Martyn Ellis

Experience

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  Burnfield - Malvern Instruments

  Jan 1992 - Jan 1993

  Post Acquisition Consultant

  Conducted financial reviews to enable solid make or buy decisions leading to £200k saving on CNC lathe outsourcing. Implemented new policies on slow and obsolete stock and developed new sales reporting.

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  Ellis Consulting Ltd

  Mar 1992 - May 2003

  Managing Director

  Devised, tested and recommended new procedures to enable compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley revenue and governance reporting requirementsImplemented a full ERP manufacturing suite of software, and produced business analysis for a start-up opto-electronics company leading up to its flotation on the stock marketDevised a standard costing system in a ceramics business that helped improve gross margin by over 20% in 2 yearsPrepared the financial case for a 5 year plan to separate from a core activity in a leading utilityImplemented change to reduce operating costs of an electronics plant by £500k paSelected and implemented a new integrated ERP accounting system and managed the changeDeveloped new recipe cost systems in a food processing company and in a metal forge as part of a corporate turn round strategyProduced monthly accounts in 6 days deadline for Division and plc Board and achieved internal audit upgrade on financial control adequacy. Controlled, managed staff & £1m expense budget.; profile.doc Show less

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  Transco

  Nov 1996 - Dec 1997

  Business Accountant

  Prepared and presented business plans for separating Transco's metering business from its core operations. In this job I formed part of a project team with the brief to deliver a new business strategy.

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  Bookham Technology plc

  Jan 1998 - Jul 2001

  ERP Implementation Consultant

  Implemented across the company the ERP suite of software from Impact Encore for order processing, buying, sales and invoicing, stock and production control, accounting and financial reporting.Transferred to accounting department in late 1999 and became UK Management Accountant responsible for production of UK management accounts

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  Powergen

  Oct 2001 - Nov 2002

  UK Retail Accountant

  Prepared monthly accounts, cashflow forecast and balance sheet for the UK Retail gas and electricity businesses. UK and US GAAP. Also responsible for co-ordinating longer term forecasts and budgets updated 3 times per year and delivered governance reports in compliance with Turnbull standards.

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  Npower

  Nov 2002 - May 2003

  Process Mapping Consultant

  Process mapped the flow of documentation around the business in order to facilitate a business process flow re-engineering exercise.Contributed to the development of bespoke financial reporting.

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  Planit International

  May 2003 - Feb 2005

  Divisional Financial Director

  Managed a team of 12 people in a multi site business. Responsible for accurate & timely production of monthly and annual accounts. Advised the Divisional board in all aspects of financial planning and reporting and implemented cost saving and commercially focussed measures to improve profitability. Integrated newly acquired businesses and rolled out a new ERP system. Dealt with all currency and overseas subsidiary reporting issues.Group FD, led a team of 12 finance staff over 4 businesses to produce accurate accounts and timely budget and variance reports to Group and Division.Introduced many new policies and procedures to professionalize the business and make it significantly more profitable over a 2 year period. Show less

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  Dun & Bradstreet

  Mar 2005 - Sept 2005

  Revenue Recognition Consultant

  Restructuring the flow of revenue into the general ledger financial accounting package to take account of up to date legislation as a result of US SEC law on Sarbanes-Oxley compliance

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  E.ON

  Sept 2005 - Feb 2007

  Sarbanes-Oxley Consultant

  Identified key control steps in financial processes then wrote test scripts and conducted audits

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  National Grid

  Jul 2007 - Feb 2009

  Worked for the National Grid Transmission finance team - produced final accounts in compliance with Ofgem for 2007/8 - compiled audit pack and referenced backing papers signed off by PwC. Developed internal revenue incentives pack to enable the business to monitor monthly performance against targeted standards, and to ensure revenue compliance was in accordance with the Network Code and commercial contractual agreements. Audited the key control processes and mapped out and tested the primary and secondary controls governing the following processes within National Grid UK: Billing, Accounting and Oracle/SAP

  • Revenue Assurance Consultant

    Jul 2008 - Feb 2009

  • Sarbanes-Oxley Consultant

    Jul 2007 - Jul 2008
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  BNI Sapphire Chapter

  Jan 2009 - Jan 2010

  Chapter Accountant

  Explained my services as an interim finance expert and asked for referrals from other members and at the same time promoted their businesses to my clients and wider network

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  Lacie UK Ltd

  Dec 2009 - Dec 2010

  Interim Finance Manager

  Provided accountancy service to the business including three quarter end reporting cycles and a year end. Main liaison point with Group tax advisors and UK auditors. Produced monthly management accounts and Group reporting pack with accuracy and full traceability of source data.

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  Virbac UK Ltd

  Dec 2010 - Feb 2011

  Interim Financial Controller

  Providing accounting services to support the 2010 year end accounts closure - reporting results to Virbac SA Group and statutory accounts for the UK. Main liaison contact with UK auditors.

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  RAC

  Jun 2011 - Mar 2012

  Financial Business Consultant

  Developed new business processes for the demerged RAC upon its business separation and exit from Aviva Group

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  Lease Drive

  May 2012 - May 2013

  Interim Assistant Financial Controller

  I was assistant to the FC and involved in compiling information to support the published balance sheets of the various subsidiaries and entities whilst the company was implementing new ERP systems. I produced schedules to support the year end statutory accounts and reported monthly against budget and forecast. I was the key producer of reporting data to funder banks on asset securitisation and covenant tests required by main venture capital provider.I also produced the monthly Board packs and Investor packs, reconciled key asset accounts and manage the control and posting of all payroll related activity covering 4 payrolls. Finally I was the key person reporting on actual and forecast headcount and vehicle fleet numbers. Show less

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  Tonic Insight

  Sept 2013 - Jul 2015

  Financial Controller

  Financial Controller of one of the UK's leading market research companies, Tonic Insight Limited formed by a merger of Spring Research and Tuned In Research. Also Financial Controller of Tonic's US subsidiary based in New York.Responsible for financial reporting and control, Board pack, gross margin, project and overhead reporting, as well as balance sheet and P&L reporting and reconciling. Other responsibilities were banking, payroll, insurance and management of the bookkeeping responsibilities dealing with payables, receivables, expenses, recharges and cash management. Transformed the financial reporting systems from reactive and historic looking, on catch up, to a real time up to date monthly reporting Board pack, project reporting status and forward looking predictive models for cash flow, revenue and gross profit enabling the business to take decisions at its monthly or periodic board meetings. Proud of all achievements and handed over in steady state to assistant and successor. Show less

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  The S&P Sephardi Community

  Oct 2015 - May 2016

  Interim Finance Manager
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  NQA Global

  Jun 2016 - Feb 2017

  Interim Financial Controller

  Responsible for producing monthly financial accounts and balance sheet for the UK and Indian markets of NQA, a quality assurance audit and certification provider. Reported on profitability of China and EMEA territories where we have joint ventures or use agents to carry out our audits and our training division. Manage the monthly payroll and cost allocations together with multiple balance sheet accounts and several bank accounts in 3 currencies. as well as managed debt and credit control.Managing a team of four, the job was interim whilst the post holder was on maternity leave. Show less

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  Tuskerdirect

  Mar 2017 - Dec 2017

  Financial Controller

  9 month interim role to prepare management accounts with variance analysis, balance sheets, monthly board and funder packs.

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  NANCY REUBEN PRIMARY SCHOOL

  Apr 2018 - Jan 2020

  Freelance School Financial Controller

  Prepared monthly accounts using Quickbooks for school and developed all financial processes including better credit control

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  Freelance

  Jan 2020 - now

  Freelance Accountant

  Prepare company accounts from source records to Companies House presentation format