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London, Gb

London Area, United Kingdom

London, England, United Kingdom

Successfully completed the solution design, including specifying the 'must have' reports. (Procurement, AP, Expenses, Projects, Contracts, GL, Cash Management, Integrations). I managed all aspects of Data Cleansing and Management that resulted in a SQL database to house and maintain key data required for the Data Migration into Oracle.

London, England, United Kingdom

Developed a business case for a new finance ERP system, that led to the successful procurement of Oracle Fusion Cloud for HR, Finance and Workforce Scheduling. I led the detailed requirements gathering, process mapping, gap analysis, MoSCoW analysis and determined the financial and non financial benefits. I delivered a quantitative and qualitative analysis of the 4 options following a formal RFP process. This resulted in an agreed a statement of works with our chosen System Implementer.

London, England, United Kingdom

Launched and led the system selection process, design, change management and implementation of Vena, enabling the adoption of a continuous planning approach.

London, England, United Kingdom

Created a Data Warehouse to enable automated reporting, utilising Power BI and Zebra BI to create financial dashboards and KPI's focused to operational managers and the regional finance teams.

London, England, United Kingdom

Examined the pension records of c4500 current and ex staff across legacy and current payroll systems to identify and correct errors. Rectifying the auto enrolment process while liaising with regulator, provider and affected employees until resolution.

London, United Kingdom

Successfully led the project team in the restructure: now recovering c£1m of VAT annually. This involved the restructure of the finance systems, processes as well as the change management of the team to enable the recording of VAT in addition negotiation/agreement for the novation of Local Authority contracts was required.

London, United Kingdom

Medical services business working with over 26,000 providers worldwide and clients in the Insurance, Government and Corporate sectors. Combined turnover of c£90m across 13 entities, employing 150 people in UK with additional offices in the US, New Zealand, Australia, Singapore, Greece & Spain.My key responsibilities included the delivery on Monthly reporting and analysis to the board, financial planning, managing the finance team of c20 and the continuous improvement and development of finance processes and systems to increase efficiency and financial control. Notable Achievements:Implementation of Adaptive Planning (FP&A System), the successful on boarding of an acquisition from Capita, KPI and report development providing actionable insights, automated workflows to pay large volumes of insurance claims globally.

Heathrow, England, United Kingdom

Rickmansworth, England, United Kingdom

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

London, England, United Kingdom

London, England, United Kingdom

London, England, United Kingdom

Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

Acca

Business and Technology, Management Accounting, Financial Accounting, Corporate and Business Law, Performance Management, Taxation.

Cis Diploma, Finance And Management Accounting

Financial Accounting I, II & III, Economics, Taxation, Cost and Management Accounting, Quantitative Techniques, Information Systems.