Experience

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  Allgroup international

  Dec 2006 - Jun 2009

  Assistant merchandiser

  Worked for the managing director arranging and attending meetings with international buyersNegotiated pricing arrangements with sub contractors to undertake work for the company to ensure that we met our production targets on timeQuality assure the grade of denim being purchased

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  Asia foods ltd

  Aug 2009 - Dec 2011

  Financial analyst

  Maintained sub ledger accounts using SAGE Line 50Managed customer enquiries and orders.Reconciled supplier and customer accounts.

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  Eurolink limited

  Dec 2011 - Feb 2013

  Senior financial analyst

  • Provided the Managing Director with monthly financial reports on sales and revenue and prepared and submitted quarterly VAT returns to the UK tax authorities• Calculated weekly payroll for 250 employees including income tax and National Insurance, setting up new members of staff, calculating overtime, issuing tax forms (P45s, P60s, P11D)• Produced purchase orders in line with company procedures, received supplier invoices, coded and matched to purchase order• Raised sales invoices and reconciled payments received on sales ledger• Resolved customer queries relating to incorrect orders and damaged goods • Maintained cash book, monitored and controlled petty cash and verified transactions Show less

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  At&t

  Mar 2013 - Feb 2020

  • Lead a team of seven analysts, who issue/process and pay/allocate approximately 10,000 complexes Benelux, Indian, Singapore, Malaysian, Australia, and Israel invoice per month. • Manage the month end process for transactional services ensuring that accurate, timely and meaningful financial reporting information is provided to internal and external stakeholders as required. This includes ensuring that transactions are posted to the financial records on a timely and accurate basis.• Controller of Employee expense Monthly Audit for EMEA , Asia Pacific and CALA region to ensure all employee expenses followed AT&T policy, Assist with year-end audit. And produce tailored report for each region Senior Vice president.• Lead Project manager of outsourcing the Finance department AT&T SSC and update regularly with senior leaders.• Prepare and analyses various monthly reports including cross entity reconciliation, tax, and review the accuracy of the processes and present these reports to Finance Directors and other related external stakeholders. Cost review to ensure costs are reported in the correct legal entities.• Resolving queries concerning non-compliant documentation, incorrect accounting entries and stakeholder disputes. Also Maintaining the Monthly KPI’s and SOX controls• Working on Process Improvement for all transactional services. Development and documentation of the end-to-end process Show less • Responsible for posting month-end journals and preparation of monthly board pack, including variance analysis against the budget• Assisting with the preparation of statutory accounts for different EMEA entities to be filed in jurisdictions across EMEA. • Preparing an audit file where required and liaising with external auditors to close their queries.• Responsible for intercompany transactions including FX Gain and losses and group reporting• Ensure that balance sheet reconciliations are prepared on a monthly basis, and that all balances are correct and differences investigated as per UK and USA GAAP• Produced reports using database systems such as Oracle, TOAD (SQL) and Excel Using VBA Macros provided information to management, maintained daily macro coding, and excel data files for the team. Show less

  • Finance Manager – Finance Shared Service center

    Apr 2017 - Feb 2020

  • Assistant Financial Controller

    Mar 2013 - Mar 2017
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  Htft partnership

  Dec 2018 - Jun 2020

  Marker (acca sbr) part time

  Marker for ACCA Strategic Business reporting (former Business reporting paper) for amazing study provider HTFT partnership Also I am an student support for HTFT

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  Euro pool system

  Mar 2020 - Jun 2021

  Chief accountant / finance business partner

  • Partner with business leaders (budget holders) with regard to sales & cost performance vs budget and identify business improvements• Helping the country manager and Depot managers providing financial information, tools, analysis and insight to executives, challenging their thinking, helping them make more informed decisions and driving business strategy. And to provide 'real time' support and analysis, to be a trusted adviser and to add value that will assist in decision making.• Presenting financial performance, full year forecasts and budget variances including understanding financial opportunities and risk• Prepare the annual statuary account in line with regulations and group policies.• Month end reporting for significant customer contract and provide analysis and insight for the wider business to drive improved performance.• Completion of Corporation tax and quarterly VAT return and working closely with Europe Tax team.• Optimize the financial processes in the assigned organizational unit and on request in other units.• Financial monitoring for (KPI’s, ROI, Balance Score Card, Benchmarking)• Coordinate with the internal, external auditors and groups management with half and full year audits.• Assist with forecasting and budget production for key customer account.• Maintain key Control on the ledger, creditors, and debtor’s administration, also manage complex client arrangement to fulfill specific client requirement. • Monthly reporting of financial figures and Data Forms in Oracle Hyperion.Keep the cash of the assigned organizational unit.• Manage team of 6 finance analysts, training them to improve performance, and responsible for recruiting new team members. Show less

