Finance & Planning Group

Mr Michael Beaton-Wells

Executive Director, Finance and Planning
834 44594

Michael heads Finance and Planning, with responsibility for:

• Academic planning and its integration with broader University planning;
• Development and construction of a range of planning scenarios, including those related to achieving the University’s strategy, Growing Esteem;
• Managing the University’s reporting to DEST and other agencies;
• Developing and implementing reports which monitor University performance; and
• Managing a range of quality assurance and accountability processes.

Ms Louisa D'Amico

Office Manager
(Monday, Wednesday, Thursday)
834 44597

Louisa has responsibility for Office Administration including:

• HR, Budget monitoring and she is the EHS Coordinator;
• Executive Assistant to the Deputy Principal (Finance and Planning); and
• Coordination with Faculty and Central Admin staff for dissemination of information and management of University submissions, including the Vice Chancellor’s Strategy and Performance Review, and external submissions including DEEWR submissions.

Ms Rebecca Cullen

Administrative Officer
(Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday)
834 44597

Rebecca's responsibilities are:

• Office Administration, including Themis HR, Themis financials and she is the Staff Environment Advocate;
• Providing support with the Executive Assistant to the Deputy Principal (Finance and Planning); and
• Liaison with Faculty and Central Admin staff for dissemination of information and coordination of University submissions including the Vice Chancellor’s Strategy and Performance Review (SPR)

Ms Monique Richardson

Administrative Assistant
(Tuesday, Thursday, Friday)
834 43960

Monique's responsibilities are:

• Office Administration, including Themis HR, Themis financials and she is the Staff Environment Advocate;
• Providing support with the Executive Assistant to the Deputy Principal (Finance and Planning); and
• Liaison with Faculty and Central Admin staff for dissemination of information and coordination of University submissions including the Vice Chancellor’s Strategy and Performance Review (SPR)

Office Facsimile

834 48214

Ms Carol Smith

Manager, Integrated Business Information
834 46460

Carol manages the Integrated Business Information team, with responsibility for:

• Student Load Monitoring and Planning Cycle;
• Project management of UPO’s Management Information System;
• Liaison with DEEWR – Student and Staff Data Collections; and
• General analysis and reporting.

Mr A. Alferd

Senior Data Analyst, Integrated Business Information
834 46463

Alferd is part of the Integrated Business Information team and is responsible for:

• Development and support of Student Scenario Model (SSM) tool;
• Development of UPO MIS; and
• Providing adhoc reports on student load, enrolments and staff.

Mr Tom Vlahiotis

Data Analyst, Integrated Business Information
834 40215

Tom works within the Integrated Business Information team, and undertakes a number of support activities which include:

• Developing the Finance and Planning MIS system;
• Supporting the development and generation of reports used by the wider university (e.g. faculty/department profiles, faculty reports, Stats Book);
• Contributing to the development of the Finance and Planning website; and
• Supporting SSM modelling activities.

Ms Rev Pendyala

Data Analyst and MS SQL Expert, Integrated Business Information
834 46226

Rev works within the Integrated Business Information team, headed by Carol Smith.

Mr Simon Porter

Business Analyst, Integrated Business Information (Wednesday and Friday)
930 58088

Simon works within the Integrated Business Information team, headed by Carol Smith.

Ms Sue Sleep

Manager, University Planning and Assurance Services
834 48898

Sue is responsible for a program of activities which analyses organisational performance at institutional, faculty and department level including:

• Key performance and quality indicators, including benchmarking;
• Strategic Risk assessment and reporting on mitigation strategies and controls;
• Business planning and analysis;
• Quality assurance and improvement, including undertaking reviews and audits; and
• Integrating performance analysis with planning and budgeting.

Ms Suzanne Daroesman

Manager, Evaluation Cycle
834 48121

Suzanne is Manager Evaluation Cycle:

• Together with three other members of the Evaluation Cycle team, looks after a range of surveys designed to provide systematic feedback on students’ experience of teaching, learning and research, and their broad University experience;
• The major student feedback surveys are: Quality of Teaching, Melbourne Experience Survey, Australian Graduate Survey (graduate destinations, course experience, postgraduate research experience).

