CORPORATE SERVICES PROGRAM WHAT WE SAID WE’D DO WHY WE DID IT WHAT DID WE ACHIEVE? Administration Finance Information Technology Provision of corporate governance that meets the needs of the organisation, Board and corporate regulatory requirements Improved financial management through assisting business groups to achieve tighter contract and milestone management Delivery of efficient and effective IT infrastructure and business systems that meets business group user needs. Where the core IT services average availability for the quarter during business hours is 99% cent To support Dairy Australia's business, strategically and operationally, by providing integrated best practice corporate services; and by contributing to good corporate governance Aim to achieve this across the five core disciplines of risk management, contract management, financial management, infrastructure management and systems management Contributes to a continuous improvement culture with respect to financial management across all business groups Improved financial management assisted Dairy Australia in managing company reserves, cash flows, project investment and also optimised financial capacity and flexibility in an open and transparent way e.g. improved investment returns on Dairy Australia's reserves and administrative cost savings across the organisation Contributed to good corporate governance, working with DAFF and the 14 other Rural Development Corporations on issues of governance and performance evaluation Together with Corporate Affairs, managed the Annual General Meeting (AGM) Ensured the independent Three Year Performance Review was complete and available to members and the public as required by the Statutory Funding Agreement (SFA) Supported the 2007 Dairy Service Levy Poll by working with industry and government to finalise regulations, administrative and logistical details and financial projections and scenarios (including the late impact of the worsening drought). These activities progressed through to stakeholder engagement, including the Information Memorandum, media, dairy farmer road shows and ultimately the levy poll in March 2007 Providing robust IT solutions that are appropriate to Dairy Australia business needs Worked with the Executive Leadership Team to ensure that the adoption of IT systems continue to be business driven and a third of the IT infrastructure was upgraded in line with Company lifecycle policy
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