Site lead for Space Imaging business

Finance leader and member of the Space Imaging Leadership Team. Responsible for all aspects of Finance for the Division globally. Leading and working closely with the Divisional President to transform the business and deliver Divisional and financial objectives. Driving performance with all areas of the Division, including close working with fellow Leadership Team members, Programme Management, Engineering Operations. Driving change and educating the business to achieve cash improvement and cost reduction goals. Co-ordination and presentation of the periodic strategic plan, budget and forecast processes for the Division. Providing support for quarterly operational reviews with Chairman and CEO in California. Providing guidance for Divisional Bid Reviews, investment appraisals and contract reviews. Delegate for Divisional President when required. Present monthly divisional and quarterly project reviews to Executive management. Divisional contact for financial and project audits.

Responsible for all HRS Division finance matters. Supporting this £50m business through Strategic Planning, Commercial Decison Making (Bids, Tenders, Pricing, Investment Appraisal), Planning (Budgeting, Forecasting) and Reporting (Board and Executive Committee) and providing day to day support to the HRS Divisional Director. My role involves regular foreign travel to visit and support the French plant based in Grenoble. Project lead for the ongoing Sales and Operational Planning (S&OP) project, to improve the quality and consistency of the Group's forecasting. Working with supply chain, operations and IT to design a process and tool to fulfill the companies requirements. The project has so far been delivered on time and on budget and is now live in the UK and I am about to roll-out in France, with the US and Asia to follow in Q2 of this year.I also oversee two members of staff who provide the finance support to the functions across the group (HR, Finance, IT, Commercial, Technology, Marketing) one of which is a graduate who I am mentoring through the final year of the e2v finance graduate programme.

• Project Lead for SAP BPC project, to develop and deliver a forecasting and planning tool and supporting processes to fulfil both internal and external reporting requirements. • Coordination of the periodic forecast and budget process. Planning the process liaising with international subsidiary financial controllers to ensure deliverables are understood and timetables are met.• Delivering consolidated group forecasts during the financial year to the required level of accuracy and to the agreed timetable for review by ExCom and the Board. • Continuous improvement and development of existing processes and systems.• Production of monthly performance reports for functional heads. Conducting monthly reviews and explaining variances and offering advise on internal processes, controls and assisting with commercial and operational decision making.• Finance representative for ongoing design of business forecast process to align all elements of the forecasting cycle, from sales forercasting to operational resource planning to financial forecasting.• Line management of three direct reports, including mentoring of graduate on rotation programme.Achievements include:• Project lead for successful implementation of forecasting and budgeting application within BPC and the redesigning of supporting processes. Ensuring objectives were met, delivering within budget and to an extremely tight deadline.

Project Lead for SAP BPC project, to develop and deliver a consolidation and reporting tool to fulfil both internal and external reporting requirements. Responsibility for solution appraisal and selection and selection of consultant to partner throughout the project. Responsible for project planning and management to ensure project was delivered on time and on budget, through co-ordination of internal and external resources. Responsible for the design and build of the BPC solution to replace the legacy Excel spreadsheet solutions for P&L, Balance Sheet and Cashflow Reporting. Operating the periodic management consolidation and reporting process to deliver the P&L, Balance Sheet and Cashflow for the Group within the agreed timetable.Continuous improvement and development of existing processes and systems.Production of monthly business unit reports and monthly performance reports for divisional and Board reviews, including key performance metrics.Deliver updated group financial forecasts during the financial year to the required level of accuracy and within the agreed schedule. Provide financial analysis of the group results on a regular basis to assist the managements understanding of business performance.To ensure master data structures are correctly defined within the SAP system to allow consistent reporting across the group.Line management of three direct reports.Achievements include:Finance Lead for successful SAP single instance project, working closely with French and US colleagues to provide one single SAP platform for all e2v companies. Responsible for all FI/CO changes, liasing closely with IT Project Management, internal and external SAP consultants and Finance colleagues in the UK, France and the US to ensure that problems were resolved in a timely manner and major issues were escalated to Steering Committee.

place which provides the best possible quality of life for all who live and work there.; Responsibility for the preparation and distribution of the Council's Consolidated monthly Management Accounts, Quarterly Cabinet Members' Report and all other routine Consolidated Reports, Returns and analysis.Provide high quality financial support and advice to Report recipients and stakeholders, including the effective management of ad-hoc queries and requests. Forge and sustain strong working relationships.Working in collaboration with stakeholders, be pivotal in identifying where change would be beneficial or is necessary and manage that change accordingly. Continually seek opportunities for improvement and to value add. Manage related project activity.Key member of the Highways Improvement Programme Team, a pilot for changing the Council's long established approach to Financial Reporting, Internal Controls & Risk Management

PFE International is a World Leader in Mailroom Technology, manufacturing in the UK; Manage Finance department operation to ensure accurate, efficient and timely information produced.Reviews internal controls and procedures, recommends and initiates changesMaintains an overview of departmental and company proceduresProduces information for the annual statutory audit, includes liaison with auditorsProduces information required by the company bankersManagement of all related issues including general ledger, review daily accounting transactions, regular postings routines and reconciliation of control accounts validity of the accounting informationSupervision and management of all Finance department staff

Servicing Air Conditioning, Heating & Ventilation markets, within the UK & Ireland.; Ensuring a high quality service is delivered to the business units on a timely and consistent basis.Support to Branch Managers and Business Unit Managers, for combined £20M business.Co-ordination of budget, forecast and month-end operational reporting processes.Responsible for business planning, both short term & strategic direction.Ensuring provision of information, required for EMEA Reporting.Ensuring accuracy & integrity of Hyperion reporting & financial statements.Ensuring compliance with Sarbanes Oxley controls.Achievements include:Business lead for "Oracle" implementation, responsible for successful integration and migration, whilst ensuring operational staff are adequately and appropriately trained.

Responsible for preparing management accounts on a monthly basis, for all UK & Ireland equipment sales businesses. Preparation of monthly profit and loss, balance sheet & KPI forecasts.Preparation of AOP, review of current business model(s) and input into future business strategy.Preparation and presentation of monthly business review pack.Preparation of monthly variance analysis and commentaries, for submission to EMEA.Attendance at monthly contract reviews, to ensure accurate reporting, and compliance with relevant accounting standards and Sarbanes-Oxley legislation.Reconciliation and management of balance sheet accounts on a monthly basis.Ownership of results and responsibility for ensuring accurate reporting.Achievements include:Implementation of critical contract review process, to ensure compliance and improve business understanding.Successful building of key relationships within operational areas.Developed accurate forecasting process to enable improved business management.

Working as Team Lead for a small team, responsible for preparing management accounts on a monthly basis in conjunction with General Accounting ManagerReconciliation/management of monthly balance sheet accounts.Maintenance of fixed asset register and reporting of capital expenditureMonthly reporting of results to US parent companyPreparation of quarterly trial balance reviews for submission to USPreparation of year end accounts and supporting audit schedulesTrained specialist in Raytheon Six Sigma.

Preparation of rolling forecasts and budgets on a quarterly and annual basis.Producing overhead and G & A rates for own business area.Assisting functional leaders in the formulation and understanding of their budgets.Analysis of overhead and direct labour accounts.Control expenditure on department overheads in own business area and code invoices.