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Tokyo, Jp

Tokyo, Jp

A fantastic role where I was able to help APAC Finance to strengthen B/S Controls, significantly reduced aged debt and improve working capital as well as net cash position. Also responsible for FP&A including consolidation of APAC management results, forecasts and budget, and presenting key insights to Regional CEO and CFO.

Tokyo, Jp

EMEA regional controller role (40+ countries, c. £1.4B revenue; c. 16,000 employees) within Dentsu Aegis Network. I am responsible for EMEA wide Controllership responsibilities; FP&A; and credit insurance risk management. In my time here, I have:• Improved B/S controls and reviews for the region. Standardised best practice review documents, implemented review procedures throughout the region; and drove best practices in B/S reconciliations. • Successfully improved EMEA NWC by c. £70m on a sustainable basis• Improved analytics in FP&A, helping the team to create high quality outputs that made executive reviews more efficient and effective• Worked with outsourced partner & Operational Finance to resolve issues & improve metrics in R2R; OTC and PTP• Improved EMEA reporting KPIs through successful leadership and communication• Created training and knowledge share channels to drive adoption of best practices

Dordon, Tamworth, Gb

Euro Car Parts has enjoyed phenomenal growth with c. 200 branches nationwide and in pursuit of a £1B annual turnover. This is a Head of Operational Finance role, responsible for the whole of operational finance including treasury, credit control and purchase ledger. We are going through an exciting phase of transitioning a number of finance roles to Tamworth and India.

Epsom, Surrey, Gb

This is a head of commercial finance role within the hospital division of Nuffield Health. I am responsible for pricing, market data & analysis as well as commercial projects and deals support.

London, Gb

This was a fantastic opportunity where I picked up divisional controllership experience. I also build and developed my own small and excellent team. I enjoyed working more closely with regional FD, FCs and Corporate Reporting as well as continuing to serve our Group Executives. As well as day-to-day responsibilities that comes with being a divisional controller, I also led / coordinated a variety of special projects including:• Financial aspects relating to sale of division to PE fund• Implemented Cognos Controller consolidation tool• Implemented new working capital analysis framework• Restructuring, out sourcing and other cost saving initiatives• Set new International sales commission plan• Documentation of internal controls• US GAAP to IFRS conversionAfter c. 6 wonderful years at CBS Outdoor International, I have decided to exit the new PE backed business. I spent a few months travelling prior to looking for my next role.

London, Gb

CBS Outdoor International team was newly created and this was an excellent opportunity for me to utilise and expand on what I previously learned on capital allocation and investment appraisal. I was charged with developing the entire capital allocation framework; presenting it to senior management and driving improved investment analysis and decision-making.Business partnering regional MDs, FDs, Franchise Directors and Legal Directors, I helped the team to better prepare deals (business cases), and presented them with my insights and recommendations at the weekly deals forum that I chaired for the CEO, CFO and other group executives. Additionally, I also presented business cases to Corporate M&A and kept them updated with our division's developments.When the '08 Financial crisis hit, a growth story quickly changed into a turnaround. In these new circumstances, I helped the division to de-risk the business model and de-leverage the BS by introducing and encouraging the adoption of improved creative deal terms.Post implementation reviews of material deals in later years showed all deals approved during my tenure as profitable.

Broomfield, Colorado, Us

In this position I was responsible for a bigger team of 6 and looked after the whole EU P&L. I business partnered with Operational and Procurement teams to drive further cost savings. Additionally, I was responsible for integrating Servecast finance team post acquisition and I was able to achieve the budgeted cost saving synergies. I am proud to have worked within a great finance team that helped to transform a loss making division to a profitable one. After 5 fantastic years and having received 5 grade promotions, I decided to move on in order to pursue new opportunities and to further learn new skills.

Broomfield, Colorado, Us

• Business partnered with product managers reviewing product profitability and business cases. • Introduced sensitivity analysis to help rank opportunities and post mortem analysis to learn lessons and take actions. • Good performance led to grade promotion from ‘manager 3’ to first director grade.

Broomfield, Colorado, Us

• Reporting to Sales SVP and leading a small team, we brought financial discipline to help further drive sales productivity. • Implemented framework that tracked and rewarded account managers not only on revenue achievement but also on other important metrics such as number of face to face visits, conversion ratios and post sale credit notes. • Helped one of my direct reports to succeed myself when I was asked to lead my old team EU Product Finance.

Broomfield, Colorado, Us

• This was a revenue assurance role within EU Product Finance. • Good performance led to a grade promotion to Finance Manager • Working closely with Sales we plugged a number of revenue leakages, achievements in this area led to my next role within Sales.• Ensured adherence to SAB 101 Revenue recognition rules.

Reading, Berkshire, Gb

First job out of practice, I was rated highly in my annual appraisal.

Gb

Major clients included Hutchinson, United Business Media and Octagon. Gained M&A experience through Hutchinson’s water cooler acquisitions and gained internal audit experience as part of PwC internal audit team.

F.C.A.

Business Studies & Psychology Bsc