Robert Breeze

Experience

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  UHY Hacker Young

  Jan 1993 - Dec 1996

  Audit Supervisor
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  KPMG

  Jan 1997 - Oct 1998

  Assistant Manager – Financial Business Unit
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  HSBC Holdings Plc

  Oct 1998 - Mar 2002

  US Reporting and Financial Information Analysis Manager
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  Veolia

  Apr 2002 - Jun 2008

  Roles included Finance Manager Group Chief Accountant & Financial Planning and Analysis Manager

  Over a period of six years, I was fortunate to experience a number of finance roles within the Veolia Water business, which included Affinity Water. Role responsibilities included.- Responsibility for month end management accounts.- Partnered with the business to achieve cost efficiencies to contribute towards delivering shareholder and regulatory requirements.- Experienced being responsible for multiple aspects of short and forecasting and budgeting from company revenue and cost centre to consolidated reporting to the parent Veolia Environment.-Managed and developed teams of up to eight.Achievements included:-Worked with the Finance Director and external parties to achieve a more appropriate water purchasing agreement for the business.-Collaborated with the Group Financial Controller to help integrate newly acquired entities into the financial accounts and systems. Show less

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  EISAI LIMITED

  Jul 2008 - Feb 2012

  Finance Manager

  Finance Manager reporting to the Managing Director of the UK subsidiary of the Eisai global healthcare business. Role responsibilities included.-Partnering with Healthcare Professionals to enable them to achieve company objectives.-Collaborated with the Shared Service Centre to deliver accurate financials.-Responsible for company forecasting including cashflow and logistics.-Worked with Directors and external consultants to deliver financial regulatory requirements.- Involved in pricing and assessment of new discount schemes.Achievements included.-Being instrumental in the financial set up of a new Netherlands branch.- Worked with business to assess the financial impact and helped to achieve a more cost effective distribution contract.-Taking responsibility for the UK logistics function including demand planning. Show less

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  Veolia

  Mar 2012 - Feb 2013

  Interim Finance Manager

  This interim assignment as a Finance Manager brought in to support the process of Veolia Water disposing of Affinity Water. Role responsibilities included group consolidations, preparing information as part of the disposal process, head office company reporting (actuals, budget and forecasting), and supporting conversion of statutory reporting to IFRS.

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  Vocalink, a Mastercard company

  Feb 2013 - Sept 2018

  Manager, Accounting and Reporting

  Reporting to the Director of Financial Control and responsible for a team of five. Role responsibilities included.- Budgeting and forecasting for Overheads, Balance Sheet and Cashflow.- Business Partnering including at Director Level- Balance Sheet Financial Control including reconciliation and journal review and cashflow monitoring.- Coached and developed Financial Control team - Responsible for pensions accounting and liaison with the trustees.Achievements included. - Partnered with Head of Facilities to deliver a significant property change programme to budget.- Led a project to reduce the number of days to close month end.- Developed methodology to allocate overheads to business unit P&L's enabling greater understanding of the overhead.- Key team member to deliver an upgraded system and process for managing fixed assets Show less

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  Camelot

  Dec 2018 - Dec 2019

  Interim Senior Group Financial Accountant

  This interim assignment within the Group Financial Reporting team involved.- Being responsible for timely and accurate month end close.- Maintaining a robust accounting control environment.- Key reports for Cashflow and Balance Sheet to key internal and external stakeholders.- Supporting the development of less experienced team members.

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  RES

  Jul 2020 - now

  UK & I Finance Manager