• Deployment of overall company financial strategic vision and direction across the overall EMEA & Vietnam finance function. Constructively influencing financial direction and driving the business forward in an ever changing legal, statutory reporting, vat and tax landscape. Proactively researched & analysed legislative changes and drove all company changes (system and process) to deliver requirements in specified timelines.• Championed effective financial change management initiatives, defining & implementing robust financial controls & streamlining efficiencies across multiple financial disciplines. • Managed ongoing modernisation & development of the overall EMEA & Vietnam Group finance function, adding value and delivering on all internal management & external statutory, legal & tax requirements. Inclusive of all management accounting, statutory accounting & consolidation process & associated reporting for 8 legal entities & 16 management responsibility areas across 8 different tax jurisdictions. Statutory accounting in accordance with all local GAAP requirements & full IFRS accounting in UK and Ireland for local and consolidated accounts.• Spearheaded EMEA compliance with all tax, VAT & transfer pricing reporting & legislation – including development of transfer pricing documentation; setting annual transfer prices; annual comparables; annual returns, SAO documentation, defence in all tax & VAT audit situations.• Led and delivered all external legal requirements, banking setup & compliance, internal process defining, procedure redesigning, accounting entries & banking transactions for all legal entity start-ups, changes & global acquisitions.• Managed EMEA credit & treasury functions, ensuring protection of company assets & redesigning / modernising policies and procedures accordingly.• Led finance teams across multiple worldwide locations, inspiring, developing, mentoring and motivating the team members to deliver the business requirements.

• Managed all financial controllers throughout EMEA with regard to all management accounting, statutory accounting, consolidation process & associated reporting including all vat, tax & transfer pricing aspects.• Led the manufacturing accounting functions in both Morocco & Vietnam – including MOE & variance accounting aspects, standard cost calculations & all associated analysis, reporting & follow up investigation. • Managed the sourcing accounting function – including leading full review of and reporting of variances.• Delivered annual budgeting & forecasting aspects plus daily, weekly, monthly & annual reporting issued to senior mgmt. & US parent. Scoped, modernised and redesigned reports to add value and provide management and commercial teams with relevant, up to date & appropriate level of detail for each end user group.