Greg Asbury FCA BSc

Experience

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  Bentley Jennison

  Sept 1996 - Feb 2000

  Auditor

  Audit testing, drafting of audit reports, statutory accounts preparation, tax computations.

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  EY

  Feb 2000 - Feb 2003

  Audit Manager

  Major clients: BP (British Petroleum), TRW, Punch Taverns.- Worked on and managed large parts of the break-up and sale of the TRW Group to various parties in 2001-02.- Lead trainer on accounting software and Excel.

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  Caudwell Group

  Feb 2003 - Mar 2004

  Internal Audit Manager

  Full internal audit responsibilities for the entire Caudwell Group, which included companies such as Phones 4u, 20:20 Logistics and Dextra. I was also part of a team of troubleshooters who took over the financial running of any group companies which encountered difficulties. I was promoted to Financial Controller of Phones 4u in March 2004.

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  Phones 4u

  Mar 2004 - May 2006

  Financial Controller

  Managed all budgets, forecasts and general financial matters for the company, in what was a £2.5bn business in terms of annual turnover.- Reported directly to the Finance Director- Leadership of 10 staff

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  QAD

  May 2006 - Mar 2023

  Recruited to the project team to manage key systems and migrate the on-premise data warehouse to the cloud whilst also challenging, streamlining and automating the existing logic, calculations and stored procedures. - Managing & streamlining the global Hyperion systems (Hyperion Financial Management, Smartivew/Essbase & Quota).- Managing & streamlining the global Commission system (calculation, accrual, payment & statement).- Tested and challenged multiple cloud service providers and successfully decided on a long-term plan with the global data team to efficiently store, process, analyse, automate and visualise data on the Google Cloud Platform.- Analysed large data sets and designed and managed reports on them. Show less RPA Project Manager leading the RPA revolution in QAD Finance and in the company as a whole- Designed and developed multiple bots to automate processes using Automation Anywhere software in conjunction with other tools. Saved the company thousands of hours of employee time previously spent on manual, repetitive tasks.- Drove efficiencies, process improvement and standardisation, opening the gateway for automation.- Managed change with users – consulting with all stakeholders during the design, testing and rollout phases, and training them effectively. - Presented regularly to the Finance Executive Team.- Extensive use of As Is & To Be documentation.- Analysed large data sets and designed and managed reports on them. Show less Responsibilities include:- Global Enterprise Reporting – Continuous innovation, design, development, automation, testing and overall improvement of global reporting, with the combined aims of global standardization, speed, accuracy and user-friendliness. - Training – building and leading an ongoing global training program on new functionality, processes, new releases, applications and systems.- QAD Enterprise Financials Superuser / Consultant – working alongside IT/Development on testing of customizations and future upgrades, and providing ongoing support to global users on any issues with functionality, reports and processes.- Month End Close - Streamlining the monthly accounting task list into a more user-friendly format/system to facilitate better management/status review of the tasks as part of the Month End close schedule. Performing Month End Reviews / Analysis / Reporting on select areas.- R&D Liaison – working with R&D to discuss gaps in functionality, recommendations for solutions, technical specifications etc. - Global Process Standardization & Automation – looking for efficiencies, opportunities for process improvement and ways to automate and innovate processing. Driving various global initiatives and managing the global process improvement listing. Extensive use of As Is & To Be documentation.- Systems – assessing / implementing potential financial systems. Leader of the global BlackLine implementation, and system manager.- Designed & built a new automated cashflow forecast system for the business.- Finance Communication – working on the overall global Finance communication, both internally within Finance and externally to the rest of the company.- Leadership of varying cross-functional and cross-regional teams.- Analysed large data sets and designed and managed reports on them. Show less - Core team member of the QAD Enterprise Financials Internal Implementation Project (the Vector Project). - Global implementation spanning 28 countries. - Complete overhaul and redesign of business and financial processes.- Extensive use of As Is & To Be documentation.- Project Leader of the General Ledger Team, which comprises members in the US, Europe and Asia Pacific. The General Ledger area covers Journal Entry, Journal Approval, Intercompany, Global Tax Management (GTM), Mass Invoice Loading, Financial Statements and all global reporting. I lead the team, design and develop software customizations and processes, lead training, lead conference room pilots, provide go-live support, write technical specifications, and provide all the project reporting (ie budgets, forecasts, monthly reporting, etc). - Analysed large data sets and designed and managed reports on them.- In 2012, I wrote a comprehensive white paper on the current and future use of Business Intelligence within QAD. Show less - Headed up the FP&A Function for EMEA.- Provided a full suite of financial data and analysis for the Executive Team, including budgeting and forecasting. - Designed & developed forecasting and reporting tools for use by the global FP&A team.- Worked extensively with Microsoft Excel and Access to design, develop and streamline reports and reporting processes. - Analysed very large data sets and designed and managed reports on them.- Extensive experience with working with SQL databases, Hyperion Essbase and Hyperion Planning.- Managed staff. Show less

  • Systems and Data Warehouse Manager

    Dec 2021 - Mar 2023

  • Robotic Process Automation Manager

    Sept 2020 - Dec 2021

  • Manager, Global Enterprise Reporting

    Feb 2016 - Sept 2020

  • Software Implementation Project Manager

    Nov 2011 - Jan 2016

  • Senior Financial Analyst

    May 2006 - Nov 2011
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  Wolves

  Aug 2012 - Jul 2018

  Fans Parliament Representative

  Unpaid and uncontracted representative on the Wolverhampton Wanderers Fans Parliament. This was a ground-breaking body designed to bridge the gap between a professional football club and its supporters. I represented the views of supporters in full and frank discussions with club board members and other senior staff with the aim of improving the running of the football club and improving the supporter experience. We met at least 4 times each season.

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  Asbury Consulting Limited

  Aug 2023 - now

  Independent Finance Transformation Consultant

  Multiple financial consultancy roles involving software implementation, financial management, FP&A management and finance transformation. Clients have included Saint-Gobain, Johnson Controls, Boots, British Gas, CAT Finning, QAD, Wolverhampton City Council, WV Active. Projects have included SAP, Oracle, QAD, Microsoft Dynamics, Infor, BlackLine, Automation Anywhere.

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  Johnson Controls

  Apr 2024 - Aug 2024

  Finance Transformation Consultant / Finance Analyst

  Finance transformation project (BOP 2.0) involving a global implementation of Oracle Fusion in the Johnson Controls Retail Division. Data migration, data transformation, data cleansing, data analysis, SIT, UAT, go-live.

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  Infosys Consulting

  Aug 2024 - now

  Finance Consultant / Business Analyst

  Project UNITE at Saint-Gobain. A global implementation of QAD Financials ERP to the Saint-Gobain Construction Chemicals Division. Subject matter expert on QAD software for the North America R2R stream - improving, designing and documenting processes, running CRPs, managing pilots, SIT, UAT, test scripts, providing training to users, providing support during go-lives.