Ross Bishop Acma, Cgma Email & Phone Number

Hythe, Gb

Lympne, England, United Kingdom

Kent, England, United Kingdom

Kent, Uk

• Led all finance-related initiatives, including the financial management and financial reporting for all companies newly acquired by Givaudan UK. • Served as a business partner among the operations leads to develop the full operational and commercial budget process. • Identified and led process improvement initiatives. • Managed the year-end external audit and oversaw an internal audit to ensure company standards and policies for vendor management, customer service processes, sales processes, financial authorisations, financial controls, and banking. • Prepared taxation statements and supported HMRC tax compliance. • Monitored inventory and developed reconciliation processes. • Collaborated with relevant stakeholders to ensure accuracy and on-time completion of financial integration data.Key highlights:• Successfully delivered financial integration as UK sites went live, meeting all requirements within a tight stabilisation period, including accurate and on-time financial reporting for legacy entities and the full legal dissolution of three legacy entities.• Led all financial integration activities to implement SAP for 3 UK entities, including overseeing change management and stabilisation.• Provided cover for UK Finance Director, including CAPEX/contract approvals and authorising payments.

Kent, Uk

• Developed and led change management programs and strategy implementation across Operations. • Directed process improvement projects, including developing performance management systems to drive performance and achievement of KPIs. • Contributed to strategy development and created deployment tools. • Conducted staff training and oversaw performance management. • Managed annual business planning in collaboration with Operations and Financial management teams. • Provided financial analysis support to the Financial Controller, including analysing the operational improvement portfolio. • Delivered financial reporting for global and regional teams, including presenting financial and process improvement information to all levels of non-finance personnel. • Facilitated LEAN Six Sigma workshops to identify new process improvement solutions and opportunities. • Mentored Supply Chain Financial Controller to become a successful business partner.• Led business continuity planning for operations.Key highlights:• Managed a Lean Six Sigma Black Belt project to reduce the quality control cycle time by 50% while lowering operating costs by £150K per year.• Created and facilitated a SAMEA Sales / Operations workshop that resulted in ~20% sales growth in the region.• Developed and led change management programs to implement good manufacturing practice (GMP) and a new oral care application lab.• Delivered Six Sigma training to 160 staff members in Operations.

Kent, Uk

• Managed the UK Financial Controlling Supply Chain team. • Oversaw the monthly, quarterly, and year-end closing processes. • Monitored working capital and cash flow. • Streamlined budget processes for improved accuracy and transparency. • Developed sound business cases and presented to senior leadership. • Analysed KPI performance for monthly operations. • Created financial reporting and documentation processes, including support for the HMRC Advanced Pricing Agreement. • Appraised investments for operations and R&D capital expenditures.• Led process improvements within controlling and operations. • Served as the key contact for all internal and external financial audits, including assisting auditors with statutory accounts, corporation tax, and R&D claims. • Developed staff capabilities.Key highlights:• Delivered full financial forecasting and budgeting for 2 UK sites with combined sales of ~£250M.• Controlled and monitored expenses of ~£50M, capital expenditure of ~£3M, and working capital for the UK production facilities.• Successfully eliminated non-value-add activities, reducing labour force expenses.• Set up a tax credit process for research and development activities (RDEC), delivering an ~£800K tax rebate each year.• Streamlined UK budget process achieving automation, greater accuracy and higher quality.

Education record

Prosci Certified Change Management Practitioner