Anthony Burrows Email & Phone Number

London, Gb

London, Gb

Cheltenham, England, Gb

ResponsibilitiesLeadership and management of the UK finance team for transactional finance, management and statutory reporting and business partnering, lead on the UK audit engagement and management of group finance activities, including group consolidation, audit and application of IFRS across all group entities.Highlights and achievements- Transformation of the UK finance team: process, ways of working, controls and setting up to support business growth- Restructure of business partnering roles and responsibilities to better partner operations- Turnaround of underperforming purchase ledger function - Replacement and upskilling of the financial accounting team- Creation of a dedicated ‘Cash and Banking’ team- Delivery of clean UK audit for year end Sept 20- Creation of a group finance function to support group expansion- Project delivery and systems implementation

Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, Gb

ResponsibilitiesDelivery of a timely, accurate and well understood monthly close, primary point of contact for auditors around the half year and year end audit process, local compliance in Belgium, Germany and Denmark, core finance system maintenance and user support and delivery of finance transformation projectsHighlights and achievements- Improvements to the timeliness and quality of the month end- Successful completion of two year end audits and two half year audit reviews- Leading on finance systems implementations and change programmes- Finance lead on business wide change programmes

Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, Gb

ResponsibilitiesDriving the annual budgeting and quarterly forecasting process and partnering with operational managers to set input requirements, timescales and deliverables, leading the analysis and reporting of the monthly financial result, with production of the management accounts pack for presentation to the board.

London, Gb

Responsibilities- Development of four year plan for business integration and growth. Implementation of year one of the plan into operational budgets.- Development of monthly rolling forecasting process to support reporting requirements of new owners. Tracking and reporting on business integration plan against budget.- Support and development of the plan in light of changes to macroeconomic and business factors.- Issue of weekly sales and contribution flash report to the board, and analysis of key messages- Preparation and review of full P&L budget and forecast with budget holders and senior directors

Rockford, Mi, Us

Responsibilities- Planning and forecasting sales and margin, across three brands and eight countries.- Reporting of actual sales and margin against the plan/forecast to directors and sales managers.- Periodical variance analysis by country and brand of sales and margin, with a commentary to US of key factors affecting the period, quarter and year to date position.- Review of country P&Ls, with specific responsibility for sales, cost of sales, freight and distribution.- Analysis of individual product margins and recommendations for factory purchasing decisions, air freight requests and special make-up requests.

London, Gb

Responsibilities- Management of the P&L down to gross margin for each of HMV UK (over 250 stores), HMV Ireland (7 stores), hmv.com and Fopp.- Analysis of actual performance against budget/forecast and last year and reporting to board level.- Reconciliation of balance sheet accounts- Management of the period end margin journal posting process within agreed deadlines

Education record

Bsocsci, Economics & Finance

Education record