Greg Wrazka

Experience

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  Capro Ltd

  Jun 2002 - Jan 2008

  Manager and Accounts Clerk

  • Balancing Purchase Ledger, sales invoice processing• Processing bank payments and reconciling accounts• Cash flow forecasting and administration and reconciliation of petty cash• Recording sales, balancing cash and electronic funds transactions, preparing daily sale reports• Identifying inventory needs, ordering supplies• Managing and maintaining effectiveness of IT and EPOS equipment• Back Office Management with Samstock Software

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  CHEP

  Feb 2008 - now

  • Accounting & Control: overviews the end-to-end R2R process / Maintenance of management and statutory Fixed Asset Register for Europe• Application of Inter-Region Stock Transfer policy, accounting standards and practices in accordance with accounting rules and local country requirements• Liaises with the R2R Service Delivery Manager to co-ordinate the 3rd Party Provider’s assigned scope of work, providing constructive feedback where necessary to improve collective E2E performance• Control weekly Hire Stock Capex purchase process and monthly asset capitalization• Test any assets for the impairment on a periodic basis and write off assets to the extent within approved budget• Undertake Quarterly Balance Sheet review and follow up and tracking KPI’s on asset utilisation and follow up on any issues identified during the review• Production of Capex cash-flow projection and Forecast & Budget for POSA • Complete Significant Accounting Matters (SAM) paper to assist Audit Committee in their review of the financial results and the external releases• Prepare Management Declarations (MDs) to assist Company Directors in the discharge of their reporting, corporate governance and due diligence• Complete Financial Minimum Control Standards (FMCS) as part of annual Company corporate governance process• Coordinate Bi-annual audit process and liaise with PWC to ensure all the deliverables are met• Implementation of group policies and procedures including substantive testing of controls to assess effectiveness of the control environment• Transformation & Standardisation: review of accounting processes to drive global standard Show less • Co-ordinate the month-end process of loading the financials from SAP into Hyperion Financial Management for 80+ European reporting entities and multiply currencies• Maintaining General Ledgers Close Process, Chart of Account and Mapping to HFM• HFM Global Champion providing training and assistance to other system users• Designing ad hoc Smart View forms and HS functions data retrieve/upload templates• Lead key statutory reporting responsibilities with PWC at year end close• Support key reporting processes including CF analysis and forecasting, CAPEX analysis, and impact of foreign exchange rate movements• Produce monthly KPI and ABC metrics for Senior Management• Analytics of components of forecasting and budgeting processes – upload of quarterly FC and Budget 2 Year plan to HFM• Consistently review processes and implement improvements to increase efficiency• Drive automation and handover of standard R2R processes to Global Finance Services Show less • Loading EMEA financials from SAP into Hyperion Enterprise • General Ledgers control and coordination of month end close for EMEA • Processing month end topsides for Europe• Investigating and resolving IC mismatches on group consolidation• Prepare key financial data, regular reporting, and presentations for senior management; including budget and financial updates – Monthly Packs, RevRec, DSO, BD analysis • Accounting for Europe AASB2 equity-settled and phantom charges• Build relationships with local finance teams across Europe in order to deliver a consistent approach to planning and reporting. Show less • Head Office accounting including preparing Statutory Accounts and Tax Pack• Process the head office payroll data and managing cost center changes • Calculate Management Fee,IS Fee and Global Insurance Allocation for European entities• Month-end reporting including OVH recharge calculations, accruals and prepayments, BS reconciliation• Provide business partnering services to functional directors• Preparation of journals for asset capitalization• Monthly analysis of IS Capex and Opex spend in Europe reporting to USA• Monitoring of travel expenditure for head office staff and preparing journals and reports• Submission of VAT returns, EC Sale list• Managing Amex Corporate• Administration of AvantGard Trax payment system Show less • Assisting in statutory accounts preparation, monthly management accounting, including prepayments and accruals, journal corrections, balance sheet reconciliations, overhead analysis• Assisting in consolidation of month end data in Hyperion Enterprise, reconciliation of balance sheet accounts• Coding invoices in Basware to the relevant cost center and expense code• Processing Non Domestic VAT claims in other European countries • Completion of Tax Workbook• T&E detailed SAP review (advances, P&L analysis, Amex and employee expenses) Show less

  • EU Senior Accounting Manager, Direct Costs and Fixed Assets

    Nov 2022 - now

  • Accounting Manager, CHEP Europe

    Dec 2016 - Apr 2023

  • Senior Financial Analyst FP&A Europe

    Jan 2014 - Nov 2016

  • Financial Reporting Analyst EMEA

    Sept 2010 - Dec 2013

  • Financial Accountant - European Head Office

    Jul 2009 - Aug 2010

  • Assistant Financial Accountant

    Dec 2008 - Jun 2009

  • Cash Analyst

    Feb 2008 - Nov 2008