Deborah Sherwin

Experience

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  Englewood Limited

  Jun 1998 - Mar 2000

  Assistant Management Accountant
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  Express Dairies

  Apr 2000 - Jan 2002

  Dairy Accountant

  Maintained the weekly Profit & Loss to a specified timetable, which was reported to senior management and head office.

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  Stateside Foods Limited

  Feb 2002 - May 2002

  Management Accountant

  Interim Role, supporting Finance function to meet objectives. Tasks included month end close, variance analysis and reporting.

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  Lancashire Dairies Ltd.

  Jun 2002 - Aug 2002

  Management Accountant

  Interim role, supporting Finance team to meet objectives. Tasks included month end close, variance analysis and reporting

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  BAE Systems, Inc.

  Sept 2002 - Feb 2003

  Project Accountant

  Interim role, managing the Nimrod Project. Completed month end close whilst carrying out adhoc duties relevant to the project.

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  Adidas

  Mar 2003 - May 2003

  Management Accountant

  Interim role, supporting the Finance team achieving set objectives. Assisted in month end close whilst carrying out ad hoc requests. This included review on profitability of competitors and identifying current opportunities and threats.

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  Co-op

  Jun 2003 - Feb 2007

  Senior Business Appraisal Analyst

  Reporting to the Investment Appraisal Manager, producing relevant information to enable to improve business performance.Key responsibilities: - Develop post investment performance reports on retail refits and acquisitions. - Evaluation of financial analysis of retail stores to be refitted - Delivering acquisition and refit forecast

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  CHEP UK & Ireland

  Mar 2007 - Jun 2018

  Key member of a small local team whose responsibilities included: - Delivered month end close to European Head Office within set deadlines. Analysed results and prepared journals to be posted into SAP. Provided commentary to non finance users versus budget/forecast and prepared all reporting to senior management. - Provided financial advice to commercial teams regarding price negotiations and tenders and supported through budgeting process. - Generated the weekly revenue forecast with key commentary and co-ordinated key elements of the UKI revenue budget. Show less

  • European Pricing Analyst

    Jan 2017 - Jun 2018

  • UKI Commercial Finance Analyst

    Mar 2007 - Dec 2016
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  AQA

  Jan 2019 - now

  Finance Business Partner

  Finance Business Partner for numerous business units providing financial analysis, advice and guidance to enable them to make strategic decisions so business goals can be met.Responsibilities include: - Analysis and review of monthly accounts whilst challenging stakeholders with expenditure, forecasting/budgeting and headcount analysis. - Communicating monthly results with commentary to business units at monthly stakeholder reviews. - Review on an on-going basis costs associated with the build and development of a new IT structure. Provide financial reporting on a monthly basis. Show less