Lucy Cook ACMA RITTech

Experience

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  SPS Technologies

  Apr 2000 - Mar 2003

  Production Controller
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  Games Workshop Ltd

  Mar 2003 - Apr 2005

  Procurement Administrator
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  Cattles PLC

  Apr 2005 - Mar 2006

  Accounts Assistant

  Suspense account reconciliation

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  Virgin Media

  Mar 2006 - Jul 2007

  Accounts Assistant

  Responsible for payment processing and bank reconciliation

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  Atos

  Jun 2007 - Sept 2010

  Assistant Service Manager

  Provide financial support and service delivery for our client, Rail Settlement Plan, including MoD, TfL and licensed agent rail accounts. Team leader for group of 3 trainee accountants.

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  Boots UK

  Sept 2010 - Oct 2015

  Analysis and reporting of financial & non-financial KPI's, analysis in Microsoft Excel and reporting of controllable costs, predictive modelling, budgeting, forecasting, target adjustments, accruals and deferrals - all for 99 responsibility centres with a cumulative £32m annual budget. Communication to senior management level. Detailed analysis of cost drivers within the Pharmacy Delivery and Collection operation and improvement of the MI reporting. Management of the financial statements for 20+ real estate companies, Boots.com and head office site service companies.

  • Finance Analyst

    Mar 2013 - Oct 2015

  • Management Information Analyst

    Jun 2012 - Mar 2013

  • Assistant Finance Manager

    Sept 2010 - Jun 2012
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  Career Break - Maternity

  Oct 2015 - Dec 2017

  Mum

  I decided to take the opportunity to take time off to care for my children & newborn and peppered my time off with contracts to keep my skills fresh.

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  Chrono Glyph Interactive

  Apr 2016 - now

  Finance Director

  Supporting this indie mobile & console game developer with statutory accounting and strategic finance.

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  SDL Group

  Dec 2017 - Oct 2019

  Management Accountant

  Reporting to Finance Director. Estate Management division, across Nottingham and Birmingham sites. Multi system data reconciliation and error reporting to ensure the financial systems match the operational systems. Creating financial and non-financial MI to drive efficiencies within the operation. Streamlining the month end process to prevent accounting errors. Deputising for the Finance Director. Spearheading the Finance Academy to focus on developing our people. Part of the core team to move the SDL from 3 ERP systems to one (OpenAccounts). Communication to board level. Show less

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  NHS Supply Chain

  Oct 2019 - now

  Dual role - 15m secondment into this senior leadership position, leading a team of 19 with 7 direct reports. Working within the Solutions Development team to provide value-added insights for the Customer Engagement directorate, Exec team, Board of Directors, and NHS England. Managing a team of 5 analysts utilising Excel VBA, Power BI, Cognos BI, Alteryx, python Data Science ML packages and SQL. Co-ordinating multi-billion pound annual reforecasts on a quarterly basis, reporting them to the Exec team, Board of Directors and NHS England. Streamlining processes and files. Developing a collaborative reporting model for the Finance Business Partners. Developing insights for the Customer Engagement teams. Acting as an employee forum representative. Supporting Learning & Development within Finance by developing a NHSSC Finance Academy.

  • Solutions Development Lead

    May 2024 - now

  • Data Strategy & Analytics Manager

    Dec 2023 - now

  • Principal Financial Planning & Reporting Analyst

    Oct 2019 - Dec 2023