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Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada

• Manage financing activities including to support the construction of a new plant in Western Canada• Support contracting phase and manage costs for this investment• Assist with high-level decisions about policy and strategy• Manage all aspects of, and reporting on, financial data for the organizations.• Accountable for the review, analysis, creation and modification of appropriate business processes to effectively and efficiently record the financial transactions of the participating companies.• Ensure all financial transactions are appropriately processed and recorded. Ensure that all regulatory and statutory reporting and remittances are met.• Responsible for coordinating risk processes and identification and reporting of key risks.• Oversee the company’s fiscal activity, including budgeting, reporting and auditing

London, England, United Kingdom

London, England, United Kingdom

Responsible for Finance Transformation, driving forward the implementation and embedding of the Synthomer finance transformation, in this FTSE 250 company, growing quickly and targetting the FTSE 100.

Calgary, Canada Area

The business and my responsibilities include 14 plants across Canada, America and Trinidad and four equity stakes including companies in Argentina and Egypt.The business generates EBITDA of circa $1.4b

Calgary, Canada Area

Responsibility for the accounting function and finance teams in the Agrium Wholesale business, including ten plants across America and Canada. The business scope included two significant mining activitiesThe business produced and mined products principally for Agriculture (fertilizers)During my time within this role, I managed the successful migration of all financial processes for significant mining activity in Idaho to a new owner, given the requirement to reduce market share in a specific market to gain approval from the merger of Agrium and Potash Corp

Rolle, Switzerland

As the Global Financial Controller, I had global responsibility for financial management for this business including financial planning, analysis, compliance and M&A. The business comprised of five plants across Europe and North America with turnover in the region of €3.0b

Rolle, Switzerland

Working directly for the CFO of the Refining business, in a very small head office function. The INEOS refining business operated two, ex BP, refineries, with combined turnover of $17b ($120/bbl). The role included a broad range of activities including decision support, reporting, budgeting, working with commodity traders. In 2010 the business was successful in completing a sale of the business into a joint venture with PetroChina for a enterprise value in excess of $2b. In this process, I was responsible for a number of key elements, including the valuation of the business, business plans and the working capital settlement.

Southampton, United Kingdom

This business was responsible for development of Set Top Box and Home Media Solutions. It was based in Northern France with segments in China and America. Responsibilities included Management reporting, budgeting and forecasting, Decision support including project investment appraisal, new business models, portfolio decisions, product pricing and capital investment

Southampton, United Kingdom

Responsible for the following areas Management reportingManage forecasting, budgets and strategy reviewsDecision support including project investment appraisal, new business models, portfolio decisions, product pricing and capital investmentImplementation of improved investment appraisal processPeriodic reviews of business casesManaged forecast predictability for development activitiesManage finance and purchasing teamsManage site service planning processes

Responsibilities included management reporting and forecasting for the Site and Managing local finance and procurements teams

Shaftesbury, United Kindgom

Oversaw all accounting/treasury/financing activities for this company which saw revenue triple to C$34MAchievements included• Established multi million credit facility with Deutsche bank for Bills of Exchange from major German customer • Managed cash flow of a growing business, including significant reduction in open receivables• Established an improved investment review process

3 A Levels, 10 O Levels

The Chartered Institute Of Management Accounting