Alistair Marsden Email & Phone Number

Southampton, England, GB

London, United Kingdom

Exploring accounting as a social and institutional practice, focusing on the institutional and organisational context of these accounting practices in their broadest sense. My proposed research area explores how participants within major research projects respond to accounting requirements, and how this influences the accounting, organisational and.

Winchester

Provision of consultancy, project management and interim services Assignments include:- Programme management of supply chain restructuring at Unilever- Strategic review for Loddon School;- Acquisition review for a special school;- Bid preparation work for financial BPO deal;- Preparing business plan for Blue Apple Theatre Company;- Developing and.

Southampton, United Kingdom

Management and oversight of University financial governance and stewardship. Responsible for financial accounts, taxation, professional services business partnering and insurance.

• Promoted to lead responsibility for EMEA Finance. Member of European Leadership team with overall responsibility for strategy and performance within EMEA ($2.7 billion revenue). 6 direct reports managing a total team.
• Completed finance transformation project at lower cost than forecast;
• Achieved headcount savings of 170 staff within country finance operations ($14m annualised savings);
• Built strong team of 20 new Area and Country Controllers that ensured financial reporting and internal control was not compromised during transformation;
• Implemented BASWARE purchasing system and CONCUR T&E system;
• Led 2010 cost containment initiative within indirect spend areas and achieved additional annual savings of $7m;

Appointed Non-Executive Chairman of the main commercial legal entity in UK (revenue $250m). Chaired 7 quarterly UK Board meetings and hosted annual town hall and recognition awards

Basingstoke

• Responsible for financial control & reporting and day to day management of major finance transformation project. 5 direct/120 indirect staff covering consolidation, programme management & overseeing of Swiss financial.
• Established 100 strong Finance shared service centre in Prague;
• Kept EMEA Finance transformation programme on target for 2010 delivery;
• Programme managed the Sarbanes Oxley initiative within EMEA - achieving the best divisional results in Tyco Group.
• Achieved Six Sigma Green Belt accreditation for delivering project that saved $4m annually on inventory shrinkage
• Developed the FX hedging strategy within EMEA - resulting in a $10m improvement against target

Basingstoke

• Brought in to resolve some significant financial issues within EMEA. Reviewed, recommended and then implemented the solutions. Potential exposure of $35m significantly reduced and achieved a clean year-end.
• Integrated the finance department (integrating 12 countries, a head office and 25 legal entities with around 120 finance staff);
• Defined financial reporting requirements. Then rolled this out, merged companies into Hyperion reporting platform and prepared monthly-consolidated accounts for Mallinckrodt through 2001. Accounts successfully audited;
• Interim managed the head office financial accounting team and converted the existing tax structure into TycoInvestigated accounting irregularities at two plants

Reporting to Managing Director of Programme. Responsible for Programme start up, cost tracking and invoicing. Set up a local accounting team and financial reporting using Oracle Project Accounting and Ledgers (OPAL)

Chosen by Group Finance Director to determine how to develop the struggling BRS businesses within NFC. Together they made up 25% of the asset base of NFC.Took the financial lead in the ensuing successful divestment programme

Responsible to the Director of Corporate AuditInvestigated flawed acquisition of Spanish business. Presented "lessons to learn" to Group Finance Director leading to appointment as Corporate Finance ManagerCommercial and operational investigations of a number of commercial contracts

Doctor Of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Accounting, Organizations And Institutions

Exploring accounting as a social and institutional practice, focusing on the institutional and organisational context of these accounting.

Master Of Science (Msc), Major Programme Management, Distinction, The Dean'S Award For Best Overall Student

The last few years has seen the proliferation of project based organisations like Apple and Google. It has also seen an increase in big.

Fellow

Registered Practitioner, Programme Management

Ba (Hons), Economics