Brett Ruwoldt
Director
With 10 years working in finance roles before moving into IT consulting, Brett provides a powerful combination of skillsets to guide and strategise with organisations to achieve the right outcomes from their technology investments.
He has over 18 years’ experience building solutions in Business Intelligence and Analytics, Data Warehousing, and Budgeting and Planning across industries including manufacturing, distribution, construction, government, healthcare, retail and sports.
At QMetrix, Brett leads efforts to ensure that our clients receive exceptional service, whilst also enabling potential clients to understand how the QMetrix team can solve their pain points through delivering outstanding solutions. He loves seeing how successful investments in technology optimise business processes and drive business profitability.
Brett is a Certified Practising Accountant (CPA), and holds a Graduate Diploma in Software Development and Bachelor of Business in Accounting.
Core areas of expertise
Industry experience
- Manufacturing
- Construction
- FMCG
- Healthcare
- Mining
- Transport and logistics
- Food services
- Not-for-profit
- Retail
- Sports
Selected speaking engagements:
- Speaker for “Strategic Planning, Budgeting and Rolling Forecasts” event for finance leaders (Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, 2024)
- Panelist for Workday Adaptive Planning finance stream at Workday Elevate Melbourne (Melbourne, 2024)
- Speaker at Fragile to Agile session on Workday Adaptive Planning (Webinar, 2024)
- Speaker at Moore Australia’s lunch and learn session on Financial Planning and Analysis solutions (Melbourne, 2024)
- Host at lunch event for finance leaders in the not-for-profit industry (Sydney, 2024)
If you come by our office, try and beat Brett in a game of table tennis. Otherwise, you’ll find him keeping his kids entertained or watching AFL (mainly the mighty magpies!).
“I’m a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it.” – Thomas Jefferson
Insights by Brett
Financial and strategic planning for Allied Health organisations
What challenges are finance teams in Allied Health and related organisations facing, and how these can be effectively tackled? Read the whitepaper here.
Challenges and solutions in Corporate Performance Management for finance executives (podcast)
In this podcast for finance executives, Brett Ruwoldt shares about common challenges faced by finance teams and best practice solutions to get results.
5 Top Tips For Enhanced Rolling Forecast Success | QMetrix
As accountants, we all know the value of rolling forecasts. Most of us have the vision, but quite often we are lacking on the execution. So what are the top 5 tips for rolling forecast success?
Planning Solutions for SMEs – what is the ROI?
Doing annual budget and monthly forecast cycles in Excel takes a lot of resources. But what if you could slash your cycle times by 90%? What’s the ROI?
How to build a successful Business Intelligence (BI) strategy
A good BI strategy will put in place the necessary framework to ensure a widely adopted BI system. Learn how to build a successful strategy.
Top 7 tell-tale indicators that you shouldn’t Budget in Excel
Budgeting and Forecasting in Excel spreadsheets is fraught with danger. Here are the top 7 indicators or signs that you should be moving away from it.
Meet Brett's team members
How can we help you?
Have a corporate budgeting, forecasting or planning challenge? QMetrix has partnered with organisations across industries to harness the value of their data and enrich forward planning capability. Learn how.