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Egham, England, United Kingdom

Egham, Surrey

- Led a commercially focused and agile team to deliver financial insight to the Group’s central leadership team.- People-focused – create a high performing climate where my team can perform to the best of their abilities.- Close working relationship with the Group CFO to ensure senior management and shareholder demands are managed effectively.- Delivered new Performance Management process for Belron, as part of its “Fit for Growth” programme.- Accelerated the development of the… Show more - Led a commercially focused and agile team to deliver financial insight to the Group’s central leadership team.- People-focused – create a high performing climate where my team can perform to the best of their abilities.- Close working relationship with the Group CFO to ensure senior management and shareholder demands are managed effectively.- Delivered new Performance Management process for Belron, as part of its “Fit for Growth” programme.- Accelerated the development of the Group FP&A function to ensure the right balance of challenge & support to regional and country teams. Show less

Egham, Surrey

Strategic, financial and operational support to across the Belron Group, including: - Regional Finance Manager responsibility for the Group’s European Distribution Centre in Belgium.- Experienced in investor relations; a key person in the delivery of Group strategic reviews and partial share sale of Belron Group.- In partnership with local country management, delivery of strategic reviews in several countries leading to enhanced business performance. - Gained valuable… Show more Strategic, financial and operational support to across the Belron Group, including: - Regional Finance Manager responsibility for the Group’s European Distribution Centre in Belgium.- Experienced in investor relations; a key person in the delivery of Group strategic reviews and partial share sale of Belron Group.- In partnership with local country management, delivery of strategic reviews in several countries leading to enhanced business performance. - Gained valuable operational finance experience through Interim Finance Manager role in Austria.- M&A experience through target assessment at both Group and business unit level (working in partnership with operating units in local markets). - Commercial finance support to the customer function, enabling business improvement in many of the major markets (inc the USA, France, Germany & Australia) through a mixture of growth and efficiency initiatives. Show less

Egham, Surrey

Newly qualified upon joining Belron, my key areas of responsibility included: - Management of the Group’s budgeting and forecasting processes (consolidating over 60 entities), working with a variety of stakeholders both at the corporate and operating unit levels. - Partnering with the Group Sales team to deliver decision support linked to negotiations with international key account partners (such as Allianz & Axa).

- Led the forecast and budget processes for the Fitch Group during a volatile time in the business (due to the 2008 financial crisis). - Financial controller responsibility for several countries (inc India, Singapore & Taiwan) in the Group, dealing with monthly performance, budgeting, funding and other controlling issues.

Whilst progressing my accountancy qualification, gained experience across a breadth of operational finance area, including:- Day to day management and enhancement of the core finance system.- Delivery of improvements to management accounts reporting and budgeting.

Certified Chartered Accountant, Accounting And Finance

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