Cliff Jackson, Cpa, Ca Email & Phone Number

London, Gb

London, England, United Kingdom

-Review of monthly Management Accounts package.-Modelling of P&L and balance sheet information to ensure that data for the past 21 months reconciled across all financial systems and to the new data warehouse. Use of numerous types of Power BI reports to extract additional information from the data warehouse and recommendation of improvements to all systems (reports and structure) to improve their efficiency.-Ensuring that the new financial tool Syft is set up correctly with respect to all financial information contained within it.

London, England, United Kingdom

London, England, United Kingdom

• Provided recommendations to senior stakeholders to improve granularity and accuracy of Cash Flow reporting, which included system and mapping changes with respect to Cognos TM1 and Navision, and the selection of the Business Dynamics Cash Flow Forecasting tool.

London, England, United Kingdom

Key achievement:• Developed numerous Excel SmartView management reports to improve cost centre analysis for budgeting purposes and collaborated with the Power BI function to ensure that all relevant cost information was accurately reflected in their reports.Responsibilities:• Developed and documented processes (SOP’s) with respect to the bank reconciliation function, such as cash pooling and the auto-reconciliation of accounts. • Reconciled numerous months for many complex German bank accounts, and the intercompany accounts for all related companies; this included using the bank statements to create journal entries for many of the transactions due to a backlog in entering financial information.• Worked closely with the German Treasury team to ensure that the various aspects of the Oracle Cash Management were correctly set up and recommended any necessary change requests (reports, automation) that made the bank reconciliation process more efficient.

London, England, United Kingdom

• Remote assignment• Assisted the CEO with reporting and forecasting requirements. This included setting up an improved forecasting process and building a forecast model.

London, United Kingdom

Key achievement: • Detailed investigation into the numerous large differences between multiple systems’ data sets enabled them to be reduced dramatically (by 95%), and resulted in greater transparency and trust in the numbers.Responsibilities:• BW (Business Warehouse) HANA SME which included being a key point of contact for the SG&A team in Poland; resolved queries and reconciliation issues, and supported master data maintenance. • Led an allocations project to ensure SAP allocation cycles were adjusted to fix divisional differences, and the setup of BW key figures was corrected in order to fix regional and product differences.• Prepared the monthly SG&A report on functional and category levels, based on numerous BW extracts; updated for the various forecasts and new cost centres/cost elements, as well as for changing informational requirements.• Reconciled monthly and YTD SG&A costs between the Access database and pre- and post-allocation cycle BW HANA Statutory and Management data sets.• Prepared/loaded large data sets into SAP and BW during Budget and Forecast periods, reconciled to the Access database and cleared all load errors.

London, United Kingdom

Key achievement: • Finance transformation changes introduced drew top management’s attention to problematic business areas, resulting in improved business strategies and large savings for the company.Responsibilities:• Business partner with respect to bids and the procurement, engineering and project management functions that supplied projects/bids – these were complex areas due to the instability of supply and demand. End-to-end analysis for P&L, balance sheet and cash flow, management of cost bases, strategy, headcount and cost base restructuring.• Coordinated the yearly Budget and Mid-Term planning cycles for the above as well as facilities allocations. Improving accuracy and increasing budget holders’ accountability required a large amount of work over numerous planning cycles.• Administered and analysed the Planus (management of resources) reports, one of numerous improved analytics to evaluate the business. These reports included dispersion statistics, direct vs indirect headcount, workforce vs contractor costs, billable hours and absorption, and were constantly evolving to meet new information requirements. • Prepared the monthly Management Report, a constantly evolving document due to expanding information needs. • Delivered system improvements which enabled a movement of the entire finance function onto a centralised system from Excel. This included the addition of sub-functional cost and profit centres, cost elements, wbs elements and hierarchies, as well as developing new BW reports. Numerous reallocations of costs had to be made until the aforementioned had been fully completed. • Assisted in numerous other changes including the design and building of non-financial statistics (headcount and hours) in SAP, the creation of numerous secondary cost elements to track cost centre time charges onto projects/bids, and the enabling of loading budget submissions into SAP, which resulted in a complete reporting process out of BW.

Toronto, Canada Area

• Remote assignment with frequent travel to Toronto. • Assisted the CEO with reporting and forecasting requirements.

