• To support and add value to the relevant On Trade stakeholders and their direct teams• To ensure financial rigour, governance and controls are in place and provide insight and analysis to help support the commercial agenda and business strategy.

As the manager of the Finance department I was responsible for the running of a busy team containing 5 staff.; Supporting delivery of business profitability, pricing and margin analysis for NIIB businessManagement of all payments to external customers - >£1m per dayManagement of Accounts Payable process Building and developing models in support of Income and Profitability projectsSupport control and management of NIIB pricing process Budgeting and Forecasting. Manage commissions, banking and reconciliations operational processesEnsuring effective debtor control system for maintenance of customer accounts across the Group.Management of staff and appraisals; I was the project manager for the successful transfer of our accounts payable function to a centrally processed system. This improved control and enabled us to drive down costs by availing of group deals.I introduced a system which enabled us to pay our customers via Faster Payments, which enabled us to gain advantage over our competitorsI led an initiative to review commission that could be claimed back from dealers, resulting in over £1million recovered for the business.I implemented a model and further controls to ensure future commission would be claimed back on a timely basis.I built and developed a model that showed profitability on a dealer by dealer basis, thus adding value to senior management.I successfully implemented several automated systems into the Finance team, replacing time-consuming, manual processes. This resulted in greater efficiency and control, cost reduction and significant timesavings.I successfully introduced the BACSTEL system to the business, leading to our customers receiving payment 1 day sooner and to many customers receiving payment electronically as opposed to by cheque.I have been a Trustee of the NIIB Pension Scheme for 3 years

Responsible for the Purchase Ledger – 2 staff; £40 million paFixed Assets registerResponsible for the booking-in and control of all goods receivedAssisting in budget preparationPreparation of monthly management accountsBalance sheet reconciliationsInvolvement with year-end Statutory Accounts Inter-Company reconciliationsResponsible for the continued improvement and streamlining of all systemsI implemented a spreadsheet-based accounts payable system for larger suppliers, reducing the workload by approx. 5-10 days per month.I worked as part of a team, which automated the goods-in system, increasing efficiency and control.I introduced and implemented a procedure to deal with all costs attributable to other companies – we now recoup approx. £20k per month from this.I helped develop an inventory system to cope with parts processed outside the plant.

I was responsible for all aspects of the accounting function for the company. This included in particular monthly management accounts, profit and loss accounts and reports, monthly balance sheet reconciliations, quarterly vat and CT61 submissions, yearly budgeting, yearly audit file and schedule preparation, preparation of statutory accounts and asset register.

I was responsible to the company accountant for most parts of the company’s accounts, including bringing the accounts to trial balance, management accounts, preparing journals, balance sheet reconciliations, sales and purchase ledger, as well as VAT and Intrastat returns.