Brenda Lai
Senior Consultant
Brenda is a hands-on systems specialist with a solid background in finance and IT. Prior to joining QMetrix, she worked with market leading providers of integrated facilities services in Australia and New Zealand for many years. She held roles including Management Accountant, System Accountant and Senior Business Analyst.
A background in diverse and fast changing multi-facility service industries have helped her accumulate extensive knowledge and experience in Budgeting and Forecasting, Planning and Financial Modelling, Data Analysis, Data Integration, Process Improvement and Reporting.
At QMetrix, Brenda specialises in Workday Adaptive Planning / Adaptive Insights implementations, assisting clients in a broad range of industries to develop effective Planning and Forecasting systems which lead to continued success in strategy planning and Corporate Performance Management.
Brenda is a Certified Practicing Accountant (CPA) and holds a Bachelor of Business, with a major in Accounting and minor in Software Development.
Core areas of expertise
- Budgeting and Planning
- Financial and Management Reporting
- Data analysis
- Data integration
- Workday Adaptive Planning / Adaptive Insights
Industry experience
- Construction
- Contract maintenance
- Not-for-profit
- Education
- Transport and logistics
- Manufacturing
Brenda loves reading, and enjoys listening to a broad range of music and taking photos.
“I enjoy working with my colleagues in QMetrix. There are new challenges every day which inspire me to learn and to grow and become a better version of myself.”
Insights by Brenda
Exporting data out of Adaptive Insights / Workday Adaptive Planning – best practice tips
There are a few ways to export data out of Workday Adaptive Planning – each with its strengths and limitations. Explore the different ways, including the lesser known Matrix Report.
Modelled Sheet Audits in Adaptive Insights – best practice tips and tricks
While a powerful feature, modelled sheets can be difficult to troubleshoot. Discover our tips and tricks for drilling into calculations and creating audit sheets.
Workday Adaptive Planning Features: Explore Cell, Required Columns on Modelled Sheets, and Erase Data functionality
We explore three features from the Workday Adaptive Planning 2021R2 release in detail: Explore Cell, Required Columns on Modelled Sheets, and Erase Data functionality
Meet Brenda's team members
How can we help you?
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