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London, Gb

Bridging GM&C Trading Finance and the wider Transformation team to deliver a multi-year Transformation project to fuel future investment and efficiencies.Drive through the change agenda into Trading Finance and ultimately commercial – by delivering new capabilities and ways of working that will enable to create a best-in-class Trading finance team.Partner with senior stakeholders across both the Transformation and Commercial teams providing support as and when required on key projects.Provide challenge to the workstreams to ensure focus is on the right areas and delivering on the commitments from the wider transformation team.Challenge, Map and Reconcile complex data for the New Chart of Accounts across two large business entities.Communicate changes to wider teams and Train the BAU finance team to perform roles in new reporting system and help develop new reports where required.

Brackley, Northamptonshire, Gb

Continued development & creation of all Financial Regulation modelling and reporting internally for the group as per the roles & responsibilities of the previous Finance Reporting Analyst role.Ensure all financial reporting to the business is aligned and consistent across the Finance Department, including full data integrity Drive projects to automate required reporting alongside the IT systems currently in place and help to facilitate if new systems required.Understand the changing regulations and apply them against the costs within the business.Provided insight for the Business on performance against the FIA regulations of Cost Cap spend and help alongside team to identify areas of cost cap maximisation.

Brackley, Northamptonshire, Gb

Design and production of detailed reporting to provide visibility of Financial and Operational performance to the business against the FIA Regulations.Understand the new regulations and apply them against the costs within the business.Work closely with Commercial Controller to determine data structures and reporting requirements.Assess and provide recommendations on solutions to automate required reporting.Ensure all financial reporting to the business is aligned and consistent across the Finance Department, including full data integrity. Provided insight for the Business on performance against the FIA regulations of Cost Cap spend and help alongside the team to identify areas of cost cap maximisation.

Kettering, England, Gb

Lead the implementation of IT Finance changes alongside the NAL Finance team and the IT gateway project for the introduction of a new finance system.Document and develop all requirement documents for all attributes needed to facilitate all the key project changes required.Manage the project from start to finish, including UAT for new product drops within the new system, providing weekly updates to the executive team.Lead relationship from Finance between IT and Operations to ensure all new developments represent all parties requirements. Improve current business processes to streamline time taken to complete tasks.

Leicester, Leicestershire, Gb

Managed team of 6 including direction, leadership and personal development in a team through an ongoing change environment. Streamlining reporting and developing new ways of working, to best provide insight and challenge the status quo.Developed new budgeting and forecasting models to provide clarity on season by season sales for over 76 countries, and here in the UK.Oversee all monthly/weekly management reporting and balance sheet reviews to enable more insight into risks & opportunities. Full involvement and leadership into testing new payment methods into the business alongside IT systems and manage day to day relationships with third party payment providers and investigate and resolve any payment issues.

Kettering, England, Gb

Developed all financial modelling and appraisal process for a new strategic project within the group and as working as the only finance resource within the project team, supporting the core business finance team on its development and the finance director. All Financial Modelling was built from scratch in Excel, to provide a Full P&L, Balance Sheet and Cashflow, linked to very complexed variables and processes. Run sensitivities and scenarios to assist in decision making whilst working on the project.Report to the group board on progress of the project and impact on city facing results.Developing additional models so they could be used as the ongoing budget and forecast for the division when operational.Responsible for managing the end to end process of investment appraisal ensuring board packs have been thoroughly prepared, reviewed and are ready for approval/sign off.Development of financial models for new concepts and products, ensuring that any new innovations are accurately modelled and appraised consistently with the core model.Creation of Process Maps and Policy Maps for the New Business for Finance, and it’s interaction with all of Operations, to ensure clean deliverance and adherence to SRA accounting rules.

