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Financial Controller / Director

Work Experience

Freelance Management Services Ltd Consultancy Mar 08 to date

Technicolor Limited Feb 09 to Mar 09
Performed the following reviews of film processing operations,
• Finance department structure re division of duties and internal controls
• Credit control procedures and consequent impact on cash flow
Developed Cash flow models / projections – essential for working capital control
Produced SOx documentation re “Financial close” and “order to cash” processes

Siemens IT Solutions & Serv. Jul 08 to Dec 08
Responsible for two management accountants and monthly reporting of the Cross Functional Services units
As part of the SOx / Year end balance sheet reconciliation process,
• Identified £1.775 million of prepaid expenses erroneously written off in the current year
• Reviewed maintenance accruals for accuracy, integrity and completeness;
• Established significant levels ( c.£4.0 million ) of unjustified accrual entries.
Provided leadership on commercial /financial issues ensuring
• Achievement of business objectives.
• identification of business risks and opportunities
Established departmental objectives and created an efficient and effective finance function

La Senza Group Mar 08 to Jul 08
Responsible for review and analysis of all Subsidiaries
• preparation of Statutory accounts for audit
• review of business activity ensuring the accuracy, integrity and completeness of financials
• Production of Year-end tax computations and consolidation models.

Valeant Pharmaceuticals Ltd Apr 07 : Mar 08
Head of Shared Services
Responsible for the relocation of the pharmaceutical operations shared Service centre from Basel to the UK
• Control, direction and development of a department of 5 staff
• Review and analysis of monthly and quarterly financials
• Implementation of the shared service concept to support UK operational units
• Creation of a function responsive to both financial and business units operational needs
Development of computerised / manual internal control systems ensuring SOx compliance.
Prepared Sox scripts for: “Financial Reporting”, “Purchase to Pay”, “Cash Management” & “Fixed Assets”.

Timberland ( Switzerland ) Dec 06 : Feb 07
Interim Accountant
Responsible for review and analysis of all Subsidiaries accounted for by the shared Service centre.
Reviewed Subsidiary business activity to ensure
• the accuracy, integrity and completeness of financial data,
• the accuracy of financial statements presented for audit
Prepared Year end audit files for review by both internal and external audit

Hitachi Europe Limited UK Sep 05 : Oct 06
Finance Manager
Responsible for review and analysis of all UK domiciled business and shared Service groups.
• Development of month-end analytical reports highlighting Key Performance indicators.
• Liaising with and advising business groups on the viability of new business proposals.
• Development and roll out of SAP based budgeting process
• Production of annual budgets & Mid-term reforecast for Japanese / European management.
• Preparation of Japanese internal audit packs - ensuring consistency / accuracy of data

British Telecom Aug 05 : Sep 05
Project Accountant
Developed funding and budgeting models to support \"OneIT\'s\" systems for cost capture / recharge.
Identification and investigation of significant variances and key performance indicators
Reviewed Sarbanes Oxley documentation / controls, ensuring accuracy of data prior to audit review

Volvo UK Ltd May 05 : Jul 05
Interim Financial Controller
Responsible for a department of 9 staff covering working capital control and financial reporting
• Production of monthly / quarterly reporting in compliance with US GAAP
• Review of Sarbanes Oxley controls and Fords (MCRP) modular control reporting process
Investigated a £3.0m long overdue debt; reported on procedural deficiencies and impact of corrections.
Preparation of notes and information for smooth transition / hand-over to new Finance Manager

North American UK Ltd Oct 04 : Mar 05
Interim Financial Controller
• Preparation of due diligence data and liaising with professional advisors / prospective purchasers
• Produced financials supporting a group re-organisation prior to disposal of the NAUK entity
• Production of monthly, quarterly & Year end reports, budgets & forecasts for the US parent.
• Development of new reporting structure providing focused management information.
• Identifying and reporting on causes of poor trading performance of this logistics provider

Ionics UK Ltd May 04 : Oct 04
Interim Financial Controller
• Production of monthly and quarterly reporting packs, forecasts for the US parent
•Finalisation of sales consideration, re business portfolio disposal, per contractual agreement
• Responsible for the closure of the financial records post the disposal of the business portfolio.

