Experience

ClearCourse

• United Kingdom
• Software Development
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Group Financial Controller

  • Apr 2019 - Present



Brightstar Corp.

• Telecommunications
• 700 & Above Employee

• Financial Controller Global Services

  • Jan 2017 - Feb 2019

  • Finance lead for the team put together to build an operating model and evaluative business case to service the Enterprise market. Worked with various lines of businesses (LOB) and across regions to get an understanding of the individual LOB models, gain acceptance of key assumptions and finally get a go ahead from the Group for investment • Created an innovative and dynamic pricing tool that encapsulated the various services on offer to the Enterprise customer, enabling sales teams to quote live prices. A first for Brightstar. • Successfully prepared and presented to the SLT, business cases for the investment for Trading ($16M), Reverse ($15M) & Enterprise($1M) Global platforms. Involved liaising with specific LOBs and regions to align on growth projections, IT costs and operational efficiency savings post platform implementation • Part of the team that put together the internal business case and the commercial proposal for Telenor (Norway), EE (UK) and Vodafone(UK) RFQs, which were spread across various Brightstar LOBs • Responsible for reporting monthly performance, preparing monthly forecasts and annual five-year plans for the Supply Chain Services LOB & SG&A for Global Services Show less



Virgin Mobile CEE

• London, United Kingdom

• Group Finance Director

  • May 2012 - Dec 2016

  • Set up the group reporting structure as well as accounting policies and procedures. Involved in the design and implementation of the ERP systems and as well as logistic and warehousing processes. • Guide and support regional finance teams in the preparation of monthly management reports, forecasts and annual budgets. • Responsible for reporting weekly, monthly and quarterly performance to the Board and VC investors. • Planned, coordinated and successfully completed the audit of first set of Group consolidated and subsidiary financial statements on time. • Involved with business management and development. Part of the team assisting the subsidiaries in making commercial decisions including proposition & pricing, mobile operator contract negotiations and gap closures. • Actively supporting the CFO in raising equity and debt financing. This involves developing detailed business plans, liaising with financial advisers, attending investor meeting and keeping the Group’s teaser and information memorandum up-to-date. • Part of the team which prepared and presented a potential Russian joint venture opportunity in a joint Board meeting. Show less



Lebara

• United Kingdom
• Consumer Services
• 500 - 600 Employee

• • Nov 2011 - Apr 2012

  • Responsibilities included month end & Senior Leadership Team reports, interim and final external audits and preparation of 2012 budgets. Resolved complex deferred revenue and VAT adjustments, which had not been resolved throughout the year. Realised savings of €0.2m in overpaid VAT over past two years and exposed potential group wide savings of €2m on VAT paid incorrectly on non-EU roaming. • Assisting business development team with the annual mobile operator negotiations resulting in cost savings of €400k and the introduction of new bundle pre-paid packages to help improve customer acquisition. Show less

• • Sep 2011 - Oct 2011

  • Responsible for preparing the necessary documentation and working with E&Y who conducted an internal due diligence in preparation of the sale. • Led and was involved in the preparation and consolidation of the historical financials required for the Vendor Due Diligence packs required for the proposed sale of Lebara Group of companies. This necessitated the gathering and cleaning up of data for the group for the previous three years. All reporting deadlines met.

• • Jul 2010 - Aug 2011

  • Responsible for the timely and accurate reporting of the group consolidated numbers for management and statutory purposes. Brought forward group month end and CFO reporting by 2 days to 6th working day. • Responsible for the planning and coordination of group wide audits. Initiated move to have revenues centrally audited for all Lebara entities as well as a complete overhaul of the group’s consolidated financial statements to the required IFRS standards. • Delivered unqualified statutory accounts with no material year-end adjustments for all 12 entities a month prior to the set deadlines, an improvement of over eight months to the previous year.• Introduced a group wide standard method and format to compute prepaid mobile revenues. This reduced errors and simplified monthly reviews and year end audits.• Responsible for the implementation of ERP system- Dynamics AX and delivery of constant improvements for greater efficiency. Project delivered on time with set schedules for further system improvements. • Prepared and successfully introduced a set of group accounting policies and processes aligned to IFRS. Monthly finance reviews with country finance directors introduced which also checked for policy adherence and understanding.• Designed and managed the group accounting structure which included a consolidation accountant, regional controllers, and a shared services team totally 15 staff (6 qualified). Show less



Lebara

• United Kingdom
• Consumer Services
• 500 - 600 Employee

• • Jun 2006 - May 2010

  • Responsible for the introduction and preparation of monthly consolidated group management accounts. Assisted tax and legal teams in bring together related Lebara entities into one group.• Assisted in establishing financial reporting for new Lebara entities (Australia, Switzerland, UK & Spain) including specific training on revenue reporting.• Was responsible for the closure of unprofitable Swedish entity, including filling final set of accounts, handling staff redundancies, closing outstanding commercial contracts and sale of existing customer base. • Acted in the role of Finance Director for Lebara Denmark in 2009 for 9 months. Prepared monthly reporting packs, annual statutory accounts and annual budgets. Actual results reported for 2010 were 1% better than budget. • Finance lead for a £14m cross border VAT case against Lebara, which eventually ended in the ECJ (European Court of Justice). Attended ECJ hearing in Luxemburg in Nov 2011 and now await a favourable end to the case.• Responsible for all group treasury functions including group cash flow forecasting and hedging positions. Introduced 8 week cash flow forecast to improve cash flow tracking, especially as Lebara is 100% organically funded Show less

• • May 2003 - Jun 2006

  • Managed & trained a finance team which grew overtime to 6 staff (2 qualified) which was responsible for all functional accounting, month end and statutory reporting for the UK entity.• Introduced and initiated the use of a standard set of monthly reporting pack across all associated Lebara entities. • Assisted the CEO in negotiating Lebara’s first MVNO (Mobile Virtual Network Operator) with KPN (Netherlands) contract to provide international calling via a pre-paid SIM card. This contract currently generates 20% of Lebara group’s total revenues.• Introduced and implemented Sage 1000 which later was upgraded to Sage MMS to handle multi-currency transactions.• Continuously introduced and implemented process efficiency to improve team performance. Most important efficiencies were realised when automated calling card activation was implemented, improving reporting accuracy and support to sales team.• Experienced and was involved in various VAT audits due to a VAT claimable position.• Sourced auditors and delivered three unqualified sets of statutory accounts. Show less



Africa Online Holdings

• Information Technology & Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Chief Accountant

  • Jan 2000 - Jan 2003

  • Managed a team of five and was responsible for delivery of monthly management accounts and annual statutory reporting. • Introduced and implemented SUN accounting systems. Previously, accounting records were based on excel. This drastically improved accuracy and efficiency within the finance team. • Part of the team which lead to the successful acquisition of Net2000, the second largest ISP in Kenya. • Streamlined business processes and brought in $0.4m of cost savings and efficiencies. This included introducing a new billing system, more engaged debt collection process and re-negotiated key contracts with banks and major suppliers. Show less



mgr

• Accounting
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Audit Trainee

  • Sep 1999 - Jan 2000



Samvir & Co

• Kenya

• Senior Trainee Auditor

  • Sep 1998 - Jan 1999



Woodventure (K) Ltd

• Kenya

• Internal Auditor

  • Jul 1996 - Nov 1997