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Chartered Accountant

Work Experience

Skills and experience
Preparation of year-end financial accounts and presentation for Audit. Preparation of Management Accounts and information.
Development and management and finance teams and control of day to day accounting functions and Internal Controls.
Internal Audit and Project Management (Commercial investigations, Y2K, EMU, Pension plan reviews, introduction of incentive arrangements, performance reviews, System reviews, JVs).
Recent use of BaaN, Ross, Sun Systems, Pegasus Opera, Oracle Financials, Excel, Word, etc. Previous familiarity with JBA s21, various bespoke mainframe systems, Consolidation packages etc.
Industrial experience in Telecoms, Service, Professional, Pensions, Electronic/FMCG, Manufacturing, Engineering, Contracting, Travel and Leisure industries.
Direct experience with PwC, Thomas Cook, JMC, Britax, BPB, Black Box, Racal, Panasonic, Hadens, Ladbrokes and others.

Interim Management assignments.
Aug ’01 – Nov ‘01 PricewaterhouseCoopers
Reporting to Audit Director and Partner, Special Investigation and Internal Audit of Blue Chip client in the Travel Industry.

June ’01 – Aug ‘01 Britax PLC (turnover £100M)
Preparation for half year accounts (including identifying exposure to unrecorded supplier accruals) and liaison with external auditors.

Dec ‘00 – May ‘01 Black Box (turnover £50M)
Interim Financial Controller.
Completed a special internal audit, identifying loss and leading to write-off and inventory system changes and testing. Asked to manage team of 8 on an interim basis. Preparation of financial accounts & monthly management reports, budgets. Responsible for Credit Control project, financial controls, liaison with external auditors and year-end closing.

Feb ‘00 – Dec ‘00 BPB PLC (turnover £1.5B)
Interim HO Accountant (Turnover £20M)
Full accounting responsibility for HO, financial control, Management Accounts, Annual Financial accounts and preparation for the successful external Audi. Recruited an “interim” assistant.
During maternity leave of the Treasury Accountant became responsible for the day to day financial control and preparation of monthly management accounts of the Group Treasury function.
May ‘99-Jan ‘00 Racal Telecom (turnover £1.0B)
Interim Financial Controller of The Corporate Division. (Turnover £10M)
Produced monthly accounts, forecasts and other ad hoc reports. Assisted with due diligence work and Completion Accounts during the takeover process by Global Crossing.


Previous career
1981- 1999 Panasonic UK Ltd (Turnover £800M)
(1995 – 1999) General Manager of Accounts Department.
Responsible for Finance, Internal Audit and Credit Control departments (23 staff). Achieved improvement in cashflow (Debtor days reduced from 35 to 29) and reporting deadline of 5 days.
General Management responsibilities included Pension scheme control, Project Management (Y2K, EMU, Cost Cutting & Customer Care) Joint Venture negotiations and Computer System migration.
Reduced overheads within the accounting department including reduction in Bad debts and credit insurance of almost 50%.
(1981 – 1995) Internal Audit
Successfully established IA department and recruited 2 assistants.
? Established and chaired a high-level security committee for risk-assessment.
Carried out Management audits including loss-making product ranges leading to fundamental changes.
Introduced tax-efficient bonus schemes including PRP.
Reported to Board level.
? Conducted company wide investigations, which in some cases identified the need for stronger internal controls. Two specific cases of fraud were identified which were resolved through prosecution and resignation.
Introduced organisational changes to improve the Internal Controls of the company, for example a specialist-buying department for advertising.
Researched wrote and introduced (with training) a company wide procedures manual incorporating full authorisation schedules.

1979 – 1981 Cookshop – Bletchley (Own business) - Kitchen Equipment retail franchise
Negotiated franchise, arranged finance and premises, recruited, trained and managed staff, arranged suppliers and managed sales and marketing before selling business at a profit.

1976 – 1979 Frenger Ltd (Subsidiary of Haden Carrier) - Heated ceiling contractors with 2 manufacturing sites.
Financial Controller
Reporting to MD and Group FD, responsible for all day to day Accounting and Administration matters (3 direct staff). Participation in commercial management, including cash flow, WIP controls and profitability.
1973 – 1976 Spencer Ell & Co,, Chartered Accountants
Audit Manager.
Accounts, Audit, Tax and other matters for main clients, including Henley Royal Regatta and Brakspears.
1971 – 1973 Saffrey, Sons & Co (now Saffrey Champness), Chartered Accountants, City
Auditor, Audit Senior
Audit, Accounting, Tax, Company Secretarial and due diligence investigations.

Education

Qualified Chartered Accountant

Skills

Management
Internal Audit
Accounting

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