James McKenzie
Financial Controller at FastTrack Recruitment & Staffing Software- Claim this Profile
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Experience
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FastTrack Recruitment & Staffing Software
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Australia
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Information Technology & Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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Financial Controller
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Mar 2020 - Present
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Publicis
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United States
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Advertising Services
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700 & Above Employee
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Reporting Manager - UK and Ireland
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Jan 2017 - Mar 2020
Publicis Groupe is the world’s third largest media group represented in over 100 countries employing nearly 80,000 professionals. I was primarily responsible for managing the accounting within the group treasury function. This role was established when I commenced with the group in January 2017. I was responsible for establishing processes and controls for the accounting of the treasury function for the team. I have worked closely with the head office in Paris, treasury, audit, tax, and accounting teams from different regions of the world. Key Responsibilities include: • Day to day management accounting for the global group treasury function. • Preparation of Statutory Accounts and manage audit process. • Review and sign off of month end reporting balance sheet packs. • Preparation of rolling forecasts, followed by analysis of discrepancies with actual results. • Monitoring FX exposures and risk. • Oversight of investigation of inter-company loan balance variances. • Design interface processes for from Treasury Management System. • Successful implementation of POBO/COBO payment system for the UK agencies. • Treasury Management System system upgrade
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Simmons & Simmons
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United Kingdom
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Law Practice
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700 & Above Employee
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Group Reporting & Treasury Accountant
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Nov 2015 - Dec 2016
Simmons is a legal firm with 800 staff in 18 locations situated in financial centres across Europe, the Middle East and Asia generating annual revenues worldwide in excess of £285M. In this role I managed consolidated cashflow, hedging and covenant reporting as well as assisting with statutory audit. Simmons is a legal firm with 800 staff in 18 locations situated in financial centres across Europe, the Middle East and Asia generating annual revenues worldwide in excess of £285M. In this role I managed consolidated cashflow, hedging and covenant reporting as well as assisting with statutory audit.
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Fordham Group
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Australia
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Accounting
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1 - 100 Employee
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Assistant Manager
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Feb 2011 - Oct 2015
Fordham is part of the Perpetual group and offers services for Accounting, Tax & Advisory to privately owned business clients. I commenced as a graduate and left as an assistant manager when I moved to London. In this role I developed an understanding of the issues intrinsic to running a successful business. Using skills across a group of appreciative clients in planning, structuring, specialist taxation, asset protection, tax management, valuations, business buy and sell transactions and retirement and estate planning.
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Education
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Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia
Chartered Accountant -
Association of Corporate Treasurers
Certificate of Treasury, Treasury -
Monash University
Bachelor of Commerce (BCom), Accounting and Finance -
Ballarat Grammar