- CHEP (Commonwealth Handling Equipment Pool) is an international company dealing in pallet and container pooling services, serving customers in a range of industrial and retail supply chains. CHEP is owned by Brambles Limited. Sales revenue US $49 million.
- Position: Operations & Supply Chain Analyst, Finance Department - Reporting to the Finance Manager – Supply Chain
Financial Planning & Analysis Analyst
CHEP New Zealand
Manukau City
01.2020 - 09.2020
- Prepared the Profit & Loss flash reports (including loading Hyperion).
- Prepared, analysed, interpreted, and presented a range of finance reports.
- Reported on KPIs on key business drivers to monitor performance (included weekly metrics) and where required identified new key business drivers to monitor performance.
- Led BRACS submissions for Forecast and Budget.
- Prepared, analysed, interpreted, and presented finance reports to support decision-making.
- Assisted in the preparation of quarterly forecasts, annual budgets, and 3-year plan processes to ensure the achievement of established objectives and key milestones for the New Zealand business.
- Prepared the BPR and QEBPR PowerPoint and Excel Files
- Supported the Commercial Analyst when required by loading of forecasts and budgets into Hyperion Planning.
- Developed Budget Forecast Template for BRACS in March 2020, streamlining user data input and ensuring timely, accurate uploads.
- Period: January 2020 – September 2020
- Position: Financial Planning & Analysis Analyst, Finance Department - Reporting to the Commercial Manager
Business Analyst
Canterbury of New Zealand
Avondale, Auckland
07.2019 - 01.2020
- Analyzed actual and forecast sales & margin performance, tracking risks and opportunities to inform strategic decisions.
- Partnered with commercial and product leads to build and validate commercial plans built by channel, customer, and product group - instilling a process of cyclical review and reforecasting – and coordinating sales & margin input for annual budgets and rolling forecasts.
- Collaborated with commercial and product leads to develop and validate channel-specific commercial plans, establishing a cyclical review and reforecasting process while coordinating sales & margin inputs for budgets and forecasts.
- Identified opportunities to enhance sales and profit while developing an analysis pack to support proposition and range sell-in proposals.
- Recommended how to regularly report on channel profitability and cost to serve. Provided recommendations and insight as to how to improve channel/asset profitability.
- Compiled and analyzed daily sales reports to monitor performance trends.
- Generated weekly reports on sales and order bookings to assess market demand.
- Created monthly reports on channel performance, including sales by range and stock levels.
- Tracked monthly risks and opportunities, providing commentary to inform strategic decisions..
- Improved the provision, accessibility, and consistency of sales and margin data by driving automation and self-service.
- Provided insight as to opportunities to better drive sales and/or profit while developing an analysis pack to support proposition and range sell-in proposals.
- Developed reporting framework for channel profitability and cost to serve, offering insights and recommendations to enhance channel and asset profitability.
- Provided product teams with historic and forecast product and margin performance and parameters to inform range build – including target sales, margin, and SCO productivity by range.
- Canterbury of New Zealand is a UK- based sports clothing company that focuses on rugby and currently supplies kit to numerous high-profile rugby union teams, including England, Ireland and the Super Rugby’s NSW Waratahs with the famous Canterbury logo seen on their uniforms. The global headquarters are located in Stockport, UK; with head office in Avondale, Auckland, NZ; and satellite offices in Sydney and Brisbane, Australia. Sales revenue $45 million.
- Period: July 2019 – January 2020
- Position: Business Analyst, Finance Department - Reporting to the Finance Director ANZ
Commercial Analyst
CHEP New Zealand
Manukau City
10.2018 - 06.2019
- Cultivated strong relationships with internal business managers and key personnel to enhance collaboration and communication.
- Tracked /reviewed and reported on KPI’s at both the customer and product/portfolio levels.
- Tracked /reviewed and reported on KPIs at both the customer and product/portfolio levels.
- Coordinated the forecasting process to ensure timelines on submitting quarterly forecasts were met and uploaded total business forecast financials and metrics to Oracle Hyperion and ensured integrity of data.
- Supported the business in making sound investment decisions, including business case development, and measured returns through post investment reviews.
- Identified incorrect rates charged to different customers hiring pallets and crates through the Pure Price Financial Model in November 2018. Informed the Key Account Managers who in collaboration with the Customer Services and IT Team corrected them in the system. This led to improved handling of transactions more effectively saving time while correcting the cycle times of the company.
