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Hammersmith, London

• Signant Health is a Private Equity owned clinical trials data technology group with turnover of USD 450m.
• Running of all transactional finance aspects of the UK and Ireland operational business in relation to general ledger, tax, payables, cash and payroll.
• Partnering with other departments to make improvements to the running of the UK and Ireland business. Actively promoted business engagement with Finance.
• Management and development of UK and Romania finance team members.
• Running all aspects UK and Ireland month-end to deliver reporting consistently to demanding deadlines.
• Set up and improvement of controls and procedures to meet demands of a rapidly growing business in order to meet Private Equity standards.

London, United Kingdom

• Vue Cinema Group is a private equity owned international Cinema group with turnover of £600m)
• Managing the team that produced the consolidated results, balance sheet and cash flow reporting for the group month-end, bond reporting and reporting to private equity owners.
• Working on the Offering Memorandum processes for the sale of the business to new Private Equity owner, raising of listed bond finance and the acquisitions of business in Poland and Italy.
• Integration of acquired businesses in Poland and Germany to align reporting and processes.
• Managing the interim and year-end audit and statutory accounts process for both consolidated and individual companies.
• Implementing improved procedures to help the finance team move to a group function structure as the company expanded rapidly.

London, United Kingdom

Running the month end process for the international division which involved producing the consolidated result, reviewing the results submissions and producing the board pack for the International CFO.Supporting the finance teams in Germany, Spain, Italy and London in all aspects of finance.Working on the due diligence process to provide information for the.

Bath, United Kingdom

• Private Equity owned geotechnical engineering and marine surveys company with turnover of €50 million;
• Completing the group consolidation and group financial statements for December 2011 year end reporting under UK GAAP.
• Completing the financial statements and related documents for Belgium subsidiary under Belgium “Alarm Bell legal rules” for company in financial difficulties.
• Provided analysis required by private equity owners and senior management team to enable restructure of the business.Reason for leaving: Company went insolvent.

Berlin Area, Germany

• Sirius is an AIM listed property investment and development company with a property value of €500 million.
• Running of the finance department and managing the team which consisted of 25 members. This included controlling the accounts payable & receivables functions, monthly management accounts reporting, budgeting, decision.
• Setting up the controls and procedures to change the function from that of a small private venture to being able to support rapidly growing international listed venture. Had to ensure the newly launched company on AIM.
• Being the finance representative in executive meetings that helped senior management decide the strategic direction of the company.
• Presenting to the board in executive meetings on the group performance and other financial initiatives.
• Changing the finance function from being focussed on financial reporting to business partnering with the commercial areas of the business.

Guildford, United Kingdom

• Octavian was an international gaming company with turnover of €32 million.
• Preparation of the statutory consolidated financial statements and running of the year end audit. This was a multi-location audit with divisions in several countries.
• Provided the required financial analysis for the due diligence and prospectus documentation for possible company merger with Ebet, an Australian Stock Exchange listed company.
• Providing the business plan and financial support to the European Sales Director in the proposal to expand in to the German Gaming market.
• Producing monthly management accounts, cash flow forecasts to advise on the cash flow problems and payment of suppliers.Reason for leaving: Company went insolvent.

London, United Kingdom

• UBM plc is a Media company which had turnover of over £900 million during this period.A role supporting the CFO, Deputy FD and Communications team which was 60% project work and 40% re-occurring work.Project work.
• Providing the main financial support to the group communications team. This involved helping them in dealing with information requests from external analysts and determining what updates could be given to the stock.
• A working capital review of a major subsidiary that was disposed of as part of an agreement mechanism. Had to project manage dealing with people who were no longer to be part of the company, working around a number of.
• Key member of the project management team for the implementation of the new group consolidation and accounting system to be used for monthly management and year-end reporting for the divisions and the board.
• Key member of the project team preparing for the transition to reporting under International Financial Reporting Standards including writing technical papers on standards, assessing impact on current accounting.
• Completing of the year-end group consolidation and preparing London stock exchange compliant financial statements under both UK GAAP and IFRS.

London, United Kingdom

• Cable & Wireless was a international telecomms group at the time.
• Managing the monthly result for the Corporate region (circa £350m pa) whilst balancing the strategic requirements of the Corporate MD to manage UK board expectations with that of the local Regional Directors to.
• Directing regional sales teams on regional performance, areas to improve and setting commission payments.
• Business partnering with sales teams in preparation of bid tenders and pricing setting. This ensured the sales team improved the structure of proposals whilst ensuring proper corporate governance was met.
• Interlock of region budgets from a detailed bottom up view with the target expectations set by the board.
• Briefing FD and MD of Corporate UK team on monthly performance and production presentation packs for their monthly review with the UK board.Finance representative on the debt management side to help resolve billing and.

London, United Kingdom

Cable & Wireless was an international telecommunications group at the time.Writing monthly financial report and providing analysis on the monthly result for Director of Global Planning to help understand performance and KPI's.Work on the preparation, consolidation and review of teh annual operating plan as part of the budgeting cycle. This involved.

London, United Kingdom

I worked in the Aberdeen office for 3 years and qualified as a member of the institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland in 1997I then transferred to the London office and reached the level of Audit Manager. Worked on various multinational audits and also transaction services work such as due diligence, working capital reviews and listing transactions.

Ba Hons, Business Studies, First Class 1

Secondary School, 6 Higher Grades And 10 O Grades