Experience

Melton Foods

• United Kingdom
• Food and Beverage Manufacturing
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Finance Manager

  • Sep 2019 - Present

  As head of the site finance function and member of the site Senior Leadership Team I manage the day to day running of our financial and management accounts teams, in coordination with our shared services teams. I hold responsibility for budget creation, quarterly forecasting and oversight of weekly and monthly accounts production for my site, and ensuring reporting requirements into Divisional and Group management are met. I manage implementation and maintenance of a rigorous control environment in all areas, alongside new technology implementations and frequent business change. Show less



Bradgate Bakery

• United Kingdom
• Food Production
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Financial Accountant

  • Nov 2013 - Aug 2019

  Management of a team of 7 (all ledger staff + assistant accountant) to operate a well controlled and effective finance function in a busy FMCG business. Successful and accurate completion of month end processes and reporting, including compilation of month end board reports, meetings with budget holders to challenge overhead spending, analysis of monthly performance for internal and group purposes and completion of group reporting requirements. Successfully completed a full redesign of the monthly board report to improve relevance and provision of information to the Group Executive Board, by creation of a format ultimately rolled out across the group as a whole. Management of the year end process including point of contact for external auditors. Involvement in the annual budgeting process, particularly in respect to overhead budgets, to try to marry up the requirements of budget holders with the business' targets and strict cost control. Other tasks include weekly cashflow forecasting, overhead breakdown and analysis vs budget as required, completion of PSA submissions as well as any further work or analysis as required by FM/FD or at group level, with a particular focus on provision of information to allow precise examination of overhead spending for tighter control. Responsible for day to day management of the finance team, as well as annual performance reviews and recruitment. Show less



Mazars LLP

• Audit Senior

  • Sep 2010 - Nov 2013



WM Proserv LLP

• Audit & Accounts Senior

  • Feb 2009 - Aug 2010



Gilberts

• Accountant

  • Jan 2006 - Jan 2009