Ashley Blackburn

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Commercial Finance Analyst at Revvity @ Revvity
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St Neots, England, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
About Ashley Blackburn

Ashley Blackburn is a Commercial Finance Analyst at Revvity at Revvity. They is proficient in Japanese.

Ashley Blackburn's Current Company Details
Revvity

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Commercial Finance Analyst at Revvity
Ashley Blackburn Work Experience Details
  • Revvity
    Commercial Finance Analyst
    Revvity May 2022 - Present
    Cambridge, England, United Kingdom
    Revenue recognition makes up the majority of this role, owing to the complexity of the income streams. Revenue is generated through product sales, contracts with performance gates, and licences fees for IP use. Correctly recording these streams, as well as forecasting them accurately requires many tools (Power BI, Advanced Excel, etc.).Creating interactive Power BI tools for the Sales teams.Aligning Sales reporting between Horizon Discover and parent company Revvity.Creating tools for use by the business to independently set budgets, allowing for growth, seasonality, price increase, and other inputs.Applied general improvements to all forecasting processes.Orchestrated a five-year revenue forecast across the business.Awarded a global CFO award across all of Revvity.
  • Accora
    Finance Analyst
    Accora Oct 2021 - May 2022
    Orwell, England, United Kingdom
    Budget vs Actual variance analysisRevenue Forecasting: Created from a scratch a revenue forecasting tool to enable the sales manager to input units or revenue, for product family or SKU and achieve a detailed forecast on all levels, with bias analysis. This feeds both NetSuite revenue forecasting and DemandCaster for use in supply chain ordering.Host all forecasting meetings and monthly director review of forecast.Amalgamated Financial Statement Forecasting: Using the revenue forecasting, I have created a tool which will subsequently produce the Cash Flow, Balance Sheet and Income Statement for X future periods.Created interactive P&L reporting, allowing the stakeholder to update their expense forecast live during the meeting, with the amendments being uploaded to NetSuite/Amalgamated Financial Statements.Work with Supply Chain team to create Item At Risk reporting.Basket Analysis, Product Profitability, Introduce Power BI to the business. Generate Power BI Expense reporting for the various operations and sales departments.
  • Mindray
    Eu Management Accountant
    Mindray Aug 2019 - Oct 2021
    Management Accountant for EU subsidiaries.Over sight of forecasting and budgeting.Variance and trend analysis.Benchmarking.Creation of Month End performance packs for Directors and General Managers in EU and China HQ.Creation and operation of interactive Sales analysis tools (Power BI).Supervision of pan-EU Capex spend.Developed Headcount, Attach Rate, Margin, and Basket Analysis reporting.2019 Team of the Year Winner (EU Finance Team)
  • Cambridge Assessment
    Management Accountant
    Cambridge Assessment Nov 2017 - Aug 2019
    Cambridge, United Kingdom
    Working within the OCR Management Accounts team, the role is comprised of: • Oversight of P&L for self contained Vocational portion of UK Business (Revenue £17m) • Overview of profitability, behaviour and margins for the Vocational suite of products• Monthly in depth review of variances and trends• Quarterly reforecast of revenue projections and costs• Working with Business Partners in UK Product Development and Product Support Management teams for reforecasting and variance analysis• Working with Product Management team to build cost models for new products• Review and finessing of cost drivers for modelling and forecasting• Challenging the Business on assumptions and spendSince joining Cambridge Assessment I have driven change to the financial reporting, to move away from variance analysis and instead focus on future behaviour and probability; the reporting is subsequently more engaging and useful to the business. I have also implemented Power BI reporting to allow for trend analysis, forecasting, comparisons and deep data drilling.I frequently build intricate and interactive cost models and project models for appraisal and scenarios, making them user friendly and robust.
  • Foodco
    Management Accountant
    Foodco May 2016 - Oct 2017
    Cambridge, United Kingdom
    Management Accountant responsible for Sales and Performance Analysis, Trend Analysis, day to day accounting procedures (purchase/sales/assets etc.), Service Charge reviews, Month End, Bank and Balance Sheet Reconciliations.Working with the directors and heads of department, this role requires frequent and rapid analysis of emerging trends, variances and development opportunities, all produced for almost exclusively non-financial staff. As well as producing my own monthly Performance Review pack for the two operational arms of the company, I also create interactive dashboards for use by the regional business managers, and take on investigatory tasks to identify key performance drivers.
