Responsibilities and achievements. • Planning and project managing the budget and 3 quarterly forecast cycles for the European business (NOI & CAPEX). Co-ordinating with the multiple stakeholders and head office in the US to ensure all objectives are achieved in an accurate and timely manner. Ensure all information is received when needed.• Responsible for creating and maintaining models automating the calculation of key KPIs used to review and consolidate the forecast. Preparing review packs used for regional and global sign off with senior management.• Analysing and error checking the forecast data to ensure integrity and accuracy, and identifying key trends and changes to prior forecast. Working with regional contacts and providing any additional resource they may require. Reviewing and questioning the results vs expectations.• Preparing regional monthly reporting pack analysing actual vs budget performance. Identifying drivers and anomalies and providing commentary for senior management on variance analysis.• Acting as European liaison for the recent release of the global information system platform. Helping to ensure all European needs were met by discussing requirements with various stakeholders. Ensuring data integrity and following up on any issues.• Preparation of the monthly leasing report, combining various information sources to identify opportunities and threats for the business. Report used in monthly calls by senior management to project business performance. • Working as Business Partner with the head of European Operations. Providing historic analysis and financial data to allow the operations team to make informed business decisions.

• Working as a Business Partner on a daily basis with the Pharma commercial teams. Using my analytical skills and experience to help support commercial decisions. Building sound relationships with all stakeholders. Examples include sales cycle analysis for products, analysis of team salaries and possible areas for team growth/restructuring, producing challenging and fair commission plans for the sales teams. • Running and co-ordinating both the budget and quarterly forecast processes for my portfolio over extended time periods, gathering information from numerous sources (sales team, OPEX spend, marketing) and with a critical eye using this to analyse the past and predict the future. All whilst adhering to strict timelines.• Was a lead in a six month project looking at the implementation of a new pricing policy. Created a scenario planning financial model which gave the Portfolio Director a view on how different pricing levels would affect the revenue going forward, and any risks that may come from this. Outcome was the implementation of recommended prices resulting in a very successful sales re-book.• Being a key player in the integration and transition to the new Oracle financial system. Co-ordinating with and providing technical support to the commercial teams to minimise any business as usual disruption. Also adapting existing working practises to adhere to new system, whilst maintaining accuracy and efficiency.• Responsible for running the month end process (including all journals) and reporting accurate numbers on any traded products within my portfolio. Investigating and providing commentary on both budget/forecast variances and KPI performance. Summarising these on the monthly MI reports used by senior stakeholders.• Involvement in joint venture accounting with Asian finance teams. Co-ordinating to get accurate trading results and the correct inter-company treatment and invoicing.

• • Responsible for running the month end reporting team and submissions to Group Finance and Terra Firma. Coordinating two assistant accountants to ensure all deadlines are met.• Working closely with the COO and CEO, preparing Investment Appraisal board papers for submission to Terra Firma • Historic analysis of 5 years of CAPEX spend undertaken for VC owners. Identifying and analysing areas of over/under spend (for example the Ben and Jerrys stands) to build into future investment appraisal cases• Improving internal financial processes. For example re-working and reconstructing the monthly CAPEX report distributed to the business. Took on board various users’ needs and used the inputs in an efficient manner to produce an accurate and timely report. Cut time taken to produce down from five days to two days.• Produced a Quarterly Initiatives report and narrative for submission to Terra Firma. Analysing the performance of our capital investments and presented findings to the Senior Team.• Working closely with the HR Director, submitted annual bonus proposals to the Board and calculated bonus payments for in excess of 2,500 cinema and support office employees.• Implemented a Utility Management Tool for cinema and support office use. Involved the provision of historic utility data, user acceptance testing, coordinating and leading training sessions. Tool led to operating efficiencies resulting in 10% utility consumption savings in the first 6 months.• Key player in Budgeting, Forecasting and 5 year Corporate Plan Processes. Additional responsibilities include working closely with Internal Operations and external Utility Management Company to forecast the largest operating expenditure P&L lines in the business.• Producing weekly KPI reports and commentary.• Key part of a team to improve the profitability of UK based Luxury Cinema Offers, including distribution of weekly reporting to the Board and the design and tracking of staff incentive schemes.

Month end journalling, accruals and prepayments, fixed asset accounting, fixed asses reporting, year end statutory accounts preparation