Responsible for all Finance and Procurement/Logistics functions in Australia,Singapore, Thailand and China. Leading a team of 10, 6 in Australia, 4 across Asia.Trained and rolled out Business Intelligence software to the business to give daily visibility on sales bu customer/product and margins and improve efficiency in the budgeting and forecasting removing reliance on spreadsheets.

Responsible for Australia financial and statutory reporting, tax planning, FP&A , cashflow forecasting, managing a team of 4.Implemented automated sales invoicing and Cognos locally enabling transition away from excel spreadsheets for monthly management accounts preparation to Cognos, significantly improving speed of production.

Australia comprised of 5 acquired companies based in 4 locations throughout Australia, with offices in Hong Kong and China too. Reporting to UK PLCOverall responsibility for all financial activities of the division.

Overall responsibility for all financial activities , leading the finance team of 8 in provision of accurate financial and management reportin.Successfully migrated dated for new system implementation for 2 companies and trained end users.Managed and co-ordinated successfully relocation of the AP team and Remediation finance team from Nottingham and Cardiff respectively to Manchester. This included standardising processes, training and recruitment of staff during the transition.Liaised with stock loss adjusters over fire at our in-house laboratory in Nottingham, responsible for handling accounting and claim value.

Privately owned global business, market leader, head office in Kansas, USA.Transitioned Wholesale Division to Discount Retailer market. Responsible for all reporting, analysis, budgeting, forecasting and cashflow analysis for the division to the Group.Rolled out Business Intelligence software to circa 200 end users.Key part of a team that successfully implemented a new computer system (JD Edwards) for finance. Integrated 5 subsidiary finance departments into 1 centralised.