Head of Group Management accounts responsible for the multi-currency consolidation, production of monthly management reports, preparation of the monthly CFO reports and bi-monthly Finance report for the Board pack. Responsible for the continuous improvement and design of the management reports, especially post-merger of Vectura Group Plc and Skyepharma Plc.In collaboration with the Business Partnering team, ensured all subsidiary financial data reported and consolidated on time, incorporating all business critical performance information into monthly CFO reports.Strong interactions with the Financial Reporting team to ensure reporting compliance with IFRS standards Successfully implemented LUCANET, a new multi-currency consolidation system which gave a manifold increase in drill-down detail, enabled data upload automation and increased the accuracy and ease of multidimensional reporting and reduced headcount requirement by one.Driver of the budget planning process, which included planning and agreeing the timetable, issuing annual budget instructions and helped drive budget discussions at the Group CFO level.During the annual strategic planning process, I performed the audit function by checking the 10 year business plan was aligned to the company business models, reviewing the discounted cashflow supporting Planning and Evaluation, ensuring that this was materially error-free.Group relationship manager for the Head office banking relationships. Managed the execution and maintenance of FX Facility Agreements and RCF Agreements.For new Revolving Credit Facility Agreements, I provided financial information to the banks to develop Head of Terms, categorised T&Cs and stress test T&Cs/Covenants for potential risks regarding the Group’s current and forward looking balance sheets.

Responsible for the multi-currency consolidation, production of monthly management reports, preparation of the monthly CFO reports.Ensured all subsidiary financial data reported and consolidated on time, incorporating all business critical performance information into monthly CFO reports.Ensured reporting compliance with IFRS standards.Driver of the budget planning process issuing annual budget instructions and helped drive budget discussions.During the annual strategic planning process, I performed the audit function by checking the 10 year business plan was aligned to the company business models, reviewing the discounted cashflow supporting Planning and Evaluation, ensuring that this was materially error-free.Developed a 24 month cashflow forecast model fully integrating the profit and loss and balance sheet for monthly reporting. This cashflow model was critical to improving the visibility of the Group cashflows and was used for generating the Group’s half yearly Going Concern models which is used by the Group’s Management and auditors for reviewing and assessing the Group’s medium term liquidity positions. During the time when the company was developing the drug and required cash funding, I developed and implemented a weekly cash position reporting system which provided visibility on the balance of currencies, yields on surplus cash investments and ensured timely visibility of the Group’s liquidity. Developed a new statutory cashflow model which enabled the statutory cashflow to be produced in 2-3 days instead of a period of about 2 weeks and provided more confidence to the auditors and the CFO.Ensured on time financial reporting and compliance with contractual obligations including debt repayment, compliance with negative pledge clauses, and payments into the correct bank accounts as required contractually. Responsible for year-end Group tax reporting including group tax planning and preparation of annual tax returns for UK and US legal entities.

Coordinated and ensured on-time reporting for all countries to worldwide headquarters in Germany with a sub-consolidation process occurring at the Asia Pacific level.Control and conduct monthly reviews of accounts for 13 countries in the Asia Pacific region.Successfully transferred operations of a re-invoicing vehicle from Europe to Singapore/Japan and implemented SAP. Developed and successfully implemented of a common accounting approach in the Asia Pacific subsidiariesContact person, coordinator and project leader in Asia Pacific for Head Office initiatives amongst which are: Asia Pacific cash management project, implementation of web based reporting tool for Heidelberg, benchmarking exercises, fast close projectsHead of the accounting department for the Asia-Pacific Operational Headquarters with 3 direct reports

Responsible for ensuring timely financial management reports to management, forecasting and control, working capital and cash managementSet up new reporting structures & implemented new policies according to German head office requirements & ensured strict adherence to reporting deadlines

Implemented tight internal controls, accurate and timely billing and collection processes and tight cash flow controls. This enabled more accurate and timely group reporting of management accounts which was a first for an operation reporting out of China. Additionally, I re-trained the local accounting team and was instrumental in turning around the Logistics Operations from loss to profit.

Audit senior, responsible for managing audits and running teams up to 6 persons.