mycar
Kate O'Callaghan is an accomplished finance professional with extensive experience in various managerial and analytical roles. Currently serving as Finance Manager at mycar since November 2020, Kate has a proven track record in leading budget, projection, and forecasting initiatives, alongside expertise in pricing, bonuses, and commissions. Prior to mycar, Kate held positions including Commercial Manager at Stryker, where responsibilities encompassed financial solutions for sales deals, business performance reporting for the sales division, and project management of annual target setting processes. Earlier experience spans roles such as Senior Associate at PwC, focusing on financial audits for diverse corporate clients, and various finance positions that included developing operational budgets and managing inventory reporting. Kate holds multiple degrees from the University of Otago, along with qualifications as a Chartered Accountant and Barrister and Solicitor of the High Court of New Zealand.
mycar
mycar is one of Australia’s largest names in the automotive industry. With over 275 stores across Australia, mycar provides a full range of automotive services including scheduled servicing, tyres, brakes, suspension, batteries and general mechanical repairs. Each store is run by a dedicated team of trained technicians and is an important part of the local community. Without a doubt, our biggest investment is in our most valuable resource – our team. We're proud to train our team to new and higher industry standards in service quality. With over 1,300 employees nationally, we’re one of the largest employers in the automotive service and repair industry, and we’re also the largest single employer of apprentice motor mechanics in Australia. mycar’s vision is to be the team of auto experts famous for customer care, and mycar is committed to setting new standards of service excellence for the industry. Our focus is to meet customers needs, no matter what car they drive – petrol, diesel, hybrid, electric, or any clean fuels of the future. Maybe we sound a little familiar. If we do, it’s because you used to know us as Kmart Tyre & Auto Service. We’ve been around since 1969, as part of the Wesfarmers group of companies, and operated as Kmart Tyre & Auto Service until 2019, when we rebranded to mycar following the sale to Continental A.G.