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Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom

Ownership of COE operations ( Centre of Excellence BU). Team's responsibilities include: P&L analysis, budgeting, forecasting, utilisation monitoring and FTE planning. Reporting on profitability and taking actions to minimalize the risks. Working closely with Regional VP on resolving the issues related to business performance. Financial Planning & Budgeting - collaborate with different departments on their needs and how they fit in within company's strategic goals. Financial Analysis & Reporting- Monthly P&L reviews on key KPIs. Analyzing revenue and cost drivers to provide feedback to Senior leadership to make informed decisions. Backlog and Sales reviews to predict risks and opportunities and make the decisions on Workforce Planning. Forecasting- Monthly revenue forecasting review of the next 3 quarters; Rolling forecasts to predict future financial performance. Variance analysis Forecast to Budget. Monitoring debt and cashflow.Project governance - monitoring projects' health check; margins and variances to sell rate. WAR- work at risk- approving work in progress for potential customers. Utilization and time management- monitoring drops in utilization. Analysis of non billable time. Team leadership- provide timely feedback and mentor Finance Analyst. Business Development Funds- invoicing and monitoring spent; Commissions process- forecasting, invoicing and operationalizing the commissions process. Process improvements and automations- develop the best practice for reporting and tools. Investigating new CPQ tools. Operations management of global strategic projects (bonus schemes, SPIF, commercial processes, KPIs).Implementation of new technologies and systems.Compensation and incentives plans- Developing and operationalizing plans within the whole organization. Providing analysis what-if to leadership based on different performance scenarios.

Armagh, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom

Dynamics system project:Establishing MVPs for Revenue and Billing; Forecasting, Time entry. Working with a project team on a successful implementation of Dynamics system into Adobe's Professional Services organisation. Collaboration with different teams on meeting the common goals. Thinking outside of the box to creatively improve the current processes.Part time Job rotation program in the accounting team. Responsibilities: Balance sheet reconciliations, KSB1-Budget spent recon, VAT returns, Blackline reconciliations and approvals, Cost Accruals, Ariba, Bank account recon for newly acquired company, Preparation of the quarterly Reporting pack for CAO

Armagh/Dublin/Working Remotely

Leading EMEA, APAC and Japan Revenue Operations team, supporting Delivery Directors outside of Americas (152mil USD revenue annually)- Supervise and improve the monthly financial close and internal control process to ensure an accurate and timely close, applying US GAAP;- Operationalizing revenue recognition and reconciling with the use of new technologies and onshore and offshore resources;- Synthesizing complex situations and communicating them to teams in clear manner to create action, - Globalizing processes and improvements; - Responsibility of accounting deferrals/accruals and intercompany journals in accordance with 606 accounting principles;- Preparation of quarterly expired revenue and carry over forecast;- Supporting deal reviews in the view to maximise the revenue while customers expectations are metAchievements:- As a result being a strategic thinker and passionate problem solver, I scaled the business through the use of new technology Alteryx. The impact of my efforts resulted in 720 hours/year saved for operational processes;- I contributed to the development of Revenue Assurance global strategy by enabling and onboarding offshore resources; - I worked on developing and implementing new Rate card billing system to support customers’ requirements and operationalize it globally - Support of Go-to-market teams’ initiatives in order to bring more revenue flow to the company and excel at customer experience;

Armagh/Dublin - Working Remotely

- Revenue processing, reconciliations, analysis, forecasting; - Process mapping, improvements and redesigning;- Introduced MACRO to support faster revenue recognition; Time efficiency increased by 50%; - Revenue Accounting- Credit card payment implementation- POD leader managing team of 2 - Audit of newly acquired company (Neolane) (contracts, orders, billing and revenue recognition)

Dublin

SAP Super user, UATs, process improvements for quote to cash, business partner to Consulting organization, presentations to variety of audience from junior to senior management.

Dublin

Achievements:- Presentation during major Eastern European sales conference in Krakow onlicensing program changes;- Race Award

Poland

Achievements:- Leading Daily Operations Meetings- Taking part in new online ordering tool pilot- Creating KPI metrics tool and Flow chart for Lucent processes;

Warsaw Area, Poland

Intercompany and direct business partners management regarding deliveries, orders, and forecasting stock in SAP. Production scheduling, preparation of export documentation, materials management, costing and other. SAP APO and PO2 modules.

Acma Cgma

Master'S Degree, Economics

Diploma, Photography