Jon Beetlestone Email & Phone Number

St Albans, GB

London, England, United Kingdom

• Delivering strategic and financial advice to the Content & Music division.
• Design, build and delivery of management OKR reporting
• Strategic analysis, review and modeling of business proposals and changes to provide insight and direction
• Design, build and delivery of a Content margin analysis model to measure specific content performance at both granular and summary levels and provide related reporting to top-level management
• Process design and operational role covering budgets, forecasts and production accounting
• Acting as a financial advisor within the Content & Music division

London, England, United Kingdom

• Rogo Scott was a consultancy offering services to the media and entertainment industry - delivering a variety of solutions ranging from strategic reviews, programme & change management, software selection &.
• CFO of Rogo Scott responsible for all aspects of financial management & reporting for the UK and US from design to operation – financial planning and strategy, budgeting, operational accounting, controls, cash.
• Active role in client project delivery - primarily involved as subject matter expert and project lead on finance projects as well as across other parts of the content supply chain, including Sales & Licensing, Rights.
• Finance Transformation – Finance SME and Program Management roles across the project from requirements gathering and vendor selection, through to solution design and implementation
• Strategic advisor on post-merger systems strategy and integration
• Cross-functional strategic systems & process review and assessment

London, England, United Kingdom

• Projects included:
• Cost Metrics and Management Costing Model Implementation
• Reporting and Expenses system upgrades & staff training
• Management of QA testers

London Area, United Kingdom

Finance lead on Finance Transformation project responsible for selection and management of resources, process redesign, planning and implementation of a shared service centre model.

• Manager of team supporting financial systems used across EMEA, defining systems strategy, and running projects to implement and improve the systems used.This role included the following activities:
• Program strategy – determining project timing & resource allocation
• Cost-benefit analysis& preparation of business cases for proposed projects & changes
• Project management for implementations & upgrades – covering the end-to-end cycle from discovery, requirements gathering & fit-gap analysis to development, testing & implementation
• Ensuring the existence of strong internal controls & Sarbanes Oxley compliance
• Company ‘subject matter expert’ for systems-related aspects of foreign exchange accountingMajor projects included:

Managing the central accounting function of the UK legal entity – leading a team 8 responsible for accounts payable, accounting and monthly management reporting.Moved into a financial systems support role, providing sole functional support for Peoplesoft AP, AR and GL modules, & in-house billing systems.

Auditor for major & blue chip clients such as Lasmo, Elf Aquitaine, Bowthorpe Industries covering all balances within financial statements