Experienced and innovative consultant, accountant and programme manager specialising in the automation of financial processes. He has worked with accounting firms, consulting firms, system integrators and outsourcers (BDO, Capgemini, KPMG, BearingPoint, Interaction) to transform accounting processes and implement best practise in the finance functions of their clients.Functional ExperienceDelivered a range of Finance and HR transformation projects by working collaboratively with process stakeholders and technology teams to design, build and implement financial reporting and analysis solutions using ETL and BI tools including Power BI, Power Automate, Knime and Alteryx. Rearchitecting reporting frameworks to automate management accounting, budgeting, sales analysis/profitability, employee and payroll cost analysis and overhead analysis. Restructuring charts-of-accounts and data-dictionaries to integrate GL and BI systems to support drill-down from P&L through to individual transactions.Integration of Workday and other HRIS systems with Payroll and Accounting systems to automate the flow and validation of employee pay and benefits data through to the calculation engines and the onward transmission of cost data into general ledger, BI and rebilling systems. Implementation of automated payments solutions for secure and controlled transmission of employee payments via online banking platforms using international and national standards (SEPA, BACS, Swift, etc.)Management of finance automation projects to map and restructure accounting dataflows, eliminate duplication, design chart-of-accounts and data-dictionaries, implement statutory reporting, management accounting and external regulatory reporting systems and embed internal controls and evidence capture within the operational procedures. Project experience includes.- Management of implementation and software development teams to deliver bespoke and customised accounting solutions on-time and within budget.- Selection of Accounting, ERP, HRIS and CRM systems that are appropriate to the needs of the business at a controllable and predictable licensing cost.- Customisation of off-the-shelf accounting systems to deliver industry specific solutions for Loan Accounting, Insurance Bordereaux, Infrastructure funding and other sector specific accounting requirements.- Building management reporting and regulatory reporting solutions by working with process owners and stakeholders to restructure dataflows using ETL toolsets and feeding the required data into BI platforms.