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Achievements: • Identified opportunities to leverage synergies across WBA through developing and aligning financial reporting and planning across multiple IT Divisions• Led the development and implementation of a Global IT monthly forecast process, capturing IT Opex, Capex and Project spend• Development of monthly management information for Global IT Functional DirectorsKey responsibilities:• Primarily business partnered the Global IT Leadership Team, responsible for assisting with the development of the Global IT Strategy and understanding the financial and value add opportunities• Produce monthly reporting to the Global CIO and the senior IT management team, providing insightful analysis on results with a clear understanding of variances against budget and forecast• Work cross-functionally with Divisional IT finance and IT functional colleagues to support financial and cost performance, through managing the functional plan and forecast process for IT• Supporting and challenging Divisional IT submissions during monthly reporting, forecasting and plan cycles• Finance Business Partner to IT functional directors, driving financial performance through analysis of monthly results and providing financial stewardship during functional plan and forecast processes• Support the Corporate Finance team with monthly results analysis and the budgeting process in relation to IT

Achievements and responsibilities: • Championed complex and time pressured Global FP&A integration following merger of Walgreens and Alliance Boots, including• Standardising complex financial systems across divisions, leading implementation of IBM TM1 for Pharmaceutical Wholesale Division long range plan and monthly forecasting cycles• Aligning reporting and forecasting processes across business unitsBusiness Partner with Pharmaceutical Wholesale Divisional finance colleagues. Providing support, including• Production and maintenance of business reporting packs to ensure that requirements of the Board are met on a timely basis and to specified quality standards• Review and challenge Divisional submissions during monthly, budget, forecast and long range plan cycles• Prepare Board report analysis and commentary for these key cycles, delivering insightful analysis• Support Divisional management to enhance quality of reporting/planning• Partner with and challenge the Divisional finance teams to identify risks and actions required to ensure that budget targets are met, including identifying which businesses or initiatives are over/under-performing• Preparation of segmental commentary and verification of quarterly external reporting; press releases, earnings presentations and Securities and Exchange Commission filings• Review of commercial projects (M&A, capital expenditure, new business initiatives and contracts)

Achievements and responsibilities: • Project to migrate Finance function for Central Asia, Middle East, North and West Africa regions (44 countries)• Implementation and testing of SAP, BW and BPC financial systems• SAP BPC Super User for EMEA Shared Service Centre – leading in house training and providing technical support to colleaguesBusiness Partner with local marketing companies by providing Financial support, including• Prepare Business Plans, short-term strategies, including launch plans and base business support• Prepare Monthly results (P&L, Profit by Product/Customer reports & commentaries)• Support Finance Directors/Managers & various non-financial staff - Analysis of Gross Profit Margin, Delivered Profit Margin and review Sales by Country• Review monthly results and discuss and challenge steps for improvement• Play an active role in Budget, Forecasts, and monthly Sales & Operational Planning (S&OP) submissions• Complete analysis of budget, Q1 forecast and re-estimates• Manage ad-hoc requests from the senior management at Platform, Regional and local level• Review various Balance Sheet reconciliations

Achievements and responsibilities: • Perform Month End closing and report monthly financial figures• Month end tasks, such as Balance sheet reconciliations, account analysis and accruals• Managing Fixed Assets and Depreciation• Preparation & submission of monthly VAT returns, EC Sales and Intrastat for UK & Sweden • Super User for Business Planning & Consolidation (BPC) software, providing training and technical support to local users• Regional lead for Internal Audit of GL accounting process (Sarbanes Oxley compliance)• Driven several “Kikai” initiatives, following Lean methodology to eliminate waste within processes• Processing Intercompany invoices, cash allocation and reconciliation of intercompany accounts• Accountable for providing bank reconciliations in a timely and accurate manner

Achievements and responsibilities: • Maintain purchase ledger for UK suppliers• Process payments and ensure that all invoices are properly accounted• Complete suppliers reconciliation• Manage and maintain the Purchasing Order database• Complete month-end tasks e.g. accruals, balance sheet reconciliations and intercompany invoicing• Produce monthly reports for account managers, and conduct monthly cost centre reviews• Maintain aged creditors report