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Finance troubleshooter/change manager

Work Experience

INTERIM
BUPA April - Nov 2001
Consultant
T/o 300M 37 acute care hospitals
KPMG appointed reduced insurer and patient debt over £33M, implementing new debt management systems and procedures. Relationships with twenty major insurers including PPP, NU, R&SA and Standard Life. Management and training of 50 staff at Finance Support Centre for EDI/Billing, insurance debt collection, and cash processing. Implementation of PPM, new organization structure resulting in increased output. Improved debt collection whilst maintaining excellent Customer Service and establishment of Call Centre.
T & G Apr00 – Apr 01
Consultant
£85M net assets, 750K members, 8 regional offices
Monthly management accounts, implemented financial controls. Signing off functionality of systems and systems auditing. Installation and development of Membership and Finance system throughout UK including designing new work processes. Training of staff, specification of management reports and writing of Procedure Manual. Integrated budgetary control, cash management, automatic data loading, EDI, staff redeployment and development.

Benefits Agency Jan 99 – Mar 00
Consultant
94 billion cash payments made annually – 70,000 employees
Asked to implement Monthly accruals accounting system and cash budgeting. Review process systems and calculate process costs.
Achievements:
· Implemented Accruals Accounting and Cash Budgeting for £2.6Bn Administration expenditure and trained staff in new procedures
· Detailed monthly accounting procedure and Board pack developed
· Financial process reviews and calculation of process costs completed

CIBA Specialty Chemicals PLC (North Europe corporate headquarters) May – Dec 1998
Consultant
T/o £3Bn manufacturer and marketing of innovative specialty chemicals.
Remit to tighten financial controls, improve monthly reporting, review and reconcile all Balance Sheet accounts before Year End audit.
Achievements:
· Improved accuracy of consolidation and timescale to meet five day reporting to Basle
· Reconciled all Control Accounts including Pensions and VAT for Year End
· Improved accuracy of consolidation and timescale to meet five day reporting to Basle
· Forecasting and budget preparation

Beneficial Bank Plc (US parent), Birmingham Dec97 – Apr98
Financial Controller
£1Bn Receivables - 95 Branches - 1200 employees. Consumer Finance, Insurance, Retail cards.
Recruited to manage back-office project team, (comprising bank seconded and outside consultants), responsible for bank financial controls and writing new financial procedures.
Achievements:
· Implemented £30M new Firserve, Y2K banking systems, including the mapping of the General Ledger to JDE accounting package
· Writing high-level test objectives and signing-off tests ensuring General ledger transactions correct
· Testing of Full integration of all new systems


NIGEL JOHN ARMITT FCMA
Virgin Trains Jun - Dec 1997
Flotation Project Manager
T/o £500M - 4200 employees. West Coast and Cross Country train companies
Recruited by Finance Director to manage Flotation exercise, liaising with KPMG/merchant bankers
Achievements:
· Production of all documentation for Full Stock Exchange listing both in Short and Long form
· Financial Year End, tax computations and agreement o0f Completion accounts between Virgin and British Rail Board Auditors
· Implementation of shorter monthly Virgin reporting plus reconciliation of Control accounts

Nationwide Telephone Company and PFA UK Nov96 – May 97
Group Finance Director and Company Secretary
T/o £9M - 160 employees. Telecomm/Interactive video - conferencing.
Selected by Venture capitalist to improve financial controls, Credit Control and manage twenty staff.
Achievements:
· Major deficiencies discovered in due diligence report within two weeks
· Re-organised Credit Control section to focus on collection of overdue and new accounts recently acquired from acquisition of Granada Microcare
· Handled difficult relationship with Venture capitalist and bank following the discovery of due diligence shortfalls
Completed implementation of accounting system at PFA UK and trained staff in its use

Stordata Solutions Plc
Group Finance Director
T/o £10m - 38 employees. Hi-technology Group, Data Storage Solutions, PC & Car Alarm Distributor. Invited by Chief Executive of newly formed PLC to produce:
· Published Year End accounts
· Narrative for 3 year Plan
· Review Group financial controls
· Improve management information systems
· Manage three companies Finance teams and standardise reporting
· Improved relationships with corporate bankers and outside advisors
Achievements:
· Draft published accounts presented within three weeks.
· 3-year plan finalised in terms of narrative and review of data.
· Financial controls tightened. Identified £300K credit risk and action taken to reduce risk.
· New monthly Group reporting pack designed and implemented after discussion with Chairman
· Motivated and lead Finance teams to meet Year End and monthly reporting deadlines
· Established relationships with Investment bank and external auditors
Target identification, evaluation and due diligence. Preparation of Memorandum of Sale document.

