Focus on growth, strategy implementation and financial oversight

Managing the group central finance functions. This role enables me to get involved in project work whilst overseeing the day to day running of the head office finance team.I aim to improve finance function by challenging what we do and not settling for "we have always done it that way". It is this approach that allows me to drive process/system changes to benefit the business.

I moved into this role to "bring my timeline forward" from looking at last year's financial information during an audit, into up to date live data.This role gave me a good insight into a more commercial approach for a finance function in a business. Reporting on current month performance as well as forecasting, using past and present trends, to appraise investment decisions.I particularly enjoyed the aspects of this job that allowed me to;- Contribute to business decisions.- Challenge the commonly accepted "norms" of business (say something enough it becomes the truth).a fun company to work for and I thoroughly enjoyed my short time here.

After being promoted to an audit controller, I continued to develop within the corporate department. During this period I completed my ACCA qualification and progressed to experienced non-manager level within the firm.This role enabled me to work with businesses from varying industry sectors, ranging from; manufacturers, building contractors, hauliers, wine merchants, and heritage railways to name but a few.The role predominantly involved carrying out statutory audit work on clients, leading the on-site team whilst trying to add value to clients businesses through suggestions for procedure improvements.

I joined the company as a trainee accountant straight from school and was provided with a 5-year training contract & sponsorship towards the ACCA qualification.I achieved this qualification in line with the training contract, qualifying in February 2014.During my training period, I was also promoted to Audit Controller within the corporate department.