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Arlington, Va, Us

United States

United States

United States

Reading, England, United Kingdom

Financial Reporting• Created and managed, consistent, relevant and precise, regular reporting on a matrix business level which led to time and cost savings.• Rationalised financial reporting to allow more focused attention on adding value to the business leaders and created a standardised model across the region.• Co-Led and drove the performance pillar teams, to drive improvement in the predictability of performance and create a standardised approach to improve efficiency.• Led multiple budget and forecasting reviews, ensuring accuracy, challenging mentality and efficiencies, whilst supporting business leaders in the rollout and articulation.• Owned rolling forecast and hit list process for VP’s and SVP’s over quarterly cycle.Commercial Input• Worked closely with operations to improve the understanding and commercial importance of timely cash collection and DSO reduction.Corporate Governance• Financially led the restructure of the business into a new operating model, by working closely with operations to demonstrate financial options for business development and future focus.• Worked across multiple years with internal and external auditors on ensuring accuracy and transparency of the company financials.Leadership & Team Development• Built a succession planning model to drive staff to succeed controller role and encourage staffat all levels to take on new responsibilities.• Created a single finance team serving the EMEA business stream, ensuring improvement inwide delivery of financial service, moving staff into key roles and driving efficiency through directionand use of Global Business Services.• Provided continuous communication and collaboration with the wider finance functions in Europe and globally to improve output and remain current with the changing finance environment.• Individual development plans for all staff to increase morale and created value adding co-pilots to business teams.

London, United Kingdom

Financial Controller EMEA

Reading, United Kingdom

UK ECR

Reading, United Kingdom

•Day to day management of a team of nine project accountants.•Responsible for the Project Accounting delivery of six performance units, in the engineering and consultancy sectors. •Involvement in financial SOP’s and Sarbanes-Oxley delivery•Continuous Implementation and improvement of the UK’s cash management process and delivery.•Assistance in bid and tender reviews for new projects and frameworks.•A member of the financial and operational Regional Management teams, with responsibilities including monthly reporting and facilitating commercial awareness.•Creation and delivery of operational budgets and quarterly rolling forecasts.•Creation of financial procedures for international projects and assignments.•Finance lead in multiple internal and external audits.•Involvement to date in Financial and Commercial integration of four acquisitions into existing global company model.

•Financially responsible for the implementation of a power, water and civil infrastructure programme of work in Saudi Arabia. •Creation of commercial and financial procedures for both internal and external stakeholder use. •Developed and implemented bespoke client reporting and invoicing setup across multi-discipline programme requirements.•Direct client liaison with resolution of programme disputes and effective and timely payment structure.

18 Month Secondment Based Position In Lincolnshire

•Assisted in Due Diligence of Acquisition for a locally based Engineering and Maintenance company.•Jointly led Jacobs in closure of existing business entity including financial closure, dilapidations and streamlining staffing quota. •Integration and amalgamation of existing assets to create one sole operational entity.•Full financial systems implementation into existing global model.

Reading, United Kingdom

•Client liaison to establish a coherent business relationship in regards to procedures and expectations.•Prepared and issued monthly sales invoices on projects of varied scale & size.•Maintained contract ledgers including project set-up, commercial details, and cost and management accounting.•Day to day liaison with Project Managers and Project Controls staff regarding the financial status of each contract.•Provision of information, advice and reports to Project Managers/Project Services.•Participation in client audits as required.

Reading, United Kingdom

•Correct and timely invoicing to clients on all current projects•Checking and adjusting Oracle to ensure true and fair management accounts specifically within the environmental and pharmaceutical sectors

Acma, Cgma

Ba Honours, Accountancy

Hnd, Business And Finance