Alison Devlin Email & Phone Number

London, England, GB

Uxbridge

• PizzaExpress – Head of Finance Operations
• Leading the Finance Operations Team comprising, UK Reporting & Control, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable Payroll, Cash Management, Tax, Loss Prevention & Branch Cash.
• Developed team members by coaching and mentoring to achieve their finance qualifications for AAT, ACCA and CIMA.
• Work with stakeholders providing proactive support for BAU and new initiatives.
• Streamlined accounting processes.
• Working with key stakeholders… Show more PizzaExpress – Head of Finance Operations

Luton, United Kingdom

• Project Management of the Operational Excellence Program with key responsibility for improvement and standardisation of processes across the business units including reconciliations, helpdesk processes, review of Db.
• Improved the General Accounting reconciliation process with the implementation of the Blackline reconciliation tool
• Rationalised the banking arrangements… Show more Project Management of the Operational Excellence Program with key responsibility for improvement and standardisation of processes across the business units including.
• Rationalised the banking arrangements, cashflow and managing FX deals and implemented new banking arrangements for the Irish entities
• Developed a Business Continuity plan
• Developed a KPI reporting pack to demonstrate adherence to service levels and on-going improvements in service delivery

Pearson Shared Services, Harlow, Essex

• Outsourcing of major part of processes to India and management of ongoing relationship
• Management of Accounting Services Division comprising 90 team members providing a service on behalf of the UK Pearson Operating Companies.
• Management of SOX, SAO and PCI compliance
• Finance lead for the delivery of new SAP implementations and ongoing enhancements to the finance systems Indicative projects include: -Multiple major integration projects for acquisitions comprising both the… Show more
• Finance lead for the delivery of new SAP implementations and ongoing enhancements to the finance systems Indicative projects include: -Multiple major integration projects for acquisitions comprising both the.
• Design and delivery of numerous systems and processes to streamline and automate processes. Indicative examples of other systems include use of OCR and workflow for a fully automated ‘no-touch’ AP process..

• Management of Accounts Payable, Payroll and Finance with a department of 40 staff
• Working with all the Pearson operating companies to provide a quality service within agreed Service Level Agreements and to continually improve processes.
• Responsibility for integration of new businesses and systems into the department

• Responsible for managing the ongoing delivery of Finance, Purchase Order Processing and Payroll SAP modules to the Pearson Operating Companies.
• Successfully completed the major implementations on time and in budget, and achieved integration of processes

• Implementation of SAP for the new Shared Service centres. Member of the SAP Finance Team. SAP design and roll-out for all of the Pearson operating companies in scope in the UK & US.

• Implementation and Maintenance of the Sun accounting system across the Financial Times Group involving liaison with all areas of the FT Group.

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