Andrew Pitzing

Financial Planning & Forecasting • Developed and managed annual operating plans, budgets, and rolling forecasts • Partnered with business units and Supply Chain to align financial forecasts with operational planning as part of the S&OP – IBP process. • Provided financial guidance and strategic support for investment decisions and new initiatives Financial Analysis & Performance Management • Analysed financial and operational results to assess company performance and identify improvement opportunities • Delivered detailed margin analysis, promotional spend reviews, and profitability insights • Support monthly close processes by analysing revenue trends, identifying variances, and ensuring data accuracy Business Partnering & Strategic Decision Support • Built dynamic financial models and conducted scenario ("what-if") analysis to evaluate business strategies • Prepared business cases for new investments, product launches, and strategic projects • Finance business partner to the Sales & Marketing teams delivering insights and recommendations • Participated in special projects and cross-functional initiatives, contributing financial expertise and strategic insights Process Improvement • Led initiatives to review and enhance financial processes and procedures for efficiency and effectiveness • Recommended and supported productivity and cost-saving initiatives through operational reviews • Participated in special projects and cross-functional initiatives, contributing financial expertise and strategic insights

Finance Manager of E-Commerce Channel - Business partnering - Customer forecasting & budgeting process. - Proactively highlight future performance concerns and opportunities to the Sales & Finance Leadership teams. - Review any ad-hoc/incremental investment opportunities to assess and improve profitability, & provide challenge to ensure that financials and assumptions are robust - Pre & post promotional evaluation, providing deep insight & challenge to financials. Claims Team Management - Manage a team of 2 claims accountants and taking ownership of the trade & promotional claims process - Compliance & controls around the trade & promotional spend claims process. Sales Systems Super User - Day to day management & control of Key Sales Systems i.e. Siebel, SAP, JDE, High Radius - Leads the Sales Systems & Process development (Especially Trade Spend Management & Control i.e. Siebel). Trouble shoot system issues. Achievements - Reviewed the foundational structure of how the business was managing the P&L calculation for the e- Commerce stream and identified unreliable aspects and developed a new underlying methodology used to calculate the indirect online P&L’s. This change resulted in a reliable P&L model which was used to manage the business. - Insights were provided around the promotional effectiveness in the online space, such as the Spend & Save Promotion which helped to deliver better results. The Net Revenue grew by +10% year on year. - Under JDE the average monthly balance of outstanding claims was $22m, but in SAP the average was reduced to $12m. This was achieved through implementing weekly reporting, improving existing processes & weekly meetings to work through any aged items. - New Siebel user interface was implemented, I was actively involved in testing & training users before the rollout. - Provided training to both new users & refresher training to existing users of Siebel.

• Management of the Trade Spend (Claims) Teams across Australia & New Zealand – covers all aspects of trade promotion claims management, (21 staff which was reduced down to 9 post Nov17 post outsourcing). • Management of Trading Allowances & Promotional Provisions (TAPA) – ensuring that the provisions are sufficient to cover all known TAPA liabilities. • Manage the Offshore Service Provider (Capgemini) – ensure the TAPA claims processing is being delivered in accordance to the agreed terms of the contract. Provide additional training & support to the Capgemini team to put them in a position to deliver on all agreed service level agreements. • Business Partnering with Commercial Finance & the Sales Team • Management of SAP Pricing Master Data • Monthly Reports • Continuous Improvement Achievements - Implemented a suite of weekly & monthly reports which captured data across multiply systems. This provides a high-level view of all the trading and promotional spend provisions which enabled trouble shooting to identify any emerging issues & was utilised by the Sales and Commercial Finance Teams. - Managed teams across Australia and NZ successfully. I was able to foster a highly engaged team over the period, I led the teams using virtual technology and in person meetings. Throughout a continually changing environment the staff retention within my team remained high. - Redesigned the Bakery Fresh trading & promotional spend process from a manual excel based model to a SAP system solution. This enabled the entire process to be outsourced which resulted in improved the controls within the process. - Executed the transition to outsource the back-office functions within the claims team to the offshore provider (Capgemini). This involved planning, process mapping, training, go-live activities, stabilization and ongoing support to both Capgemini and the 12 FTE’s who were leaving the business.

• Management of Financial Accounting across the Baking Division – covers all aspects of financial accounting from compliance to reporting, (11 staff before restructure & 3 staff after restructure). • Monthly Reports • Cash Flow Reporting • Budgeting, forecasting, performance reporting and analysis • Internal Controls • Fixed Assets • Taxation, FBT, BAS, • Audits Achievements - Managed a team across Australia through constant communication and in person meetings. This helped to engage the team to deliver great results and zero audit issues. - Supported the restructure of the team from 11 staff down to 3 staff. This was achieved through utilising the efficiencies of SAP and streamlining the existing processes. - Implemented SAP open item management which enabled balance sheet data to be managed within SAP and improved the reconciliation process across the business. - Streamlined the monthly reporting process from 6 days to 5 days. - Auditing, during my time there were no audit issues raised.

• Management of the Head Office accounting function – Management of the Head Office Accounting Function. (Including all aspects from cost control, forecasts, budgets & reports, (3 staff). • FP&A • Monthly Reports • Internal Controls • Cash Flow Reporting • Taxation, FBT, BAS, • Audits • SAP Implementation - SME Finance Achievements SAP ERP Implementation as a Finance Subject Matter Expert. I was able to influence the overall design of the system. Implemented the use of profit centres to manage multiple legal entities. - Designed & implemented the strategy for managing data migration between MFGPro and SAP which enabled seamless reporting throughout the nine-month transition between systems. - Developed a Lotus Notes system to handle staff expense claims which were automatically interfaced - Renegotiated the Telstra phone contract for our regional sales staff which yielded an annualised savings of $100k. - Actively involved in the integration of two business acquisitions (La Famiglia Fine Foods and Country Life Bakeries).

• Monthly Reports • Fixed Assets • Reconciliations • Vehicle Fleet Management • FBT • Tax • Audits

• Manage Staff – Responsible for managing Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Fixed Assets & Reception, (5 staff). • Monthly Reports • Budgets • Cash Flow Management • Distribution Contract Accounting • Stocktakes • Stock Transfers

• Monthly Reports • Tax • FBT • Budgets • Audits • Internal Accounts • Reconciliations • Database Maintenance