Lois Burrows

Experience

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  Agilent Technologies

  Aug 2000 - Apr 2002

  Financial Analyst

  => Supported the Financial Specialist of a particular product division. Main responsibilities included preparation of various reports and analyses for management on a monthly and weekly basis, including:Reports detailing actual manufacturing and R&D expenditure against forecast and budget.Analysis of product portfolio including revenue, COS and variance information.=> Assisted the Finance Process Team through the maintenance and month-end reconciliation of various balance sheet accounts, on-going review of Inter-Company bills and other ad-hoc projects. Show less

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  Willis

  May 2002 - Sept 2003

  Assistant Management Accountant - Group Internal Reporting

  => Production of 23 monthly management information packs for business units across the Group.Creation of comprehensive monthly Group Reporting Pack and presentation slides for the Chairman and members of the Group Executive Committee.=> Continually seeked to improve processes and add value. Simplified various monthly reports.=> Liaised with Finance Directors and Analysts to co-ordinate and collate required information.=> Planning & Organisational skills used for co-ordination of reporting and for prioritising tasks, including dealing with urgent requests from members of the Group Executive Committee.=> Responsible for production of other regular reports as well as ad-hoc analyses. Show less

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  Philips Lighting

  Apr 2004 - May 2006

  Management Accountant

  => Working closely with the Financial Controller, responsible for external reporting of results to the business unit and internal management reporting, including preparation of Management Results Pack, Cost Centre reporting and Business Balanced Scorecard.=> Monitoring of purchase price differences and variance analysis. Liaising with purchasing department to identify and understand trends.=> Annual costing and pricing process – heavily involved in preparation and analysis of standard costs and communication of new prices to customers.=> Annual budget process – worked on the development of departmental budgets and completion of site budget forms for submission to the business unit.=> Responsible for ensuring review and completion of internal control standards relating to the role on a quarterly basis, for compliance with Sox requirements.=> Appointed as a key user for the internal reporting system, SAP Business Warehouse, attending European meetings to identify improvements and providing support and feedback during implementation of new projects.=> Involved in migration of local processes to European Shared Service Centre in Poland. Spent first monthend close at the SSC providing support as representative for the Hamilton site. Show less

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  National Theatre of Scotland

  Jul 2006 - Jun 2022

  Head Of Finance

  => Managing a team of four (three Finance Assistants and a Management Accountant) to ensure the smooth operation of the finance department on a day-to-day basis. Oversight of all aspects including payment runs, payrolls, accounts payable and receivable, monthend close and reporting. => Review and finalisation of all regular Management, Finance Committee and Board financial reports prior to review with the Director of Finance and Administration and attending Quarterly Finance Committees to report on results.=> Quarterly Forecast Process – leading on the co-ordination and collation of projection information across all departments and, assisted by the Management Accountant, preparing, reviewing and monitoring organisational forecasts.=> Annual Budgeting Cycle – working closely with the Director of Finance and Administration and other Department Heads throughout the budgeting process, attending regular budgetholder meetings and providing general financial support to non-finance managers.=> Systems Development – led on the original implementation of the current finance, e-finance and payroll systems along with subsequent system improvement and development work.=> Financial Yearend – lead on production of financial statements in accordance with the Charity SORP, submission of accounts to OSCR and lead contact during annual external audit. Have received consistently positive feedback on the team's audit performance.=> Provided cover for the role of Director of Finance and Administration during two periods where the role was vacant (Jan-Aug 08 and Jan-Apr 13). This involved attending regular senior management meetings and involvement in the early planning stages of a large-scale capital project.=> Other project work includes implementation of RTI, Pensions Auto-Enrolment, Theatre Tax Relief, policy development, process improvement, internal audit and contributing to the development of the organisation's business plan. Show less

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  BBC Studios

  Jul 2022 - Sept 2023

  Assistant Production Accountant
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  CentreStage

  Oct 2023 - now

  Director of Finance