Experience

Aave

• United Kingdom
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 1 - 100 Employee

• • Jan 2023 - Present

• Accounting Consultant

  • Jul 2022 - Dec 2022

  Aave Companies is a tech company that builds web3 protocols, applications and tools. Headquartered in London, Aave Companies is best known for having created the Aave Protocol, which allows users with digital wallets to supply and borrow crypto assets without intermediaries. Recently, Aave Companies also introduced Lens Protocol, the open-source tech star for building the web3 social layer and providing users the opportunity to own and manage their digital profile.



eight12

• United Kingdom
• Business Consulting and Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Co-Founder

  • Aug 2022 - Present

  eight12's mission is to provide purpose-driven businesses with innovative, insightful and intelligent solutions to their financial and operational issues. From design, implementation and execution of processes and controls through to strategic leadership and business transformation, the eight12 team are mechanics fuelling the engine required to drive a business forwards to its purpose. eight12's mission is to provide purpose-driven businesses with innovative, insightful and intelligent solutions to their financial and operational issues. From design, implementation and execution of processes and controls through to strategic leadership and business transformation, the eight12 team are mechanics fuelling the engine required to drive a business forwards to its purpose.



Philip Kingsley

• United Kingdom
• Personal Care Product Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Finance & Operations Manager

  • Feb 2021 - Jun 2022

  Philip Kingsley is a family owned, luxury hair and scalp care brand operating globally. I was brought in to originate the role of Finance & Operations Manager overseeing the Group’s US entity. This role’s main responsibility, reporting into the FD, was to onboard the entity to the Group’s financial system, ensuring accuracy of historical financial and stock movements, and to produce financial reporting for the Board. Key achievements: - Creation and execution of all processes and controls in Finance and Operations for the group's US entity - Produced to Board first set of US management accounts including commercial report; month-end closed within 5 working days - Established demand planning and ocean freight of stock from UK parent company, resulting in improving stock holding and facilitating revenue growth - Championed the adoption and implementation of technology, automation and IT processes across the Group



Fnatic

• United Kingdom
• Spectator Sports
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Finance Assistant

  • Dec 2017 - Dec 2020

  Fnatic is a globally recognised PE backed brand in the high growth esports industry. Competing in over eight games and with historic representation in many more, Fnatic has garnered millions of fans the world over. Key achievements: - Design, implementation and monitoring of company wide budgeting process - Enabling the use of fintech across the business to automate transactional accounting in areas such as banking, expenses, invoices and company cards - Management and improvement of a complex payroll process for five entities across five countries, including an outsourcing project and P11D calculations



Debenhams

• United Kingdom
• Retail
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Finance Assistant - Accounts Payable Trade/Stock Management

  • May 2016 - Dec 2017

  Returned to Taunton Head Office for a promotion to a management role within the Finance department.Key achievements:- Adapting, maintaining and updating the team's most important reporting tools, originally created by myself- Creating and managing Desktop Intelligence/Business Objects reports to feed general reporting for a number of teams within the division- Training team members - peers and management - on the general finance role as well as specialised systems

• Assistant Merchandiser

  • Oct 2015 - May 2016

  Relocated to London for an Assistant Merchandiser role within the Childrenswear team. This role pushed me to increase my ability to management tasks under pressure with tight deadlines. Key achievements:- Compiling and presenting reporting, stats and trends for the department 'Heads Of' and above- Creating, updating and managing detailed reporting on department stocks and sales, for both online and over 200 stores worldwide- Managing intake and margins for the department

• Finance Assistant - Accounts Payable Trade/Stock Management

  • Jul 2014 - Oct 2015

  Started my finance career as a Finance Assistant in the Furniture team within the Buying and Merchandising Profitability business. Key achievements:- Liaising with suppliers' accounts teams to ensure accounts are kept up to date and accurate- Collaborating with Buying and Merchandising to achieve accuracy, profitability and success for the business- Creating and implementing new processes to increase productivity within the team



Masters Brewery

• Wellington, Somerset, United Kingdom

• Head Brewer

  • Jul 2012 - Apr 2014



Cleve Spa Hotel

• Wellington, Somerset, United Kingdom

• Sous Chef

  • Apr 2011 - Jul 2012