Experience

Westlab Ltd

• Retail
• 1 - 100 Employee

• FP&A

  • Jan 2023 - Present

  Automate financial and operational analysis reporting with the help of Power BIScenario planning and financial & production forecasting

• Head of Finance & Systems

  • Sep 2021 - Dec 2022

  Supervision of the finance department, managing a team of 5Quarterly and continuous forecasting for Sales, Production, Stock levels, Procurement requirementsCash flow and foreign exchange risk managementCustomer, Range and Product P&Ls and various cost and profit analyses (work with both standard and average costing)Monthly financial reporting in Management MeetingsAudit managementAnalysis and reporting on operational efficiency (waste, production productivity, etc.)Continuous improvement of newly implemented ERP system working with developers to configure the system to suit our processes, as well as creating and implementing new operational processesTraining staff on system use Show less

• Finance Manager

  • Aug 2020 - Sep 2021

  End-to-end management accountsSales, production and material requirements forecastingCustomer P&Ls, COS tracker, balance sheet reconciliations, cash flow managementManagement of apprenticesLed a 6 months project work on the implementation of a new ERP system for the entire business, from the development to the implementation to the management of the system post-implementation. This involved understanding the business practices and operations in all departments (manufacturing, goods in, goods out, procurement, QA) in order to configure the system to suit the needs of the business; creating new operational processes; working with senior internal stakeholders to implement these new processes; training staff in using the system. Show less

• Assistant Management Accountant

  • Sep 2019 - Aug 2020

  Assisted in the creation of a new team after finance function was moved to Manchester; hiring, training and managing apprenticesRestructuration of the accounts via implementation of new processes in a view to prepare for first auditProduction of monthly management accounts for both UK and US entity Liaising with internal stakeholdersProduction of ad-hoc analysis and insightMaintaining various commercial reports to support sales functionHighlight business deficiencies and implement processes to monitor true costWorking capital management (incl. cash flow forecasts)Ad hoc projects (e.g. COS, VAT recovery) Show less



MediaCom

• Tunisia
• IT System Design Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Assistant Management Accountant

  • Dec 2018 - Sep 2019

  - Implementation of new SOX compliant processes upon acquisition- Assisting the FD with month end close & production of management accounts- Following group reporting schedule and working to tight deadlines- Creation and implementation of the cash flow forecast – now updated monthly- Creation and implementation of the BS reconciliation template – now incorporated in month end process- Bank & credit card reconciliations- Maintaining the fixed asset register- Quarterly VAT returns and EC Sales list- Producing journals- Bank payments (BACS run, foreign payments and other manual payments)- Maintaining the purchase ledger, intercompany & employee expenses Show less

• Accounts Payable Clerk

  • Jan 2018 - Sep 2019

  - Processing and payment of all employee expenses- Maintaining the purchase ledger - Processing of all purchase invoices - Analysis and reconciliation of all accounts, dealing with queries - Payment of suppliers via BACS runs and ad hoc bank payments- Ensure compliance with SOX control requirements



Accordance

• Business Consulting and Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Compliance and Account Manager

  • Apr 2017 - Dec 2017

  - Producing and reporting VAT returns and EC sales list (France & UK) - Managing relationships with clients and tax authorities and dealing with queries Consistently working to short deadlines successfully and with accuracy - Producing and reporting VAT returns and EC sales list (France & UK) - Managing relationships with clients and tax authorities and dealing with queries Consistently working to short deadlines successfully and with accuracy


The Training Room
• Management Consulting
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Personal Trainer

  • Oct 2016 - Apr 2017


Urban Challenge

• France
• Spectator Sports
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Events and Communication Manager

  • Aug 2015 - Mar 2016

  - Events organization (website content, activities and staff coordination) - Social media management - Customer service - Events organization (website content, activities and staff coordination) - Social media management - Customer service



Danone Waters

• Food and Beverage Manufacturing
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Intern in Marketing

  • May 2014 - Sep 2014

  - Brief and management of the packaging agency - Ensuring compliant and coordination of legal, regulatory, R&D, factory and printers - Brief and management of the packaging agency - Ensuring compliant and coordination of legal, regulatory, R&D, factory and printers


Le Meridien Hotels & Resorts
• Hospitality
• 700 & Above Employee
• Waitress/Bartender

  • Jun 2013 - Jul 2013