Keith Turner Email and Phone Number

Career break

Working within the cost control & recovery function of Group Finance:.Duties• Produced monthly management accounts and reporting, analysis of variances and commentary• Managed three staff, monitored performance and workload, planning and prioritising activities • Maintained the SAP cost allocation process to recover central costs from the 25 operational countries• Prepared and oversaw budgets and forecasts for 130 head office cost centres• Ensured compliance with internal control requirements, maintained appropriate support documentation and up to date process documentation• Organised annual partner audit of head office expenditure and recoveries via time writing and cost allocations. Involved in the decision making process for the settlement of claims raised • Ongoing process improvements in data quality, availability and efficiency of productionAchievements• Redesigned the overhead allocation process which resulted in streamlining the methodology and improving of the logic to enhance recovery potential and reduce maintenance time• Developed recharge mechanism for the direct allocation of central costs to improve partner and tax recovery and reduce the time delay in billing by a month• Built relationships with other departments and increased their awareness of their financial activities• Strengthened financial controls by adapting the budget allocation model to monthly postings to ensure the integrity of the system• Improved the quality of monthly and periodic management reporting, covering head office spend together with analysis of variances

Working within the cost control & recovery function of group finance:Duties• Produced monthly management accounts and reporting, analysis of variances and commentary • Maintained the SAP cost allocation process• Prepared G&A and capital expenditure budgets and forecastsAchievements• Increased cost recoveries from partners by charging IT outsourced services directly to users• Created an overhead allocation spreadsheet model to produce quality budget and forecast projections

• Planned and prioritised audit programme of the UK and international non-operated joint ventures to ensure appropriate coverage, taking into account financial exposure, risk and recommendations from asset management• Arranged scheduling of joint venture audits and assembled teams comprising representatives from other oil and gas companies usually from several countries • Created audit scopes and allocated work to ensure that the major areas of risk were covered. Prepared the audit reports on behalf of partners and coordinated the settlement of claims

• Acted as Finance Manager Pakistan from September to December 1999, ensuring that all the financial aspects of three exploration licences were finalised prior to relinquishment• Ensured foreign currency translation was correctly recorded and reported. Made appropriate UK GAAP adjustments to the results of international operations• Responsible for the finance activities of the fleet of LNG ships requiring in depth understanding of counter party contracts to ensure terms were adhered to• Prepared monthly accounts to accurately reflect business performance and financial position• Prepared subsidiary statutory accounts for my areas of responsiblity

• Handled audits in Italy, Qatar, UK and Vietnam

• Provided detailed analytical support to enable the directors to make fully informed decisions on projects of major strategic or financial importance• Worked with project teams, identified, analysed and advised on the mitigation of financial risks, verified project assumptions, checked the validity of economics and produced project briefing notes for the Finance Director• Interviewed key personnel for the preparation of post investment appraisals, to analyse project performance and distil lessons for the future• Prepared report for Finance Director on oil and gas acquisitions and major projects to compare expected returns with current valuations• Investigated and reported on ways of creating more meaningful sensitivities and informative presentations in project papers