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Redhill, GB

Bordeaux, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France

• Interim Financial Controller Visualization and Data Solutions (VDS)Business partnering with the VDS Software Business Leader. VDS software is sold both direct and intercompany to multiple customers with many unique.
• Reestablished reporting cadence back into the VDS business.
• Evaluated and implemented cost saving opportunities.
• Recruited, trained, and supported new financial analyst in Bordeaux.
• Supported the introduction of PPI into the Bordeaux facility with monthly tracking of actuals versus plan, holding monthly meetings and working with local teams on bridging gaps.
• Migrated our legacy ERP to MSD QAD Platform to facilitate transition to shared service accounting.

East Grinstead, England, United Kingdom

• Financial Controller - Surface Analysis – MSDManaging local integration activities and the restructuring of the business after the move into another Thermo Fisher Division (MSD) and part of the Materials Science.
• Conducted reviews and evaluated potential savings on restructuring projects related to the East Grinstead site with presentations to senior management.
• Supported the move of production from East Grinstead in the UK to Brno in the Czech Republic.
• Transferred production fixed assets and inventory, migrated Bills of material and validated before and after product costs.
• Participated in the Surface Analysis integration project from the UK entity into the MSD global entities, covering all business and financial flows.
• Collaborated in the transfer of revenue from the UK entity to the MSD global sales entities and worked with the tax teams on a royalty payment model.

East Grinstead, East Sussex

• Financial Controller - Surface Analysis - CMDResponsible for a team of 3, responsibility for UK legal entity to ensure Statutory and legal compliance. Business partnering with the Global SA Product Line lead. This was.
• Evaluated and implemented cost saving opportunities both Opex and sourcing.
• Supported the introduction of PPI into the East Grinstead facility with monthly tracking of actuals versus plan, holding monthly meetings and working with local teams on bridging gaps.
• Dealt with the annual Audit and liaised with the Auditors resolving queries on the Statutory accounts and worked with Internal Audit on Tri-annual reviews.
• Responsible for implementing Hyperion Planning 1.0 and FDMEE into the site reporting.
• Developing staff to facilitate individual development and eliminated skills gap.

Nantes Area, France

Responsible for a team of 4 covering the FW EMEA Business unit, this includes manufacturing facilities in France and Germany, with sales of $280M, cost of production $150M and inventory of $50M.SAP Business Process Champion for the FW Operations finance team, migrating from Movex to SAP in Spring 2012.Business Partner for local site management and Regional.

Newhaven, East Sussex.

• Responsible for a team of 3 covering the control, reporting, analysis and planning for the Parker Pen manufacturing facility in Newhaven, with £38M production, £20M sourced product, £20m inventory and £2M capital.
• Transfer of Parker production to Newell facility in France.
• Transfer of Parker production to third party in China.
• Re-integration of Berol production from China into Newhaven.
• Exiting manual pen production.
• Transfer of Newhaven distribution centre to central UK DC in Birmingham.

Newhaven, East Sussex

Responsible for the costing, inventory, fixed assets and reporting for the Newhaven manufacturing facility, with production of £30M, sourced product of £10M, inventory of £10M and capital spend of £1M.Supported the closure of our US sister plant and integrated 4 major product families into Newhaven.Developed new product costs for ranges such as Reflex.

Newhaven, East Sussex

Responsible for the analysis of UK & European Distributor sales of £40M across four brands, with staff responsibility.Developed reports and prepared monthly accounts pack. Monitored monthly gross margins and prepared key issue reports for the Financial Controller and sales managers.Prepared detailed analysis of sales to identify trends by territory and.