Leading all financial aspects of the Company both operationally, by managing the accounting and financial control activities and strategically to ensure targets and growth aspirations are met. Financial management of a large portfolio of Group companies covering operations around the world, working closely with the wider business to ensure compliance throughout.

Leading a Finance team of 8 people, responsible for financial control and transaction processing within the global Ambrey Group. Heading up the day-to-day activities within the finance function to ensure compliant financial management within the UK, UAE and West Africa. Specifically, responsible for the preparation of timely, accurate monthly Management and other Financial Information for the Group MD and Audit partners.

Overall financial management for a Framework Contract responsible for all external financial reporting and internal P&L reporting.Responsible for leading financial aspects of bids into the Framework including pricing and the development of viable, compliant financial models for the evaluation and approval of deals.

Finance Lead for the implementation of SAP globally across BAE Systems Applied Intelligence replacing four existing finance systems into a single solution.Responsible for leading financial business change including behavioural aspects of process execution along with design and implementation of financial process worldwide, including sales capture, purchasing, financial reporting and tax.Finance Subject Matter Expert with experience in all Core and Transactional elements of… Show more Finance Lead for the implementation of SAP globally across BAE Systems Applied Intelligence replacing four existing finance systems into a single solution.Responsible for leading financial business change including behavioural aspects of process execution along with design and implementation of financial process worldwide, including sales capture, purchasing, financial reporting and tax.Finance Subject Matter Expert with experience in all Core and Transactional elements of Finance including GL, Chart of Accounts, Reporting, Tax, Treasury, AP/AR providing authority to the design piece. Show less

Responsible for service and performance management, governance and pricing for the provision of Finance Shared Services to other BAE Systems businesses.Leading the introduction of a business partnering approach through improvement initiatives including the establishment of SLA and KPIs, lean principles and delivery of external benchmarking analysis.

Reporting Manager for Finance Services, responsible for Tax, Statutory and Management reporting. I was central to leading and delivering continuous improvement projects around culture change in service excellence, process automation through innovation and external benchmarking. Formed part of a strategic team to lead a workstream aimed to deliver services and processes through rationalised centres of excellence under a transformation programme.

Additional experience includes project and operations project management on a number of major BAE Systems programmes; the Aircraft Carrier Alliance, Type 45 Destroyer and Eurofighter Typhoon, the later based with the customer, the UK MoD working alongside the Royal Air Force. In my tenure at BAE Systems, I have earned a number of awards for innovation and the transfer of best practice.

‘Year in Industry’ placement prior to University followed by sponsorship & vacation placements working in the IT Support department managing leased hardware requirements with external suppliers