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Irvine, California, Us

• Development of transfer pricing policies between UK and US companies• Set up US payroll and state payroll registrations• Set up share option scheme for company• Review and design monthly management account pack for shareholders and directors• Design and Production of budget and forecast • Produce and implement company policies for company travel.

Independent Consultancy providing CFO support and interim CFO and business consultancy services for SME companies and those working through limited companiesSet up of new companies running and adminstering all accounting aspects for individual clients, including annual accounts, corporation tax, company secretarial, VAT returns and advising on all tax and SME matters

• Setup and design of monthly board and financial reports• Set up of sales team meetings and sales backlog schedules• Design and implementation of budget and forecasting process• Set up of cash flow reporting and forecasting• Through review and reconciliation of the accounts for the past two financial years – clear up of old issues and unreconciled items• Review the events booking systems and subscription system to streamline with finance systems and design of reports to reconcile both• Advise, co-ordinate and control the sale process of company – to achieve maximum price for shareholders – successfully completed February 2016.• Recruitment and development of both new and existing finance team members• Management of the finance department including improving integration and raising the profile of financial management throughout the company

• Reconstruction of six subsidiaries accounts from date of last audit• Selection and implementation of new finance system, Sage Line 200• Selection of Ernst & Young as new auditors for the company• Restructured whole group, including putting some subsidiaries into administration and co coordinating with administrators • Production of business model for both internal reporting and for external funding rounds• Production of management and statutory accounts• Responsible for a team of 4 staff including procurement and finance• Implemented new financial and procurement controls and procedures• Managed bank, investor and auditor relationships• Coordinated first annual audit of the new group• Involved in the first funding rounds to raise investment for the expansion of the business

London, England, Gb

Set up finance team for newly acquired businessSelected and implemented Sun Accounting SystemTransferred centrally run finance from Yahoo to stand alone accounting for KelkooSet up reporting processes and board packSet up internal financial controls

Toronto, On, Ca

Liase and resolve outstanding European PAYE and tax issues for the European subsidiariesSet up UK financial reportingResolved outstanding purchase ledger issues and set up new control processesSet up all tax processes for the UK for the standalone Prometric business

Guildford, Surrey, Gb

•Brought outsourced finance function in house•Responsible for forming, supervising and developing a global finance team•Selected and implemented Great Plains finance package•Developing and implementing branch and group reporting•Developing, implementing and improving internal financial controls•Development and production of all board reports.•Established, selected and maintaining relationships with auditors, bankers and key external advisers. •Restructured group and subsidiaries for strategic purposes•Co coordinating strategy for group, reviewing options for expansion including growth by acquisition, integration with larger company and launching on the AIM market.Identified key acquisitors and conducted reviews regarding the opportunities open to the group if acquired.•Main Executive Board member for all strategy work, working closely with non executive Chairman and all external advisers.•Key Board member in co ordinating acquisition and all due diligence work•Responsible for all aspects of the group share option scheme.•Key member of the integration team to integrate the group into Detica, at conclusion of company earn out.Achievements:•Successfully co ordinated all key discussions and decisions with all parties concerning the acquisition, including lawyers, the Detica board and financial advisers, resulting in a favourable outcome for both employees and shareholders. •Developed the production of key financial indicators and reporting to the Board, which significantly enhanced their understanding of the company performance, developing more timely reporting and recommending key actions to improve the group performance.• Set up both the Geneva and Chicago offices, which are now successful and profitable branches within the group. Identified the structures which were the most appropriate for the group & identified and co ordinated all local advisers.

London, Gb

•Review of disposal & restructure of subsidiaries •Identification & evaluation of potential takeover targets•Integration of acquired subsidiaries into MMT •Review & implementation of financial controls •Review of rolling five year plan & strategy •Maintenance of company registers & drawing up & issue of all stock exchange announcements.•Responsible for all budget & capital expenditure spend •Responsible for the control of all new commercial contracts •Review of all new client contracts & production of cost rates for inclusion in all new contracts.•Responsible for the annual and interim reports in line with stock exchange requirements.•Responsible for the production of all statutory & management accounts •Overall responsibility for all budgets and forecasts.•Overall responsibility for all Corporation Tax & VAT returns•In charge of treasury and investment of surplus funds to maximise returns.•Supervision of team of ten staff•Liaison with key institutions in the City & all institutional and private shareholders•Chief contact and liaison with press, brokers, auditors & financial PR •Liaison with Company Solicitors, Bankers & Corporation tax specialists.Achievements•Reorganisation of the Finance function, reviewed & implemented all financial controls, recruited new staff within the area and centralised the department , •Selection & installation of accounting system (Great Plains). Implemented time sheeting package to replace manual system.•Set up commercial contract area – issued & set up of standard company contracts, procedure for authorisation of all contracts & recruited bid manager.•On board committee of two directors, co-ordinated a major due diligence exercise, for takeover by Microgen. Organised & carried out the due diligence exercise upon Microgen & providing and fielding all due diligence requests . Co-ordinated all legal & financial aspects of the deal, including shareholder documents, obtaining irrevocables from key shareholders.

Frankfurt Am Main, Hessen, De

• Ultimately responsible for the production of all statutory and management accounts for UK, Europe, Middle East and Africa.• Evaluation and review of all accounts to the holding company in the United States. • Summary translation of UK and European accounts to the holding company in the United States.• Summary translation of UK and European accounts into US GAAP compliant accounts for company consolidation purposes.• Responsible for the overall budget and capital expenditure spend.• Review of all new clients’ contracts and production of cost rates for inclusion in all new contracts.• Overall responsibility of the production of the EMEA region budgets and forecasts.• Liaison with Company Solicitors, Company Bankers, Auditors and tax specialists.• Supervision of team of five staff• Production of daily cash and debtor reports for group purposes.• Overseeing credit collection and invoice production. Achievements• Set up and development of the European Finance Department – including statutory and management accounts, commercial contracts, identification and lease negotiation on business property and establishing key management in the UK Head Office.• Key involvement in the acquisition of the trading software arm of Rolfe and Nolan. Chiefly responsible for the successful integration of this business into the existing business of IQ Financial Systems.• Installation of accounting system and set up of existing manual accounts on system – including production of printed cheques and set up of automatic payment methods

Edinburgh, Gb

Bsc, Biology And Chemistry

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