Kirk Parcel

Career Objective: To work in the global arena, using my unique combination of banking and commercial experience in the IT industry, combined with an extensive education background at an under and post graduate level in economics, finance, commerce, strategy and management to drive process improvement, strategy implementation, project and process management.

Professional Experience: Process Management at the global level. Program design, implementation and management at the global level. People management including managing remote teams in all timezones. Shared Services management. ERP implementation. Banking experience especially in trade finance and credit analysis.

Kirk Parcel’s Specialties:

People Management, Process Managment, Program and Project Management, Service Provider Management, Strategy Design and Implementation,Trade Finance, Credit Analysis, Intenernational Banking

Kirk Parcel’s Experience

Global Cash Manager

Sun Microsystems

(Public Company; JAVA; Information Technology and Services industry)

February 2007 — Present (2 years 10 months)

• Responsible for managing the people and processes supporting Global Cash Receipts and Applications Processes-

• Responsible for managing all payment methods globally imcluding Credit Cards, LockBox, EDI/EFT, Wire Transfers, Cheques and Letters of Credit. This includes managing sevice provider relationships.

• Managing a team of fourteen (14) in three regional Cash Hubs – Sydney (APAC), Denver (Americas) and Amsterdam (EMEA) driving global standardisation in process and systems. Remote Team Management is a specality.

• PRINCE2 Certified Practitioner, SIX SIGMA Green Belt and Sun Finance Internal Trainer

Key Achievements:

• Successfully manage the application of 120,000 receipts worth US$ 13 billion annually across three hubs globally with 14 resources. This is achieved through standard global process, maximising economies of scale, standard systems and partnering with service providers.

• 96% of receipts fully applied within one day globally.

• Lead a number of training courses in Sun systems and process in Australia and Asia.
Global Process Comliance Manager

Sun Microsystems

(Public Company; JAVA; Information Technology and Services industry)

January 2004 — January 2007 (3 years 1 month)

• Responsible for implementing and managing Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) compliance framework globally for GITC and managing internal and external audit issues for GITC.

• Required management of remote teams across cultures and significant project management skills to successfully implement SOX framework.

Key Achievements:

• Designed and implemented a Sarbanes-Oxley framework globally within six months meeting all SOX certification requirements.
Asia Pacific Business Process Analysis

Sun Microsystems

(Public Company; JAVA; Information Technology and Services industry)

August 2002 — January 2004 (1 year 6 months)

• Responsible for business process analysis and documentation, development of user test plans, management of user acceptance testing and internal training for global ERP (Oracle Financials) implementation for APAC ITC followed by provision of front-line support for the new ERP system.

Key Achievements:

• Successful ERP implementation in APAC
Manager, Asia Pacific Cash Applications and Trade Finance

Sun Microsystems

(Public Company; JAVA; Information Technology and Services industry)

September 1993 — August 2002 (9 years )

• Responsible for managing cash receipts and trade finance (Letter of Credit) for Asia Pacific.
• Through the use of economies of scale and ongoing process improvement, able to manage significant volumes across 13 separate countries with a team of three.

Key Achievements:

• Implemented a process to support 500 Letter of Credit Transactions per quarter across APAC working in with banking partners requiring no additional increase in resources.
Trade Finance Manager

Bank of America

(Public Company; BAC; Banking industry)

September 1993 — September 1999 (6 years 1 month)

• Responsible for managing major international trade transactions including Letter of Credit, credit analysis, risk management and foreign exchange for Australian and Asian companies,
Banking Officer - Management Development Scheme

Westpac

(Public Company; WBC; Banking industry)

January 1988 — June 1991 (3 years 6 months)

• Management Development Scheme. Responsibilities included retail banking, customer service and international banking.

Kirk Parcel’s Education

Australian Graduate School of Management

EMBA , Management , 2004 — 2006
University of Sydney

Master of Commerce , Finance, International Business, Government and Business , 2000 — 2002
Securities Institute of Australia

Graduate Diploma in Applied Finance and Investment , Finance, Securities, Credit , 1995 — 1998
Macquarie University

Bachelor of Economics , Economics, Finance , 1988 — 1992

Additional Information

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Kirk Parcel’s Interests:

• Triathlon – Australian Ironman Triathlon 2002 plus numerous Half Ironman Triathlons and Corporate Triathlons • Running – Sydney Marathon 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002 & 2003 plus numerous Half Marathons and 12 Sydney City-to-Surf’s • Snow Skiing – Thredbo Interclub, Sydney University Intervarsity, skied all over the world • Blogging – Weblog (www.blogs.sun.com/roller/page/Kirk) attracts over 2,000 hits and day and ranked in Top 15 of Sun Microsystems Weblogs