Dr Jan Dethlefs

Senior Business Analyst
834 49067

Joined Finance and Planning in Dec. 2006 with the following responsibilities:

• Strategic risk management, assessment and reporting of mitigation strategies;
• Analysis and modelling of core datasets;
• Supporting the business planning process at institutional and divisional level; and
• Performance analysis at institutional, faculty and department levels.

Mr Guy Edwards

Policy Analyst
834 40323

Guy reports to Sue Sleep, Manager, Institutional Assessment, and is responsible for:

• Institutional performance reporting to key management and governance stakeholders;
• National benchmarking, particularly comparing institutional performance across the Group of Eight;
• Supporting quality assurance and improvement reviews, audits and other activities;
• Analysis and modeling of core datasets, particularly research and staff data; and
• Supporting the University’s Planning Cycle and Faculty / Division business planning activities.
• International Benchmarking;
• International Rankings; and
• Benchmarking Collaborations.

Mr Bill Jones

Senior Analyst (Evaluation Cycle)
834 49071

Bill is the Senior Analyst for the Evaluation Cycle team, contributing:

• to across a range of projects through the analysis and reporting of the University’s surveys; and
• to key responsibilities including, for example, the analysis, reporting, and policy development of the University’s Quality of Teaching Survey.

Ms Kim Foon Looi

Data Analyst (Evaluation Cycle)
834 43847

Kim is the principal data analyst in the Evaluation Cycle team, with major responsibility for:

• Survey data collection and analysis;
• Particular responsibility for compiling the University’s annual Australian Graduate Survey data collection; and
• The production of a range of tables and analyses from this data set, as well for other University surveys such as the Melbourne Experience Survey and research experience survey.

Ms Anna To

Analyst (Evaluation Cycle)
834 49070

Anna is involved in:

• Analysis and reporting of data collected from the Graduate Destinations portion of the Australian Graduate Survey, producing faculty reports on work and study destinations of graduates following completion of their course; and
• The University of Melbourne Surveys Reference Group, which has been established to provide policy advice and co-ordination in respect of surveys involving University stakeholders.

Ms Colleen Pearson

Director, University Budget and Divisional Planning
(Monday, Wednesday)
0432 753 976

Colleen Pearson is the Director of the University Budget and Divisional Planning Team.

Mr Chris Abelskamp

Manager, University Budget
834 45674

Mr Biju Philip

Budget Accountant
834 42929

Mr Geoff Shields

Management Accountant - Faculty
834 42934

Mr Ryan Krishnan

Management Accountant
834 42924

Mr Geza Horanyi

Accounting Officer
834 42927

Ms Robyn O’Loughlin

Director, Business Projects Group
834 49068

Robyn O’Loughlin is the Director of the Business Projects Team with responsibility for:

• Developing and managing a team of professionals;
• Delivering agreed outcomes to identified senior clients;
• Maintaining open and timely communication with key stakeholders
• The provision of advice to decision makers around complex planning, organisational and business activities and projects.

Mr Peter Wilson

Senior Project Manager
834 40428

Peter Wilson is the Senior Project Manager of the Business Projects team, and is responsible for:

• Leading and managing a team of professionals on projects
• Delivering agreed outcomes to identified senior clients
• Maintaining open and timely communication with key stakeholders
• The provision of advice to decision makers around complex planning organisational and business activities and projects.

Mr Chris Grigg

Senior Business Analyst
834 49066

Chris Grigg is responsible for:

• Delivering agreed outcomes to identified senior clients
• Maintaining open and timely communication with key stakeholders
• Driving the acquisition and manipulation of data sets
• Developing sophisticated forecasting models, including building on emerging unit tools
• Providing domain leadership across project teams in business modelling and University data sets area.

Ms Tanaz Irani

Senior Business Analyst
834 47860

Tanaz Irani is responsible for:

• Delivering agreed outcomes to identified senior clients
• Maintaining open and timely communication with key stakeholders
• Driving the acquisition and manipulation of data sets
• Developing sophisticated forecasting models, including building on emerging unit tools
• Significant contribution to the development of business plans and business cases

Project Officer
834 46406

Alistair Duncan is responsible for:

• Delivering agreed outcomes to identified senior clients
• Building a network of contacts across the University to assist in achieving this objective
• Maintaining open and timely communication with key clients
• Contribution to the development of business plans and business cases