A commercially minded qualified Accountant (ACMA), with significant post qualification experience in Financial Services. Adept at creating robust internal & external accounting systems and governance for rapidly growing national and international organisations. Key strengths include: analysing and interpreting financial / management accounts and producing insights for C-level leadership on business performance; leading major change projects to improve financial efficiencies and cater for organisational growth - delivering maximum value to the business at optimum cost; assembling and leading high performing finance teams, managing cashflow requirements for smooth business operations; meeting strict deadlines to maintain regulatory compliance; combining crystal clear performance management with a collaborative leadership style to drive-up productivity; and developing/optimising systems capabilities to provide enhanced business intelligence that underpins strategic business decision making. My hands on experience of all aspects of financial/regulatory/management reporting in the finance department of an asset management business leaves me ideally suited to both stand alone roles or working as part of a small team.Career HighlightsEstablished a cloud-based accounting system (XERO) to facilitate a more flexible working environment. Set up the chart of accounts & historic data to meet all financial/management/regulatory reporting and audit requirements.Successfully developed accounting procedures and systems to deal with a rapidly scaling business as the portfolio of asset back securities grew from US$ 5 billion to $58 billion. This period of growth required more incisive financial and management reporting capabilities. Systems were enhanced to successfully deliver accurate and timely reporting which tracked daily changes in the P&L and Balance Sheet. This provided a strong basis for the production of all financial/management reporting requirements and also resulted in an efficient month and year end accounts process.Maintained a robust accounting framework which kept a record of meeting all reporting deadlines, statutory and financial with clean audits for all funds and the management company.