Senior Finance Leader
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Experienced senior finance leader. Able to build and run motivated teams in complex environments and deliver commercial results. A history of building reliable reporting at scale in regulated environments in UK and Europe, while delivering difficult corporate objectives using a collaborative approach and pragmatic problem solving.
Clear communicator with strong partnering skills who challenges current practice, resolves long-term issues, and adds financial insight to influence strategic outcomes. Highly motivated, positive, and energetic self-starter, who excels at building strong working relationships, and getting results quickly across all levels and business areas
NHS Supply Chain Coordination Limited Sep 2019 - current
Financial Controller (Mat Cover 12months) Oct 2022 – current
£3bn Turnover business, managing team of 100 through system change and business transformation from 450 people to 1000.
SCCL was created to save the NHS £2.4bn in cost savings over 3years. My role is critical to achieving this result by putting the savings and methodology in place, then building relationships with internal/external stakeholders to ensure the achievement of the Government target.
iptiQ EMEA - Head of Oracle Transition, iptiQ EMEA - UK Jan 2018 – Aug 2019
Returned to the UK to be with family and took on wholesale revision of iptiQ's financial and business systems, to deliver more efficient data models, faster processes and insightful, touch button reporting.
Internal move to Board facing role to stabilise the finances of an ingroup entrepreneurial tech company from fledgling 3k policy business to stable 300k policy business in 2 years.
Issue resolution for CFO, while responsible for control and governance of company reporting, improving financial systems, and delivering step change in companywide risk management leading to more reliable reporting.
UK, EMEA and APAC Audit Manager Sep 2012 – Sep 2014
Providing a third line function to evaluate and improve the effectiveness of Experian’s risk management and controls.
UK Finance Controllers - Head of UK Controls Dec 2010 – Sep 2012
Worked with the UK executive, to help control the setting up of a new 70 person shared service centre and lead a team that reduced risks across the function, finance systems and SOX business. Implemented strong reporting controls, KPI's and Blackline reconciliation software to new PeopleSoft/HFM finance systems.
LATHAM-BOAL CONSULTING LIMITED
Ernst & Young Financial Services Manchester – Audit Jul 2010 – Oct 2010
Bridge a management Gap in Financial Services Audit department with planning, fieldwork, technical advice, and reviews.
Westfield multinational property group – Financial Accounts project Mar 2009 – Jul 2010
Project management role that reduced the production of over 250 UK, IFRS and USGAAP statutory accounts by 3months while delivering a system implementation, reduced audit costs by over £700k in first year and achieved a value-add culture change.
Building Society Hedging Systems Project Sep 2007 – Dec 2008
Reporting to the FD, led a complex group initiative to reduce retail banking interest rate exposure and control hedge accounting volatility, with complex data analysis and mathematical modelling. Designed and revised hedge accounting software delivered the necessary organisational and product change, and a new industry approach to hedge accounting.
Building Society Hedging financial system analysis Apr – Aug 2007
Consulting project to analyse and challenge a department's results relating to the societies hedging volatility. An exercise intact and diplomacy, while performing analysis of the process and staff. Resulted in leading a senior six-person team to urgently reproduce reliable results.
Group Financial Reporting Manager Jun 2005 - Mar 2007
Ownership of reporting with 4 subsidiaries with increasingly material projects delivered including implementation of new business wide financial controls methodology, and accounting transition to IFRS and staff raining to produce statutory reporting for 80 companies.
3 MONTH CAREER BREAK Apr 2005 – Jun 2005
ERNST & YOUNG LLP
Assurance Executive Mar 1999 – Mar 2005
ACA (ICAS) – December 2004 First time passes. M23015
Prince2 Project Manager – October 2007 First time passes.
