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Responsible for:Financial accounting, reporting and audit- Ownership of the Group and subsidiary financial and reporting processes- Co-ordination of Group and subsidiary external audits- Ownership of preparation of Group Annual and Interim Reports and subsidiary statutory accounts- Assessing the impact of new accounting standards on the business and working with Shared Services to implement changes to accounting practices, reporting and restatement of results- Providing accounting technical advice in relation complex or unusual transactions- Monitoring the performance of the Shared Service function- Group restructuring, legal entity simplification and distributable reserves planningRisk and compliance- Overseeing the planning and coordination of the Group’s risk review process and tracking progress- Ensuring compliance with relevant laws and regulations impacting on the finance function, through implementation and adherence to internal policies. Investigating irregularities, instances of fraud and non-compliance issues- Co-ordinating the work of the outsourced internal audit function- Overseeing EIU FCA compliance- Managing the Group insurance programmeTreasury- Managing Group and regional liquidity needs- Managing foreign exchange exposures- Reporting to Treasury and Audit & Risk Committees- Overseeing the management of banking relationships- Overseeing a robust banking and treasury control environment ensuring strong internal and anti-fraud controls are maintained- Partnering with the business to ensure Group Finance objectives are met with managing Economist subscriber payments- Delivery of process and system improvements to drive efficiencies around treasury activities

Responsible for:- internal and external group consolidated reporting;- managing a global team of management and financial accountants;- accounting and financial control globally covering all businesses and central functions;- supporting Group planning and forecasting and FP&A support;- coordination and management of the Group global insurance programme;- global statutory reporting; and- managing the external audit, technical accounting and policy.

Interim Director of Compliance for the EIU ensuring compliance with FCA regulations and internal best practice is followed for the regulated arm of the EIU business which produces Country Risk Analysis.Responsibilities include:- review of training materials for analysts;- monthly compliance updates to the non-exec directors;- management of the compliance analyst;- ongoing assessment of FCA regulations; and- support for the business on any ad hoc queries.

Responsible for:- internal and external group consolidated reporting;- shared services accounting and financial control for Group, Technology, Product, Shared Services, property and the US and EMEA Circulation business;- coordinating Group planning and forecasting and FP&A support to central areas; and- managing the external audit and technical accounting and policy.

Day to day direct management of a large team within a FTSE listed group, covering management accounts, group consolidation and financial reporting.

ACA qualified, working in external audit. Worked primarily on FTSE listed clients covering a broad range of sectors including exhibitions, investment management, manufacturing, publishing and digital media advertising, and television and radio broadcasting across IFRS and UK GAAP.

Working on a variety of UK GAAP audits, particularly in the technology and telecoms sectors.