- Managing a team of three direct reports in Finance and four in IT. Also managed Site Maintenance for 12 months.- Support Finance team through financial closes and reporting to parent company in Germany- Management of Cash and forecasting for ongoing cash management- Management of forecasting including 5 year rolling and quarterly budget reviews for parent company- Management of year end audit processes, including submission of consolidation documents to the parent company- Management and investigation of Transfer Pricing policy between companies and implementation of this within UK business- Working to transition inter-company loans to an equity purchase- Working within a project team to identify future plans for site, production facilities and office space in the long term- Involvement in project to setup new UK warehouse and logistics centre including funding requirements and later a proposed move of production facilities to the same site.- Restructure for the UK IT team- Part of a Global IT Management Team for the parent companies to help shape the strategy of IT globally for the business- Implemented Perpetual Inventory Management system in the Warehouse- Managed a Group working capital project to reduce customer payment terms and increase supplier terms in the UK business- Subsidiary liaison and member of a steering committee for a Global ERP implementation project.- Setup more effective reporting within Finance, IT and Site to allow better management of the functions including ERP and dimension development.- Business partnering with various teams including Sales, supply chain and marketing to ensure effective collaboration, reporting and workflows- Project Involvement in smaller projects such as Plastic Tax, terms and conditions changes and Brexit solutions- Ad hoc tasks as requested by the other management team and the parent company

As Financial Controller I manage a team of three. In the role I have be performing the following:• End to end production of the management accounts and Board pack• Production of monthly KPI reporting including monthly reoccurring revenue (MRR), customer churn and upsells• Other ad-hoc customer reports including lifetime value of customers & price increase analysis• Fulfilling reporting requirements of PE investors• Production of VAT returns and assisting in tax pack and R&D tax credits work• 3-year SaaS based budget and re-forecast production• Group IFRS audit• Banking covenant testing and reporting• FX hedging• Assisting in producing a transfer pricing policy for overseas operations and maintaining agreement requirements• Assisted in setup of overseas operation• Process re-engineering including streamlining and re-creating management reporting and re-writing the credit control procedure• Create and implement company policy including banking and associated controls• Implementation of Direct Debit facility• Point of contact for the Sage line 50 Finance system• Any other ad hoc finance tasks

As Financial Controller I manage a team of four. In the role I have completed several project related work:• Production of an effective Cash Flow system• Production of all Balance Sheet reconciliation models• Updated and made improvements to the franchise self-billing procedure• Switchover of the Invoice factoring provider• Investigation and correction of prior posting errors• Advising on all accounting policies within the company for existing and new procedures• 5 Year Profit and Loss and Cash Flow modelling with the Owner and Board of Directors• Switch from Sage 50 to Sage 200• Improvements to the Franchisee Training• Plans to write expenses, fixed assets and other Finance related policiesI also perform the following regular tasks:• Be involved in company strategy providing a Finance insight into the future plans of the business• Reviewing and producing the daily cash flow, forecast updates and various analysis to board of directors with cash management recommendations• Monthly management accounts with all Balance Sheet reconciliation models updated and signed off• Monthly Management Information with relevant commentary and recommendations relating to cost management• Producing monthly Franchisee self-bill invoices• Quarterly VAT returns• Weekly review of Aged debt and debtor days with commentary relating to older balances obtained from the Credit Controller• Production of yearly budgets• Management of the Finance System• Providing guidance and advice to the Credit Controller on the actions needed for problem accounts• Implementation and maintenance of good Finance controls throughout the company• Training of new franchisees to ensure Finance processes are followed and that they manage their own finances effectively• Motivate and organise my team, ensuring all work and projects are completed on time• Company Values and History induction for all new team members• Any other ad-hoc Finance related tasks that arise

Within this role I perform the following activities:• Perform full Accounts Payable function• Perform full Accounts Payable function• Monthly Prepayments, Foreign Currency Petty Cash and Fixed Asset reconciliations and journals• Employee Credit Card and Expenses processing• Process re-engineering involving Expenses and Fixed Assets including new submission spreadsheets and writing the Fixed Asset Policy• Creation of procedure documentation portfolio for Finance that is fit for upload onto company Intranet

Within this role I perform the following activities:• Perform regular bank reconciliations• Cashflow forecasting and monitoring• Monthly accruals and prepayments posting (rent and bank charges etc)• Assisting with quarterly VAT calculations and returns• Reviewing and editing the subsidiary accounts• Process improvement and modification

Within my two years in this role I have gained a vast amount of experience. This is as follows:• Became the Microsoft Dynamics AX super user and first contact point for any Microsoft Dynamics issues• Process improvement and design to ensure correct accounting postings e.g. fixed asset acquisition and lease accounting• Sales ledger, purchase ledger and general ledger revaluations• Sales ledger and purchase ledger reconciliation• Stock closing and adjustment and dissecting the postings involved with fixed assets• Regular journals up to two thousand lines in size• Implementing the Atlas reporting tool for Dynamics AX and producing between fifty and one hundred tailor made reports• Cover for AP manager in supplier record creation and payment journal approval• Design and maintain the finance Intranet page with Microsoft Sharepoint