Ontario, Canada

Key achievement: • Was brought in at a difficult time for the flagship property (project was over budget and close to completion) and ensured the smooth running of the on-site accounting function.Responsibilities:• Assignment was on-site at the Rainy River Development in Northern Ontario, Canada.• Managed the monthly and quarterly financial close processes in SAP, including a review of all journal entries, reconciliation of intercompany amounts, settlement of work orders/costs to assets under construction, foreign exchange and cash flow, as well as BPC submissions to Group Finance. • Modelled project costs & cash flow analyses for the project development area and prepared the monthly reporting package.• Assisted senior mine management with budget/forecast variance explanations, account coding issues and accounting queries.• Ensured that project costs were carefully monitored and classified correctly.

London, United Kingdom

London, United Kingdom

Key achievement:• Preparation of the Group Budget for the NYC Budget PresentationResponsibilities:• Consolidated the International Group Budget which included:o coordination of information with division heads and comprehensive analysis of data submitted, ando preparation of the New York Budget Week presentation.• Modelled foreign exchange scenarios with respect to the various divisions for the Group Budget and forecasts.• Managed the preparation of a monthly consolidated International Television Operations Report submitted to Group Finance.• Prepared various Group ad hoc analyses for the CFO.

London, United Kingdom

Key achievement:• Managed the FP&A area of International Studios and ensured its smooth running while the VP was on maternity leave.Responsibilities:• Led the monthly forecast process and ensured that it was correct for slate timing, inter-divisional sales to Home Video and TVD, ultimate changes, royalties and overhead costs.• Prepared the monthly Studios Operating Review presentation for the NBCUI CFO, highlighting financial performance and operational drivers, risks and opportunities, and prepared detailed variance analysis for operating cash flow.• Managed the quarter-end close process in conjunction with the Controllership.• Spearheaded the redesign, including the UAT process, of the SAP BPC forecasting tool.• Managed two analysts and supported the correct accounting treatment of scripted and non-scripted shows.

London, United Kingdom

Key achievement:• Managed expectations of senior stakeholders to ensure a smooth transition to a new allocation methodology.Responsibilities:• Developed a revised allocation methodology with improved drivers for shared services to ensure that the performance of the Network, Voice and Data Centre divisions was better measured.

London, United Kingdom

Key achievement:• Fully documented all Shipping processes, which was the first time this had been done.Responsibilities:• Created the 2015-16 Business Plan strategy which included manning requirements, fuel, vessel leases and fleet repairs. • Managed the Health & Safety and Environmental reporting. • Documented the SAP BPC forecast/financial reporting processes by means of BP’s business process mapping tool, ARIS.

London, United Kingdom

Key achievement:• Prepared revised segment allocations which were used in the forthcoming IPO.Responsibilities:• Created a comprehensive Excel model which included:o multi-year segmented quarterly analysis of the management accounts including IFRS adjustments,o revised shared service allocations as a result of a redesign of the allocation methodology.

London, United Kingdom

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Toronto, Canada Area

Extensive travelPreparation for move to the UK

Toronto, Canada Area

Key achievements• Redesigned the forecast model which included crucial changes in methodology and the design of new site templates – EPS guidance accuracy improved to 95%.• Overhauled the sites’ operations review process by increasing frequency and detail of analysis.• Ensured that deadlines were met by the Sao Paulo, Brazil office and the accuracy of information improved by spending substantial time there during the budget period. Responsibilities:• Managed the Group budget process which included consolidating the global annual three-year budget and providing direction to sites and regional offices for its preparation to ensure that consistent policies were adhered to across the group.• Administered the budgeting system, Clarity (similar to Hyperion) and all training related to it.• Assisted the Chief Accounting Officer in preparing the annual budget presentation for the CEO and Board of Directors.• Managed the forecast process which included preparing a forecast package for the CFO at regular intervals during the quarter.• Acted as key liaison for country & mine controllers and managed a team of two analysts.• Reviewed companywide G&A monthly and tracked group capital expenditures.• Analyzed the weekly and monthly forecast and actual operational statistics for reasonability.• Supported Investor Relations with respect to the operational aspects of press releases.• Project managed a successful redesign of the budget system which improved run times of reports by up to 90%.• Supervised a team of 2 analysts.

