Working in IT as the strategic interface with Finance, Supply Chain and HR for the purpose of business/IT strategy development, solution discovery, service management, risk management and relationship management.

Project Manager for Finance Transformation across EMEA

To partner with Sales, Marketing and the Leadership Team, providing them with critical financial advice and guidance to aid decision making. Key Responsibilities include: • Managing budgets and controlling spend for trade allowances, advertising and promotional expenses;• Monthly and ad hoc management reporting including variance analysis and Risks & Opportunities assessment;• Performing financial analysis and modelling for new product launches;• Review and testing of internal controls (S404), ensuring the business unit’s control environment is adequate and embedded in all processes and procedures;• Financial planning and preparation of annual budgets and monthly forecasts for all lines of the P&L down to OP, Balance Sheet and Cashflow;• Effective management of local overheads.

Finance partner to Sales, Marketing and the Leadership Team, responsible for Malta, CEE and Africa North, East and West.

As Financial Accountant to the UK market I was responsible for co-ordinating the month end close process and reporting of the P&L and Balance Sheet to the UK Finance Director and European head office. I was promoted from Financial Accountant to Senior Financial Accountant in October 2006 and latterly worked on a project to set up a new manufacturing entity in Eastern Europe.

Working in the European Receivables & Credit (ERC) team of the Shared Services Centre, I held the following positions and responsibilities:• Feb 2005 to Oct 2005: promoted to Senior Process Lead ERC, managing the Cash Application and Trade teams responsible for transactional processing of payments and trade allowances invoices and deductions in relation to customers across 15 European business units.• Feb 2003 to Feb 2005: promoted to Process Lead Trade, managing a team of 4 Analysts responsible for transactional processing of trade allowances invoices and deductions in relation to customers across Europe.• Nov 2001 to Feb 2003: as Cash Analyst I supported the French and Germanics markets maintaining customer accounts by ensuring that payments received were matched off with invoices in a timely manner, deductions were identified, investigated and escalated to the appropriate area and that queries were dealt with promptly and effectively.