Ken Thomas Email & Phone Number

United Kingdom

• Finance director & company secretary responsibilities for international ship management company.
• Managing finance & HR functional teams whose responsibilities include: – Preparing statutory accounts for 3 UK legal entities and UK corporation tax– Preparing P&L accounts for 26 vessels, with turnovers ranging from.
• Overseeing Brazil, China, and Singapore… Show more Finance director & company secretary responsibilities for international ship management company.
• Overseeing Brazil, China, and Singapore finance operations, remotely & through in-country visits
• Managing & monitoring loans and expenditure for new ship build projects in excess of £100 million
• Managing global taxation and reporting across multiple jurisdictions for the group Show less

Hong Kong

• Financial control of Asia Pacific region and trade management centre, total turnover USD 1 billion.
• Managed regional office finance function comprising 3 direct reports and a total of 26 staff
• Managed local finance function in 12 countries across Asia Pacific with a total of 220 staff
• Led financial planning & analysis for 17 separate trade profit centres; total operations USD 700 M
• Designed and implemented improvements to corporate yield management systems
• … Show more Financial control of Asia Pacific region and trade management centre, total turnover USD 1 billion.

Asia

• Transferred to Asia; held financial control and general finance roles in Hong Kong and Singapore.
• Managed local finance team comprising 3 direct reports and a total of 31 staff
• Oversaw AR/AP, local statutory and fiscal compliance, together with all management reporting
• Represented Asia region in global ‘purchase to pay’ process review
• Led planning and analysis for all regional shipping route profit centres
• Worked closely with commercial teams to support product… Show more Transferred to Asia; held financial control and general finance roles in Hong Kong and Singapore.

London

• Joined as Trade Accountant; subsequently promoted & held cost centre financial control roles.
• Managed reporting and analysis of ship and container cost centres
• Developed cost model to promote effective use of assets and increased supply chain efficiency
• Monitored supply chain productivity through broad range of operational and financial KPIs
• Led due diligence assessment of finance systems prior to P&O and Royal Nedlloyd merger

Acca Qualification, Accounting And Finance

Acca Qualification, Accounting And Finance