London, United Kingdom

• Acted as the most senior finance professional for three joint venture companies with an annual turnover of £320million.• Prepared the statutory accounts for the three companies in compliance with UK GAAP.• Ensured strict compliance with shareholder procedures relating to internal controls• Responsibility for monthly management reporting. • Overall management of the company’s treasury function including short and medium term cash deposits in accordance with established bank parameters• Management of external audit and tax adviser relationships.• Managed an accounting team of two.

London, United Kingdom

• Prepared valuations of potential business opportunities, as well as weekly valuations of the Company for management and the primary lender.• Prepared long- and short-term group cash flow updates.• Ensured the accuracy of the various locations’ budgets (which resulted in an overhaul of the US operation’s model), and prepared the corporate overhead budget.• Frequent travel to Vancouver to update Western Canadian Coal’s forecast model, used as a basis to secure a large bank loan.• Developed a consolidation model for an eighteen month period on a UK GAAP and IFRS basis for a subsidiary. This was developed without the benefit of management accounts, and involved purchase accounting for step-up acquisitions.• Prepared going concern and impairment testing models for interim and final audits for all group companies. • Various ad-hoc projects.

Toronto, Canada Area

• Maintained security and administered the corporate financial systems, namely Epicor, Hyperion Enterprise and FRx.• Ensured effective integration and better utilization of existing finance systems.• Coordinated the review and proposal process for an impending implementation of a new financial reporting and planning application.• Responsible for the implementation and roll-out of new systems such as Doclink (invoice processing system) and Necho (employee expense system).• Responsible for upgrades with respect to the corporate financial systems.• Owner of the master chart of accounts for the company’s financial systems.• Ensured that the chart of accounts was consistently maintained and enhanced, and that all systems used it appropriately.• Led the process that ensured that all financial systems, as well as financial spreadsheets, were SOX compliant.• Developed a companywide standardized reporting package that fully utilized the financial and operational systems in place.• Led an initiative to review data integrity and develop processes, in order to improve integration of the film and television title tracker application with the Epicor financial system.• Coordinated financial report requests from the various departments.• Co-chair of the Financial Systems Committee formed to provide a forum to discuss existing and new financial systems, as well as system automation improvement opportunities.• Supervised a Financial Systems Analyst.

Toronto, Canada Area

Manager, Planning (2003 - 2004)• Prepared forecasts, as well as the yearly budget and long range plan; maintained and developed the existing models.• Prepared sensitivity analyses for all planning models, and monitored actual results against forecast.• Analyzed data trends and identified additional work required to obtain a greater understanding of results.• Liaised with sites and continually followed up on all planning aspects.• Assisted operations controllers in weekly and monthly reporting of production statistics.Manager, Consolidation (2002 - 2003)• • Review of monthly Executive Report and supervised a consolidation analyst.• Integrated a billion dollar company with numerous subsidiaries (Homestake Mining) into the existing Barrick consolidation due to a merger. • Project lead/chair on implementation of the Khalix consolidation system (similar to Hyperion) at all sites, worldwide. This new system resulted in an improvement in reporting accuracy and timeliness. Responsibilities as project lead/chair: (2001 - 2003)• Member of the Implementation Steering Committee which provided recommendations on policy issues and changes to the project scope.• Directed weekly meetings of the implementation team to discuss project issues.• Key liaison in providing business expertise as well as business requirements in design of the new system.• Ensured that all accounts were mapped correctly and data reconciled, lead in testing of the new system and ensured results of parallel run were satisfactory.• Supervised numerous consultants assisting in the implementation of the new system.Consolidation Analyst (2000 - 2002)• Prepared the monthly Executive Report, involved in the preparation of the quarterly reports and press releases as well as the annual financial report, advised other offices and sites worldwide on group accounting policies and liaised with the external auditors during interim and year-end audits.

Toronto, Canada Area

• Assisted with the following cases: forensic accounting, fraud and valuation

Toronto, Canada Area

• Planned and executed audits for clients in the following industries: manufacturing, wholesale, retail, not-for-profit, pension funds, unions, credit collection and entertainment. Supervised staff and prepared the financial statements, note disclosures & related tax returns.

B.Com., Accounting, Economics

Bachelor Of Commerce (B.Com.), Accounting And Information Systems