- Reporting to the Global Centre of Expertise (CoE) Finance Director I led a team of five analysts and business controllers providing commercial analysis and FP&A to Elsevier's Research Division- Responsible for driving the global CoE operating model including standardising systems and processes.- Partnered with Research VPs and Finance Directors to deliver consolidated monthly reporting, quarterly reforecasts and multi-year budgets to Elsevier senior leadership and to the parent company (RELX)- Delivered process improvement projects providing more accurate and insightful reporting. Including implementation of new sales reporting systems and the migration of standardised reporting from excel to Tableau and other tools- Owned the day-to-day management of the reporting and planning tool (Hyperion), ensuring system accuracy and integrity, and setting the planning and reporting timetables for all product portfolios- Managed the annual sales team quota setting process

- Finance Business partner providing commercial finance and FP&A support to the EMEA regional CEO and country CEOs- Responsible for the statutory and management reporting of the EMEA region- Produced investment and acquisition reviews- Ran the EMEA annual budget and multi year forecast cycle - Ownership of internal controls and SOX compliance for the EMEA region- Provided support on financial reporting, internal controls, and systems to the EMEA country finance teams- Line manager of one assistant Regional Controller

- Oversaw the production of monthly, quarterly and annual board papers, acquisition reviews and strategy papers- Finance business partner to the Chief HR Officer including responsibility for global HR functional cost reporting- Led the group financial planning cycles (strategic plan, budgets and forecasts)- Coordinated with FP&A, Treasury, Group Accounts, Strategy, M&A and Investor Relations on results, forecast cycles and external reporting- Trained and mentored junior team members

- Consolidated the group wide functional cost reporting (focus on HR, finance and legal functions)- Prepared full year and interim management reporting to support external results announcements- Owned the reporting, budget and forecast timetable for RELX and group subsidiaries- Continuous improvement of all forecasting models and reporting analysis

A key member of William Hill's retail division finance team- Produced all gaming machine financial reports, KPI analysis, and forecasts for senior management and operations teams.- Produced the annual forecast of the machines gaming revenue and cost of sales for the 2,400 shops across the retail estate. - Owned the regional and central cost centre forecasts, setting and tracking performance, partnering with the cost centre directors to analyse performance.- Designed and maintained new KPI dashboards for the operations teams.

- Developed multi-year audit plans, planning fieldwork and training and developing junior colleagues. - Produced internal audit reports and drafted Audit Committee reports, presenting report findings to client management.- Led on-site client audit teams delivering multiple workstreams, first point of contact for clients, reviewed working papers and draft reports produced by junior team members. - Client manager for Carillion, the Wellcome Trust and Sport England