GE Power Systems 2003 : 2004
Project Accountant
• Initially responsible for restoring order within the financial records pre Year end
• Planning and project managing the transfer of “ payables “ to a sister company in Warrington

Private Work 2002 : 2003
• Investigation and evaluation of building / renovation projects in the North and South of France.
• Establishment of a French operating company for channeling development projects.
• Administration of family estate – overseeing two properties and preparation of financial statements

Elopak Plastic Systems 2001 : 2002
Financial Controller
• Working on a standalone basis established financial and administrative aspects of EPS
• Completion of Auspac’s financial statements and Elopak’s year end reporting packs
• Finalisation of completion statements, resolution of leasing reporting issues and calculation of purchase consideration for Elopak’s share acquisition in Auspac.
• Evaluation and appraisal of Capital expenditure proposals
Reviewing & advising on corrective action for key customer contractual agreements

Atari Corp (UK) 1997 : 2001
Limited European Financial Controller
• European distribution operation for Computer hard drives – turnover US$80 million
• Responsible for 4 staff and all European financial operational and compliance-related activities
• Appointed to lead both profitability improvement & system development initiatives
• Ensured compliance with invoice discount & trade insurance facilities requirements and availability of working capital, servicing both European operations & US debt
• Implemented a general ledger / transaction processing system and developed focused MIS suite,
• Supplied statistical analysis which was used to recover substantial debt in France
• Facilitated orderly closure of European operations, including settlement negotiation

Interim Consultancy work 1994 : 1997
Consultancy
• Responsible for all elements of financial consultancy for several key corporates
• Worked with specialist team to deliver Alpha Lease accounting to Abbey National
• Foremost contributor to formulation of pan-European budget process to Thorn Plc
• Led 3-strong team to investigate & establish insurance integrity of finance records
Influential team member for successful year end audit completion for Parker Knoll

KWELM Management Services 1993 : 1994
Head of Finance
• Responsible to Managing Director for control and direction financial activities of the run-off agency
• Appointed to manage centralised Finance department of 45 staff , leading key specialist team
• Handled multi-disciplined team, including appraisal, review & career development
• Developed new executive MIS reporting package and produced monthly executive reports
• Drove & executed finalisation of purchase consideration with former run-off agency
• Reorganised KWELM’s finance function & facilitated delivery of re-engineered brokers/principal ledger
• Project managed the Broker’s ledger conversion project identifying and validating Insured’s

Early Career : Finance & Leasing

Herald Financial Services Ltd 1989 : 1993
Financial Controller
• Performed operational review, recommended / implemented several key business cycle changes.
• Turnaround of Company results, over a 12-month period, from a £200K loss to a £300K profit

General Guarantee Corp’n 1987 : 1989
Financial Controller
• Appointed to manage key re-organisation & re-vitalisation of the 22 member leasing operation, developed in-house training and empowerment programmes creating an efficient and effective function.
• Created & implemented lease portfolio disposal strategy which made £1.8m profit
• Renegotiated film lease rentals – contributing £1 million extra revenue.

Security Pacific Eurofinance 1983 : 1987
Asst Financial Controller
• Responsible for 6 staff and full lifecycle management of all finance reporting and new proposals
• Assisted in clean-up of the Eurofinance German operation - Munich

Professional Firms 1980 : 1983
Pannell Kerr Forster & CO
Audit Senior
Secondments to Australia & Liberia

Fryer Whitehill & CO 1974 : 1980
Audit Senior

Education

Education Training and Development
• Fellow of the Chartered Association of Certified Accountants
- Membership May 79
• Business Studies Degree course
- Portsmouth Polytechnic
• 2 ‘A’ levels & 7 ‘O’ levels
- Selborne CS School

Hitachi Working with the Japanese
JGA Group 2003
Executive Challenge Programme

ILM 2003
Certificate of Continuing Professional Development

Inscape Publishing 2003
DISC : User accreditation Training

Mindleaders Internet Business Development Pack 2003

Learn Direct M/soft Excel “professional / expert” levels 2002

Software expertise
PC Skills Microsoft Windows95/98/NT/2000/XP/Vista
General Ledgers SAP, Sage L-50 & L-100, Sun accounts, QuickBooks & bespoke
Spreadsheets Microsoft Office & Lotus SmartSuite
Lease Administration CHP Alpha, GEAC Lease Admin and In house bespoke
Evaluation packages Equus, London Business School and Copernicus

Skills

A certified Accountant with significant experience, at senior levels:
• Experienced in change & turnaround management,
• Strategic and commercial thinker who can see the big picture
• PC literate, with a logical, analytical and systematic approach to business
• Proven problem solver who thrives on change, and knows how to capitalize on it
• Financial Leadership - Providing focused management information - adding value and support to corporate decision-making. Establishing financial objectives and ensuring delivery.
• Planning – Development of strong Strategic, Financial, and Organisational planning skills.
• Commercial Awareness - Understanding business issues & creating frameworks to maximize delivery
• Change Management - Implementing operational change and improving business process
• People and Communication - Communicating with stakeholders and developing effectiv

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