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St Albans, Gb

London, England, United Kingdom

 Lead the preparation of monthly management reporting for the European region Produced monthly head office management accounts and capital expenditure reports Improved process for monthly web sales accounting, implemented new process when card payment provider was changed Lead team of city accountants and transactional team, provided coaching and training to staff Supported SAP implementation, identified process improvements, provided coaching to staff on SAP and Ventrata system use and issues Liaised with external auditors and tax function

London, England, United Kingdom

 Produced budgets and commercial forecasts as well as re-forecasts Assisted and managed the disposal of the Budapest business, including sales and transfer of fleet and stock/other assets, resolution of capital and intercompany balances and transition of the accounting to the new owners, managed the Budapest Team as required Supported the city GM’s and VP’s with commercial analysis

London, United Kingdom

 Transitioned the Budapest finance function to the European Central Finance team to London Produced monthly management accounts and commentary, performed balance sheet reconciliations Managed cash flow, and proactively pursued cost and cash preserving measures Managed and assisted the relevant city audits, worked with the accountants to eliminate past issues resulting in a qualified audit opinion

As core member of the EY Absolute project team, took part in the development of a service to provide clients with an outsourced finance function.Led the client onboarding:o mapping of the as is and would be finance processeso ERP (MS Navision) configuration and setup, including setup of custom reports in JET reports.o transfer of client data from legacy financial system to MS Navision and testing Managed the service delivery in finance manager/controller role on 5 clients, including performing monthly close process, group reporting and preparing management accounts with commentary.

London, United Kingdom

Led process effectiveness reviews and benchmarking of the finance function and supply chain function of several UK and European companies, including benchmarking, a qualitative assessment of the function and data analytics of various aspects of the performance of the function.Managed team of 10 staff on the external SOX audit of a mobile telecom group in the UK for the 2016 and 2017 year ends, filling the Senior Manager role on the engagement.Prepared detailed calculations on transactions and balances for a printer manufacturer when the UK entity converted its functional currency from Pound to Euro.Managed and co-ordinated contract risk assessment for a global financial services firm, performing royalty audits at third party operations globally.Delivered SOX training to internal and external audiences.

London, United Kingdom

Led outsourced internal audit assignments, including core financial process understanding and controls testing for a multinational chemicals manufacturer, and core operational processes for a major utilities company at various sites across the UK and Europe.Managed and led finance process analysis projects for several clients in various industries, o assessing corporate governance o understanding of and documenting key (O2C, P2P, R2R) and other financial processes o identifying key risks and controls to mitigate them, and o preparing process maps and identifying process and control improvements.Managed a large number of J-SOX and SOX audits on UK subsidiaries of multinational companies, including managing the first year J-SOX compliance audit of a chemical manufacturing group, and assisting management with finance process improvements to attain first year compliance for two technology groups.

Northampton, United Kingdom

In-charge auditor leading teams of up to 8 staff. Responsibilities included the planning, supervision and completion of financial statement audits, providing on-the-job training on audits, reviewing audit files and preparing consolidations and statutory accounts.

Cape Town

Cape Town, South Africa

Maintained general ledger, creditors and cash book, produced monthly trial balance, processed supplier payments, assisted accountants with annual statutory accounts and prepared VAT returns.