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Finance lead for Overhead Management, forecasting future spend and conducting monthly reviews with Budget holders, tracking actuals to forecasts and investigating variances.Supporting Supply Chain on Warehouse Cost management, write off management and Inventory management from a financial aspect.Introduced a new Write Off Management ways of working highlighting key stakeholders who should be involved in the process to mitigate future risks and to ensure all commercial teams are aware of the potential risks to their category resulting in appropriate actions being completed within a timely manner and sharing outcomes with wider business to ensure future learnings. Finance lead for First Year and Toddler foods understanding monthly results and variances to forecasts. Liaising with key stakeholders across the business to gain further understanding and share knowledge where necessary.Member of Innovation teams for Foods running P&L scenarios and sharing results with the wider business through the Growth Projects meeting process to align key CODI members.Managing the Hedging portfolio for the UK business working with the central Back Office treasury team, ensuring requirements are met and forecasting foreign exchange gains whilst aligning with the UK CBUs regarding changes to the timings of the Hedging transactions and forex gains.Managing COGs and ensuring accurate prices are maintained in all reporting systems, working with Factories and DTBV to rectify any anomalies.Reinvigorating the Cash Committee to realign key stakeholders across the business highlighting their involvement in the bigger picture to ensure accurate cash forecasts whilst highlighting any risks and opportunities available to the business and completing necessary actions in a timely manner.

Managed and coached a team of 4 employees.Led the Purchase to Pay process implementing Probuyer across the business and managing the training of new employees.Introduced Paperless expense process streamlining the process whilst ensuring DANgo and HMRC (VAT) compliant and in line with the new company expense policy.Monitored KPI’s for the team to track compliance and to highlight areas of concern to be addressed resulting in an improvement in number of invoices processed ensuring 99% of invoices where paid within terms.Liaised with DTBV during Themis implementation assisting with testing and ways of working which gave a greater understanding of their ways of working and aligning key stakeholders within ELN and DTBV on all processes.Balance sheet controls of all Payable Ledger accounts and working with Business Analysts to manage the aging of PO accruals.Supported the Themis implementation for DHUK ensuring all key processes were mapped and compliant and key related systems were included

Introduced the Bottom up Cash Management process to the business ensuring accurate cash landings at key financial reporting periods resulting in hitting group targets year on year.Led the Cash Committee interacting with Key Stakeholders across the business which meant clear visibility on all areas of Working Capital highlighting any risks or opportunities that would impact the latest Cash Forecast.Assisted with Tax Compliance and Statutory Account reporting.Assisted with the Dividend and Group Relief accounting for the UK, liaising with all related companies globally.Managed the Balance Sheet and Cash Flow for the UK business ensuring all key ledger accounts were fully reconciled and all risks or opportunities were flagged in monthly review meetings with the Finance Leadership team.Continued to manage the UK Hedging portfolio to ensure Euro needs were met.

I am a Part Qualified Accountant currently studying ACCA.My current role includes overseeing all Cashier reponsibilities, managing elements of the Balance Sheet as well as overseeing all reconciliations.Managing the Cash Forecast for short, medium and long term.Liasing with members of other group companies when dealing with Intercompany reconciliations and recharges.