Chris Holden Email & Phone Number

Melbourne, Vic, Au

Australia

Melbourne, Australia

Responsible for the implementation and on-going development of the Sunsystems Accounting Package and associated products.Collection and documentation of existing Accounting & IT information/process, performing Gap Analysis.Development of technical specifications and recommendation of process/system improvements.Evaluation/mapping of previous accounting framework and resolution of weekly and monthly reporting requirements.Ensuring integrity of data migration, validation and reconciliation.Production of UAT scripts for UAT purposes.Training & support for end-users.Liaising and working with developers for integration with host systems.Enhancing Budgeting process and reporting.Development of KPI and Dashboard Reporting.

Feltham, Middlesex, Uk

FF+ project - Implementaion of automated, item level, data feeds from clients accounting package into Bank host systems.Responsible for analysis of accounting packages technical structure and user functionality, working with stakeholder and project team to ensure successful implementation of business and technical requirements.Provided technical requirements documents for developers to meet output from business requirements workshops.Reduced testing time by 6 weeks by developing and implementing testing strategies and methods for efficient testing of large numbers of test scenarios.Implementated daily monitoring, exception and ad-hoc reporting tool using MS Access.Produced training documentation on processing rules for non-technical staff

London, United Kingdom

Mortgage Securitisation Programme - Implemenation of interface for Treasury to select appropriate mortgages for securitisng. This generated GBP16.7bn of mortgage backed bonds.Responsible for reviewing testing methodology.Implemented proceses usiing SQL queries and MS Access that provided 100% coverage of mortgages as opposed to sample testing. This led to a significant number of defects been identified.

London, United Kingdom

Credit Card Securitisation Control Project - closure of Audit Asurance Review recommendations.Responsible for project governance and management of teams, to ensure closure of all review recommendations within the designated timeframe

Feltham, Middlesex

Income-Tracker Project - revenue and target tracking tool for Sales teams using feeds from Sun Accounting software.Responsible for providing technical specifications, design and build of MS Access interface, data cleansing and testing, documentation and training.

Feltham, Middlesex

Responsible for the implementation, maintenance and continual development of Sun accounting Package and associated products, month end reporting and budgeting.Migrated UK office onto Sun accounting package enabling a common platform for all companies, reducing costs and improving efficiencies.Migrated European subsidiaries onto UK host systems.Reduced reporting time by 20% through process mapping, training and increased automation.Introduced matrix reports to meet Group requirements, through changes in host and accounting systems.Member of Talent Programme and attendee at High Achievers Awards.

Stockholm, Sweden

Finance and Accounts Manager Nordic Division.Responsible for co-ordination of monthly reporting and variance analysis, General Ledger reconciliations. Preparation of annual business plans and monthly settlements, training and development of supervisors in 4 countries.

Feltham, Middlesex

Responsible for the selection and development of regional standard biiling and accounting systems.Integrated host systems with Billing Systems, Sun Accounting other other 3rd party applications.Installed and developed Sun Accounting in 7 overseas subsidiaries, standardising procedures whilst maintaining local regulatory reporting.