Anna Gray, ACCA (FCCA)

Experience

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  PwC

  Jan 2002 - May 2002

  Internship at the position of auditor assistant

  - Preparation of documents/spreadsheets/tables/summaries/reconciliations for senior auditors; - Involvement in auditing of several banks, an insurance company, British mining company and a national state property agency.

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  Nestlé S.A.

  Mar 2003 - Jun 2005

  Accountant

  - Preparation of monthly P&L, Cash Flow and quarterly/annual Balance Sheet (IAS); - Assisting chief accountant with corporate tax calculation and VAT returns; - Credit control; - Cost calculation and allocation.

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  Sanofi

  Dec 2006 - Sept 2007

  Logistics. Stock control, monthly forecasting, sales budgeting; Preparation of management accounts, calculation of variances and ratios for senior regional management. - Budget preparation, monthly expense forecasting and control; - Year-end closing of books and accounts; - Preparation of financial element of yearly General Manager’s presentation to senior company executives, year-end financial international reporting regional contributions to consolidation; - Tax return preparation; preparation of monthly financial analysis for senior management.

  • Supply Chain Manager with management accountant duties

    Jun 2005 - Sept 2007

  • Finance Manager (maternity cover)

    Dec 2006 - Apr 2007
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  Sanofi

  Jan 2008 - Aug 2009

  Management Accountant (mainly supporting marketing team)

  Key achievements:- Analysis and setting of optimum product mix for each marketing division (5 divisions, including Ethical and non-prescription medicines). Finding creating solutions to operational challenges that comply with requirements from above, whilst yielding results on the ground. For example effective reallocation of media budget to outsource project when direct hiring of extra staff was not permitted, resulting in vastly improved sales of non-prescription products, 3 fold within 18 months. Regular tasks:- Management accounts preparation by product line and by division; - Product KPI setting, monthly control of product margin (actual results vs budget);- Financial control of promotional activities by region and by country;- Monthly sales forecasting, product expense allocation and control; - Analysis and presentation of information for senior executives on monthly basis. Show less

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  Sanofi

  Jan 2010 - Jun 2011

  Area Manager with management accountant responsibilities

  Key achievements:- Preparation and regular revision of country budget, taking into account local conditions and meeting of corporate financial requirements. Resulting in a more optimal product mix presented to the market, reallocation of expenses in more efficient promotional activities and exceeded profit targets;Regular tasks:- Country budget preparation (including product mix analysis &setting, promotional and other operational expenses);- Product KPI setting and monitoring, monthly forecasting and expense control;- Preparation of management accounts for regional consolidation;- Monthly financial analysis, variances report, key ratios calculations;- Benchmarking against budget, preparation of different graphs and presentations for senior managements; - Line management of a group of 6. Show less

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  Panbet Ltd

  Sept 2013 - Dec 2014

  - Creating new standard procedures and policies in cooperation with department heads, reducing risk of financial irregularities within the group of companies;- Analysing various business activities and processes to ensure company goals continue to be met and risks are minimised;- Recommending solutions to organizational issues;- Advising senior management and other employees on how they could execute their duties and structure departments more effectively;- Monitoring compliance to standard operating procedures; - Line management. Show less Key achievements:- Development and implementation from scratch of budgeting and forecasting system for a complex group of companies (6 in the group); Regular tasks:- Preparation and consolidation of monthly budgets and forecast for 6 companies in the group;- Preparation of project budgets, product budgets and monthly forecast revisions;- Variance analysis reporting; design, preparation and monthly analysis of KPI performance;- Monthly and quarterly management accounts preparation (P&L, Cash flow);- Review of monthly reconciliation prepared by group of accountants;- Participation in group’s annual financial audit (BS and P&L reconciliation);- Assistance to department managers with KPI setting and monitoring;- Line management of group of accountants; Show less

  • Internal Auditor

    Jun 2014 - Dec 2014

  • Management Accountant

    Sept 2013 - Jun 2014
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  INTO University Partnerships

  Jan 2015 - now

  • Senior Manager, Accounting & Shared Services US

    Dec 2022 - now

  • Senior Manager, Centralised Accounting US - secondment

    Jul 2022 - Dec 2022

  • Senior Manager, Central Accounting UK

    May 2018 - Jul 2022

  • Manager, Centralised Accounting

    May 2016 - May 2018

  • Management Accountant

    Jan 2015 - Apr 2016