Barbara Blackett has over 20 years of experience as a Finance professional at Roche Products Pty Limited, where she currently serves as Financial Controller. She has extensive experience implementing financial systems like SAP, Hyperion, and TM1. She is a skilled business partner, providing financial analysis, forecasting, and ensuring compliance. Blackett has received several excellence awards for projects implementing tools for business planning, financial reporting, and restructuring financial processes. She maintains expertise in SAP modules, forecasting software, and financial reporting applications.

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Barbara Blackett
barbaraann.blackett@gmail.com
0449 599 674
CAREER PROFILE
A competent and dedicated Finance professional, with extensive experience working in a highly regulated
environment. Key competencies in both Management and Financial Accounting performing financial analysis,
system knowledge (SAP Super User), management and planning expertise to support business partners to
ensure robust planning and performance tracking aligned with organisational objectives. A skilled SAP Super
User with extensive experience in implementing processes and procedures to ensure timely period end closing
and compliant accurate financial reporting in a Global environment. Thrives on a challenge and focused on
partnering with internal and external teams to meet deadlines and achieve company objectives.
CAREER SUMMARY
Roche Products Pty Limited 2003 - Present
Financial Controller
Roche Products Pty Limited 1999 - 2003
Controller
Roche Products Pty Limited 1996 - 1999
Senior Cost Accountant
ACHIEVEMENTS
 Implementation of Business Planning and Simulation (BPS) software to allow top down forecasting across all
business functions. Including Administration of BPS from set up of master data to end user access. Rollout of
BPS included planning, training and co-ordination of employees across all functions in the use of the tool and
available reporting functionality.
 Financial Reporting Awards - based on all monthly, quarterly and yearly financials reporting being 100%
compliant, accurate and timely. 5 Global Finance Awards
 Finance Lead - Roll out of Symphony Project – Worldwide Roche initiative to redefine the accountabilities
between Medical and Commercial activities to adapt to increasing global regulatory expectations in the
Pharmaceutical Industry. This required major restructure of cost centres and total update of chart of accounts plus
alignment of all systems that integrated with SAP. Comprehensive training was developed and rolled out across
the company. This Project impacted the entire company and was implemented at financial year end with no
delays, downtime or disruption to the business. Gold Excellence Award
 Implementation of e-Closing Tool for Australia. An automated tool containing a complete collection of monthly
tasks by user and date. Automated reminders ensure closing tasks are complete and performed in the correct

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sequence. The benefit being management can constantly monitor the status of closing process whilst providing
internal controls for audit compliance. Bronze Excellence Award
 Purchase to Pay Project – reconciliation of goods receipts and invoice payments between SAP and our
consumable purchasing software (ARIBA). I identified an issue where the two systems were not aligned and costs
for services being duplicated or overstated. A new process was developed and implemented and training
provided to all users. On a monthly basis users can now run a report and reconcile all open purchase orders. This
has eliminated all duplications and over charging. After reconciling all old purchase orders $500k+ of costs were
returned to the business.
 Finance for Non Finance – team collaboration to develop materials and deliver training to non-finance personnel.
A concise guide of financial and accounting terminology, finance tools and key contacts was rolled out across the
company using a tailored approach for stakeholders needs. A three way mapping tool was also developed and
rolled out – to simplify coding of costs and ensure that users “get it right the first time”.
 Headcount Reporting Alignment – review of headcount reporting flows to eliminate differences in headcount
between HR CHRIS system and SAP. Resulting in an automatic reconciled headcount upload to SAP reducing
both time and errors.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
ROCHE PHARMACEUTICAL 1996 – CURRENT
Financial Controller
Financial Reporting using Magnitude & Hyperion software:–
 Headcount Reporting
 Forecast Reporting
 Financial reporting
 Sustainability Reporting – Grants and donations reporting
 Occupancy Reporting – costs, floor space and headcount data
Forecasting – management and co-ordination of forecasting activities across the business using SAP, TM1 & BPS
Forecasting software.
 Align stakeholders and their teams and communicate timelines, milestones and deliverables for each planning
cycle.
 Co-ordinate data collection and input of budget data
 Establish budget cost drivers
 Confirm forecast data aligns with business strategies whilst complying with Regional and Global requirements.
 Ensure final forecast is within desired target ratios provided by Global
 Preparation and creation of service cost allocations in SAP aligned with mandatory Global guidance
Business Partnering – be a strategic business partner across all business functions
 Assist in development of effective and robust business plans
 Performance tracking – provide guidance of risks and potential conflicts
 Provide insights and recommendations
 Pro-actively provide financial analysis
 Guidance with compliance issues in relation to coding of costs in a highly regulated environment
SAP Super User - extensive SAP knowledge in SAP ERP/ECC – FI/CO, COPA and PCA.
 Master Data management – maintaining & ensuring master data quality and integrity.
 Allocation of Service Costs to the business
 Month end and year end processes
 Reconciling between SAP modules

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 Testing/implementing SAP business releases.
 Creation of Training materials
 Reports available for users
Magnitude Helpdesk Support – Manage and support Magnitude Helpdesk during all reporting events.
 Key member of a Global Helpdesk Team requiring excellent communication between team members and end
users as well as expert knowledge of Magnitude reporting software.
 Provide support to enable all global affiliates to transmit their financial data before their local deadline.
 Ensure that the financial consolidation runs on time and completely to enable financial data to be available to
headquarters in 3 working days.
Demand Planning – Experienced with SAP – APO Supply Chain Management Tool.
 Partnering with the Regional and Global supply chain, local marketing, warehouse and Quality Assurance to
ensure sufficient and accurate supply of inventory available at all times resulting in 97% forecast vs actuals
accuracy.
General Experience
 Outlook
 SAP
 ARIBA
 TM1 & CCM1
 PBS
 Excel
 Word
 SIGNAPSE
 Gmail
EDUCATION
 Bachelor of Business - Southern Cross University 2002
 Advanced Diploma in Accounting - Northern Beaches College of TAFE 2000
 Roche Diploma in Accounting - Switzerland 2004
 Roche Advanced Diploma in Accounting – Switzerland 2006
REFERENCES
Available on request.