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London, United Kingdom

London, United Kingdom

Dentsu provides global scale marketing, client-centric integrated communications, media and digital services through its leading brands – Carat, Dentsu X, iProspect, Isobar and Merkle - has a strong presence in over 145 countries and regions across five continents and with more than 64,000 dedicated professionals. The Group is also active in the production and marketing of sports and entertainment content and listed in Tokyo Stock Exchange.

London, United Kingdom

Hired into Revenue Accounting responsible for Southern Europe and within 6 months accepted greater responsibilities for EMEA and ANZ, provided all aspect of management reporting on revenue, analysed Affiliates, Ad Sales and Other Revenue and reported back to different stakeholders internally and externally.  Produced performance analysis monthly for Europe, Middle East, Africa and ANZ revenue and related month-end closing process with the support from regional Sales and Finance teams. Organised monthly revenue meeting with regional Sales, Marketing, Legal, Collection and FP&A teams and discussed issues facing each team and coordinated among teams to resolve issues.  Overseen issues related to complex balance sheet items and communicate to relevant team to gather insight to resolve issues to ensure assets and liabilities in the balance sheet are diligent.  Reviewed processes related to accounting transformation project and transitioning Finance team from London to Warsaw and work closely with various teams to ensure procedures are implemented robustly and to have a globally aligned process matrix. Achievements:  Radically improved ‘marketing barter’ reporting process and reduced discrepancies to zero across countries in EMEA through ‘single barter station’ concept. Designed bespoke online station that optimised a complex barter process, saving time for finance, marketing, sales, billing and other teams involved. Facilitated transformation of revenue reporting; bringing simplicity into the process - created revenue analysis portal using EPM at country level, where regional finance teams could provide real-time input on variances which saved time for central revenue team and provided better insight into variances.

London, United Kingdom

London, United Kingdom

Altran is a leading global provider of innovation and high-tech engineering services. In the UK, Altran is active in aerospace, defence, rail, energy, and telecom sectors. Hired into Financial Accountant role to provide all aspects of regulatory and group reporting; reported to the UK head of finance as well as to head of corporate reporting, reported under UK GAAP and IFRS. • Produced performance analysis monthly, quarterly, annually at the top management level and analysed variances. • Prepared statutory accounts in accordance with UK GAAP and IFRS; liaised with local and global tax advisors and other stakeholders to ensure regulatory compliances.• Generated accurate planning and analysis include; annual budgets, forecasts and periodic cash flow estimates which influenced board level decision making. • Supervised a timely and effective delivery of all core financial processes; including invoicing, credit control, purchase administration and multi-currency banking reconciliations, Sales ledger factoring, multicurrency hedging, VAT return, EC Sales List and so on, to achieve smooth running of the business. Achievements: • Spearheaded transformation of group reporting; reduced late reporting to zero. Achieved 12 consecutive months on-time reporting country by implementing clear processes, followed by regular communication at each level of the process.• Implemented major financial changes to Altran UK further to a successful merger with a new entity. Played a key role in providing support to the company in the absence of the head of finance at the crucial time of the merger. • Executed complete changeover of financial reporting process; by documenting every major procedure with a view to improving each method and trained more than one individual for each process and designating each process to one owner and review it on a regular basis.

London, United Kingdom

Stockcube is a leading provider of independent financial research services to Hedge Funds and other investment funds. It has a Fin-Tech subsidiary based in the UK and a financial research subsidiary based in the US. Hired into reporting role and promoted twice to own group accounts and management accounting; managed a team of two and reported to the Finance Director as well as to the Board occasionally. • Prepared monthly management reports including Board pack and presented to the Finance Director and other department heads.• Generated annual budgets, forecasts, and cash flow estimates for each company including US subsidiary. • Delivered monthly sales analysis and detailed cost-benefit analysis of retail financial products and recommended as necessary • Performed group consolidation of financial statements for 4 entities based in the UK and US. Achievements: • Initiated transformation of culture and behavior; devised a new approach to cost, an internal initiative based on Zero Based Budgeting idea, distributed to all employees which highlighted the need for commercial justification of all expenditure as turnover decreased.• Slashed bad debt by more than 60% over three years. Overhauled credit control and implemented a more pragmatic, less aggressive range of tactics, with better communication that led to improved debtor reactions and payments.

London

North London based practice that provides accountancy, audit, taxation and other business services.Developed a broad range of accurate accounting and client engagement skills including audit, year-end accounts, VAT, cost analysis, payroll, as well as analytical services facilitating improvements to client budgeting, forecasting, and commercial performance.

Acca, Chartered Accountancy, Qualified

M A, Information Science And Management