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  Marmon foodservice technologies

  Jul 2021 - May 2022

  Emea senior general ledger manager (interim)

  Collaborated with Operation Directors to create more meaningful operation and finance reports such as weekly forecast, monthly manufacturing variance report with root cause and action plans then executed accordingly.• Re-directed operations to focus on key drivers to unfavorable manufacturing/cost variances.• Review verify and approve monthly journals prepared by 3 Finance Analysts for cost movements, accruals, and prepayments etc. and making sure they are posting on time to the general ledger.• Ensure accurate coding of all P&L and Balance sheet transactions.• Control and journal all stock movements.• Analyses PPV/FIFO report for Purchase variances and post it to General Ledger.• Coordinate month-end, quarter-end, and year-end close process.• Monthly reporting of financial figures and Data Forms in Oracle Hyperion.• Participate in financial standards settings, Leading the process of tax audits and tax returns.• Direct internal and external audits to ensure compliance.• Develop and document business processes and accounting policies to maintain and strengthen internal controls.• Ensure compliance with UK/USA GAAP principles. Show less

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  Kingfisher insurance

  May 2022 - Mar 2023

  Assistant group financial controller

  Providing effective financial leadership to a finance team, to enable strategic foresight into the business and provide knowledgeable and accurate information to colleagues and senior management.• Manage and oversee the general ledger for 5 entities (Workday). This includes ownership of journal line-item coding and P&L and balance sheet mapping.• Manage the daily, weekly, and monthly cashflow forecast for all 5 entities and communicate the consolidate cashflow forecast with the finance managers, Us parents’ company.• Manage and oversee the month end close process, daily plans for close processes together with communication with the management accountants.• Ongoing communication with US parent around the close process, intercompany and general ledger mapping.• Approving journals in relation to Monthly Accruals, banking, AP, and intercompany recharges.• Work with the management accountants to document balance sheet movements and potential issues.• Own the month end balance sheet reconciliations and other documented SOX controls.• Overseeing the audit process and liaising with external personnel where required.• Interact with the Group CFO and Executive to produce data and insight post month end close. Show less

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  Britvic plc

  Mar 2023 - Oct 2023

  Interim group finance manager
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  Nch europe

  Oct 2023 - Jan 2025

  European group financial controller

  • Oversee financial accounting for $250M revenue and $27M operating profit across 26 European countries, managing 33 entities' monthly financial accounting.• Review and reconcile 2400 balance sheet accounts monthly, ensuring accuracy and appropriate backup.• Collaborate with FP&A to present monthly results to CFO and Senior Vice President, identifying challenges and proposing changes.• Lead the Financial accounting Team, driving initiatives to achieve a 5-day month-end close.• Execute processes for consolidating into Group accounts, ensuring alignment and compliance. Show less

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  Euro car parts ltd.

  Feb 2025 - now

  Financial reporting manager

  Responsible for processing and reviewing month end close postings.Ownership of balance sheet reconciliations.Involvement in the production and timely submission of monthly, quarterly, and annual financial reporting packs for UK and ROI to LKQ Corporation.Involvement in the preparation and timely submission of monthly US GAAP accounting adjustments.Oversee and maintain the preparation of SOX control compliance during close processes, ensuring all submissions are completed accurately, on time and in adherence to LKQ Corp policy. Prepare statutory accounts for all legal entities within the UK and ROI group. Work with auditors and tax consultants for the group to ensure timely and accurate reporting, providing inputs as required.Manage any FRS developments, ensuring impact analysis is completed and required changes implemented in timely and controlled manner Responsibility for acquisition accounting Review of the quarterly VAT Returns to GL Ensure the integrity of financial data provided to other areas of the business Build, develop and maintain strong relationships with colleagues Collaborate with FP&A Team to help produce accurate budgets. Ensure ONS submissions are completed accurately and on a timely basis. Ad hoc support as required by the business Show less