Patrick Brew Email & Phone Number

London, United Kingdom

Full review of the Shared Service and Finance organisation within EMEA, including recommendations for the future structure and strategy of the organisationOwnership of the Annual/Quarterly EMEA planning and forecasting processesPreparation of monthly and ad hoc reports for the EMEA Management BoardResponsible for the integration of UK financial systems following the merger of King Sturge and JLLImplementation of the PeopleSoft financials system for many countries including UK, Germany, Romania, Hungary and Australia Banking relationship manager for EMEA, managing the implementation of EMEA wide Cash PoolingLead trainer to in excess of 250 end users of PeopleSoft in the UK and Australia, including a complete revision and redesign of the legacy training manualsMember of the review panel to select the new global reporting system (COGNOS)

London, United Kingdom

Various contract roles, including at Abbey Financial Markets, BBC World Service. Ove Arup and Smith and WilliamsonLeading a project to implement standard monthly reporting for all international officesProduction of report templates and manuals that could be easily used by international staff with English as a second or third language Preparation of the statutory accounts, audit file and tax computations, including first year transition to IFRS (International Financial Reporting Standards)Management of the audit process, and liaison with all internal and external advisersPreparation of variance analysis, with commentaries, for daily regulatory reportsManagement of junior staff

Canberra, Australia

Includes a three month secondment to New YorkConsulting and internal review assignments for various clients, including reviews of physical security, vehicle management, effectiveness of regional operations, the effectiveness of procurement systems and other internal controls Assisting in the outsourced accounting function for a large Commonwealth Agency including managing payments, budgeting and monthly reportingSupervising a team of up to five staff, reporting to either a manager or directly to the audit partnerDesign of firm standard audit forms in regards to the change to IFRSAudit of a variety of clients, from small not for profits to national organisations to large ASX listed entities. I was the main liaison with clients Prepared Income Tax and other statutory tax returns for various entities