Experience

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  Enterprise Support Systems Ltd

  • Director

    • Jan 1995 - Present

    I work with a number of small business clients to achieve management excellence through the establishment and maintenance of sound and relevant information systems; we use our accounting, analytical and reporting skills to assist business growth on a robust and sustainable base.Our relationships are long term ones. We do very few "one off" jobs.

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  Peter Paterson (consultant)

  • Christchurch New Zealand

  • Peter Paterson (consultant)

    • Jan 1993 - Jan 1995
    • Christchurch New Zealand

    Contract Accounting, systems & consulting work including logistics project.

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  DB Breweries

  • Finance & Administration Manager

    • Mar 1989 - Jan 1993

    As regional F & A Manager my responsibility was to motivate and co-ordinate administration and accounting teams throughout my region and consolidate and report on financial results. As a key member of the regional management team I contributed to the development of business strategies and business development in the region.

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  DB Breweries

  • Divisional Accounting Roles

    • Apr 1982 - Aug 1987

    Having spent the years 1976 to 1982 based in London, my DB appointment led me straight in to the Corporate computerisation era, and where I developed my skills in data analysis and systems implementation. Always on the look-out for better ways of doing things, this was one of the most satisfying career periods of my career. The period was one of constant corporate change and re-organisation; the quest for quality - Kaizen

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  Mills & Allen International PLC

  • London

  • Assistant Group Financial Accountant

    • Jun 1979 - Oct 1981
    • London

    First job in an international company, assisted in the consolidation of results from a vast range of businesses from banking and finance to music publishing, outdoor media and advertising. The fun bit was putting together the Annual Report of a listed conglomerate. Last job in the UK.

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  Leslie Langton Holdings Ltd - Underwriters at Lloyds

  • City of London

  • Financial Accountant

    • Sep 1977 - Oct 1978
    • City of London

    Can't resist including this temporary job doing the investment number crunching and dogsbodying for this exciting Lloyds underwriting syndicate. I couldn't begin to have comprehended the meaning of "high net worth individual" until I landed this one!

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  Ballins Industries

  • Christchurch, New Zealand

  • Assistant Divisional Accountant

    • 1973 - 1976
    • Christchurch, New Zealand

    First commercial accounting role. I still recall number-crunching the asset schedules for hundreds of individual soft drink merchandisers around the country all with vast screeds of 14 column worksheets and several pencils and one rubber. At least calculators had been invented by then - but they were over $100 each!Anyone remember Mrs. Brown? She was the credit controller. What a dragon!

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  Clarke Menzies & Co (later Touche Ross Tohmatsu and Deloitte)

  • Christchurch, New Zealand

  • Audit Assistant

    • 1971 - 1973
    • Christchurch, New Zealand

    Audit Assistant. Hated it. Yearned for commercial role. Too regimented. Don't think I was mature enough for a real job - and I was studying too.But I have to say that despite the negatives, the partner who took me on remains today probably one of my guiding lights as a mentor - and is probably why I am still in the industry.