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Bristol, England, United Kingdom

Bristol, United Kingdom

Reporting Manager for Openreach, responsible for Service Delivery reporting including month end and forecast, ensuring it is KPI led and insightful.

Bristol, United Kingdom

Group Finance Shared Service Centre role, responsible for the accounting and management reporting of UK general ledger, with a team of 15 direct reports.

Bristol, United Kingdom

The business operates as a food ingredients manufacturer in the UK, a division of the global industry leader Kerry Group plc. The Finance Manager role grew to include the month-end financial reporting of a £500m revenue business across 18 UK sites, with financial control responsibilities including:- Month-end Hyperion accounts submission- Detailed monthly reporting to Senior Executives including variance analysis- Managing busy UK shared service AP/AR departments- Preparation and management of detailed budgets/forecasts- Year-end reporting of UK Ingredients Group in Hyperion under IFRS- Preparation of financial statements- Managing a team of up to 4 direct/20 indirect reportsKey Achievements- Received acknowledgement from senior finance members for the hard work, commitment and professionalism of the UK Finance team- Supported the team to drive month-end reporting timetable back to 4 days, a 20% time saving- Formulated and refined procedures to report month-end from the new ERP software (SAP), meeting month-end timetables again within 6 months of implementation- Acted as Business Data Owner for migration of all AP data from Promix to SAP, ensuring the accurate transfer of all AP master data and live transactions

Bristol, United Kingdom

The Divisional Financial Reporting Manager role encompassed the financial consolidation of a €1.4b revenue business across 40 European sites and the reporting thereon. This role had many of the same basic responsibilities as the Divisional Consolidation Accountant role below, but on a much larger scale, and therefore placed greater emphasis on:- Management of the team of 3 direct reports, ensuring they are working effectively and efficiently- Ensuring the level of reporting to Senior Executives is sufficient and appropriate- Query resolution; from team members, sites, group and end-users of reports- Ownership of the divisional financial reporting function, ensuring systems and processes are optimalKey Achievements- Designed and implemented major divisional reporting restructure to meet technology ownership-based business needs at a divisional and detailed level, for both the accounting system (Hyperion) and reporting (Excel)- Merged the consolidation and reporting of 5 separate divisions into 1 division, refining and standardising reporting practices across legacy divisions- Integrated the accounting of major new acquisition; £70m revenue group, across 8 countries in Europe, multi-currency, separate consolidation and business reporting to measure profitability

Bristol, United Kingdom

The Divisional Consolidation Accountant role encompassed the financial consolidation of a €400m revenue business across 13 European sites and the reporting thereon:- Month-end Hyperion accounts consolidation and submission - Present accounts in Euros dealing with all currency issues- Detailed monthly reporting to Senior Executives including variance analysis- Managing the Hyperion accounts consolidation of detailed budgets/forecasts- Year-end reporting of UK Ingredients Group in Hyperion under IFRS- Preparation of financial statements under UK GAAP- Inter-company loan and recharges reconciliation and consolidation- Preparation of monthly management accounts for Head Office; cost centre analysis, prepayments and accruals, balance sheet reconciliations, liaising with non-accountants to ensure accurate reporting of Head Office accountsKey Achievements- Proven track record of submitting month-end and year-end divisional accounts on time- Enhanced Head Office reporting pack through consultation with key cost centre managers to meet their needs- Created several Excel reports that have been adopted as standards by the business; working capital days, phased P&L accounts, moving annualised trend reports- Designed and implemented a headcount policy to standardise reporting of FTE heads across the division

Bristol, United Kingdom

The business is a mid-tier accounting practice, with a diverse range of large and small audit and non-audit clients, offering a wide range of practical experience. Key responsibilities included:- Senior in charge of an audit team on multiple clients with group turnover in excess of £20m- Drafting of consolidated financial statements in accordance with UK GAAP- Arranging and attending company stocktakes- Training and development of assistants including acting as a mentor for new inducteeKey Achievement- Proven track record of completing tasks within allotted time resulting in client billing targets being met

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Accounting & Finance, 2.1

3 A-Levels (Including Maths) And 9 Gcse'S