Responsible for the integrity of all financial controls & Group reporting in a £120m turnover company in the food industry (M&J Seafoods). Reporting to the Finance Director whilst liaising closely with parent company finance teams (Freshdirect & Brakes) along with operational management across sites in the UK.o Manage the month end close including journal processing, account reconciliations,foreign exchange differences calculations & postings.o Intercompany & Inter Unit reconcilaitions resolving differences where required.o Month End stock positions & verificationso Monthly control pack preparation,review & submission to Groupo Organise business wide Stock focuses meetings & support visits to sites providing assistance in resolving adverse variances (e.g. stock write offs). o Aged Debtor & Aged Creditor review including BACS payment run approvals & resolving supplier payment issues o Reconciliaition of Bank Accounts & review against Statements provided by Central Processing team. o Daily A/R interface reconciliation between SAGE & SAP - ensuring billing produced in source system agrees to reported.o Interim & Year end audit focal point - year end control pack & lead schedules (Prepared By Client List).

Responsible for the consolidation & reporting of the Global A/R ledger. Preparation and management of Working Capital KPI targets to maximise cash flow. Manage Intercompany process and balances ensuring alignment with counterparts.o Manage the production of the Consolidated Debtor reporting utilising SAP BW with key KPI’s and movements investigated and explainedo Compilation of DSO based Accounts Receivable targets on a monthly basis supporting commission calculationso Bad Debt Provision policy management ensuring appropriate risk coverageo Monitoring and control of Working Capital team cost centre performance compared to budgeto Responsible for accuracy and integrity of the AR ledger reconciliation with B.I. reporting including periodic control o Cash receipts forecasting and reporting including monitoring against collection targets o Manage the production of Intercompany reporting, ensuring elimination of mismatches. Responsible for processing and reporting through to agreement and settlement of Intercompany balances via SAP

Provision of consolidated reporting, analysis and understanding of cash & working capital actual versus forecast. Manage the weekly / monthly / quarterly reporting, forecasting, planning cycles and major outputs across the team.o Manage a team of qualified/part qualified accountantso Ownership of the weekly, monthly and quarterly cash forecasting inputs and processes for UK and Europeo Produce weekly & monthly actual versus forecast/budget analysis in conjunction with other team memberso Produce operational reporting pack highlighting business performance against key performance metrics

Development of KPI reporting for Shared Service Centre Operations.o Produce operational reporting pack highlighting business performance against key performance metrics o Requisition to Payment analysiso Procurement support analysiso Cost Centre variance analysis versus budget reviewo National Statistics review and submission

To support the implementation of the Financial Modules of the group’s ERP and relevant feeder systems, and to provide ongoing maintenance/development of them post go-live.o Preparation and delivery of user guides and training manuals & training planso Assist with data mapping and migration including process mapping/re-engineeringo Implementation through to user acceptance testing o Identify developments/enhancements requirements including configuration querieso Provide ongoing support/maintenance of the system

Basell operate in the Polyolefins sector (plastic) & are the world’s largest producer of polypropylene. They are a multinational company employing over 6500 people. Turnover is more than €6 Billion annually. Responsibility for Group Consolidation and Share Holder (Shell & BASF) Reporting.o Supervision of 2 staff (accountants)o Financial accounting responsibility for Dutch companies (including parent holding company)o Consolidation of Basell entities & associates producing monthly & yearly performance reportingo Cash flow analysis & reportingo Covenant reportingo Global responsibility of the SAP Chart of Accountso Global SAP Harmonisation Team member with responsibility for FI & CO integrationo Global responsibility of the SAP Cost Centre hierarchyo IAS/IFRS implementation team member

Following Global SAP implementation I returned to my Financial Controller role with some additional responsibilitieso Management of the regional Chart of Accountso UK Euro project representative

SAP FI module lead on Global SAP projecto Business lead on Global SAP FI implementationo UK Key User liaison & trainingo Cross modular harmonisation & integration ensuring consistency throughout all functionso Successful implementation & migration onto SAP R/3 system of the UK’s companies accounting information & balances

Performing a number of roles within the company ranging from Cost Accountant to Financial Controller. Managing the system implementation of SAP R/2 and SAP R/3 in 1992 and 1998 respectively, I was a Finance Key User. Successfully outsourced the transaction processing activities to the Shared Service Centre in Belgium. Responsibility to produce product profitability information utilising new technology & systems.o Supervision of 6 staff (accountants & clerks)o Financial accounting responsibility for all UK companieso Internal Reporting (e.g. Hyperion, Cash Flow, Capex, Working Capital, Business Plan etc.)o External reporting (e.g. Statutory Accounts, Tax Computations, VAT, Intrastat etc.)o Management of the reporting structures required to produce financial analysis i.e. SAP systemo External Audit focal point for the UK

Working in both the Trading & Manufacturing divisions of the house brick producer key roles and responsibilities were:Preparation of monthly management accounting packPreparation of budgets, forecasts & cash flow projectionsDivisional Trial Balance production & reconciliationVAT returnPayroll productionCash book & petty cash control