Ruth Waller Email & Phone Number

Reigate, England, United Kingdom

Reigate

Redhill, United Kingdom

Responsible for the Business Partnering and Planning function of the organisation.Overall responsibility for the organisation’s Finance Business Partnering functions, including production of the monthly management accounts, reporting to the leadership team and the board.Lead the organisation’s annual budget setting process, challenging assumptions across the business, and providing financial input and guidance to the leadership team.Responsible for the review of updates to the Business Plan, submissions to the regulator and benchmarking activities.Manage the production of the annual reports to the Board on the Budget and Business PlanTeam Management of 5 experienced, qualified Finance Business Partners.Lead on compliance and Internal Audits in relation to the Business Partnering function.

Responsible for the delivery of consolidated divisional financial reporting to Corporate, Sector and the Executive teamLead the development, production and delivery of consolidated weekly, monthly and quarterly reporting.Support across the division and reporting entities as a Hyperion Super User

Break from work for several years to look after my 2 young children.

Brentford

Financial Analysis, Planning and Reporting (FAPR) is a Corporate Finance Department accountable for the results, budgeting, reporting and analysis activities for the Regional and Area Business Units.I was the senior point of contact for the Finance Partners within the Pharmaceutical Regional and Area Business Units across Europe, Emerging Markets and Asia Pacific, with overall accountability for the timeliness, accuracy and integrity of all financial analyses and reports.FAPR was a new department created in May 2010, so I was responsible for the roll out of new processes and procedures, focussing on standardisation, streamlining and simplification of all reporting requirements, and ensuring all supported divisions adhered to company policies and procedures (including Sarbanes-Oxley controls).Management and development of a team of 3 GSK finance analysts and indirect co-ordination and management of a further 8 3rd party finance analysts.

Brentford

Out of Home Retail (OOHR) was part of the Nutritional Healthcare division of GSK, responsible for 3 key consumer brands – Lucozade, Ribena and Horlicks. I was the key finance contact and finance business partner to the Trading Director for the OOHR division, leading financial decision making across the OOHR Team through the provision of quality and timely information. This included overall responsibility for all aspects of month end reporting, quarterly forecasting, annual budgeting, adherence to corporate governance and continuous process improvement.Management and development of 3 direct reports.

Greenford

Pre-Clinical Development (PCD) is part of the Research and Development (R&D) section of GSK.I was responsible for consolidating and driving financial processes and reporting, both routine and ad-hoc, across PCD, including accountability for all aspects of the month end close process, consolidation of results, preparation of commentaries, communication to central finance and preparation of executive reporting packs.I also co-ordinated PCD’s business planning activities and ensured PCD was compliant with internal financial controls and external audit requirements.Coaching, guidance and development of 1 direct report.

A short career break following redundancy from Coca-Cola Enterprises.

Middlesex

Coca-Cola Enterprises Ltd (CCE) is the company responsible for the bottling and distribution of The Coca-Cola Company’s products. The London Region was the largest of 8 regions within CCE in the UK.As Regional Finance Manager, I was a member of the London Senior Executive team responsible for managing the London region, providing financial support for decision making and involved in setting strategy for the region as a whole.I had overall responsibility for all monthly financial procedures, co-ordination of the annual planning process, compliance to company finance policies and provision of all required information to central finance at Head Office. Management, coaching and development of 4 direct reports.

CPL is part of Compass Group Plc, and is responsible for the supply of goods and services throughout the UK.

Heathrow

Sole analyst dedicated to the Terminal 5 project at Heathrow.

Heathrow

Based in the BA Regional Office in Hong Kong, responsible for finance projects across the Asia Pacific region.

Heathrow

Heathrow

Responsible for providing finance support to the BA in-flight duty free retail operation

Heathrow