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Financial Manager

Work Experience

Professional Experience

World ORT ( WO ) London, Geneva July 1996 to July 2001

ORT is a collection of independent NGO's mainly engaged in Jewish education, and co-ordinated & governed by WO. Global income is $ 300 million in 60 countries, 12,000 employees & 250,000 students. The largest private educator in the world, with main operations in Russia, Ukraine, France, USA, UK, Israel, Mexico, Argentina, Brazil . Also international co-operation and consulting projects including with the EU, USAID, African Development bank, DDC, governments, etc., with main operations in Latin America, Africa, and Asia for non Jewish education. Brought in to modernise and rationalise Finance and Administration.

Chief Financial Officer - reporting to the Director General and World Board. Also CFO for UK subsidiaries.

Dual responsibilities with direct control of central HQ budget of $ 25 million, countries ( FSU ), and international co-operation. Also many indirect world wide responsibilities. Experience covered many countries and included -

v Reorganised finance and administration, recruited trained and fired personnel.
v Instituted treasury management, bank and currency rationalisation
v Modernised the financial and management accounting. Created internal controls.
v Extended the use of technology, PC's, & Sun accounting.
v Improved international project management, reorganised overseas operations.
v Developed business plans, budgets, departmental analysis, project costing.
v Introduced modern commercial and financial practices.
v Member & presentations to world-wide Boards, Executives, meetings, Congresses
v Ran pension funds and solved pension funding in UK, Switzerland, Morocco.
v Dealt with investments, property, insurance, banks, lawyers, auditors, conferences.
v Company secretarial, managing Human Resources in UK, Switzerland & FSU.
v Active in fund-raising, opening schools in FSU, educational activities in many countries.
v Dealt with falling revenues, down-sizing, cost reduction, programme cuts.

Independent Consultant Jun 1995 - Jun 1996

Started own business. Built relationships with many consultancies and international organisations. Started to get contracts including -

United Nations Industrial Development Organisation ( UNIDO ) in Romania 4 months.
v Restructuring medium sized privatised companies with up to 1000 employees in Chemicals, Engineering, Food processing. Trained UN consultants in developing good business and financial practices and developing business plans for companies.

London Editions - UK , Poland, Russia, publishing companies for 4 months.
v Restructuring, strategy review, systems, financial and management accounts, relocation.

Philip Wilson Group, London Jan 1994 - May 1995

Private group with sales of £10 million, 100 employees in publishing, retailing, travel. With operations in UK, Poland, Russia, France. Brought in to save bankrupt group

Group Finance Director / managing director - reporting to the Owner / Chairman.

v Raised finance, reduced debt by £ 1 million, reduced lsses to small profit.
v Reorganised structure, divisionalised the group, recruited controllers & managers.
v Modernised the financial and management accounting. Created internal controls.
v Worked on retail shop systems, publishing costing, stock control, distribution, mail order, warehousing, and sales organisations.
v Opened and closed shops and companies. Reorganised in France and Russia.
v Created business plans, medium term plans, strategy, identified new markets.
v Put Group into receivership, sold Retail. Created smaller but profitable group.

Courtaulds Group ( now Akzo ) 1968 - 1993
( Chemical group with sales of £ 2 billion in coatings, plastics, fibres, advanced materials ).

Courtaulds ( Coating HO ), London 1991 - 1993 & 1988 -1989
( Coatings group with sales of £ 1 billion world-wide ).

Financial Manager - Reporting to the Group Financial Director.

v Set and measured performance criteria for factories, divisions, and companies.
v Wrote ad hoc board reports on results, budgets, business plans, capital expenditure.
v Worked on group tax, treasury, dividends, royalties, VAT
v Participated in acquisitions, joint ventures, strategy, and new business development.
v Created complex financial models and business plans.
v Developed the databases for the group PC based reporting systems, enabling consolidation 7 days after the period end in multi-currencies, any period.
v Resolved problems in Denmark, closed company in France, designed management accounting across Europe, systems in Italy, factory accounting in Sweden.
v Restarted the business in Kuwait after Iraqi war.
v Wrote company and market analysis, built a tax defence for royalties paid to the UK.

Courtaulds Coatings Brazil 1989 - 1991
(Sales US$ 100 million, 3 factories, 1000 employees.)

Group Financial Director - Reporting to the chairman Latin America,.

Modernised financial controls under hyper-inflation and economic chaos

v Modernised the financial and administrative functions in hyper-inflation of 3 % a day.
v Recruited and trained new financial teams, installed internal controls.
v Created new system of inflation free accounting in US $, leading to faster reaction to economic crises and better management
v Invested $5 million in new plant, increased dividends by 50%, generated surplus cash.
v Developed systems, purchased and installed US$ 1 million of equipment
v Recruited a central systems development team, started company wide systems.
v Participated in completely restructuring management,
v Trained managers on managing inflation, cash, and financial management.
v Implemented factory costing, accounting, and systems in 3 factories.
v Helped develop retail activities and decentralised manufacturing and distribution.
v Dealt with banks, investments, tax, auditors, administrations

Courtaulds Coatings , France 1973 - 1988
(Sales $ 60 million, 3 factories, 400 employees )

Group Financial Director - Reporting to the Managing Director France.

Helped to build most profitable part of group in Europe through reorganisation, organic growth and acquisitions

v Recruited new people, created budgets and plans, first class management information.
v Factories were closed, new ones opened .
v Rebuilt the French operation, identified new markets, products, and customers.
v A cash mountain of Frs 100 million generated. .
v Negotiated acquisitions, carried out due diligence, helped to absorb the acquisitions
v Developed and implemented various systems in France and Europe IBM, PC's & Bull.
v Participated in UK Group Systems developments across Europe.
v Costed and controlled subcontractors on major ship building contracts.
v Adapted accounts, systems, management information, to meet changing situations.
v Trained and informed managers on financial goals and setting departmental targets.

International Paint & Pinchin Johnson Paint,-UK - 1968 1972
Roles included Management Accountant : Divisional Accountant : Factory Controller

GKN Stell UK 1966 - 1967
Management Accountant until Steel nationalised

Smith Barney, New York Stock Exchange, USA 1965 - 1966
Assistant to group controller

Education

Qualification Chartered Institute of Management Accountants ( CIMA )

Education Higher National Diploma in Business Studies ( 1963/65)

Skills

Financial Management
Change Management

Languages

Franch
English

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