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Management

Work Experience

2001 to 2002 HECM (Halifax Equitable Change Management)
(Interim Project Manager – Senior Accountant Level)

This is the Equitable Life Insurance Company where the With Profit Funds have been ‘ring fenced’ and the remaining funds re-assured by the Halifax and its subsidiary Clerical Medical. Employed to work on projects in the Finance Department. Initially, this involved learning the processes used in the Accounting Control area before moving onto the project team when this was set up.

Achievements:

· Documented the processes used in ACON and wrote the procedures for sixty processes/systems in the area.
· Documented the processes and reconciled the funds paid/received between all parties.
· Logged all datafixes (manual adjustments) passed over the policy systems and ensured corresponding entries were passed over the General Ledger for approximately 12,000 entries.
· Liased with the external auditors to ensure their satisfaction with the work carried out.
· Documented the procedures for the 3270 Emulator, BUNDL, MasterPiece GL, Nurecs and Monarch software packages.



1996-2000 NatWest UK Group Financial Services Center
(Contract)

Employed to produce commission and weighted risk asset reports for the UK Business units, and develop variance analysis for management. Responsibilities added during my tenure were preparation of the banks Offshore Balance Sheet and all figures relating to the funds swapped with Treasury Reserve on behalf of the group.

Achievements:

· Documented and maintained the procedures for the four processes.
· Conducted and wrote a review of the commission data flows throughout the bank.
· Substantially increased the amount, timeliness and accuracy of the data produced using linked files/pivot tables between Access/Excel, and Excel/Hyperion and TM1.
· Brought the Management, Statutory and Group systems into agreement with each other.
· Responsible for the smooth transition of Commissions and WRA\'s from Hyperion SE to XA.

1996 Riyad Bank
(Contract)

Responsibilities included preparation of Head Office, Bank of England and Saudi Arabian central bank returns and Nostro reconciliation\'s.

Achievements:

· Ensured they were correctly completing their Bank of England returns.
· Checking the agreement of the output during their parallel run for conversion to Midas/Kapiti version 10.

1996 AY Bank
(Contract)

Employed to establish the banks Accounts and Customer Services Departments.

· This was completed within the agreed time scales.
· Introduced the Bank of England BSD1 and CAD returns.
· Managed a 1000% increase in through put in the Customer Services Department.
· Revised procedures and designed flow-charts for all processes.

1994-1995 Nedbank
(Contract)

Employed to investigate, recommend and implement upgrades to improve their manual and computerised systems, to increase the productivity, control and accuracy of their Head Office, Bank of England, VAT and B.R.T. returns.

Achievements:

· Introduced computerised Bank of England reporting. This included creating the ability to download the required data to Excel to produce output in the format required by the Bank of England.
· Identified several hundred customer categorisation errors and their rectification for VAT and B.R.T.
· Balanced all their nostro/suspense account reconciliations and cleared several months\' outstandings.
· Identified and corrected outstanding differences in their London and Jersey branch profits.
· Cleared the London branch Unpostable Computer entry account.
· Brought the branches Accruals and Trial Balance reports into agreement with each other.
· Audited and assessed the viability of the purchase of a small forfeiting company by the bank.

1991-1993 Studying for ACCA Level 2 Examinations and writing guides for trainee\'s use at a software company.

1991 Banca Serfin
(Contract)

Responsible for managing the Accounts Department.

Achievements:

· A review of the department and implementation of my recommendations resulting in staff reduction.
· Introduction of greatly enhanced Nostro reconciliation and reporting methods.

1985-1990 Euro-LatinAmerican bank
(Accountant)

Responsibility for all accounting functions, while being groomed to take over the Operation Managers position which had full responsibility for the day to day running of the bank. Accounting responsibilities included all Statutory and Board reporting, Suspense and Nostro/Vostro accounts, and forecasting/budgeting for the bank.

Achievements:

· Organised and supervised a re-organisation of the Loans Department to reduce staffing by 20%.
· Implemented of a computerised system for letters of credit and risk guarantees.
· Streamlined the reconciliation of Nostro/Suspense accounts.
· Oversaw an in-house rewrite of the Bank of England software enabling direct report transfer.
· Initiated and introduced management information reports, cost centre analysis and financial controls.
· A reduction in Accounts staff by a third, with increased output of 400%, through the use of technology and improved/simplified manual procedures.

1982-1984 Operations Manager - Citibank Remittance Service

Responsible for setting up and running the European Centre for a product offering a multicurrency cheque facility to companies throughout the world.

Achievements:

· Co-ordinated the introduction of the product one month ahead of the projected date.
· Planned and implemented a change of premises.
· Training the staff in the systems used.

1981-1982 Manager - Citibank Cardproducts Transactions Processing

From 1981 to 1982 Responsible for processing the entries for 500,000 U.D.S. store card accounts. During 1982 I was promoted to the Internal Control Department with responsibility for the Internal Audit of the Division.

Achievements:

· While in Transactions Processing facilitated software amendments to reduce staff from 22 to 5,
· Brought their Nostro and suspense accounts under control.
· Introduced charges for returned cheques.
· Executed the successful introduction of a term loan product to be marketed to store card customers.
· While in Internal Control I instigated and was responsible for the implementation of financial/operational controls and the production of procedure manuals for the division.

1966 - 1981

Career progression from a junior in a bank branch to Manager/Senior Manager/Accounting roles with Lloyds, Chase Manhattan Bank, First National Bank in Dallas, Bank Melli Iran and Havana International Bank

Education

Chartered Association of Certified Accountants Affiliate

1960 - 1966 Duffryn High School, Newport, Gwent
10 \"O\" Level\'s, GCSE\'s and NVQ\'s.
2 \"A\" Levels

Skills

Financial: Effective use of procedures, processes and controls. Up-to-date practical and theoretical accounting experience. Effective use of financial and staff resources. Financial modelling, Budgeting, Planning and Forecasting. Statutory returns e.g. VAT and Bank of England.Management reporting and Cash Management. Reconciliation of Nostro, Vostro and Suspense accounts.

I.T. Literate: Windows 3.1x, 95, 98, ME and NT4. Microsoft Office, Excel to Macro level, Access to SQL, Word and PowerPoint. Lotus Smartsuite and Notes. TM1, Hyperion SE and XA. Midas/Kapiti and Bankware. Internet Explorer and MS Mail.

Management: Complimentary Operational and Accounts experience. Managed in a variety of environments. Experienced to Operations/Senior Manager level. Skilled communicator at all levels of management and staff. Effective decision maker and solution finder. Building productive relationships.

Personal Attributes: Positive \'can do/will do\' attitude. Keen eye for detail. Enquiring mind. Natural organisational skills. Easily adaptable to change. Enjoy challenges.

Languages

English, Basic French and presently studying Spanish.

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