1. BPW International
Leadership Summit
2013
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2. Who is Your Finance Director?
• Member of BPW Australia since 2002
• State President 2006-2009
• Finance Director 2012 till now
• Qualified Accountant
• Completed 3 degrees including an MBA
• Worked in UK, US and Singapore but mainly in
Australia
• Specialise in Business and Marketing Strategy
• Currently Tech Entrepreneur
• On various boards including advisory board for
the largest Children’s Hospital in Australia
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3. Support to Finance Director
Roshan Strange is rock in the Finance Office where she handles
day to day finance operations for BPW International. She is
based in Sydney, Australia who runs her own book-keeping
company. She is attentive, hard-working, professional and
courteous.
Our contact email address – finance.director@bpw-
international.org reaches both of us however she is the one
who will handle typical financial issues.
BPW International Finance Sub Committee
Sandra D’Souza (Chair)
Elisabete Freitas (BPW Brazil)
Anna di Glacomo Alvarez (BPW Switzerland)
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4. BPW International Finance Team
Our motto
We are here to
help
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5. Revenue
Membership Fees
are our only
source of income
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6. Initiatives
• Reduce inefficiencies
• Reduce costs with productivity
gains eg. Outsourcing inventory
management
• Improve systems eg. Online
Accounting System
• Creating sustainable workflows eg.
Ivvy
• Providing a source of truth eg.
Salesforce
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7. New Inventory Purchasing Model
BPW Club orders
merchandise
Roshan receives order,
Club receives stock sends Club invoice with
shipping rates
EFS receives order,
Club pays invoice then
sends stock to club and
Roshan liaise with EFS
updates inventory
to ship stock to Club
system
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8. Questions?
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