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 drive cultural change, colleague engagement and people skills within finance. My responsibilities have included• 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 innovative activities to drive cultural change, colleague engagement and people skills within finance. My responsibilities have included• Leading a team of up to 8 colleagues with varied backgrounds and skillsets. Focussed on performance management, coaching and development.• 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, empowerment, challenge, feedbacko Preparation and co-ordination of all materials, logistics and facilitators.o I ran train the trainer events for our facilitators and I also facilitated numerous sessions.• 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 Worked with the Group I&D team to write material to include in the Line manager programme to ensure all Line managers in Finance received I&D training.o Produced detailed analysis around the total Senior Finance gender position including a detailed forecast for year end including impact of reorganisations and current vacancies.o • Rolled out a Business Partnering course working closely with our 3rd party supplier• Set up detailed FTE and cost reporting for the Chief Operating Office (COO) function and have identified risks and opportunities which will ensure that the division will meet year end targets. Show less

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 Retail business including the branch network. • 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 Finance division and was responsible for the co-ordination, approval, tracking and review of all investment spend impacting the Retail business including the branch network. • 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 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.• Built relationships with business stakeholders to increase their understanding of finance processes and ensure that business plans were aligned.• Lead a project to transition repeatable business as usual work from the team to the shared service in Edinburgh. This involved understanding tasks, monitoring transition, working to understand gaps of knowledge and understanding the overall FTE impact. Show less

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, 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 coordinate the new Organisation Design including raising risks around grade, costs etco I set up a transition plan to understand timescales in which work could be passed between teams and again highlighted areas of concern• 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 Introduced first year income to the community banks to increase understanding of the value of products. This involved understanding and being able to explain NPVS within finance and to non finance colleagues.o Introduced scorecards across the Community Banks to increase understanding of all metrics including risk and customer service as well as sales and value.o Lead a team of 4 colleagues. Show less

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 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 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