- Discovered incorrect rates charged to customers for pallet and crate hires using the Pure Price Financial Model, collaborating with Key Account Managers, Customer Services, and IT Team to rectify errors, resulting in more efficient transaction handling and reduced cycle times.
- Position: Commercial Analyst, Finance Department - Reporting to the Commercial Manager
Financial Analyst
Tru-Test Group
Mount Wellington, Auckland
04.2018 - 07.2018
- Coordinated, consolidated, and prepared budgets, forecasts, income statements, balance sheets, and analysis of sales, margin, and production variances to support financial decision-making.
- Reconciled monthly inventory balances and intercompany eliminations.
- Managed product costing, analysis of variances and standard cost roll ups.
- Collated and edited reports from senior managers for Board reporting as well as prepared and maintained a dashboard.
- Coordinated pricing to the markets and uploads into JDE, model and coordinated transfer pricing.
- Provided critical variance explanations and information to auditors upon commencement of employment, ensuring timely deadline adherence; modified budget reports for greater transparency and usability, reducing errors and duplication while saving time during the upload process.
- Tru-Test Corporation Limited engages in the design, manufacture, and distribution of agri-technology products and livestock tools for farmers in New Zealand and internationally. With annual revenue of $141 million, the company provides weighing and electronic identification solutions, including weigh scale indicators, EID readers, mechanical and electronic milk meter products; electric fencing solutions; and fencing tools and gate solutions.
- Period: April 2018 – July 2018
Education
FCPA (Fellow Certified Practicing Accountant) -
CPA Australia
CPA (Certified Practicing Accountant) Program -
CPA Australia
Bachelor of Business Accounting -
Central Queensland University
AustraliaSkills
- Financial Management Solutions
- ERP Financial Management
- ERP Financial Integration
- Microsoft Dynamics D365
- Microsoft Dynamics AX
- SAP
- Cloud Accounting Solutions
- Power BI
- Microsoft Power BI
- Tableau
- Data Visualization Tools
- Interactive Financial Dashboards
- Operational Reporting Solutions
- Business Analytics Solutions
- Data Analysis Tools
- Data Integration Tools
- Financial Planning Software
- Budgeting Software Solutions
- Financial Reporting Software
- Performance Management Software
- Corporate Performance Management
- Financial Performance Metrics
- Financial Performance Insights
- Manufacturing Financial Analysis
- Manufacturing Reporting Tools
- Supply Chain Financial Analysis
- Supply Chain Reporting Tools
- Inventory Management Systems
- Advanced Financial Analytics
- Business Explorer Analyzer
Hobbies and Interests
- Playing football
- Maintaining fitness through regular gym workouts
- Spending time with family and friends
Contact
- Playing football
- Maintaining fitness through regular gym workouts
- Spending time with family and friends
Timeline
Senior Commercial Analyst
CHEP New Zealand
09.2026 - Current
Senior Commercial Analyst
Lion Nathan Limited
05.2026 - 08.2026
Senior Management Accountant
Downer NZ
11.2025 - 02.2026
Business Advisor, Finance &Commercial Advisory
Tataki Auckland Unlimited
10.2024 - 09.2025
Senior Financial Accountant
Coda Group
05.2024 - 09.2024
Financial Accountant
Green Cross Health Limited
01.2024 - 04.2024
Group Accountant
Sealord Group Limited
08.2022 - 12.2023
Management Accountant
Steel & Tube Holdings Limited
09.2021 - 08.2022
Finance Business Partner
Woolworths NZ
01.2021 - 08.2021
Operations & Supply Chain Analyst
CHEP New Zealand
10.2020 - 12.2020
Financial Planning & Analysis Analyst
CHEP New Zealand
01.2020 - 09.2020
Business Analyst
Canterbury of New Zealand
07.2019 - 01.2020
Commercial Analyst
CHEP New Zealand
10.2018 - 06.2019
Financial Analyst
Tru-Test Group
04.2018 - 07.2018
FCPA (Fellow Certified Practicing Accountant) -
CPA Australia
CPA (Certified Practicing Accountant) Program -
CPA Australia
Bachelor of Business Accounting -
Central Queensland University