Leading and coaching all financial accounting staff across multiple sites. Full responsibility for the financial compliance of the business, involving close liaison with multiple external audit teams, tax compliance team, HMRC, banking partners and other professional advisors. Dealing with letters of credit, performance bonds and the engagement of currency trade deals. Responsible for the financial review and risk assessment of all material tenders generated from Barnstaple based revenue streams. Responsible for the successful completion of half and full year financial audits across four legal entities, creation of the statutory accounts for all four entities, two annual R&D tax relief claims and the subsidiary Group tax pack. Consolidation and completion of the subsidiary Management Accounts, localised Excel performance files and cash flow forecasts. Full ownership of the complicated financial management of the business inventory, including full reporting, analysis and required adjustments. Responsible for the maintenance and periodic requirements of the subsidiary ERP system, including IT Helpdesk representative duties for any user issues. Creating and maintaining user accounts within the Group ERP system. Management and subsequent successful transfer of the full commercial activities of the subsidiary business into the parent Company, including personally implementing the required ERP adjustments in order to operationally initiate the change. Working with Microsoft Dynamics AX and Exchequer. Successful completion of an external 18 month leadership development programme.

Full time secondment from January 2014 to July 2014 to work purely on the financial design, development and subsequent implementation of the Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 ERP system; replacing the use of Sage and Pegasus. Responsible for training staff, producing training documentation and providing after care and support to resolve any queries. Continued system development post go-live and ‘helpdesk’ support for any adhoc system queries. Producing month end consolidated management accounts and management reports. Managing the project costing cycle and WIP schedule and working with all Project Managers to obtain and manage accurate costing forecasts. Working with Channel and Commercial management to provide accurate bid costing. Raising the annual business channel and consolidated budgets; including the calculation of annual rate changes and subsequent WIP revaluation. Producing the annual Statutory Accounts and managing the audit process; including liaison with the tax team in relation to R&D tax credits. Managing the Finance Manager and underlying Accounts team. Developing and implementing revised processes within the business to secure firm controls within costing control and commercial bidding. Working to implement financial accountability throughout the business via the communication of project performance and transparency of monthly gross profit. Presenting financial performance at all Board reviews regarding budgets, project control and business performance. Working closely with the Commercial team to assist the company in entering new export and renewable energy markets at the lowest possible risk. Working through the process of being acquired by a third party and subsequent financial integration with the new parent organisation.

Financial management of the Irish subsidiary, based in Ireland for every 4th week. Producing monthly management accounts, corporate consolidation reports and forecasts. Completing corporate monthly, quarterly and annual reporting packs. Restoring and improving relationships between the Ireland operation and UK based support function. Presenting financial performance and forecast data to both Ireland and UK based Directors and senior management teams. Translating KPI performance within local management meetings. Managing the annual internal and external audit processes and producing the annual Statutory Accounts. Financial management of inventories and capex expenditure. Managing the monthly intercompany recharge and reconciliation process and co-ordinating the team month end close. Raising weekly sales reports and managing the sole debtor of the business to maintain prompt payment terms. Working to corporate EBITDA and metric targets, involving close liaison with Western Europe and Icelandic consolidation teams. ERP systems used include JD Edwards and Cognos.

Producing monthly Management Accounts and translating Accounts to the parent company reporting format. Working to a strict four day month end turnaround and using the Opera and Pegasus ERP systems. Forecasting working capital requirements and dealing with multiple foreign currencies. Reconciling and reviewing departmental performance including reconciling and posting cost and revenue accruals. Maintaining the fixed asset register and relevant depreciation postings. Raising and posting prepayments, accruals and all month end journals. Managing cash and completing weekly internal cash flow forecasts. Providing bi-monthly cash flow forecasts for parent company. Completing monthly and quarterly parent reporting requirements and raising and managing intercompany charges. Processing the monthly payroll, completing monthly VAT returns and submitting monthly National Statistics data. Completing monthly Balance Sheet reconciliations and raising and reconciling agent commission statements. Managing all currency creditor payments

Recruited as a novice Sales Ledger Clerk in 2006, CIMA studies initiated at the start of the role. Promoted to Accounts Manager in 2007 in order to manage the Purchase Ledger, underlying team and month end function. Working with the Navision ERP system.