  • Hanover Housing Association
    Assistant Business Accountant
    Hanover Housing Association Jul 2013 - May 2016
    St Neots
    This role includes forecasting, budgeting and analysis of the entire accounting function of the Northern and Eastern Operations arms of Hanover Housing Association, as well as accounting for several support teams such as Technical Maintenance, and Lettings. Liaising with key budget holders, my job is to ensure that all expenses from repairs through to salaries and legal fees are monitored for use by Business Partners. A large part of this role is production of Management Account Packs and commentary for Senior Managers and Board Members, specialising in KPIs and Overheads. This role also contains a full continuation of the previous Service Charge Analyst role.
  • Hanover Housing Association
    Planning And Development Analyst
    Hanover Housing Association May 2015 - Jan 2016
    To support financial analysis of the Group's planning and property development activities. Duties include:-Project Financial AppraisalForecastingBrixx ModellingCash FlowsBusiness PartneringMonth End ReportingReconciliationsGroup Accounting
  • Hanover Housing Association
    Service Charge Analyst
    Hanover Housing Association Dec 2008 - Jul 2013
    For over four years I have worked for Hanover in the Service Charge Accounts Department, dealing with the individual accounts for half of the countries schemes (residential units). During this period my efforts have been recognised at a local and national level, including an award presented at the House of Lords, given for achievement and nominated by my colleagues and management.Role Responsibilities:Producing forecasted budgets for hundreds of 'Schemes'Monitoring the Accounts in line with budgetsReviewing and analysing trends and errorsManaging Asset RegistersMonth and Year End for multiple accountsTraining colleagues throughout the countryHolding Seminars/Training workshopsBalance Sheet ReconciliationsAccruals and prepaymentsQuery ResolutionReporting and answering to the Business Accountants
  • Hanover Housing Association
    Internal Systems Trainer
    Hanover Housing Association Oct 2011 - Mar 2012
    I was seconded into the role of internal trainer, and have through that gained a qualification from TAP, becoming an accredited learning & development professional.Role Responsibilities:Providing systems training to various sectors of the companyProducing training sessions
  • Inside Track
    Finance Senior Reporting To: Programme Manager
    Inside Track Jan 2007 - Dec 2008
    I worked for DHL Inside Track. In my department we were responsible for Peugeot corporate rentals and company cars. After starting out in finance I quickly progressed to be the finance senior, which is a team leader position. In this role two full time members of staff reported to me. In this role I had to use to a high level of efficiency, Sage, Excel, Word, Lotus Notes and several bespoke systems.Role Responsibilities:Purchase and Sales ledgerSupplier Statement ReconciliationsInvoice Processing / ProducingCredit ControlCreditor CleardownsCash AllocationBank ReconciliationWork Load Management/DelegationDamage / Insurance AdministrationQuery ResolutionTrainingDealing with Peugeot Motor Companies bespoke monetary systemsProducing work instructionLiaising with a national network of dealerships and customersNominal ReconciliationsMonth End pack & Month End reporting
  • La Fitness
    Fitness Instructor
    La Fitness Feb 2006 - Jan 2007
    I worked both as a Fitness Instructor, Class Orchestrator and a Personal Trainer for LA Fitness (and prior to this at Buckden Marina). In this role I developed the ability to deal with all members of the public, from all ages and races on very personal matters. This role also required high levels of trust and organisational skills.
  • Choicesuk
    Assistant Manager
    Choicesuk Mar 2004 - Apr 2006
    St Neots
    Assistant Manager of a busy home entertainment store. Responsibilities included managing a team, stock control, cash control, marketing and interviewing, as well as traditional shop floor tasks.

Ashley Blackburn Education Details

  • Longsands College
    Longsands College
  • Forest School, Winnersh
    Forest School, Winnersh

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Ashley Blackburn works for Revvity

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Ashley Blackburn's current role is Commercial Finance Analyst at Revvity.

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Ashley Blackburn attended Longsands College, Forest School, Winnersh.

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