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Sandhurst, Gb

Fleet, England, Gb

Fleet, England, Gb

92866 Issy Les Moulineaux Cedex 9, Fr

Ascot Racecourse is the most prestigious contract in Sodexo's Sports & Leisure segment with a turnover of £27m. Duties & Responsibilities:• Managing and developing a team of 6 permanent staff and up to 60 casual staff for Royal Ascot• Member of the Ascot profit share board, presenting finances on a monthly basis• Controlling finances on race days:o Ensuring all tills and credit card machines are working and till layouts and prices are correcto Producing hourly sales reports by outlet to determine when to release hourly casual staffo Liaising with the Security team to ensure tills are being milked regularly and no suspicious activity on the CCTV cameraso Ensuring all cash (up to £0.5m on a busy Royal Ascot day) is reconciled and collectedo Ensuring stock counts are accurate and stock variances calculated• Producing separate monthly finance packs for both Ascot and Sodexo• Business partnering the operational Heads of Department to look at ways to increase revenue and minimise cost, focusing on the key drivers: food margin, liquor margin, labour ratio and operational expenses• Annual budgeting for Ascot and Sodexo and regular forecasting for both companies with a focus on race day forecasts and full year forecasts• Ensure all client invoicing is complete each month and that all debt is paid according to termsKey Achievements:• Streamlined the Hourly Sales Reporting on Race Days from 15 minutes to 1 minute. The report and process created is now used by the other contracts in the Sports & Leisure segment• Developed forward-looking KPI reporting for the Profit Share Board• Reallocated roles and gave the team more responsibility resulting in a £25k annual saving• Implemented a new till system with one of the benefits being stock control where stock loss has dropped from 4% to 2%• Implemented CCTV on one of the large bars and caught a casual member of staff stealing cash within the first hour on the first day of Royal Ascot

Reading, England, Gb

BaxterStorey is a contract catering company with its London Region having turnover of £95m. Portico is a Corporate Reception Management Services company with turnover of £18m. Duties and Responsibilities:• Business Partnering two Managing Directors and corresponding senior Operations Teams to ensure appropriate Financial Controls and Profit Maximisation• Led month-end process including reviewing draft trading accounts, challenging variances and providing advice and support to the operational teams• Producing the monthly pack with a focus on profitability v budget/forecast and debt• Lead monthly reviews with Managing Director and Operational Directors• Attend monthly reviews alongside Managing Director with Financial Director and CEOs• Produce ad hoc analysis for operational teams• Attend client reviews where there was a focus on the finances• Develop cash flow forecasting for an owned restaurant• Visit poor performing sites with Operations teams to look at ways to improve the performanceKey Achievements:• Turnaround of University Contract from £250k loss per annum to breakeven achieved through improved accuracy of the budget phasing, a greater subsidy negotiated with the client and credit card machines implemented, which grew sales by 20%• Turnaround of new hospital contract from £40k loss per month to breakeven achieved through negotiations with the client to increase the cost budget, weekly reporting schedule including costed rota was designed and organised a weekly conference call with Operations team to review the reporting schedule• Drove step-change in Portico month-end process by initiating a trading analysis variance sheet and training• Provided financial support to sales team to gain £26m RBS contract• 2012 Olympics Media contract - I ensured that strong controls were in place for a contract that generated £4m in 8 weeks

Reading, England, Gb

This role was responsible for BaxterStorey, Benugo (cafés and restaurants), Caterlink (state school catering) and Holroyd Howe (independent school catering). Combined turnover of £304m.Duties & Responsibilities:• Manage and developed Operational Finance Team of 5 and associated budget• KPI Reporting based on debt, stock, cash variances and out-of-date invoices• Support Operational teams and finance team with month-end process• Implement weekly reporting with a focus on poor performing contracts• Support senior Operations Teams and Managing Directors with monthly reviews• Attend Operations Team meetings to give an update on finances and answer any finance-related questions• Carry out site audits with a focus on newly gained contracts• Attend client reviews where there was a focus on the finances Key Achievements:• Improved labour ratios by 3% at Benugo by implementing and training operational team on completing the weekly rota and summary scorecard for the senior team• 10% margin improvement on Benugo events by training the sales team on a template created to forecast costs prior to quoting a price and then reviewing actual costs v forecast costs post-event• Key contributor to Barclays contract gain, prepared finances for tender process and presented to the client• Persuaded Operations Directors to fund the implementation of an internal auditor by internally charging for site audits. This audit process highlighted areas of weakness and assisted with updating financial procedures

Reading, England, Gb

BaxterStorey was £35m turnover when I joined and grew rapidlyDuties & Responsibilities:• Manage and develop Client Ledger Team of 8 with a focus on Excel expertise and customer service skills• Manage the month-end process• Produce site profit & loss accounts as backup for the month-end client invoice(s)• Reconcile and analyse balance sheets• Produce monthly reports including variance analysis• Produce analysis based on focus of the Operational reviews• Ownership of the site budget process Key Achievements:• Established a finance presence at the operational reviews• Improved budgeting process by implementing an online budgeting system (Infor PM10)• Enhanced team efficiency and output by implementing Microsoft Great Plains Accounting System• Carried out due diligence on several acquisition targets and once acquired, integrated them into the finance systems• Finance Lead on development of bespoke online back of house data capture system

El Segundo, Ca, Us

Responsibilities:• Managing 2 staff• Responsible for production of monthly management accounts• Responsible for the reconciliation of all balance sheet accounts• Consolidation and translation of numbers to report to US parent• Carried out variance analysis on courses performance v budget• Produced VAT returns• Production of Statutory Accounts and assisted Finance Manager with annual audit• Assisted Finance Manager with budgeting processKey Achievements:• Created good working relationships with all Operators• Streamlined significant number of processes• Significant improvement in quality of Management Information• Assisted in successful implementation of new accounts package (Microsoft Great Plains)

Plymouth, Devon, Gb

• Posting of journals into accounts system• Production of statutory accounts for Seale Hayne Farm• Daily review of Treasury Balances• Created spreadsheets to aid the collection of Tuition Fees

Bachelor Of Arts (Ba), Accounting And Finance

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