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Pangbourne, England, United Kingdom

Developed and Implementing a $10m global programme to Digitise Reporting and Forecasting processes in Finance through:- Standardisation and simplification reporting, forecasting and planning processes Globally- Digitisation and Automation - Implementation of SAP BPC 11 and automation of feeds from ERP's- Reduce workload by Implementing a driver based forecasting process using SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC) and conducting performance conversation in an online tool i.e. SAC/Digital Boardroomthe Implementation of SAP BPC 11, Driver Based Forecasting using SAC, Live Performance Reviews in Digital Boardroom Other Automation: (Team Circa 40 people)Developed FM (32 FTE redn), aligned stakeholders on programme deliverables/ benefits (CFO,CIO,FD’s etc)• Led implementation of SAP BPC 11 during Covid Pandemic, using a Global team (IBM/Accenture development resource and BP employees never met in person). Project delivered in 12 months, went live on time & budget with no significant issues.• Developed Global approach to forecast local P&L and Balance Sheet using a driver based approach to save workload, reducing forecasting time from 4-6 weeks to days.• Successfully developed Proof of Concept in SAC for Driver Based Forecasting for Brazil and Thailand markets.• Currently building SAC Europe MVP for Driver based forecasting and performance reviews using Digital Boardroom (scheduled to go live in October).• Automated all manual feds to SAP BPC from Nike/JDE 9.1. saving approx. 10 FTE’s of workload Globally.

• Performance Managed delivery of circa $240m of transformation benefits, making interventions where necessary to secure significant over delivery• Co-ordinated reporting of transformation benefits (Actuals and Forecast) across 19 CLT’s and 8 Workstreams• Led 202 planning process for department, negotiated targets with 8 workstreams and 19 CLT’s (Circa $200m)

Pangbourne, England, United Kingdom

Global Strategic Marketing Planning Manager - Work with Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) to Allocate of Marketing Spend globally (circa $300m)- Work with Offer Development, Functional Excellence and Country Marketing teams to develop future marketing roadmaps i.e 3 year Global roadmaps and 2 year country roadmaps- Preparation of Global Brand and Space reporting- Manage in country ASP (Marketing spend) effectiveness studies i.e. ROI- Strategy development - provide processes and framework to develop market strategies

Warsaw Area, Poland

Finance Director Central Eastern Europe (for Poland, Czech, Slovakia and Hungary) businesses based in Warsaw. The role is accountable for all areas of Finance, Credit/Control/Accounting/AP/AR/C&B/ Performance Management.

Moscow, Russian Federation

Finance Director for Russia, Ukraine and Kazakhstan businesses based in Moscow. The CIS(Russia, Ukraine and Kazakhstan) Lubricants business is a key part of the Europe and Africa Lubricants business reflecting approx 20% of it’s profit. The role is accountable for all areas of Finance, Credit/Control/Accounting/AP/AR/C&B/Performance Management.

Chartered Institute Of Management Accountants

Accounting