Gareth Gordon

Experience

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  Ryder System, Inc.

  May 2003 - Jun 2023

  Responsible for the performance, compliance and business partnering of, Finance Systems, General Ledger, Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable Billing teams, totalling 23 team members. Strategic Delivery• Collaborated with 3rd party purchasers of lease contracts/assets to enable the sale of circa 8,000 vehicles and contracts in the divestment of the UK business.• Managed the wind down and termination of finance activities along with associated finance systems to enable business closure within 15 month targetFinance Process• Reduced general ledger and accounts payable onshore team headcount by leading the outsourcing of finance activities to third party supplier in 2021• Refined and rationalised general ledger activities to reduce journal processing by 10% each month• Delivered reliable, relevant and timely information through management of finance teams to enable a 8 day reporting cycle close each month without exception• Ensured team performance levels met business requirements through development, implementation and management of SLAs/KPIs, especially used with third party outsource providerControl & Compliance• Managed risk of and controlled 140 balance sheets through monthly review and management of financial control framework equivalent to £226m assets, £186m liabilities and 15,000 vehicles• SOX controls successfully audited by US internal audit teams, demonstrating data integrity, robust controls and adherence to policy• Finance lead in 2021 and 2022 in compliant external auditProject Delivery• Responsible for the finance testing strategy and implementation of bespoke maintenance work flow software. Ensured that Ryder ERP finance system controls and processes were compliant in relation to £12m annual revenue and £40m cost • Rolled out cloud based BACS processing software (Bottomline PT-X) to allow BACS payments and collections to be made in secure and compliant manner equivalent to £114m of payments each year Show less Responsible for managing and developing Finance Systems and Accounts Payable teams totalling 14 onshore team members Strategic Implementation• Successful finance integration of acquired Bullwell business data and processes onto Ryder ERP system for 2,000+ vehiclesFinance Process• Development and revision of systems, policies and procedures to overcome underling processing issues within AP function. Processing lead times reduced to 1-2 days from 17 days• Coaching and mentoring staff on day to day activities in order to shape best practise allowing staff to specialise in areas where they excel• Enhancement of Accounts Payable KPI reporting to allow timely and effective delivery of transactional processing of circa 1,000 accounts payable invoices and associated queries per day• Proactive review of opportunities to make enhancements to future finance systems to drive effectiveness Control & Compliance• Ensured data integrity and robust controls across finance systems and thus maintained financial control framework through ownership of and day to day support for all finance systemsProject Delivery• Responsible for the finance testing and implementation of rental work flow software solution for bespoke Ryder ERP system. Ensured that Ryder finance system controls and processes were compliant in relation to £27m annual rental revenue and 20k+ invoices.• Successful conclusion of the finance testing and implementation of new PDA remote working devices to enable business to use new operation business systems, processes and controls• Supervised the finance testing and implementation of bespoke core ERP software upgrades. Enabled the roll out of new billing functionality and controls• Collaborated on billing projects with senior management to develop and revise systems, policies and procedures within the billing and cash collection cycle. Improvement of billing accuracy by 5% with positive impact to cash collection also Show less Responsible for a team of 3 in evaluating and maintaining financial systems and process centred upon a bespoke fleet management accounting software.Strategic Implementation• Successful integration of acquired Hill Hire business data and processes onto Ryder ERP system. Migration of 7,500+ assets, associated contracts, AP and AR activities. Alignment of data, controls, accounting and finance system set-up completed to ensure finance transactions were processes in an effective and compliant manner. • Migration of acquired Euroway business data and processes onto Ryder ERP system, the equivalent of 1,300 assets, contracts, AP and AR activities. Alignment of data, controls, accounting and finance system set-up successfully completed to ensure successful transferProject Delivery • Design, specification, testing and rollout out of server based BACS and cheque printing processing software (Bottomline CSeries) • Collaborated with third parties in the design, development and implementation of electronic invoicing solutions, including Tradeshift and 1Link and customer bespoke systems.• Designed and co-operated with third party software suppliers to implement enhanced finance systems. Including improving system billing accuracy, developing reporting and accounting capability such as the introduction of finance lease receivable capability• Liaised with a broad range of internal and external stakeholders to review, identify and resolve system related process issues. This ranged from the identification of bug fixes and simple developments to being a finance SME and providing advice and guidance on more complex cross functional issues Show less

  • Senior Finance Manager

    Aug 2020 - Jun 2023

  • Finance Systems & Accounts Payable Manager

    Jun 2017 - Aug 2020

  • Systems Accountant

    Jun 2011 - Jun 2017

  • Leasing & Fixed Asset Analyst

    Jul 2006 - Jun 2011

  • Business Analsyst

    May 2003 - Jun 2006
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  M Group Services Plant & Fleet Solutions

  Jul 2023 - now

  Finance Systems Manager