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Oxford

Group Chief Accountant responsible for the Consolidation and Group Reporting for €3bn Revenue Global Automotive group. Leading team in the production of quarterly and annual consolidated IFRS accounts.

Swindon, United Kingdom

In Parallel to the EMEA Accounting Controller role: Global Statutory Reporting Controller 2009 - 2015Responsible for the Global standard approach to prepare and file country Statutory Accounts. A key part of this process is the partnership and management of audit arrangements with EY. This role has also included the management of accounting conversion projects to move to IFRS.Key Accomplishments:- 100% Compliance globally to reporting requirements for over 100 entities- Kept current on GAAP changes, and written comment letters to influence the direction of GAAP changes.- Consulted on various technical matters across countries,working closely with Auditors- 10% cost reduction over last 2 years- Has led adoption of IFRS GAAP across various entities within the Intel Group, notably China in 2011 and currently for UK and Ireland entities.

Swindon, United Kingdom

Responsible for leading the team of twelve to deliver the Financial Integrity and provision of Accounting Services across the EMEA region for the Intel Group of companies. Main role focused on the monthly and quarterly closing of the US GAAP accounts, quarterly audit with EY and the preparation, review and filing of 50+ Statutory accounts in the region, including IFRS conversions in some countries.Key Accomplishments:- Regular monthly and quarterly close of financials, reconciliation processes and business partnering with other departments to ensure the financial reporting is accurate every quarter.- Timely completion and filing of Statutory accounts in every country- Flawless management of complex Transfer Pricing model for the European Region.- Integration of M&A companies, currently fully integrating McAfee into core Intel operations.- Delivered projects to increase efficiency, most recently completing a Lean Six Sigma review that has reduced external audit fees.In 2014 completed secondment to manage Revenue Reporting, responsible for the market analysis to forecast and then track delivery to quarterly Revenue targets in a complex environment. Managed reporting that integrated with HQ data reported quarterly to Wall St.Other additional responsibilities in this time have included:- Completing a detailed Location Strategy assessment based on both financial and non financial criteria- Led the People Development activities for the region, covering the hiring of graduates and experienced staff, professional development activities with ICAEW, ACCA and CIMA- Management of Training program and key training events for the region.

Swindon, United Kingdom

Led the Intel Corporate wide assessment of adoption of IFRS, reporting directly to the US Corporate team. As US adoption of IFRS was actively considered by US Government, led influence work at both the FASB and SEC to ensure Intel position was represented and brought International experience and credibility. Project was stopped when the Economic crash started.

Swindon, United Kingdom

As the EMEA Controller, delivered a major Business re-organisation as part of a tax planning project. The core European business was moved from a Dutch Sales process flow to the UK, including a significant entity restructuring to make the UK company the parent of the European group. The project was delivered on time with no impact to the day to day business operations

Swindon, United Kingdom

Responsible for the Accounting Organisation for Europe based in Swindon and Western Europe managing a team of 30 staff. Delivered core financial reporting integrity across the European Group.Successfully delivered a significant offshoring project moving half of the accounting operations to a Shared Services Centre in Malaysia.

Swindon, United Kingdom

Responsible for the complete back office finance integration process for newly acquired companies – from Due Diligence thru to handover to sustaining. Scope was broad in terms of Finance – Accounting, Tax, Financial Services, Ops Finance, Treasury, Customs etc. Played role in many of the acquisitions and integrations in this period and participated in wider “core integration teams” working with many business partners – both internally and from the newly acquired companies.

Swindon, United Kingdom

Responsible for the provision of Internal audit for the Greater Europe Audit region. Working closely with the Internal Audit team worldwide was responsible for the risk based planning, delivery and reporting of audit activities for the region. Audit activities included both financial and operational audits, including Construction projects (Israel), Treasury Operations, and various compliance reviews.Particular focus topic was the audit of the Intel Year2000 readiness project which was recognised by an outstanding achievement award.

Swindon And London, United Kingdom

Trained and qualified as a Chartered Accountant, progressed through a number of positions in quick succession. Prize winner in final exams: 5 overall in Region and top in Auditing paper.Worked on the Intel Europe Audit account for 8 years. Progressing from joint fieldwork lead thru to Senior Manager for the Audit for the EMEA regionAlso specialised in the provision of Risk Management and Internal audit Services in the South of England. Local clients in the London and Swindon area included leading the work for the UK Research Councils, Home office, and local Authorities.Work included completion of Risk Assessments and Annual Audit plans and ensuring work was scoped and delivered on time for reporting to Audit Committee.