Sarah Pullin Email & Phone Number

Bristol, United Kingdom

• Senior Manager, Finance Chief Operating OfficeThe Business Management and Finance Community team are responsible for providing general Business management services as well delivering a range of innovative activities to.
• Leading a team of up to 8 colleagues with varied backgrounds and skillsets. Focussed on performance management, coaching and development.
• Increased… Show more Senior Manager, Finance Chief Operating OfficeThe Business Management and Finance Community team are responsible for providing general Business management services as well delivering a range of.
• Increased engagement and built stakeholder relationships across finance by preparing updates and regularly attending Finance Director meetings to share progress and upcoming events and understand concerns within teams.
• Rolled out a Line Manager Development Programme across Finance (c. 700 colleagues) and a follow up Development for All course (c. further 700 colleagues). This includedo 3 modules looking at self-awareness.
• Lead for Inclusion &Diversity for Finance. o Prepared materials and presented and facilitated at a large number of sessions across Finance to raise awareness of I&D issues and encourage engagement with the topic.o.

Bristol, United Kingdom

• Senior Finance Business Partner, Investment, Retail FinanceThe team was part of the Retail Finance division and was responsible for the co-ordination, approval, tracking and review of all investment spend impacting the.
• Lead a team of up to 7 finance partners at different stages of their career and across 3 locations
• Simplified processes and ensured that all business cases were assessed correctly, benefits and costs were recognised… Show more Senior Finance Business Partner, Investment, Retail FinanceThe team was part of the Retail.
• Simplified processes and ensured that all business cases were assessed correctly, benefits and costs were recognised appropriately and forecasts, risks and opportunities were all clear.
• Lead the co-ordination of major strategic projects for Investment and ensured that all project impacts were included within the planning process and fully understand by stakeholders
• Set up and maintained a recharges model to ensure that all costs were charged correctly to projects and that the project managers were able to forecast accurately.

Bristol, United Kingdom

• Senior Manager, Community Banks, Retail FinanceThe Community Banks team was responsible for the costs, income and risks metrics which supported the Branch Network.
• Business partneringo Presentation of monthly costs to stakeholders and working with them to understand risks and opportunitieso Leading a team of 4 across locations to provide analysis and insight
• OD project worko A large reorganisation was planned for the Finance team and I worked across the team to… Show more Senior Manager, Community Banks, Retail FinanceThe Community Banks team was responsible for the costs.
• OD project worko A large reorganisation was planned for the Finance team and I worked across the team to coordinate the new Organisation Design including raising risks around grade, costs etco I set up a transition.
• Analysis for the Community Bankso Set up P&Ls at region, area and Local Director Group level and presented this financial information to local director groups etc to increase their understanding of financials.o.

Sydney, Australia

• Senior Finance Manager, GE Healthcare, Sydney Australia: June 2003 – October 2006
• Worked closely with the Head of Sales to produce monthly sales analysis and forecasts and ensured that all sales were recognised correctly within the rules around revenue recognition
• Produced accurate quarterly cost and revenue forecasts and highlighted risks and opportunities to the MD to influence decisions about large sales deals
• Worked across finance to understand risks arising in the accounts… Show more Senior Finance Manager, GE Healthcare, Sydney Australia: June 2003 – October 2006
• Worked across finance to understand risks arising in the accounts payable and accounts receivable departments to ensure they were recognised and plans were put in place to correct.
• Worked with Central teams in America and Asia to ensure all sales, costs, revenue and forecasts were understood and risks and opportunities highlighted. Show less

London, United Kingdom

• Finance Manager, GE Insurance, London: October 2000 – October 2002
• I worked in a central finance role to co-ordinate month end and forecasting across different insurance divisions.
• I set up reports for new businesses when they were acquired and ensured a smooth transition.
• Ensured that there were no surprises in month end numbers and presented forecasts to the senior team

London, United Kingdom

• British Telecom Finance Graduate Scheme: September 1997 – 2000This included my CIMA training as well as a variety of BT course. Roles included:
• Monthly reporting and variance analysis
• Analysis of sales data and trends
• Calculations of bonuses
• Costs analysis for call centres
• Client based reporting