Managing finances for a subsidiary with a turnover in excess of £19m (2017), as part of a Group with turnover of £80m for that same year, requires strategic planning, budgeting and reporting directly to the CFO (Helsinki). A stickler for abiding by local legislation, I promote adherence across the subsidiary, whilst working with auditors to ensure I remain updated on any and all changes. Additionally, I influence cross-country collaborations by aligning processes and procedures Group-wide in partnership with my Helsinki and Stockholm colleagues. I also report all progress and updates to the head office on a monthly basis. Snapshot of Achievements: Integrated a new expense management system, Concur, saving 50 to 100 man hours monthly. Implemented a risk management procedure, highlighting areas of vulnerability within the company. Build and maintain durable working relationships, whilst aligning processes with subsidiaries across the Helvar Group.

Worked on monthly consolidation of accounts of the two organisations. (Towergate and Cullum Capital Ventures) Assisted with required reporting to Financial Conduct Authority - FCA.

Serving as an active member of the management team, I managed the financial functions of the company with a turnover of 30m (2013), . This entailed supervising the finance and administration departments, ensuring compliance with relevant legal requirements and reporting directly to the financial director.On a monthly basis, I prepared accounts packs, utilised by the Board and our external bank, inclusive of P&L breakdown of accounts, budget comparisons and calculations for provisions/work in progress (WIP) and detailed analysis of project costing and P&L for all contracts. Throughout this time, I resolved a range of issues, responded to queries and addressed suggestions that had been passed down from the team as a visible contributor at monthly communication meetings. I also maintained the process for vetting contractors (CIS purposes) and reported on revenues. Snapshot of Achievements: Set up the accounts department, employing a team of four and mentoring/developing my team towards fulfilling requirements within deadline. Increased my team’s performance by contributing to establishing objectives/targets and conducting personal development reviews (PDRs). Streamlined implementation of a new accounting system during the migration of MS Access to Sage 200 and set up/managed an invoice discounting process with RBS. Maximised resources by developing annual budgets and reforecasts, obtaining required information from various department managers along the way. Controlled bank accounts and ensured mandates were maintained in alignment with corporate requirements as one out of the senior cheque signatories.

Working for a Group with a turnover in excess of £30m, I rolled out their London start-up’s initial accounting processes, including creating and maintaining a nominal ledger for Midland Steel/Midland Transport. In a brief amount of time, I executed a range of accounting processes from management accounts and preparing/reconciling balance sheets to generating ad hoc reports/analysis. Simultaneously, I managed financial accounting for two companies, including maintaining fixed assets, prepayments and accruals, preparing/reconciling payroll and monthly PAYE, VAT and EC/Intrastat sales. On a weekly basis, I analysed costs per ton, monitored/ensured accuracy of the stock system and maintained RBS invoice financing. Prior to leaving my post, I introduced a number of required processes, including payroll, Sage payroll and Sage utilisation. I also aligned financial operations with relevant compliances by liaising with the bank on an as needed basis.

I managed the finance & administration departments, ensuring compliance with legal requirements and liasing with our parent company over all issues regarding finance controls, procedures and performance monitoring.Preparation of monthly management accounts packs for internal and Italian board use, which included detailed P&L accounts broken down by department/cost centre, compared with budget, in sterling and euro. It also included calculations for provisions, warranty, rebates, advantage points and contract support. I prepared annual budgets and reforecast, obtaining the necessary information from the various department managers.I was actively involved with setting objectives/targets for my team, in line with company strategy.In monthly communication meetings, ensuring any queries/suggestions/issues were raised/resolved, and the outcome I cascaded down to my entire team.Key achievements while in this position.When I joined Alpha, there were only two members in the finance team, the department was very disorganised and poorly managed. Over a period of time I recruited the necessary staff, put procedures and controls into place, to help the finance department function more efficiently and effectively.I implemented the bacs payments system using HSBC net, and liasing with our parent company’s IT department to make the necessary software changes for JD Edwards to deal with Bacs rather than Cheques, now Alpha only raise a handful of cheques, compared to the hundreds that they used to raise fortnightly, which makes the monthly bank reconciliation’s much simpler.I ensured that the upgrade of our JD Edwards system was implemented with as little disruption as possible, by carrying out all relevant testing, in a separate test environment.I Liaised with the IT department to, develop software to minimise duplication in the finance department, and enable us to work more efficiently.

Assistant Financial Controller (8/2003 to 7/2005) for Specac Ltd.Finance Manager (1/1993 to 2/2003) for Comyn Ching and Co.