Experience

Bis Henderson Group
• United Kingdom
• Transportation, Logistics, Supply Chain and Storage
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Head of FP&A

  • Mar 2023 - Present

Simplify
• Information Technology & Services
• Senior Finance Business Partner

  • Jan 2021 - Mar 2023


Debenhams

• United Kingdom
• Retail
• 700 & Above Employee

• Site Financial Controller (Supply Chain)

  • Mar 2019 - Jan 2021

  • Responsibility for £30m supply chain costs across two locations, including dual Warehouse Operations and a Transport function. I am responsible for managing a team of three Finance colleagues including Purchase Ledger. • Reviewing and approving month end / weekly reporting being hands on where required • Managing the Budgeting Process and reforecast process, pulling teams together to deliver accurate and reliable forecast with enough detail to challenge business requirements • Adopt and deliver Finance strategy focusing on my own input and that of the wider team to deliver changing business goals • Attending and presenting financials to supply chain Directors at weekly reporting / planning meetings • Driving enhanced reporting to improve efficiency and cost management • Working closely with my team to Automate and improve processes • Building strong relationships and actively encouraging closer relationship between Operations, Finance to work collaboratively to improve results • Actively manage, develop and motivate Finance team, including Managing and support own & others career development. • Working with the Operations Directors to provide analysis and recommendations to influence decision making process. • Support on commercial, financial and contractual management with new and existing suppliers • Ensuring financial reporting & forecasting aids decision making and monitoring progress. • Developing financial controls and new processes that are maintained and communicated • Review of Balancesheets challenging team to ensure best practice and compliance • Ensure adherence to accounting standards, business compliance, policies and procedures are adopted and complied with within logistics. Show less



Bouygues Energies & Services

• France
• Environmental Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Deputy Commercial Manager

  • May 2014 - Mar 2019

  • Responsible for managing portfolio of 11 contracts with circa £30m Revenue with a diverse range of clients, with 5 direct reports.• responsible for overseeing and reviewing of month end accounts, and reporting of these numbers to senior management, highlighting key areas to assist with decision making.• On all contracts I provide assistance to the Operations team for contractual disputes and interpretation. Including query resolution for Senior Contract Management and clients. Providing contractual analysis and financial implications for contractual decision making.• Ensuring that my team followed good governance on all my contracts with a high level of accuracy around all our documentation.• Challenging various teams and management across the business to ensure good balanced decisions are made and that business processes are followed.• Managing the budgeting and reforecasting processes, ensuring that my team were submitting a budget based on a realistic view of contract performance, key margin movements and variances could be explained.• Working to ensure that Lifecycle is accurately reported and contractually compliance • Mobilisation of new contracts working closely with bid team and Demobilisation of expired contracts• Implementing process improvements and championing good ideas from my team and the wider business • Recovery of Debt and Debt tracking processes, ensuring good cashflow and good relationships with customers. Show less

• Management Accountant

  • Nov 2013 - May 2014

  • Financial responsibility for a portfolio of 5 Facilities Management contracts contacts with total revenue of £15m• Production of monthly financial results, analysis of operating expenses and presenting financial results to senior management at monthly meetings.• Developing in depth knowledge of commercial contracts for both public and private sector clients.• Providing Commercial support on contract issues including analysis of information for areas requiring tight budgetary control. Providing contract renewal information, including complex data analysis to support clauses within a private sector contracts and information on effects of indexation.• Holding monthly commercial review meetings with heads of department and contract managers including discussing financial improvements, monthly admin and collaborating as a team to establish a cohesive flow of information between departments.• Preparation of the annual budget and reforecasts throughout the year for all contracts, liaising with operations managers to collate the budget and providing financial opinions on impact of budgetary changes. • Presenting budgets and reforecast results to senior management including both finance and non-finance managers, discussing factors that have affected change in margin against comparative data.• Monthly invoicing ranging from standard monthly service fees to adhoc variations, project work and Lifecycle work to maintain schools estates to their current standards.• Invoicing involves annual indexation calculations, as well as KPI and unavailability calculations in line with contract clauses and Indexation. Finally core fee and lifecycle changes in line with ANC contract variations.• Debt management liaising directly with the clients to ensure good cash flow and reporting debt to on a weekly basis internally. Show less



DHL

• Germany
• Transportation, Logistics, Supply Chain and Storage
• 700 & Above Employee

• Finance Manager

  • Jun 2012 - Nov 2013

  • Financial responsibility for £20m portion of an Open book contract with a leading UK retailer for a dual warehouse Operation • Preparation and presentations of the monthly Management accounts to the customer, along with supporting variance analysis. • Preparation of weekly accounts against the Flexed Budget for presentation and explanation to the customer and site Management. • Working closely with the Operational teams to understand costs and cost drivers and to review and challenge both weekly and monthly variances. • Production of annual Budgets working with the Site Manager and Operations team in setting the budget for the forthcoming year. • Reconciliation of Open book balances and Balance sheets. • Fulfilling regular requests for financial information and explanation to management. Show less


Travelex
• Kenya
• Transportation, Logistics, Supply Chain and Storage
• Assistant Reporting Accountant

  • Jun 2008 - Jun 2012