Keith Johnston Email & Phone Number

New Zealand

Auckland, New Zealand

Auckland, New Zealand

- Finance lead for the Reckitt Health business in New Zealand- Key member of New Zealand Management Team and ANZ Finance Leadership Team- Responsible for business partnering the New Zealand sales and marketing teams to achieve business objectives- Managed Country Performance Reviews to Region and presented Business Reviews to Area Management- Responsible for managing all planning and forecasting processes- Responsible for ensuring financial controls were adhered to- Responsible for Balance Sheet reviews with Area Finance- Key lead for NZ during auditsKey Achievements:- Improved claims process to bring balance down by 75%- Implemented new systems to improve financial controls and forecast accuracy such as iMobi, Concur and Prophet- Co-ordinated financial processes of bringing in a new brand in 2021.

Auckland, New Zealand

- Finance Business Partner to the Cloud, Networks and Security business (Total Revenue $50m)- Responsible for appraising and advising on contracts with clients recommending a financial strategy- Quickly established a network of contacts around the business building effective relationships- Worked with third parties to secure funding for contracts- Established monthly analysis decks assisting the business to better understand monthly results- Launched new forecasting tool to increase accountability and accuracy- Leading a trans-Tasman project to create a new Cloud cost model- Conducted many ad-hoc pieces of analysis for business partners- Prepared the 2018 budget for CNS, building the plan, creating decks, analysis and waterfalls and reviewed with Auckland senior teamKey Achievements:- Secured over $5m of funding from third party to cover major contract in first two months- Greatly increased and improved the information provided to BU managers for analysis and decision making

Hayes

- Finance business partner to the procurement team including buyers and management- Produced procurement finance analysis and commentary for the supply chain exec team- Responsible for all financial reporting of procurement department- Manage planning processes from a finance perspective for procurement department working with buyers to achieve robust forecasts- Responsible for communicating procurement performance and results to wider business- Lead contact for procurement with auditors- Responsible for procurement finance databases and systems- Line management of one direct report based offshoreKey Achievements:- Leading a simplification process to reduce time and effort required for procurement reporting- Developed a new and streamlined strategy to ascertain sku profitability including procurement variances

Hayes

- Finance Business partner to Discounters Sales Team and the Retailer Brands Team (Total Revenue £218m)- Managed a complex and varied portfolio of accounts on the Discounter side getting involved in all aspects of the business from JBP negotiations to managing the terms investment proposals.- Responsible for the Retailer Brand business across all UK accounts working on contract tenders, commodity cost challenges and building commercial business cases among other things.- Constantly striving to improve performance as well of ways of working in teams, simplifying processes or increasing visibility and insight into key priorities- Highly commercially focused to influence account managers to put together a plan that is right for our business as well as our customers.- Key Role in developing UB Joint Business Plan proposals with specific focus on Terms investment.- Large influence in building pricing proposals for both Discounters and RTB customers and signing off- Responsible for financial forecasting- Conducted regular Financial Analysis of monthly results and presented back to the business and own team- Responsible for analysing and signing off all promotional activities- Line Management responsibility of a graduate traineeKey Achievements:- Delivered Joint Business Plans with Lidl and Iceland, attending customer meetings and negotiating agreements- Quickly built confidence as a respected business partner in a large constantly evolving team- Streamlined the teams reporting to reduce time taken and improve the end result- Successfully line managed a finance graduate trainee, coaching and developing him throughout his placement- Helped to solve countless challenges facing the team, constantly ready to attend to the challenges of such a fast paced environment

Hayes

- Responsible for managing the commercial finance reporting, ensuring high standards of accuracy and timeliness.- Had line management responsibility for a team of 8 based in offshore.- Analytical skills well practiced through monthly commentary writing and analysis of commercial reports. Excel and systems skills are also strong due to being a key contact in the business for reporting and system development.- Managed and co-ordinated the commercial planning processes at UB (Q2F, Q4F and Budget)- Co-ordinated a year end hierarchy change. Negotiated agreement from around the business up to the board level on the hierarchies and then working with the systems team for implementation across all systems and reports.- Co-ordinated a complete hierarchy change and managed the creation of two suites of reports when the business was split into two divisions before the sale of the snacks division.Key Achievements:- Improved planning process in many ways including reducing the number of spreadsheets required by around 100.- Successfully line managed a team based in Delhi, conducting regular phone and video meetings to foster a positive team culture- After announcement of business split, delivered two new reporting suites and updated all the systems in time.- Improved accuracy and timeliness of commercial finance reporting increasing trust in financial reports.- Established myself as a trusted and respected member of the finance community at United Biscuits and considered an expert in reporting and finance systems.- Developed Analysis skills to a very high level.

Placement 3 Financial Planning & Analytics / Global Indirects- Prepared the monthly executive issues list, gathering information from many functions such as market shares, sales growth, competitor insights to produce the issues list which formed part of the board meeting.- Produced a detailed presentation for the Unilever CEO analysing performance for use with investors - Responsible for producing a global indirects drivers schedule, liaising with all regions to gain a company position.Placement 2 Financial Accounts- Responsible for co-ordinating the Sarbox process for the financial accounts team.- Investigated the foreign currency exposure policy in the UK business improved the quality of the requirements forecast and amended the quantity of currency purchased on a monthly basis.- Took responsibility for a number of prepayment and accrual accounts.Placement 1 Customer Finance - Morrisons team- Established myself as business partner to the Morrisons foods trading team attending weekly meetings challenging, highlighting and addressing financial concerns and writing monthly commentaries.- Assisted account managers in preparing forecasts and reviewing these forecasts to improve accuracy.- Resolved a large number of audit claims for both the Tesco and Asda teams and produced a best practice guide.Key Achievements:- Completed all finance training and CIMA exams in under two years.- Developed strong foundation in finance skills getting a broad experience of many areas.- Experienced working with high level stakeholders in a fast moving environment.

I spent a year, initially as a contractor in data management then as a HR generalist on the HR Intern programme.I undertook one on one induction of new Fixed Income Markets staff and conducted exit interviews of staff leaving.I prepared all documentation such as recruitment authorisation, contracts, redundancy letters etc.I was responsible for maintaining Global Headcount Database and Global Budget Spreadsheets.I was responsible for training all the departmental assistants to use Oracle to enter information and run reports.I was responsible for assisting with the implementation of a staff share scheme.

Chartered Global Management Accountant, Accounting And Finance

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