Eugene Winters Email & Phone Number

Castlebellingham, Co. Louth.

Responsible for preparation of management accounts to Financial Director for seven companies.Designed and implemented management reports illustrating key data.KPI’s on working capital, operating cash cycle, budget variance against actual including gross and net profit.Supply chain analytics in relation to outsourced manufacturing and distribution.Completed monthly board pack with KPI’s and analytics for Directors.Reconcile and control costs with Supply Chain and Commercial Accountant.Completed regular internal audits to drive continuous improvements and to streamline financial efficiencies and proposed solutions for managing bottlenecks to improve efficiency. This included a review of the monthly close process resulting in a time saving of 30%.Monthly reconciliation and reviews of customer rebates with marketing and sales.Monthly review on COGS & stock levels and valuations. Prepare and oversee product costing as requested, monitor the master data costing file and bill of materials.Responsible for cost reporting, actual spend versus budget allocation, mix and variance analysis and communicating same to all stakeholders including board, sales and procurement.Manage and review AR. Manage and update the fixed asset register.Prepare quarterly Balance sheets review.Manage Salary and Weekly payroll costs for Ireland and UK.Prepared retailer profitability analysis and SKU(product) profitability.Commercial analysis on SKU market pricing.Prepare marketing spend analysis and liaise with marketing manager to ensure effective spend and KPI’s are being achieved.Liaise with the external Auditors for statutory accounts in compliance with IFRS and GAAP. Oversee and manage all month end cut offs with five finance personnel. Prepare annual budgets including consolidated profit and loss, balance sheet and cash flow.Prepare monthly R&D amortisation.Conduct Revenue, VAT , Solid Fuel Carbon Tax, VIES, INTRASTAT and CSO returns.

Ashbourne, Co. Meath.

Managed integrity testing and de-bugging of the Wellington Control IT platform in order to overcome implementation faults and establish a newly introduced financial management system.Configured the system in order to introduce greater efficiency to the bank reconciliation process.Conducted detailed liaison with Wellington and Primeline personnel while configuring the system and developing operational parameters.Verified all discount and promotion activity on key client accounts.Managed the successful allocation of accounts and cash postings.Implemented offline reconciliation model prior to data upload.Developed the model and dashboard for accurate financial data reporting in support of external audit requirements

Slane, Co. Meath.

Finance subject matter expert (SME) during an implementation of the SAP platform.Developed and introduced procedure and training manuals to reflect the scope of finance modules accommodating the production of up to four million configurable products.Managed the data migration process from legacy system over to new SAP platformLiaised with SAP implementation consultants during validation, testing and de-bugging process.Responsible for weekly, monthly and annual corporate reporting into head office.Oversaw month-end postings for management accounts.Delivered line-by-line variance reporting on a monthly and yearly basis.Developed, communicated and implemented annual budgets for business units. Conducted VAT, CSO and Customs and Excise returns.Prepared financial data in order to comply with internal and external audit requirements including IFRS and US GAAP statutory guidelines. Managed weekly update meetings with sales and customer service personnel.Introduced internal guidelines which reduced debtor days by approximately 15 days. Approved all (AP) payments prior to transaction.Managed credit control, liaising with internal and external key stakeholders.Conducted investigation and analysis on financial irregularities and reported on same.Prepared quarterly and annual budgets including consolidated profit and loss, balance sheets and variance reporting with Financial Controller and finance team.Commercial specialist responsible for producing costing, cost reporting, actual spend versus budget allocation, mix and variance analysis and communicating same to all stakeholders. Compiled and delivered corporate finance monthly reports including costs, received and forecasted revenue and working capital. Managed the process of accruals and payments creation and journal postings.Treasury management obligations included actual and forecasted receipts and payments reporting, capital expenditure, foreign exchange analysis and bank reconciliations.

Monaghan.

Managed all financial activity associated with the manufacturing process involving over 200 staff. Guided the business during a period of severe economic downturn which involved staff redundancies and operational restructuring. Analysed sales data and market trends while developing revenue forecast reports.Mentored and performance managed a finance team of four.Assumed additional responsibility for IT systems monitoring and maintenance contracts. Compiled and reported monthly financial activity including working capital analysis.

Carrickmacross, Co. Monaghan.

Managed all financial activity associated with the manufacturing process involving over 200 staff. Guided the business during a period of severe economic downturn which involved staff redundancies and operational restructuring. Analysed sales data and market trends while developing revenue forecast reports.Mentored and performance managed a finance team of four.Assumed additional responsibility for IT systems monitoring and maintenance contracts. Compiled and reported monthly financial activity including working capital analysis.

Management Accountant, Accounting And Business/Management, A.C.M.A

Activities and Societies: I studied for this qualification with BPP college in Dublin.

I.A.T.I, Accounting Technicians Qualification.

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