Deputy Director of Finance (Financial Analysis & Planning)

• Aug 2022 - Present

EMEA Operational Excellence & Business Support Manager

• Jul 2020 - Apr 2022

• Implemented a Power BI solution across the Consumer division to be the single-source of truth for Consumer management reporting, bringing together Bison, SAP and other data sources to enable deep drilldowns, enhanced analytics and self-service, supported by improved data security and automation. • Built and deployed an integrated business planning (IBP) framework that brought transparency to the bottom-up forecast, leveraging global system capability in volume and value reporting and ensured clear responsibilities and accountabilities. • Rolled out the Precision system globally for 700+ projects, across 40+ markets for all brand innovation project P&Ls to simplify ways of working, standardise methodology, improve data integrity and visibility across the organisation. • Directed data migrations of structured and unstructured data including SharePoint, Microsoft Teams, file shares, group and user mailboxes for EMEA in the separation of the Consumer division. • Leading team member of a project responsible for implementing an automated d-Commerce reporting solution in Power BI, which drove 50% of effort savings, an overall improvement in data accuracy of >5% and reduced timelines for management reporting by over 2-weeks. • Deployed a machine learning solution in Power BI across all markets in the EMEA and APAC regions, which delivered improved forecast accuracy of accounts payable of >7%. Show less

Finance Cluster Lead-Northern Europe, Africa, Russia & Iberia and Senior Finance Business Partner UK

• Apr 2016 - Jun 2020

• Reported to the Finance Director, EMEA and APAC and led multi-disciplinary team of 11. • Business partnered the NEARI (Northern Europe, Africa, Russia and Iberia) area to manage all forecasting and planning activities. Established a robust financial governance and reporting framework that embedded compliance and managed operational risk.• Business partnered the UK affiliate, providing commercial insight, month-end close reporting, financial governance, audit and managed full legal entities with all statutory director duties.• Improved P&L management, delivered through margin improvement, cost control and rationalisation, securing profit ratio improvement from 15.7% to 22.4% in 24-months. • Delivered a project to improve profitability across the Nordic region creating future sustainable growth and achieved revenue growth by 10% in 2-years and a profit ratio improvement of 20%.• Evaluated strategic alternatives across spin, sale, and joint ventures for the UK consumer business, driving cross-functional alignment and co-ordination of local process owners and global project team to perform due diligence, business valuations and developing macro and micro plans.• Secured financial transparency in the UK by implementing self-service reporting on gross to net sales using Tableau reporting, via Promax Trade Promotion Management (TPM) system. Show less

Senior Finance Business Partner – Consumer UK, Ireland & Netherlands

• Mar 2010 - Mar 2016

• Responsible for business partnering against commercial decision-making, including product and customer investment analysis, product pricing, field force structure and effectiveness.• Improved working capital, increasing current accounts receivable from 79% - 90% in FY 14/15, reducing days sales outstanding from 100 to 68 days.• Provided financial management and analytical support to the UK, creating an operating expense planning tool to simplify the forecasting and budgeting processes.• Spearheaded TPM system implementation, managing trade promotion spends, customer segmentation and identified growth opportunities to secure greater return on investment.• Enhanced new product launch processes, implemented robust finance evaluation model to track performance during launch and embedded inventory demand requirements. • Led evaluation of pricing model proposals, providing transparency across pricing schemes. Show less

Associate Director Accounting Services

• Sep 2007 - Feb 2010

• Managed global Procure-to-Pay, travel and entertainment, accounts receivable to UK affiliate entities, audit and process, treasury, tax, statutory accounts, inter-company and payroll for the largest international commercial affiliate with revenues of $1B.• Appointed as finance lead for the integration of Pfizer and Wyeth pharma business unit involving 20 FTE and $1bn of business.• Strengthened internal controls and procedures, including SOX coordination and audits, process and control documentation, quarterly SOX testing, remediation plans and mitigating controls. Show less

Financial Manager

• Jul 1997 - Aug 2007

Responsible for financial control and reporting, financial analysis, forecasting, budgeting and long term planning, working capital management, inventory management, product costing and resale minus pricing, implementation of financial systems and long range business strategies.

Management Accountant

• Jan 1996 - Jun 1997

Cost and Management Accountant

• Jan 1995 - Dec 1995

Financial Accountant, East and Southern Africa

• Mar 1993 - Dec 1994

Fixed Asset Controller

• Jan 1992 - Feb 1993