Julie Sillitoe

Experience

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  Dimension Data Middle East and Africa

  Nov 1996 - Oct 2020

  FM for various Head Office Functions• Recovery of costs associated to Head Office• Full Management Accounting function through to Balance Sheet and results• BPC submissions• Payroll reconciliations and posting for entire organisation• Recovery of Head office costs from regions, countries• MDF Fees reconciliation• Reviews with Executive Heads on results, actuals and forecasts• Ensure efficient costing achieved, manage the operational cost recovery and expenditure and carry out a variety of monthly reconciliations.• Analyse, prepare, present and distribute financial reports and prepare all month-end and year-end reports,including statutory fiscal reports, management accounting packs, profitability analysis and variance reports.• Implement and manage compliance ensuring financial controls requirements are met and that year-end audits run smoothly.• Prepare and submit the annual budget, ensure all expenditure is tracked and reported, and manage accruals efficiently.• Oversee expense claims and make sure commissions owed to the Sales teams are accrued or paid in line with corporate policy.• Manage the maintenance of contracts and ensure that the correct revenue, cost deferrals and contract renewals are processed.• Compile and submit the annual budget in conjunction with cost center Executive• Manage expenditure against the budget.• Forecasting and budgeting• Networking Capital calculations• Balance Sheet recons and journals• Intercompany Accounts reconciliation• Cross function involvement with FSSC Shared Service center managing AP and AR . Show less Senior Management team of ITS• Manage a team of 6 who are responsible for the full finance and commercial functions, and the life-cycle asset management of Dimension Data hardware and soware.• Ensuring there is transparent analysis of organisation’s IT Expenditure, both Operational and Capital• Managing the accounting function and ensure policy and process compliance• Responsible for the IT charge back model to business• Ensure costs are transparent and provide business value-add• Budgeting and charge back model• Forecasting• Compare and Manage actual costs to budget and highlight areas of concern• Analyse and prepare financial reports at month end• Expense claim sign off• Contract and vendor management including RFP, responses and score-cards• Price negotiations with vendors• Metrics• Responsible for the following budgetary controls;1. Capital costs – responsible in ensuring Capital expenditure is aligned2. Operational costs – day to day recurring expenses3. Direct costs – Global charges4. Fixed costs – such as maintenance, renewals and contracts5. Variable costs – assess on-going expenditure• Escalations and queries• Alignment of Commercial agreements for DD Vendors to leverage cost savings and reductionsCharge Back Models• Ensure the alignment of the costs for IT services in proportion to the users of that service• Responsible for the development of a charge back policy for the recovery of Dimension Data IT fee thus ensuring it is simple, consistent, realistic and fair• Provide communication of information to the management team on the cost of the provision of the IT servicesVendor Management• Meet with the vendors to maintain working relationships and ensure service levels are met as well as resolution of all issues• Price negotiations, SLA discussions and review• Identify and mitigate risk impacts relating to commercial relationships Show less

  • Finance Manager

    Jan 2016 - Oct 2020

  • Commercial Manager

    Jan 2011 - Jan 2016

  • Financial Manager

    Nov 1996 - Jan 2011
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  Cable Feeder Systems Africa

  Oct 2020 - Mar 2021

  Business Development Consultant

  Cable Feeder Systems asked me to investigate their existing processes and offer Solutions for improvement. They wanted to upgrade their accounting system. The following was done• Develop business architecture using requirements such as scope, processes, alternatives, and risks. • Analyze client’s business requirements and processes through document analysis, interviews, workshops, and workflow analysis.• Conduct 5+ levels of testing including user acceptance, integration, and performance to verify the client’s needs are met • Communicate client’s business requirements by constructing easy- to-understand data and process models as well as Risk Analysis and ROI• Engage client to gather software requirements/business rules, and ensure alignment with development teams • Evaluate risks related to requirements, implementation, testing processes, project communications, and training saving the company on average R1 million annually • Identify and reconcile errors in client data to ensure accurate business requirements.• Draft and maintain business requirements and processes and align them with functional, technical and Corporate Governance requirements Show less

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  Boehringer Ingelheim

  Mar 2021 - Jun 2022

  Financial Controller

  • Business Partnering – Implemented and aligned on strategies and processes to drive the Animal health business.• Reporting and Strategic evaluation of results on core focus business.• In-depth month end analysis of Income Statement, revenues, COGS in line with expected landing and reported variances and creation of value adding reports for strategic decisions.• Monthly closing/supplementary reporting on SAP• Power point presentations for Executives and attended Executive Financial reviews reporting back on numbers, variances, issues etc. Show less

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  Char.gy

  Nov 2021 - now

  Finance Accounting Consultant

  • Managed the day to-day financial operations within the company including payroll, invoicing, and other transactions.• Loading payments onto the bank • Balance Sheet recons and action • Variances to Budget • Income statement – check • Data analytics on numbers and response to leadership• Prepare monthly management accounts on full accrual basis.• Support the CFO with timely and accurate financial information and analysis• Purchase ledger, general creditor maintenance and payment runs.• Preparing debtor and creditor reports and produce cash flow forecasts monthly.• VAT submission to HMRC• Completed audit and worked with auditors• Ad-hoc requirements from CFO Show less