Mark Brooke

Experience

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  ARAMARK

  Oct 2003 - Oct 2011

  Responsibility for the provision and analysis of high quality financial and quantitative management information for the UK business, and responsibility for the main financial reporting system.• Development and preparation of analysis, reports and presentations for both UK senior management and US parent company. • Responsibility for the UK planning process - including development of the models, managing the bottom up budget build to prepare the consolidated UK budget.• Analytical and process support for the UK strategic plan and other high level presentations to the US Board.• Project work, including a large project with external consultants to analyse UK operational efficiency and drive additional profit.• TM1 system development and management - providing better quality management information, writing rules & TI processes, creating sophisticated reports through TM1 API and VBA, system upgrades, and maintaining system integrity. Show less Senior operations accountant for the Business Dining Division reporting to the Commercial & Financial Planning Controller. Responsibility for the all finance aspects within the division, covering contracts with collective turnover of £90m. • As part of the senior management team for the division, provide financial and commercial support to the divisional director, operations directors and operations managers.• Preparation, sign off and presentation of the divisional results and business overview to the CEO, CFO and the rest of the UK board on a monthly basis.• Involvement in contract negations, including assessing financial terms within new contracts and the renegotiation of terms within existing contracts.• Commercial evaluation of sites and contracts, including sign off of new business and contract retention bids, plus commercial evaluation of projects within contracts to drive profitability or cost reductions and appraisal of capital investment.• Ownership of the annual planning process for the division. Show less Promoted to senior finance role with responsibility for many of the monthly, quarterly and annual financial reports. Responsibilities included:• Preparation and reporting of the consolidated UK forecast, flash and actual results on a monthly basis.• Analysis, reporting and projections of capital expenditure for the UK• Responsibility for Sarbanes Oxley controls and compliance related to financial reporting.• Producing the annual budgets for head office finance and budget for capital expenditure to be rolled up into the UK plan• Intercompany transactions between the UK and the US parent company and other international subsidiaries, plus responsibility for monthly reconciliation and reporting.• Key role in the year end audit process with the external audit partners. Show less • Preparation of Standard Reporting Packages (SRP’s) including profit and loss statement, balance sheet and cash flow statement for the UK, reported to the US following US GAAP.• Preparation of the financial information, summaries and analysis of the UK results for the UK Board of Directors monthly and quarterly Operational reviews with the US.• Preparation of monthly operational reports and performance analysis for the UK senior management team and Line of Business heads.• National Statistics returns for the UK including monthly, quarterly and annual returns into aspects of the company performance including profitability, financial assets and liabilities, corporate price indexes, trade with international countries and business register surveys amongst others.• Project work, including development of a new management incentive bonus scheme (MIB) and subsequent calculation of the bonuses based on the set criteria. Show less

  • UK Business Analyst

    Apr 2010 - Oct 2011

  • Senior Operations Accountant

    Mar 2008 - Apr 2010

  • Financial Reporting Accountant

    Mar 2006 - Mar 2008

  • Assistant Financial Reporting Accountant

    Jan 2005 - Mar 2006

  • Graduate Trainee Accountant

    Oct 2003 - Jan 2005
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  Elior

  Oct 2011 - Apr 2014

  Financial Planning & Analysis Manager

  • Reporting to the CFO, managing a team of four.• Responsible for all aspects of internal reporting and analysis of company performance• Management of the company forecasting and budgeting processes, and the five year strategic planning process for the UK.• Working closely with the CFO, CEO and the rest of the board on multiple project, including modelling and analysing possible acquisitions and divestitures.• Commercial appraisal of new business proposals, verifying viability, approval of commercial terms and returns on investments, with authority to sign off within the UK limits. Show less

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  Thomas Cook Group

  Apr 2014 - Dec 2016

  Group Systems Accountant

  • Responsibility for the development of the Group Cognos TM1 management information system from scratch to now having over 40 cubes.• Project roles within Group Finance Transformation, developing and implementing improvements in group wide management information from a strategic perspective• Developing new and comprehensive business analysis. Working with finance functions to assess and improve business processes, develop system functionality for greater efficiency and accuracy, and to enhance business analytics capabilities. Show less

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  BAI Communications

  Feb 2017 - now

  • Commercial Strategy Manager

    Mar 2021 - now

  • Business Partner - Growth and Transformation

    Jul 2019 - Mar 2021

  • Senior Commercial Finance Analyst

    Feb 2017 - Jul 2019