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Preston, Gb

Gb

Chorley, Gb

Chorley, Lancashire, Gb

Global, Us

- Finance Business Partner for long established major UK client, generating monthly revenues over £10m and operating income targets of 15%.+.- Account finance representative viewed as Finance Director for the account within the customer organisation.- Oversee month end processes, reporting on revenue, direct cost margin and operating income, split by various internal offerings to major stakeholders, including Account General Manager and UK Board.- Coordinate and submit forecasts for account performance including revenue, DCM, OI, capital expenditure, cash,unbilled, deferred income and backlog.- Production of monthly bridge files detailing variances to forecast, their root cause and actions in place to ensure adverse variances are not repeated. - Approval of capital and operating expenditures including review and preparation of pricing models, working closely with account sales executives to maximise profitability.- Coordination of shared services functions for billing, credit control, procurement, financial coding, journal preparation, audit and financial controllership.- Drive continuous process improvement through utilisation of shared services teams to perform transactional activities to enable more robust analysis activities to be performed in tight month end timescales.- Direct involvement in contract renegotiations leading to six year contract extension.- Work closely with the wider project management community to enhance their understanding of the financial aspects of their day to day project delivery activities.

Global, Us

- Provide robust financial support to the Corporate CIO.- Deliver consolidated company view of IT expenditure to facilitate decision-making, benchmarking and operational activities of the business- Monthly reporting of actual OCIO costs across the globe in comparison to budget and forecast, incorporating variance analysis to highlight any areas for focus.- Provide budget support to CIO's and their finance representatives across the globe.- Financial analysis.- Expenditure control through cost commitment authorisation.

Global, Us

- Responsible for delivering change program to end-to end billing processes in the Nordic region through process standardisation and engagement with owners of the processes in region.- Deliver stability and transparency to the end to end billing process throughout the region.- Identify all the touch-points in the current processes. Simplify where possible. Ensure permanent cover.- Provide efficiencies in the pre-billing processes. Simplify the data processing. Utilise SAP functionality effectively.- Fully connect the contract and the billing. Ensure that billing is completed in a timely manner.- Introduce robust change control processes. Ensure any changes to billing processes are correctly authorised and documented.- Organisationally deliver subject matter expertise to enable new business bids to have standard offerings for end to end billing- Deliver independent billing capability for the region. Utilise current billing resources to achieve this, be they in region or in company shared services areas.- Improve regional cash flow by adherence to contractual billing calendars and deadlines.- Ultimately deliver end to end billing in the most efficient, effective manner, maximising the use of standard tools.

Global, Us

- Managed team of 20 based in various locations in the UK, Germany and Switzerland, consisting of financial analysts, billing coordinators and credit controllers.- Responsible for invoicing 80 plus multinational customers up to half a billion dollars per month.- Ensured maximisation of company cash flow through management of both the Credit Control and Accounts Receivable departments.- Personal interaction with all levels of management both within the finance function and the wider business community, including project managers, HR, sales and procurement.- Company subject matter expert on all things invoice related including the functionality available in the finance system (SAP).- Daily responsibility for all personnel issues, including maintaining temporary contracts, H&S inductions, salary decisions and assignment of tasks.- Project management of transitions of new strategic areas into the team remit, including the Nordic region and The Netherlands.- Continually drove organisation to standardise and improve working practices, through major transformation of historic processes.- Led team from a small function dedicated to a few UK customers to the team it is today since 2006 through centralisation of a previously dispersed organisation. - Established department as a Centre of Excellence within the company.

Global, Us

- Management of UK invoicing function tasked with centralising the UK invoice production into shared services team, leading to the creation of the Order to Cash team.- Managed small team of four individuals responsible for invoicing.- Began development of people management skills within a fast-paced environment adapting skills learnt in previous financial roles within CSC and previous companies.

Global, Us

- Program Finance lead for largest business unit within number one UK client supporting monthly revenues over £1m and operating income targets of 15%.- Account team support for business in locations throughout the UK from Portsmouth to Glasgow.- Responsible for performing all month end processes for the business area in its entirety and individual business units.- Involvement in billing processes and collection of cash to minimise aged debt.- Involved in structural aspects of the introduction of a new financial computer system (SAP), including the setting up of new coding for the delivery of financial reporting.- Production of management reports for board meetings and presentation of reports in meetings.- Approver for purchase requisitions for client reimbursable and expensed costs.- General ad hoc revenue and cost analysis.- Review of pricing models to ensure completeness and profitability

- Previous Management Accountant left the company and was not replaced.- Responsibility for two members of staff studying for AAT/CIMA exams.- Co-ordination and streamlining of month-end procedures.- Budget preparation.- Supervision of the preparation of month-end reports to the Board and to cost centre managers,- Supervision of maintenance of fixed asset register.- Project cost collation and subsequent reporting on findings.- Unit cost reporting.- Provision analysis.- Involvement in the introduction of new nominal ledger.- Project teamwork, involving liason with both internal and external parties.- Provision of information for potential buyers of the company and subsequent involvement in decoupling issues.- Production of Excel expense form used company-wide.- Sole responsibility for the production of the year-end management accounts.- Ad hoc analysis reports.

- Assisting Management Accountant.- Production of month-end reports to the Board and cost centre managers.- Fixed asset register maintenance.- Reconciliation work.- Production of macro-driven budget model used in the annual budget process.- Indirect cost allocation.- Point of contact for cost centre manager’s queries on their expense tabulations.

- Monthly VAT and Intrastat returns.- Preparation of month end accruals and prepayments.- Bank reconciliations.- Analysis of month end operating expense accounts and administering necessary corrections and re-allocations.- Liasing with management at all levels regarding month end reports and deviations from budgets.- Indirect supervision of Purchase Ledger staff and direct supervision of a Cashier.- Production of various ad hoc reports as requested by senior finance management.- Point of contact regarding the introduction of Oracle to the finance function.

Liverpool, Merseyside, Gb

- Monitoring and reconciliation of nominal ledger accounts.- Preparation of weekly and ad hoc reports for directors and senior management.- Monthly analysis of operating expenses.- Maintenance of fixed asset register.- Stock taking.- Bad debt recovery.

Liverpool, Merseyside, Gb

- Cash book maintenance, including month end journals.- Preparation and posting of journals.- Stock transfer month end journals.- Employee expenses and petty cash- Monitoring of employee credit cards.- Bank reconciliations.- Liasing with internal staff- Stock taking at various Matalan locations.

Ba (Hons), Accounting

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.)