Leading the team responsible for commercial negotiation, settlement and reporting c. $750m of BP Shipping’s charter party contracts through three regional teams. Responsible for the reporting and analysis of chartering activity, including development of MI reporting Responsible for all BP Shipping’s Port Agency activity including spend of $250m annually, through leadership of an internal team and outsourced service providers.Leadership of Commercial Account Opening Team, providing assurance around all counterparty transactions to regulated standards. Leading global compliance program across 450 high risk agents.

Responsible for overseeing reporting of results, planning, forecasting and financial control and processes.Partnering with the business teams to develop new financial reporting tools and behaviours, creating a more financially focused organisationProvided detailed analysis of commercial contracts, both for negotiation and forecasting purposesResponsible for leading the collation, analysis and distribution of headcount data across large sections of BP.

Responsible for budgeting, business planning and forecasting of newly created business sector;Finance lead on management team responsible for integration of acquired businesses into the newly created Business to Retail sector including:Restructuring cost base, including consolidation of headcount, Introducing new organisational structure.Introduced new accounting policies and proceduresImplemented new pricing model;Completion of all statutory acquisition accounting.

Lead 15 person finance team (3 direct reports) responsible for processing of all financial transactions for $200m revenue North American Business.Responsible for preparation of cashflow forecasts, tax forecasts and statutory accounts.Lead implementation of new financial systems.Responsible for payroll and benefits administration.Lead negotiations over audit fees and acted as primary contact for internal and external auditors.Responsible for North American HR departmentSecretary to dmg world media board.

Responsible for consolidation and analysis of financial information for global exhibition & publishing group.Responsible for year end consolidation and preparation of statutory accounts. Produced consolidation and analysis of monthly management accounts, forecasts, budgets and business plans.

Dealt with creditors, staff and suppliers of wound up companies.Supervised negotiations of the sale of assets and property.Processed liquidations to closure.