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Finance Director

Work Experience

Objective A Financial Director with strategic planning involvement in an asset management company.

Profile A confident manager with a talent for the entrepreneurial. Well organised, identifies and seizes opportunities coupled with sufficient foresight to adjust plans and redefine goals.

A strong track record of establishing and growing businesses; designing and implementing systems and managing people in both the large corporate and SME environments.
Selected Achievements


RBS
2002 Established two French companies to acquire €85 million of assets from the unwinding of a failed securitisation. Successfully designed and implemented accounting and reporting systems to comply with UK and French tax, VAT and corporate governance requirements. Effectively prevented the Bank from incurring further losses.


RBS
2002 Disposed of four property companies for a total value of £103m. Negotiated confidently with the purchasers and professional advisors. Professionally prepared the completion accounts. The disposals were profitably and efficiently concluded.


RBS
1999 Negotiated effectively with the purchasers of a property company to accept an addendum to the purchase agreement. The purpose of which was to permit the payment of a dividend subsequent to the sale of the company. The addendum was successfully negotiated and the Bank was able to receive an additional £500k.



Media Projects
1996 Negotiated successfully with the SA Post Office, the company’s main distributor of scratch cards to pay out on weekly sales. Skilfully developed, designed and implemented a scratch card tracking system that reconciled weekly sales from 1500 post offices. The system was vetted by the Post Office and accepted as reliable. The cash flow cycle was narrowed from six to one week.


1991 – 1995 Resourcefully established an accounting practice with a colleague. Grew the business professionally through networking, service excellence and expansion. In the space of five years the business had grown into a well known practice with 4 partners and a client base of 500. The firm was eventually acquired by a well established accounting firm.

Career History

1997 to date Finance Manager The Royal Bank of Scotland plc

Managed a large group of property and equity companies. Established and managed the accounting and reporting systems. Improved efficiencies through re-engineering. Review investment submissions and appraisals. Assisted in the negotiations for the disposal of subsidiary companies. Prepared various reports and managed the year end audits.

1996 Finance Director Media Projects Ltd

Established sales reporting and accounting systems. Negotiated prize insurance and designed prize structures. Managed an accounting and sales team of 17 people. Managed the cashflow of both the company and the prize fund.

1991 – 1995 Founding Partner
Chartered Accountants
Growing the business through networking and the promotion of client services. Managed the client accounting and debt collection. Managed the staff and the office operations.

1990 Management Accountant Copygraphic plc

Prepared monthly management accounts.

1989 Management Accountant Chloride plc

Prepared monthly management accounts.

1985 – 1988 Articled Clerk Fisher Hoffman Stride
Chartered Accountants
Performed statutory audits, wrote up the books and prepared sets of accounts, performed tax calculations and filed returns. Completed articles successfully with a secondment to a client in the final year.

Education

Education

1993 Chartered Accountant SA Institute of Chartered Accountants
1988 Graduate Diploma in Accounting University of Cape Town
1985 Bachelor of Commerce University of Cape Town

Skills

MS Excel, Access, VBA

Walker General Ledger, Sun, Sage and Pastel Accounting Systems.

VAT and TAX

Languages

English, Afrikaans

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