Amy Utteridge Email & Phone Number

Surrey, England, United Kingdom

• Operational responsibilities across entire UK operation;• Setting sales targets and ensuring budgets are adhered to;• Creating monthly and annual reports for results and financial forecasting;• Managing the audit process, liaising with UK Govt. for tax, import and export matters;• Managing cash flow by tracking transactions;• Looking for improvements that can be made to the accounting systems;• Developing and reviewing budgets with HQ staff in Italy including CFO;• Overseeing payroll, entire staff expenses and taxes, as well as purchase and sales ledgers;• Ensuring bank and balance sheet reconciliations are completed.• Note: relocation to Singapore in November 2023

London, England, United Kingdom

• Balance sheet reconciliation• Assisting with the preparation of the monthly management accounts.• P&L Review• Controlling standard costing• Assisting in preparing the budget forecast and monitoring & and controlling the budget.

London, England, United Kingdom

• Reporting to the Finance Manager and Head of Finance regarding Montblanc’s day-to-day financial transactions, e.g. company and staff expenses, and account reconciliation.• Quarterly audit, including comprehensive stock-take, in the seven UK boutiques.• Work closely with the Finance Manager to ensure smooth operation of all finance matters.• Monthly production of financial statements, preparation of spreadsheets, reports, and correspondence for submission to Head of Finance and headquarters.• Plan, organize, and manage own workload to ensure contribution to the company’s monthly financial reporting process is achieved in a timely and accurate manner.• Resolution of finance-related queries from wholesale, retail, and marketing departments.• Annual preparation of financial year-end reports and review of procedures.• Provide daily financial support to staff from inter-company as well as headquarters in Germany.• Assist with tracking and reconciling monthly organizational and departmental budgets.• Maintain, update, and manage accounting systems and databases.• Assist in liaising with budget holders to monitor expenditure and sales against agreed targets.• Liaising with auditors and other external personnel on financial-based matters

London, England, United Kingdom

• Comprehensive knowledge of the entire product range, pricing strategy and responsibility for sales and stock levels.• Delivering sales targets for all Montblanc products to international and UK customers, as well as exclusive and private clients - six incentive rewards for achieving monthly sales targets, and service commendation awards for excellent customer service.

Bangkok, Bangkok City, Thailand

• Team leader in control of the full range of Calvin Klein Watch and jewelry products in all distribution channels in Thailand with responsibility for daily operations management.• Managed sales performance throughout 32 key accounts in Thailand including Duty Free, regional cities, B2B, and other distribution channels; negotiated with Swatch HQ to double dedicated Calvin Klein sales team; managed concessions in Department Stores.• Accountable for sales turnover target of US$500k and control of marketing budget of US$50k.• Increased Calvin Klein sales so that Thailand was identified to be one of the strategic growth markets in 2007–2008 for Calvin Klein Watch & Jewelry in the Swatch Group global portfolio.• Implementing sales forecast strategy, introducing more than 250 SKUs annually to the Thai market, as well as Vendor Managed Inventory for King Power Duty-Free - Swatch Group Thailand’s key account – resulting in 350% product growth in both tax-free and duty-free sales. The slow-moving stock of 1,400 watches was cleared by a specific B2B strategy.• Initiated new product launch to market by planning 4P’s strategies and defining the product concept; developed short and long-term marketing plans and pricing strategies to increase market share in the highly saturated Thai luxury goods market of 2%; managing an advertising and marketing budget of up to US$10K annually.• Attended annual international team meetings in Europe and Asia to work with the global team of Calvin Klein managers; attended Basel World watch fair to meet clients and customers to promote the brand – for example, generated orders of over 1000 pieces for 2007.

Bangkok, Bangkok City, Thailand

• Responsible for operations management of women's clothing and accessories in Boutiques and Department Stores; with sales of US$2 million in 2002 rising to US$3.3 million in 2004.• Reclassified distribution channels with the regional marketing team to target the teenage and young professional market; successfully re-launched “Dapper woman” increasing sales turnover by 10% in 2002; sales volume growth exceeding 40% year to date in mid-2004 by continually reviewing and revising the brand’s marketing mix.• Reduced cost of goods sold by seven percent by implementing an optimum demand forecast.• Organized and developed product training modules for approximately 30 Sales Representatives resulting in improved sales in all retail outlets.

Bangkok, Bangkok City, Thailand

• Liaised with international clients to facilitate imports/exports between Japan and Thailand.• Negotiated with foreign suppliers, prepared all import/export documentation etc.• Coordinated marketing activities with Finance and Sales Departments.• Collected market information and prepared annual reports to plan sales for the following year.

Dip Ma, Accounting And Business/Management

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Business Administration And Management, General

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Business Administration And Management, General