Kettering, Northants, Gb

Key business partner to the Brand & Marketing Managers and Marketing Director with end to end ownership for the customer financials; from the actuals through to the impact on internal budget and forecasts.To ensure that maximization on the return on investment of any customer investment plans and that build plans that create the ‘triple win’; consumer, customer and WFC. Ensuring completion of balance sheet reconciliations related to the monthly management accounts and monitor risks & opportunities within the business.Supporting BMM’s to scenario plan the impact of promotions and other financials levers within the business.Management and monitoring of performance against the Budgets from an internal customer perspective by working with the BMMs to understand and mitigate any risks to plan but also how to unlock any opportunities.Ensure effective investment of Marketing spend through return on investment analysis.Provide insight and analysis of previous years and recent promotional activity, together with insight into the impact of competitor promotions on WFC, and provide regular and on-going analysis and insight of live promotional activityMaking recommendations to the promotional strategy based on this analysis and insight, working closely with the Head of Innovation and Marketing Director to affect any changes to promotional strategy.

Milton Keynes, North Fourth Street, Gb

Managed a team of 4 including direction, leadership and personal development, and alongside develop & nurture a strong working relationship with the group's german owners.Oversee monthly management reporting, including variance analysis and liaising with budget holders in order to understand performance.Ensuring completion of balance sheet reconciliations related to the monthly management accounts and monitor risks & opportunities within the business.Oversee other monthly and quarterly reporting which includes regular analysis and reports to evaluate key business drivers whilst identifying trends, benchmark results and recommend actions based on findings, in turn leading to continual improvement and development of reporting and KPIs for business.Business partnering with the operations team to continually improve service to the business and add value.Modelling and evaluation of potential acquisitions and major capital expenditure which includes liaison with potential investors and operations team to prepare business case for sign off and the preparation of post completion review of major investments. Manage budget and forecasting process, alongside working with the Senior Team to prepare Long Term Business Plan.Full involvement in SAP enhancements and upgrades and provide assistance in any other projects as required.

Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, Gb

Reporting to Head of Finance in the Financial Services Sector.Project Management for the Review & development of two complete New Reporting System. [Access & TM1]Full control review on current ways of working, and internal audit of processes.Streamlining reporting and developing new ways of working, to best provide insight and challenge the status quo.Developed New Reporting pack for the Head of Finance and all stakeholders of Financial Reports.Completed additional projects whilst in role, for instance a redesign of Commission Reporting and Payment mechanism alongside non financial stakeholders of the business.

London, Gb

Reporting to Head of BCUK Portfolio Analytics at Northampton Site.Supporting VAT and Legal for all financial planning & analytics needs. Implementing & Reporting on Financial Control within Reports/Presentations for BCUK.Completion of month end Journals and Minutes regarding large legal provisions.Outlook and Flightpath Financial Planning to review month forecasts & year end result expectations.Risk and Opps Reporting to Senior Management.Adhoc Project support & financial calculations for the Barclaycard UK sector.

Decided to take career break after departing from Travis Perkins after 10years to evaluate focus on future career development.

Crick, Northants, Gb

Supporting marketing, commercial, supply chain & front end of the business for all financial planning & analytics needs. Streamlining reporting and developing new ways of working, by organising team to best provide insight and challenge the status quo.Implementing investment budgets, Return on Investment modelling and ongoing Budgeting control.Liaising with customers internally & externally to strengthen profitability by providing decision support for key commercial activities. Completion of month end & yearly reports, providing value added guidance of where to directionally move sectors of the commercial business. Key Project manager for implementation of another Eco government scheme within the business, reviewing all financial & non financial implications for the business.

Crick, Northants, Gb

Reported to Divisional Finance Manager, Managing Director and front end of the business on all forecasting, planning & analytics. Provided key support to drive strategy of the brand to business, by development of key financials, presentations and facilitating at executive meetings.Established a completely new finance team within the group, developing a culture & providing talent pipelines. With extensive knowledge of the business held key place on project team to review proposition in marketplace, which led to potential rebrand of 600+ national branches.Key Project manager for implementation of Eco government scheme within the business, reviewing all financial & non financial implications for the business. Managing all financial aspects of numerous projects alongside normal trading activities/requirements [Ie: Continued Synergy and Eco Project Support/Accounting].

Northampton, Northamptonshire, Gb

Project managed the commercial acquisition of a key competitor and reported all elements of the project directly to the Executive Board.Participated as finance support on key supplier negotiations. Carried out audit & control review on commercial practices internally and worked alongside external auditors.Contributed to the boost of annualised profits to the group, of £31m per annum.

Ba Accounting & Finance, Accounting And Finance

Accounting And Finance