David Fenner

Chartered Accountant (CA ANZ) with 20+ years leading statutory reporting, SOX compliance, external audit governance, tax reporting and financial control across multi-billion-dollar Chevron Australia and BHP Petroleum operations. Twelve years at Chevron, progressing from project accountant to leading statutory and audit compliance for a USD $5BN earnings business. Led and upskilled a 10-person team to 100% audit and SOX compliance, presenting clean audit outcomes to the Board.

Shaped board-level decisions on USD $100M+ asset sale transactions through earnings-impact and risk analysis, and strengthened capital governance on a USD $3BN construction scope within a USD $9BN LNG major capital project. Delivered transformation outcomes across S/4HANA and 1SAP ERPs, plus cloud migration of Thomson Reuters ONESOURCE.

Targeting

Head of Finance, Finance Manager or Group Financial Controller mandates in capital-intensive or regulated industries.

Analyst, Financial Forecasting, Analysis & Reporting at CHEVRON AUSTRALIA (2023-08 – 2026-04)

Controller-level statutory reporting, audit and SOX ownership for major producing assets (North West Shelf & WA Oil) within a USD $5BN earnings business.

• Delivered 100% SOX and statutory compliance for a USD $5BN earnings business across every audit cycle, protecting clean audit outcomes presented directly to the Board.
• Led the Thomson Reuters ONESOURCE cloud migration ahead of Statutory Accounts deadlines and co-developed a self-service Statutory Reporting Power BI tool, cutting auditor report turnaround by 2 weeks and Information Request volume by 15%.
• Shaped board-level decisions on asset sale transactions exceeding USD $100M by leading earnings-impact and risk-scenario analysis delivered as board-ready materials.
• De-risked the finance workstream of the S/4HANA ERP transition, reviewing 20+ existing reporting tools and identifying 100+ master-data fields via SQL and JD Edwards analysis, flagging control gaps ahead of go-live.
• Led and coached a team of 10 through consecutive group and statutory audit cycles, embedding capability uplift and disciplined operating rhythms.

Finance Analyst, Corporate Functions (IT, Corporate Affairs, HSE) at CHEVRON AUSTRALIA (2020-11 – 2023-07)

Embedded finance business partner across corporate functions, responsible for planning, forecasting and performance management.

• Owned planning, budgeting and performance oversight for ~USD $100M annual scope, embedding OPEX/CAPEX reduction targets and cost discipline aligned with Chevron and JV partner expectations, including $5M reduction in IT Digital budget.
• Co-built a Power BI forecasting/budget-tracking tool and a Service Request/Purchase Order PowerApp at a company Digital Hackathon, cutting manual reporting effort and eliminating recurring master-data and 2-3 journal-correction errors per month.

Financial Analyst, Supply & Trading at CHEVRON AUSTRALIA (2018-01 – 2020-10)

Finance advisory role to Chevron's >USD $10BN Supply & Trading operations.

• Strengthened pricing, forecasting, earnings and cash-flow predictability across 150+ LNG cargoes annually under 16 SPAs, extending forecast horizon from 3 to 12 months.
• Established accounting, invoicing and forecasting processes for cost recoveries, deferral cargoes and price reviews, protecting value to Chevron and improving cost transparency for JV partners.

Accountant, Wheatstone Project Development at CHEVRON AUSTRALIA (2013-12 – 2018-01)

Senior project finance role on the Wheatstone Upstream LNG development (~USD $9BN).

• Protected capital discipline on a USD $3BN subsea construction scope by governing JV cash calls, cost transparency and forecasting across multiple JV participants, and challenging Value of Work Done calculations for Cost Engineering compliance.
• Implemented a commitment-reporting tool and enhanced cost-control framework giving project leadership real-time, granular cost visibility (Service Request, Supplier, Business Unit) and early warning of cost pressures.

Tax Analyst at BHP BILLITON PETROLEUM (2007-09 – 2013-11)

Tax compliance and advisory role supporting mega oil and gas projects: North West Shelf & Bass Strait (annual tax >USD $1BN).

• Led primary (Income Tax, PRRT) and secondary taxes (Royalties, Excise, GST, FBT, WHT) for the Bass Strait and NWS projects, safeguarding BHP's risk exposure through audit disputes and a group-wide SAP transition delivered with 100% accuracy.
• Co-developed, tested and implemented Australia's first PRRT model built within SAP, retiring manual calculations and cutting compliance risk on a >USD $1BN annual obligation.

Manager, Compliance & Tax Reporting at Lloyds TSB (2007-04 – 2007-08)

Cost Verifier, Forensic Accounting at British Airport Authority (2006-05 – 2007-01)

Senior Tax Consultant at PwC (2002-07 – 2006-03)

Bachelor of Commerce in Accounting & Finance – University of Western Australia