CURRICULUM VITAE PHIL PRICE
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NAME PHIL PRICE
Telephones and emails Address
0064 9 419 0620 (home) 21 Church Street, Northcote
0064 29 912 5365 (mobile) Auckland, New Zealand
Email mailto:phil.price@clear.net.nz (home)
QUALIFICATIONS
BCA Accountancy and Computer Science, Victoria University
CA Chartered Accountant of New Zealand
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Dates Organisation Position
Sept 2012 to today Vodafone, Auckland Commercial Lead Consumer
July 2006 to Sept 2012 TelstraClear, Auckland Finance Commercial Manager
December 2003 to June 2006 TelstraClear, Auckland Manager, Risk Management &
Assurance
January 1997 to November 2003 PricewaterhouseCoopers, Auckland Manager, Assurance
August 1995 to September 1996 Coopers & Lybrand, Prague Manager, Assurance
PROFILE
A finance and commercial professional; with strong analytical skills, accountability to complete
tasks, and evaluates data to make effective business decisions.
SUMMARY OF KEY SKILLS
Technical Skills
I am proficient with data analysis and financial modelling in Excel and Access.
WORK EXPERIENCE
Vodafone – Commercial Lead Consumer (2013-today)
I provide commercial support to the Consumer business unit. I report to the Consumer
Commercial Manager.
 Product Pricing. Working with the business unit to develop, approve and negotiate
Consumer customer solutions and pricing. This includes ensuring the pricing is market
priced and maximises the achievement of Vodafone’s financial goals.
 Business Cases. Evaluating and preparing financial analysis for Consumer sales and
product business cases. Determining financial year impacts, understanding payback periods
and NPV.

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 Commercial support. Providing commercial support for day to day decisions made by the
business to ensure they are financially and commercially sound. Assisting with the analysis
of financial results for the business unit.
Achievements
 Completed numerous promotional, pricing and product business cases to deliver customer
growth.
 Completed detailed analysis of capital spent and detailed calculation of ARPU’s to facilitate
an understanding of ARPU’s by customer plans.
TelstraClear – Finance Commercial Manager Customer Experience, Business and
Consumer (2006-2012)
I provided financial support to the Customer Experience (and Consumer 2006-2011) business
unit as the Finance point of contact for the Head of the Business Unit and their management
teams. I reported to the Finance Group Commercial Manager and managed one commercial
analyst.
 Business Planning. Completing the business planning for the business unit.
Communicating budgets and plans to management.
 Performance Monitoring and Reporting. Completing the analysis and forecasting of
financial results for the business unit. The finance lead for business performance review
process.
 Product Pricing. Working with the business unit to develop, approve and negotiate
Consumer and Business segment customer solutions and pricing. This includes ensuring
the pricing is market priced and maximises the achievement of TelstraClear’s financial goals.
 Business Cases. Evaluating and preparing financial analysis for Consumer sales, Business
sales and product business cases. Determining financial year impacts, understanding
payback periods and NPV.
 Commercial support. Providing commercial support for day to day decisions made by the
business to ensure they are financially and commercially sound.
 Financial support. Providing financial support to cost centre and project managers.
Review and approval of month end accruals and finalising month end result.
Achievements
 Grew Consumer segment revenue by 10.8% CAGR and increased contribution to
TelstraClear as the financial lead for this segment of the business. I provided reporting and
tracking of their performance, financial influence on decisions regarding products, prices and
capital investments.
 Built TelstraClear business leader and manager confidence in the accuracy and quality of
financial information by improving the financial reporting and analysis; ensuring
understanding and improving communication of the information to management.
 Delivered and lead the financial and commercial assessment of significant commercial
decisions including the development of T-Box (TelstraClear’s “MySky” solution). Resulting in
the approval and implementation of a key product in the Consumer market.

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 Influenced key decisions on pricing and strategies through analysis and negotiation with the
business. Recognised as a trusted advisor to the business on performance and decision
making.
 Enhanced management’s understanding of the outcome of a significant project and
understanding of opportunities. Displaying resilience on an unpopular topic and providing a
balanced viewpoint. Outlining the benefits delivered beyond the financial business case and
future opportunities.
TelstraClear – Manager TelstraClear’s Risk Management and Assurance (2003-2006)
I was responsible for and managed Risk Management and Assurance at TelstraClear. The Risk
Management & Assurance function at TelstraClear was a team of three experienced full time staff
and utilised external consultants.
Achievements
 Improved the control environment and established a controls self-assessment and monitoring
process. Implemented a Sarbanes-Oxley financial controls assessment strategy, managed
the assurance team and consultants to deliver the FY05 and FY06 assessment.
 Achieved a good level of remediation of audit risks by the business through regular review
meetings, follow up and communication.
PricewaterhouseCoopers Manager Assurance (1997-2003)
My experience included the evaluation, design and improvement of business systems and
processes. I conducted training courses to JDEdwards user groups based on my expertise in
JDEdwards security and controls.
Coopers & Lybrand, Prague, Manager Assurance (1995-1996)
I established a Risk Management and Assurance team at Coopers & Lybrand, Prague in the
Czech Republic.
Summary of computer skills
 Financial analysis and modelling in Microsoft Excel.
 Data analysis and reporting in Microsoft Access.