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John Russell

John Russell

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  • About me

    FP&A Specialist, Finance Manager, Financial Controller

  • Education

    • Institute of Management Accountants VOCATIONAL

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      Certificate

    • Perth High School

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    • The Knowledge Academy

      2012 - 2012
      Prince2 Practitioner

  • Experience

    • NARO Almondbank

      Apr 1991 - Oct 1998
      Junior positions

      Responsibility for registering & payment of bills.Production control monitoring.Monitoring of Performance Related Industrial Bonus Scheme.Production of weekly/monthly prints for Divisional Controllers.

    • DARA/NARO

      Oct 1998 - Aug 2001
      Assistant Management Accountant

      Responsible for production & monitoring of Financial Plan including variances.Production of cost rates for use in pricing of products.System management of accounting package.Creation & production of reports for Management Board.Accounting support and analysis to cost centre managers.Staff management.

    • Defence Aviation Repair Agency

      Jan 2001 - Jan 2008
      Financial Controller

    • DARA Almondbank

      Aug 2001 - Mar 2002
      Operations Finance - Management Accountant

      Responsible for Production of KPI pack.Assisting the Operations Finance Manager in his role by producing consolidated BU level reports.Secondment to ERP implementation team.

    • Civil Service

      Oct 2002 - Apr 2008
      Financial Controller

      Financial Controller for the Almondbank and St Athan sites (St Athan until December '02). Responsible for month end & quarterly accounting and forecasting including electronic journal creation and posting.Production of balance sheet reconciliations and monitoring.WIP/stock reporting including provision calculation.Reporting and monitoring of efficiency of hours (attendance vs achieved) in work centre/cost centres.Variance analysis of P&L.Product/contract profitability analysis.Financial advisor to the site director.Member of Management Board with all responsibilities that the role entails.Management of Human Resources and Finance functions.Business/Financial Planning.Staff management.DARA Components Business Unit - Management Accountant (Band C2 Show less

    • Vector Aerospace

      Apr 2008 - May 2012
      Financial Controller

      Financial Controller for the Almondbank site.Responsible for month end & quarterly accounting and forecasting including electronic journal creation and posting.WIP/stock reporting including provision calculation.Reporting and monitoring of efficiency of hours (attendance vs achieved) in work centre/cost centres.Payroll analysis - overtime reporting etc.Variance analysis of P&L.KPI data provision.Product/contract profitability analysis.Financial advisor to the site director.Member of Management Board with all responsibilities that the role entails.New responsibilities to previous Controller positions include running IT department and full finance function including accounts receivable/payable.Staff management. Show less

    • CHC Helicopter

      Aug 2012 - May 2020
      Finance, Planning & Analysis Manager EMEA

      • Costing and pricing for all rotary wing elements of the EMEA region• Forecasting and Budgeting.• Development and reporting of management information including KPI’s in each business area.• Working with the commercial team on tenders and proposals.• Variance analysis and the development of action plans working closely with and supporting Senior Managers & Directors in each Business Unit and functional business area from a finance and business control perspective (Scotland, England and Africa).• Development & roll-out of Contract Profitability Reporting. Show less

    • Braw Analysis

      Apr 2021 - Feb 2025
      Finance Manager

    • CHC Helicopter

      Feb 2025 - now

      • Financial Planning and Analysis Manager

        Feb 2025 - now

      • Financial Planning and Analysis Manager

        Feb 2025 - now

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