Mitoon Patel Email & Phone Number

Bristol, England, United Kingdom

Working as a key member of the Finance team, The role involves producing insightful and relevant reporting for senior management to support key decision making.Primarily the role supports the head of finance with:• Preparation of Regional 5-year strategic plan, budget and outlook presentations• Preparation of regional MI including the monthly SVP review pack• Reporting and reviewing Regional support costs.• Engagement with wider Tarmac Stakeholders, including Finance Business planning, Strategic Finance and National Performance Teams.• To ensure Regional compliance and engagement with Internal Controls,Internal Audit and External Audit teams, including being primary point of contact for the co-ordination of SOx activities and process improvement activities in the Region.​Key Tasks & Responsibilties• Manages the month end reporting process for management accounts ensuring robust and timely completion of Month End accounts in line with parent company timelines• Oversees the production of the monthly executive reporting package, identifying and highlighting key business trends and tracking critical actions designed to improve financial performance• Coaches other members of the finance team and regional colleagues in best practice reporting and controls.• Plays a key role in proactively developing the long-term management information strategy for the business, identifying process improvement opportunities and delivering effective and practical solutions.• Key liaison between central finance, other BUs and IT departments in respect of management information development• Manage a multi million pound capex budget from production of papers to submission to group inline with company policies• Ownership of ad doc data analysis and modelling requirements. Ensures efficient and robust extraction of data from underlying systems.• Manages engagement with the Internal Controls, Internal Audit and External Audit team on behalf of the Regional Finance team.

To provide a regional lead in the provision of compliant financial information & insight as part of the company management reporting cycle and manage the requirements between head office, area offices and Central finance. Also, actively contribute to performance understanding and challenge/support financials to aid decision making, guidance and growth in the business to achieve it's full potential including tactical & strategic planning & decisions within their contracts.Ensure a robust financial control environment is maintained with risk management across the Business ensuring integrity of financial statements & support SOx within my area and across the Business.Responsibilties:- Lead the execution of the business cycle - month end, budgeting, forecasting, variance analysis, contract performance, aged debt management, aged WIP management & production of the MI pack-Business partnering with the regional director which covers a very broad range of duties -Monthly review of the financials with the Board-Ensure staff adhere to financial policies & procedures as well as the rules of business-Cash management & working capital-To guide the business through internal/external/SOx audit reviews-Develop & drive forward looking management information that contributes to the performance of the regional business

Progress the next phase of BlackLine implementation through the Business, primarily focusing on journal creation & workflow within the system, developing balance sheet transformation and month end task management across R2R.Responsibilities included:-Verify all documentation is correct and signed off - PID's, plans etc-Acceptance criteria of the project-Design the structure of the workflow (I.T BlackLine & Transformation team) and ensure this fits in with project objectives-Ensure outcome is reached and expected benefits are realised-Plan, administer and attain UAT sign off-Complete training plan rollout across the U.K-Brief & advise management on all matters concerning the project-Provide regular updates to Steerco-Manage a small team to ensure BAU outputs continue, adjust to operational changes in the business & assess impact on BlackLine - i.e structure changes, SOx, reporting requirements-BlackLine was considered in scope for I.T General Controls - subsequently created a control worksheet to ensure SOx compliance involving Master data, I.T and R2R.

Blackline (BL) software implementation across all business units for the main traders touching over 130 finance users. This is a phased project overseen by a Steering committee. Project Plan includes:-Initial implementation liaising with Blackline consultants, in house IT to develop extracts from ERP & consulting with BU finance-Transition to full balance sheet reconciliation within Blackline-Journal workflow within Blackline to ensure SOx compliance-Task management with a fully auditable & work-flowed month end schedule to ensure an efficient close- Reporting development to meet SOx remediation initially & subsequent stakeholder requirements-Variance analysis & transaction matching to be developed in Phase3.-System administrator & query management post go live-Managing the workloads of extra project resources-Holding training sessions for finance teams & one on one training up to Director level-Updates to Steerco consisting of project sponsors & Director of FC&PAn Overall SOx focus to ensure full compliance is applied throughout the project & going forwards this is the start of a finance transformation piece to totally revamp & develop the finance functions continuous accounting ability.

Land and Planning team: Balance sheet reconciliationsMonth end reportingClosing stock submissionsRoyalty calculations Provision movement analysisTrack & Trend - P/L analysis

Responsible for any banking queriesBank reconciliations across two ERP platforms Month end journal calculation & postings - accruals, foreign currency revaluations, cost transfersCash flow forecasting - daily & weekly statsCashpool balance reporting

Dudley Birmingham

Treasury support role Aiding credit controllers/Cash allocation locate funds.Ensure bank pool remains favourableBank reconciliations for two companiesFacilitate Bacs/CHAPS payments Bank account maintenance for 30+ divisions Accounts Payable monthly reporting Assist in MMA reporting Monthly VAT returnAd hoc duties to maintain accounts payable/cashier function is effective.

Birmingham, United Kingdom

Coding, matching & input of invoices to the payables ledger. Ensuring accounts payable follow procedures for audit compliance.Supplier statement reconciliations & dealing with supplier queriesProducing payment runs at month endFully trained on the ariba system for P2P invoice processing/query management

Birmingham

Studying towards an ACCA qualification having completed 7 papers so far with a view to gain more practical experience to supplment this.