Louise Sellon
Financial Planning and Analysis Manager at West Berkshire Brewery PLC- Claim this Profile
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Experience
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Renegade Brewery
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United Kingdom
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Food & Beverages
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1 - 100 Employee
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Financial Planning and Analysis Manager
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Jan 2021 - Nov 2021
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Jazz Pharmaceuticals
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Ireland
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Pharmaceutical Manufacturing
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700 & Above Employee
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Financial Planning and Analysis Manager
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Jan 2019 - Jan 2021
Oxford, England, United Kingdom
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AB InBev
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Belgium
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Manufacturing
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700 & Above Employee
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Finance Manager, Zero-based budgeting
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Dec 2016 - Jan 2019
Selected to join the post-merger integration team following the acquisition of SABMiller, the largest ever take over of a London listed company. • Drove zero-based budgeting implementation in legacy SABMiller regions, establishing new routines across multiple functions ahead of schedule and within 3 months of joining team • Led cost synergy realisation routines for Global HQ, delivering +$30m synergies ahead of $270m target • Assisted with the mapping of legacy systems… Show more Selected to join the post-merger integration team following the acquisition of SABMiller, the largest ever take over of a London listed company. • Drove zero-based budgeting implementation in legacy SABMiller regions, establishing new routines across multiple functions ahead of schedule and within 3 months of joining team • Led cost synergy realisation routines for Global HQ, delivering +$30m synergies ahead of $270m target • Assisted with the mapping of legacy systems (SAP/HFM) to new company systems (Qlik/Cognos) and delivered systems reconciliations to less than 1% discrepancy month on month Show less
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SABMiller
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Food & Beverages
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700 & Above Employee
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FP&A Analyst / Interim FP&A Manager
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Feb 2014 - Dec 2016
London, United Kingdom Responsibilities: • Produced monthly and quarterly accounts and analysis for the Board and senior executive committee on performance and key issues • Led the quarterly cash flow and working capital reporting for the senior executive committee • Delivered external trading announcements and supporting dashboards • Involved in yearly target setting and budgeting for the Latin America region • Led working capital reporting, responsible for performance tracking across the group… Show more Responsibilities: • Produced monthly and quarterly accounts and analysis for the Board and senior executive committee on performance and key issues • Led the quarterly cash flow and working capital reporting for the senior executive committee • Delivered external trading announcements and supporting dashboards • Involved in yearly target setting and budgeting for the Latin America region • Led working capital reporting, responsible for performance tracking across the group against key working capital targets and quarterly benchmarking across 40 markets to share best practice and enable effective cash management • Assessed the risks and opportunities around the group to provide a monthly updated financial outlook Key Achievements: • Standardised quarterly reporting templates across all 6 regions to provide a consolidated and holistic performance overview to the executive committee and Board • Introduced a new monthly forecasting template across all regions with an improved methodology to estimate full year translational FX risk to budget, delivering clearer insights to senior leadership on the level of gap closure measures required • Promoted to acting manager after 3 months in analyst role increasing responsibilities to business partner the FP&A team in Latin America and to support the Group FP&A Director with ad hoc projects and analysis to drive total group performance
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Finance Management Trainee (CIMA)
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Aug 2011 - Feb 2014
London, United Kingdom Three rotations across the business, gaining operational, regional and group level experience: - FP&A Analyst, European Hub, Switzerland (6 months) - Treasury Analyst, Group (12 months) - Commercial Finance Analyst, Miller Brands UK (12 months) CIMA qualified since October 2013 with first time passes in all exams
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Cognosis
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United Kingdom
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Business Consulting and Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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Strategy Consultant
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Oct 2009 - Aug 2011
London, United Kingdom Marketing-led consulting firm with a strong client roster, including FTSE 100 companies. Role included delivering client assignments, managing client relationships, writing proposals, developing new business collateral and supporting internal business development. Assignments, both quantitative and qualitative, included market opportunity sizing, company and business unit strategy, and activation and portfolio strategy amongst others.
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KPMG US
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United States
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Financial Services
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700 & Above Employee
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Compliance Coordinator, Tax
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Jan 2007 - Dec 2007
Paris Area, France One year work experience in Paris following university. Assisted with the preparation of French and US income tax returns for high value clients for c. 500 accounts.
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British Army
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Armed Forces
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700 & Above Employee
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Second Lieutenant
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Sep 2003 - Dec 2006
Member of the Officer Training Corps alongside university commitments, towards the end of which I was awarded the Queen's Commission from The Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, 2006
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Education
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ESCP-EAP
Masters in European Business, Business -
ITESM Tec de Monterrey (EGADE)
Masters in International Business, Business -
The University of Sheffield
BA Hons., French and Hispanic Studies