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London, GB

London

Reporting to the Chief Executive, responsibility for;*Financial and management accounting and reporting, resourcing strategy, operations and planning)*Support services of HR, Estates, IT, Facilities Management and Legal services*Joint venture and acquisition activity and licensing in the UK and abroad*Support to the international printing business

Responsibility for the support services of the organisation with an annual budget of £285m and nearly 7000 employees, including statutory and management finance, property management, transport services, procurement for Kent and Essex Police, transactional service centre, IT, Change management, Business continuity, risk management, facilities management.

International metals converter and trader with group sales of £71m and 385 UK staff. Employed to turnaround an ailing company, which involved sales of subsidiaries, moving the HQ offices,negotiating new lines of credit,a review of product lines, cost reductions and a rights issue.

Swedish owned packaging manufacturer making paper sacks, high strength plastic film, polycoated paper, engineering machinery, toothpaste tubes,plastic bags.Role included the divestment of non core activities, acquisition and performance turnaround and the secondment to the European Division as Financial Controller for 17 factories in eight countries.

Responsible for performance reporting and budgeting for US manufacturer of health care products and pharmaceuticals with sales of £70m in the UK and group sales of $4billion.

Seconded to the MDs of the business units for the UK operation with sales of £165m and 2000 employees, group sales $1billion.Key advisor to the retail division (17 months), the distribution division (10 months) and the Treasury division( 9 months).

Responsible for accounts preparation and performance analysis for this BP subsidiary comprising software consultants and a computer bureau.UK sales of £100m and 1000 employees.

Ba(Hons) 2.1, Business Studies

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