Experience

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  Soho Group Limited NZ

  • Auckland, New Zealand

  • Financial Controller

    • Mar 2021 - Present
    • Auckland, New Zealand

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  IMG

  • London, United Kingdom

  • Financial Controller

    • Sep 2019 - Mar 2021
    • London, United Kingdom

    • Reporting: ownership of the finance function of 8 standalone entities.• Management accounts, consolidations, minority interest, AR/AP, monthly close compliance, cash management, revenue recognition, transfer pricing, board pack reporting, presentations to SLT, and management of audit (Deloitte).• Banking: relationships, point of contact for bank debt, monitoring of our adherence to our debt covenants ICR and free cash flow.• Commercial: knowledge and acumen to sound our business venture proposals.• Team Leadership: effective team management, culture, and synergies to achieve collective goals.

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  WorldRemit

  • London, United Kingdom

  • FP&A Manager

    • Oct 2018 - Sep 2019
    • London, United Kingdom

    • Reporting: redesign of month end timetable from WD8 to WD3, delivery via automation, process improvement and accrual accounting.• Cost centre implementation: 200 cost centres, 15 currencies, loaded in local currency into NetSuite, drove the entire process throughout the organisation across all stakeholders.• Payroll Model: headcount model, 12 regions/currencies, new starters, churn, control mechanism for an intense period of growth.

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  The Football Association

  • London, United Kingdom

  • Finance Business Partner

    • Oct 2017 - Jul 2018
    • London, United Kingdom

    • Budgeting: bottom-up budget, top-down review, presentation of budget to CFO.• Commercial: forecasting of ticket revenue in the lead-up to England matches, weekly pricing strategy.• Redesigned the month-end process to align with the generally acceptable accounting principles.

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  Style Group Brands

  • London, United Kingdom

  • Finance Business Partner

    • Jan 2017 - Jul 2017
    • London, United Kingdom

    • Forecasting: Preparation of a monthly integrated 5-year business model (turnover £150m) profit & loss, balance sheet and cash flow statements. Revenue, brand and margin incorporated, scenario and sensitivity analysis. • Stock management visibility reports by brand.• Partnering with the Human Resources Director to drive restructuring cost and detailed tracking of all people within the organisation through modelling.

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  Sage

  • London, United Kingdom

  • Finance Business Partner

    • Nov 2016 - Jan 2017
    • London, United Kingdom

    • Payroll Model: Developed financial models for global G&A functions to support informed decision-making through significant periods of change concerning headcount for Finance, IT and Human Resources.• Produce business cases for transformation initiatives to assist stakeholders in justifying spend, including opex, capex and exceptional items.• Preparation of the quarterly business review presentation for G&A – finance.

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  Telegraph Media Group

  • London, United Kingdom

  • Senior Business Analyst

    • May 2016 - Oct 2016
    • London, United Kingdom

    • Forecasting: 5-year business plan for commercial ventures (financial services, travel, gaming, dating and retail), activity-based costing mechanics for products and services offered to both online and offline readership.• Customer segmentation analysis - recency, frequency, and monetary analysis for various products and services.

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  Hamleys of London

  • London, United Kingdom

  • Senior Financial Analyst

    • Jul 2015 - Mar 2016
    • London, United Kingdom

    • Forecasting: 5-year business plans of all business units: owner-operated, franchise, toy wholesaler including planned expansion. Profit and loss, balance sheet and cash flow monthly forecasting. In-depth understanding of what drives business operations including sales phasing, margin analysis, market variants, stock cycles and monthly cash flow cycles across all of the business units. Scenario and sensitivity analysis including sales, margin and stock turn analysis. Financial implications to banking convents. DCF cash-flow valuations for valuation.• Reported directed to the Chief Financial Officer and worked closely with the Head of Finance.

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  Tower Transit Group

  • London, United Kingdom

  • Group Accountant

    • Feb 2015 - Jun 2015
    • London, United Kingdom

    • Budgeting: preparation of 2016 – 2019 budget for Tower Transit Group Limited, which included three UK business operations and one international. Preparation of profit and loss, balance sheet and cash flow statements.• In-depth business analysis, including modelling of various scenarios to banking convents.

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  Grant Thornton New Zealand Limited

  • Auckland, New Zealand

  • Senior Accountant

    • Apr 2013 - Jan 2015
    • Auckland, New Zealand

    Core Responsibilities• Preparation of statutory accounts including a few IFRS accounts.• Provision of taxation advice and preparation of statutory tax returns.• Project work included: finance function reviews, corporate due diligence and forecasting and budgeting. • Review of monthly accounts, GST and FBT.• Analytical review included: KPI formulation, cost tracking for product/service lines and identification of new revenue streams.• Implementation of new accounting systems.• Attend to ad hoc issues raised by various stakeholders.• Customer relationship management.• Mentorship of junior staff.

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  DFK Oswin Griffiths

  • Auckland, New Zealand

  • Accountant

    • Feb 2011 - Apr 2013
    • Auckland, New Zealand

    Core Responsibilities• Preparation of statutory accounts.• Provision of taxation advice and preparation of statutory tax returns.• Preparation of GST/VAT and FBT returns.• Payroll.• NZ Company office.• Resolved ad hoc client queries as required.• Customer relationship management.During this role I learnt the foundations of accountancy and was exposed to a wide variety of work.