Experience

London & Partners
• Romania
• Real Estate
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Finance Business Partner

  • May 2023 - Present


Essex County Council

• Government Administration
• 700 & Above Employee

• Finance Business Partner

  • May 2022 - Dec 2022

  -Partnered with, advised and guided People (HR) & Transformation service area with a £11m budget, building strong relationships with five Service Directors and their teams. -Replaced finance lead of struggling project, driving successful option appraisal, costing model and funding options to secure funding for transformation programme (Highways and Infrastructure Planning Solution). Received recognition for demonstrating attention to detail, efficiency and work ethic which expedite project progression and meet tight deadlines, resulting in successful outcome of securing funding. -Supported timely preparation of business cases & decision-making documents by quantifying associated costs, benefits, risks and funding solutions using financial models to assess business cases, being solely accountable for financial implications. -Interpreted financial data and results to drive forward decisions relating to costings and risks. -Worked collaboratively with the service and supported in the delivery of cost reductions of £300k and efficiency improvements across the service. -Presented options to Service Directors and SLT to drive change and meet set objectives. -Spearheaded the initial feasibility study exploring the potential for outsourcing payroll services, which was approved by the Corporate Leadership Team as part of a cost-saving initiative. -Developed a Profit & Loss Contract sensitivity model which enabled the recruitment service team to assess the viability of contracts with other Local Authorities, as well as to determine if the contracts were beneficial for ECC. This model allowed the service team to negotiate viable rates for their ECC talent pool and resourcing services, which generate income by selling to other Local Authorities. -Various other ad-hoc projects and tasks were assigned which were diligently completed. Show less



Associated British Ports

• United Kingdom
• Transportation, Logistics, Supply Chain and Storage
• 700 & Above Employee

• Finance Business Partner

  • Jan 2020 - Jul 2021

  -Role focused on financial management and business partnering the Centralised IT Function. Largest function in Head Office (HO), operated on budgets of c.£12m Opex and c.£12m Capex-Project Accounting a Capex portfolio of 30+ projects for the Centralised IT function -Proposed and led IT’s delivery of its Covid cost rationalisation targets for both capex and opex, saving £3m. At year end, effective control and management of PO’s and GR’s which aided the achievement of targeted savings. Achievement acknowledged by CFO and CIO-Ensured cost saving initiatives and targets of £500k were aligned with strategic plans and accurately measured-Finance business partnered closely with CIO and their Senior Leadership Team (SLT), which involved analytical review and presentation of monthly business performance with commentary, identified opportunities to improve performance, managed risk, and budget reviews-Instigated and implemented a working relationship plan through the establishment of effective communication channels, developing and agreeing clear line of responsibilities in a matrix structure, ensuring deadlines understood and providing more insightful reporting and advice to IT-Led stakeholders through budgeting and forecasting cycles in line with Group timetable and fed into the overall group plan, owning budget models, and ensuring key assumptions, drivers, trends, and variances are reasonable-Supported PMs and SLT on business case production and evaluation by ensuring correct accounting treatment and capitalisation, reviewed costs and benefits analysis-Improved financial month end processes for capex accounting and reduced month end closure from six to three working days, whilst ensuring they are aligned with the changing needs of the IT transformation -Created new customised capex reporting capability that enabled an enhanced suite of monthly capex reports with a holistic view of IT capex portfolio that enabled SLT and CIO to make informed business decisions Show less

• Head Office Business Controller

  • Feb 2018 - Dec 2019

  -Role focused on business partnering various Group Functional Directors and SLT such as Commercial, Property, Corporate Communications, Compliance and Asset Management, delivering the production and presentation of consolidated group wide functional reports and analysis for executive committee-Delivered business change process, through transitioning management accounts to the Shared Service Centre-Reviewed the delivery of month end/year end results and management accounting packs carried out by the Shared Service Centre-Managed a sound business relationship with Shared Service Centre by monitoring key metrics KPI’s, ensuring SLA is being adhered to and regular performance meetings. -Successfully drove the development of the new monthly group functional directorate reports in SAP using the Analysis for Office tool -Transformed the layout and taxonomy of HO Monthly Finance Reports once migrated to SAP, in time to report the first month end in the new system. Improved financial visibility and enhanced the dissemination of key financial performance data to stakeholders. Show less

• Finance Transformation Project Support - SAP HANA & BPC

  • Mar 2015 - Dec 2018

  Acted as a key HO Subject Matter Expert (SME) for 4 years aiding the transformation programme team throughout the duration of the project. Carried out various duties in conjunction with number of different full-time roles held during that time.Responsibilities and achievements during the journey of transformation from legacy system (SUN) to SAP HANA include:-SME in the introduction of Finance Transformation project, which involved facilitating workshops to map SUN financial data into SAP and participating in playback workshops-Supported Transformation Project Accountant on managing finances, project approvals and year-end statutory disclosures-SME in SAP implementation responsible for intercompany, insurance and recharges including a full role in supporting the UAT phase, data validation/migration and training -Actively participated in SAP Super User communities during and after implementation which led to successful delivery of Go-Live, evidenced by controlled exit from Hypercare on time. Show less

• Management Accountant

  • Jun 2013 - Jan 2018

  -Production and review of monthly HO cost centres and management accounting packs, variance analysis and associated commentary for Group CEO and CFO-Accurately posted journals including accruals, prepayments and group provisions-Managed and produced a budget of c.£25m for 30 HO cost centres working proactively with 15 budget holders including agreement of key planning assumptions and preparation of planning models -Presented budgets (P&L, Balance Sheet and Cashflow) to Finance Manager and CFO -Supervised, developed and supported junior members of finance team -Responsible for group provisions, group self-insurance and centralised overhead recharges (IT, HR, and Insurance) -Production of monthly reconciliations for TB’s-Managed Fixed Asset register-Produced the cash flow forecasts on a weekly/monthly basis-Completed monthly VAT returns for Head Office -Production of group consolidated annual statutory report including responsibilities for numerous disclosure notes -Production of Group Capital Reporting and maintained the revenue/non-revenue capex database across the group-Acted as the key administrator for HO in all SUN, Employee Expense System and PO System problems/questions-Streamlined month end processes by reducing the processing from 7 days to 4 -Provided excellent business support and training to finance and non-finance HO staff of various levels including the CEO and CFO to ensure accurate coding and data entry into various systems. Led to accurate and complete reporting and less manual correction required during month end-Trust and responsibility given to produce one of the main consolidated statutory accounts for the group which was completed to a high standard and on time.-Designed and developed a suite of standard and concise HO cost centre reports sent to internal stakeholders using SUN Q&A. It reduced production time from 2 days to 1 hour. Due to its success the reports were rolled out to the rest of the regions Show less

• Financial Accountant

  • Aug 2009 - May 2013

  Responsible for producing the statutory accounts for the main financing companies where most of the group debt is held. Accounting, reporting and forecasting for group interest and loans.

• Junior Treasury Analyst

  • Jan 2008 - Jul 2009

  Role focused on group treasury accounting and reporting

• Graduate Trainee Accountant

  • Sep 2006 - Dec 2007

  Responsible for two subsidiary companies within the group, bank reconciliation, surveys completion for Office of National Statistics, Tonnage Statistic reports and other ad-hoc projects