Experience

BAND-IT IDEX

• United States
• Industrial Machinery Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Global Finance Director

  • Oct 2022 - Present

  BAND-IT is headquartered in Denver, Colorado and part of the US located IDEX Corporation. BAND-IT is acknowledged as the world’s leader in quality engineered band clamping and fastening solutions. Main Responsibilities:• Global FP&A leader• Manage 4 members of staff including development coaching and mid-year/year-end reviews• Sit on the UK Senior Leadership Team, helping drive the businesses strategic direction• Business Partner to US and UK SLT, providing key financial information in a user-friendly format to enable critical business decisions to be made• Responsible for main finance processes in UK including AR, AP, and payroll• Responsible for the timely submission of the global numbers to a tight US deadline – flash numbers submitted WD1• Completion and delivery of the UK Monthly Business Review, highlighting variances to KPI’s and aiding implementation of RCCM utilising tools such as 5 whys• Carry out the monthly forecasting process and YoY PBIT reconciliation• Run the yearly budget process• Ensure compliance and documentation of all SOX controls• Liaise with all external parties such as audit, HMRC and the bankKey Achievements• Lead and implemented an 8020 project, which allowed the business to restructure to focus on key customers and business lines driving a 1% increase to profitability • Lead the project and built the business case to outsource part of manufacture• Drove autonomy of the business resulting in all functionality now being controlled within the UK rather than the US including the 3-year strategic plan• Redesigned the forecast process pushing forecast accuracy to +/- 5% versus previous +/- 20% Show less

• UK Finance Director

  • Jun 2021 - Nov 2022

• Financial Controller

  • Aug 2018 - Jun 2021



Insight

• United States
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 700 & Above Employee

• Financial Controller

  • May 2014 - Aug 2018

  Insight UK Ltd is a £500 million plus turnover company. They are a leading provider of computer hardware, software, cloud solutions and IT services to business and public sector clients. Main Responsibilities: • Managed 3 members of staff • Managed the external quarterly audits and liaised with internal SOX auditors • Production of 6 sets of active statutory accounts and 12 dormant sets • Supported Sales Directors and Managers in financial elements of commercial decisions • Production of a complex weekly forecast for VP and CFO • Managed the month end close including preparation of the preliminary flash and final result, including a high-level review with VP • Production of in-depth P&L review commentary, presented to CFO each month • Reviewed completed balance sheet reconciliations and presented to CFO each quarter • Managed and controlled a complex commission process • Coordination and preparation of the yearly budget Key Achievements • Initiated and lead an Operational Excellence project which resulted in £500k of freight cost savings and £100k of additional VAT reclaims via C79 • Designed and delivered a ‘Finance for Non-Finance Professionals’ presentation across all sales staff over a 6-month period. This resulted in sales staff being able to target the customer with more specific solutions and therefore increase the percentage of clients won within the pipeline • Re-structured the finance processes to improve forecast accuracy and enabled the statutory accounts to be filed 4 months earlier than previous years • Designed and implemented a monthly Financial Excellence presentation given to the Senior Leadership team each quarter Show less



Jaywing

• United Kingdom
• Advertising Services
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Finance Manager

  • Feb 2013 - May 2014

  The brand communications section of Jaywing PLC is an advertising agency. Jaywing’s turnover is circa £28 million Main Responsibilities: • Managed 3 members of staff • Responsible for 2 businesses in Sheffield and Ipswich • Production of the monthly forecast • Management account production and review • Produced the yearly budget • Produced a weekly cash flow forecast • Monthly in-depth reconciliation of media accounts • Produced sub-proposition analysis • Carried out the accounting for the asset hive up of a purchased company • Production of 2 sets of statutory accounts Key Achievements • Designed and implemented a client profitability model that identified a large number of clients that were being over-serviced and were therefore unprofitable. This resulted in a realignment of resources enabling greater return on some of the under-serviced clients and increased profitability • Introduced and maintained a quarterly management information pack to aid in management decision making • Implemented a monthly forecast process to work alongside the Account Director’s and developed new workable forecasting documents Show less



Siemens

• Germany
• Automation Machinery Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Management Accountant

  • Apr 2010 - Feb 2013

  Siemens VAI Metal Technologies is now Prime Metals Technologies LTD. The business specialised in Ironmaking and Rolling Mills for steel plate and aluminium strip and Metallurgical Services. Main Responsibilities: • Managed 3 members of staff • Managed the year end audit for the company including the analytical review • Responsible for the budgeting and forecasting of the company’s overheads, NCE and cash flow. • Monthly accruals and prepayments and other necessary journals • Reconciled central P&L costs, investigated overhead overspends and prepared monthly overhead reports • Prepared staff utilisation reports for each Business Segment • Prepared monthly balance sheet reconciliations for more than 30 accounts • Reconciled and prepared Korean site accounts • Prepared PSA data and collated relevant tax return information for tax department Show less



VolkerRail Ltd

• United Kingdom
• Railroad Equipment Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Financial Analyst

  • Aug 2006 - Apr 2010

  VolkerRail is a leading multidisciplinary railway infrastructure contractor with circa £100M in turnover in 2009 Main Responsibilities: • Production of the monthly management accounts for 7 legal entities from across the UK • Preparation of the quarterly finance brochure which communicated financial data to non-financial Managers • Compilation of the company’s annual budget • Completion of the quarterly VAT return and monthly intrastat • Analysis of KPI’s • Assisted the financial accountant in the company’s conversion from UK GAAP to IFRS • Completed detailed quarterly submissions to Shareholders Show less



CQM Training and Consultancy Ltd

• United Kingdom
• Professional Training and Coaching
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Finance Assistant

  • Jul 2005 - Aug 2006

  • Control of Purchase, Sales and Nominal Ledger including reconciliations • Credit control • Calculation of Accruals, Prepayments & Provisions • Cash flow forecast • Bank Reconciliations Skills • Control of Purchase, Sales and Nominal Ledger including reconciliations • Credit control • Calculation of Accruals, Prepayments & Provisions • Cash flow forecast • Bank Reconciliations Skills