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Peter Newton In 60 Seconds...
Peter is a proactive and customer-focused financial executive. He has diverse domestic and international manufacturing and service, precious and base metals production, energy, construction, engineering, and O&G service delivery experience. Driven by and successful at increasing shareholder value, he has successfully delivered multiple successful ERP system implementations. He adds to his vast expertise, an accomplished, energetic, and well-respected manager.
Specialist Skills
Investment Analysis
Developed modelling for corporate acquisitions, which always had a very positive return when post-acquisitions were performed.
Cash Flow Improvement
Developed modelling for corporate acquisitions, which always had a very positive return when post-acquisitions were performed.
M&A Specialist
Worked on all angles of the transactions, from evaluation through negotiation, financing, and post-acquisition onboarding of the new entity domestically and internationally.
Profit Improvement
Took a money-losing company in a Tier 1 global company to the company used as the global example of an extremely profitable company worth several billion USD.
Management Information
Responsible for the successful evaluation, selection, and implementation of over five (5) ERP systems, which always delivered more profitable corporate performance.
Track Record Highlights
- Managed the successful financial implementation of three fully integrated financial, distribution, manufacturing, and business systems that digitally linked all company locations for the first time. Also implemented a standard cost system on a company-wide basis, which allowed the centralization of the finance function, resulting in annual savings of $1.1 million.
- Drove continued improvement in the integration of the recent acquisition of foundries and logistics centres in Malaysia and Singapore while at the same time preparing the global group for the sales transaction. Determined a more tax-efficient acquisition structure, resulting in corporate future tax savings of over $1.0 million in Singapore dollars.
- As interim CFO, performed work evaluating and implementing major cost savings initiatives, financing opportunities, business strategy evaluation, and operational logistics savings and improvements.
- Improved the quality of financial reports at the same time as reducing financial staff levels through system process improvements and increased automation of processes, as well as increased detailed variance analysis for operational review of results.
- Enhanced credibility of financial reporting by eliminating operational and financial report differences. This resulted in the improved utilization of the current financial reporting system to provide more useful information to key operational users.
- Planned tax restructuring minimizes future cash taxes and maximizes the utilization of loss pools. Deeply involved in the integration of acquisitions from the perspective of new systems and procedures, as well as conversion to a public IFRS reporting entity.
Sector Experience
- Mining Resources-Energy: Precious and base metals production, contract mining service delivery
- Engineering: Underground and surface mine engineering and construction of the same for surface facilities engineering
- Construction: CFO for multiple construction project contractors
- Manufacturing-Transport-Logistics: CFO for an international manufacturer of capital and consumable equipment who also used the equipment to work all over the world.
- Technology-Media-Telecoms: Worked for a manufacturing company, building software to operate farm tractors and other equipment autonomously. Extremely detailed software development work requirements.
- Banking-Financial-Services: Financial executive at Canadian chartered bank rehabilitating their financial reporting processes.
- Not-For-Profit: Treasurer for a large NFP fixing their financial position and processes.
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