Head Of Finance

• Jul 2022 - Present

Financial Controller

• Jan 2017 - Jul 2022

Senior Financial Accountant, Regional and Diversified Accounting

• Aug 2016 - Dec 2016

Global Business Process Lead - Financial Accounting

• Oct 2014 - Jul 2016

Supporting the worldwide implementation of the JD Edwards upgrade on Finance and Procurement. Objectives include coordinating with Finance departments at auction sites globally, gathering local requirements and performing gap analysis, through to implementation and support. Responsibilities from origination through to completion of each project lifecycle include:-Working with Finance Managers and teams at global auction sites identifying local requirements and assessing the need for process and reporting changes.-A member of a team with various technical proficiencies, documenting business requirements for configuration and development, implementing changes and testing and documenting results.-Convening ways of working sessions with key members of Finance teams globally, depicting business process changes.-Preparing comprehensive training material including presentations for Finance training sessions held globally.-Conducting training sessions worldwide to stakeholders of various levels with both Finance and non-Finance competences, encompassing various languages and cultures.-Working closely with technical and Finance teams over crucial cutover days, managing communication flows, performing data spot checks and key reconciliations for GL, AP, AR and FA to ensure integrity of data.-Providing post go live support, managing support on site and remotely.A member of the Chart of Accounts review team, ensuring strict controls on the Christie’s chart of accounts and in turn, assisting in maintaining the integrity of data held within JDE and Hyperion and the reliability of reporting generated.The implementation of a Fixed Assets module at global sites, working with Finance teams to ensure compliance with Christie’s group policy before managing the implementation and succeeding with training.Understanding the functionality and Finance table structure within JDE and the manner in which this feeds through to applications and then to Hyperion Reporting. Show less

Management Accountant

• Jan 2011 - Oct 2014

Managing the full finance function of Christie’s International Real Estate’s European (CIRE Europe Ltd) entity. Working with the Finance Director, and teams in London and New York, to ensure the timely and accurate completion of financial information to support business operations and the reporting of consolidated accounts and as a result, assisting in strategic decision making.Performing the management accounting function for the Christie’s Operations Departments. Working with the Heads of Departments to create annual budgets and quarterly forecasts using the Hyperion Planning system and thereafter scrutinizing the results through variance analysis before generating commentary and reporting to the International Director of Infrastructure & Control.Working with European Regional Sites, reviewing the work of their external accountants and preparing commentary on the sites’ financial performance before presenting this to the site along with the Managing Director of Continental Europe and the Business Director of Continental Europe.Duties include:-Full responsibility for the preparation of the monthly and year end management accounts for CIRE Europe Ltd, with supporting variance analysis and commentaries. -Producing Statutory Accounts for the CIRE Europe Ltd entity and ensuring the smooth running of the annual audit.-Managing the AR & AP Ledgers for CIRE Europe Ltd, including regular interaction with clients in order build a good professional relationship and to ensure compliance as well as reporting on any bad debt risk.-Attending regular meetings with management and their respective teams to ensure that all management information and results are communicated meticulously.-The maintenance of financial records to include; deferred income, fixed assets, payroll, accruals and prepayments.-Managing various inter-company accounts to ensure elimination at Group level.-Preparing ad-hoc analytical reporting to aid the decision-making process. Show less

Assistant Accountant

• Nov 2008 - Dec 2010

Senior Finance Assistant

• Jun 2007 - Oct 2008

Maintaining various general ledger and client accounts, before generating reports providing statistical information to the UK Finance Manager. -On a daily, weekly and monthly basis, performing numerous duties from the reconciliation of accounts to the production of informative reports using Mainframe, CODA, Business Objects and Next Cash Accounting System (NCAS). -Complete maintenance of the Next Home Interest Free Credit Agreement system, including importing settlements and generating reports of imperative data for Barclays Partners Finance. -Reconciling the Debtors ledger, focusing implicitly on credit card settlements, to include income accruals and maintaining the accuracy of coding. -Generating financial journals including accruals and adjustments to CODA ledger accounts. -Managing credit card statistics for Brand, Eire and Denmark daily to ensure correct and up to date information available when required by management, including for a weekly factsheet and gift card statistics. -Investigating customer service enquiries, dealing with these in a timely and accurate manner, meeting deadlines. Show less

Finance Assistant

• Jul 2005 - May 2007

Providing support to the Management Accountant by performing the Accounts Payable function and maintaining financial and client data. -Full responsibility for the Purchase Ledger Control System, including paying monthly branch rebates and staff travel claims by BACS. -Performing end of month bank reconciliations and posting financial journals using Sage Line 100. -Dealing with customer enquiries and managing information on the client database. Providing support to the Management Accountant by performing the Accounts Payable function and maintaining financial and client data. -Full responsibility for the Purchase Ledger Control System, including paying monthly branch rebates and staff travel claims by BACS. -Performing end of month bank reconciliations and posting financial journals using Sage Line 100. -Dealing with customer enquiries and managing information on the client database.