PERMANENT
Palmcity Company 1995 to 2000
Finance Director
Part of MBI team acquiring £1.5M location/contract catering company
Achievements:
· Due diligence and sourcing of funds from bank
· Set up accounting systems and financial controls
· Strategic planning
· Implemented Zero-based budgeting system
· Monthly and Year end accounts

NIGEL JOHN ARMITT FCMA

Haji Husein Alireza 1993-1995
Finance Director
T/o £150M Automotive distributor and importer – US, Japan and Germany - Mazda, Ford, KIA and MAN
Responsible for forty staff, eight international bank accounts, treasury, (including daily detailed cash forecasting, arrangement of loans, Forex - DM, JPY and USD and negotiation of banking facilities), Internal Audit and IT. Vehicle leasing finance.
Achievements:
· Negotiated sale of £60M receivables in securitisation deals to banks including Citibank
· Negotiated over four month period long term letter of credit finance deal with Itochu, resulting in significantly improved cash flow
· Specified and implemented new financial reporting systems using Oracle financial systems
· Developed forecasting model to maximize use of banking facilities and cash resources
· Wrote and implemented Company Procedures manual
· Set up Internal Audit Department

Candy Group 1991-1993
Group Finance Director and Company Secretary
T/o £80M - 500 employees. Manufacturer and Distributor of White Goods
Responsible for forty staff, Group Finance and IT strategy, strategic planning and budgets.
Reporting functionally into Group Finance Director based in Milan and local Italian Managing Director. Investment appraisals and Grants. Dealing with factory and staff unions. Pricing Policy, Negotiation with International banks. Contract review, Pensions and Insurance. Staff development and TQM
Achievements:
· Reduced borrowing by 50% (£4M) through improved Credit Control
· Restructured Finance department after taking over from previous FD (retiring after 25 years), into leaner, higher calibre, customer-facing team
· Implemented PC based warehouse stock control system, Tetraplan Bill of Materials
· Computerised price matrix to ensure sales invoicing was correct every time
· Developed forecasting model to show detailed product profitability and factory overhead recovery, adopted by Candy’s European subsidiaries
· Took responsibility for Pensions, Insurance, Legal and Health and Safety matters

Inchcape Plc - Gray Mackenzie 1989-1991
Finance, Personnel & Administration Manager
T/o £25M - 300 employees. Four main business activities - Retailing and wholesaling of liquor, Consumer Products, Shipping/Travel IATA agents and Oilfield Engineering
Responsible for total financial control of forty finance staff and ten Divisional Accountants.
Deputising for the MD. Negotiation with banks on facilities and foreign exchange. Annual strategic plan and budget for Overhead and Personnel costs.
Monthly P & L and Credit Control meeting with MD and Business Unit Managers.
Presentation of Quarterly review of results and strategic plans to Regional Board.
Training all personnel. Investment appraisals. Dealing with external Auditors, Tax and insurance. Acquisitions and special projects. Internal Audit.
Achievements:
· Successfully negotiated £25m long term service supply contract with PDO/Shell Oil
· Initiated radical review of product range achieving 50% reduction in consumer lines
· Established internal audit function; subsequently identified fraudulent practices
· Developed in-house training school and introduced employee handbook

Education

5 GCSE
2 A levels
FCMA

Skills

· Management of major change projects in large organisations
· Implementation and development of IT systems in UK and overseas
· Raising of finance and negotiation with banks
· Floatation project management
· Negotiating with Venture capitalists/Merchant banks for MBO/MBI’S
· Securitisation of receivables
· Treasury and bank relationships
· Cash flow and Credit Control management - BUPA

Languages

None

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