Rosie Sidey Acma, Cgma Email & Phone Number

London, United Kingdom

• Key responsibilities;
• Management of the Finance Business Partner team during a period of change, (2 - 3 direct reports) including supporting in the design of the new and interim structure of the team, multiple interviews and coaching the.
• Production, presentation, development and optimisation of the standard monthly reporting pack to senior stakeholders to strict deadlines. Creation of the key drivers document to support variance analysis for the FD.
• Acting as Finance Business Partner to 70% of the RCA areas during transition of the team to full capacity, involving immense prioritisation, optimisation of processes and stakeholder management.
• Building of strong and positive relationships with budget holders and senior managers (notably Deans and Heads of Departments), providing the necessary assistance and professional advice to assist them with the.
• Liaison with the Head of Financial Accounting and the wider Finance team to ensure the accuracy of in-year reporting and compliance with Statement of Recommended Practice (SORP) for producing financial management.

London, United Kingdom

• Key responsibilities;
• Leading the FP&A team including overall responsibility for the quarterly forecasts, yearly budgets and updates to the five-year plan. Overall responsibility for monthly Financial Board and Management Reporting.
• Management of a team of ten including FP&A Managers, Commercial Finance Business Partners and Finance Analysts, of which seven were direct reports. Instigation, design and implementation of a team structure redesign.
• Complex financial modelling including third party service contract pricing scenario analysis, activity based costing and administration rate scenario modelling.
• Management of change and development of a team to support a complex royalty distribution process newly owned by FP&A. Re-engineering of processes and development of enhanced controls. Member of a leadership team.
• Development and creation of a set of Corporate KPIs to support the PRS Corporate Strategy.

London, United Kingdom

• Key responsibilities;
• Co-ordination and completion of the monthly performance reporting to Management and Board involving input from multiple stakeholders. Maintenance of a high standard of commentary.
• Responsibility for the accuracy and integrity of the quarterly forecasts and annual budget. Co-ordination of the inputs. Production of the presentations for Management and Board including analysis of key drivers.
• Ownership of the forecasting and planning system TM1 including prioritisation of tasks for two IT developers, reporting on continuous improvement, assurance and optimisation of new developments.
• Support to the Head of FP&A in the roll out of initiatives to improve data quality and the BI environment. Substitution for the Head of FP&A at high profile internal and external meetings.
• Business Partner for several business units including Legal and Communications. Completing and providing challenge to budgets, relationship building, strategic financial support and analysis.

London, United Kingdom

• Key responsibilities;
• Creation and continuous improvement of the Management Accounts Pack, implementation of a structured month end review and presenting results to the Finance Director on a monthly basis.
• Interpretation and completion of a cessation schedule, including ownership for working with other areas of the business to understand the content and to build a process for efficient update on a quarterly basis.
• Ownership of the fixed asset register and management of the creation of a fixed asset policy.
• Managing two Management Accountants, coaching and developing the team to work to high standards.
• Business partnering for Legal and Communications departments involving quarterly forecasting and yearly budgeting, presenting at team meetings, providing strategic financial support and analysis.

Skipton, North Yorkshire

• Newly created position to bridge a knowledge gap between treasury and finance departments.Key Responsibilities;
• Creation and constant development of month end financial analysis and delivering to the treasury management team including variance and hedging analysis,
• statutory reporting, disclosures for treasury notes to the accounts, owner of treasury accounting standards and managing auditors,
• treasury reconciliations,
• regulatory reporting,
• treasury budget and assistance with treasury forecasting,

Skipton, North Yorkshire

• Key Responsibilities;
• leading the compilation of the month end management accounts with variance analysis to be delivered to the finance management team,
• completing the statutory accounts and regulatory returns,
• reconciling suspense accounts and different systems,
• administering the prepayments schedule, sales ledger, fixed asset register, capital work in progress costs and administering the general ledger on the accounting system Aptos including journal entry,
• liaising with subsidiaries to confirm their intercompany balances,

Leeds, United Kingdom

Dealing with a large number of highly sensitive compensation claims, assessing and calculating each one on an individual basis based on strict guidelines.

Leeds, United Kingdom

Supporting and helping drive a number of projects covering all aspects of record label and artist management.

Huddersfield, United Kingdom

Responsibilities included forecasting sales and liaising with suppliers to ensure that the right quantity of stock was to be delivered at the right time in order to maximise sales and keep the weeks’ cover to a minimum.

Huddersfield, United Kingdom

Main duties involved allocating seasonal product lines to stores by considering previous sales, size of stores and peak dates in the season, whilst working as a team to meet a dispatch plan.

Professional Qualification, Accounting And Business/Management

CIMA Prizewinner – awarded 3rd highest mark worldwide in Financial Strategy exam May 2011 sitting. Completed exams in Sept 2011 (all first.

Bachelor'S Degree, Mathematics, 2:2