Rachel Burgess

Group Financial Controller at Tata Chemicals Europe
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Northwich, England, United Kingdom, UK
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Credentials

  • FCA
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Experience

  • Tata Chemicals Europe
    • United Kingdom
    • Chemical Manufacturing
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Group Financial Controller
      • Aug 2016 - Present

      Lead financial accounting team to deliver group reports, and manage the statutory accounts and tax returns for Europe Holdings group. Lead the maintenance and development of SAP and Qlikview/BI platform. Working capital management. Tax compliance and planning. Lead on the group's credit and operational insurances. Lead risk management process, as principal contact for internal and external audit, and deliver process improvement. Lead financial accounting team to deliver group reports, and manage the statutory accounts and tax returns for Europe Holdings group. Lead the maintenance and development of SAP and Qlikview/BI platform. Working capital management. Tax compliance and planning. Lead on the group's credit and operational insurances. Lead risk management process, as principal contact for internal and external audit, and deliver process improvement.

  • Fircroft
    • United Kingdom
    • Staffing and Recruiting
    • 400 - 500 Employee
    • Head of Financial Reporting
      • Feb 2014 - Aug 2016

      Head of financial reporting process for multi national UK group. Lead contact for audit relationship. Managed and streamlined consolidation process. Implemented financial process and accounting policies, and devised internal accounting manual. Technical research and audit papers for acquisition accounting. Planned, researched and proposed to board the UK GAAP conversion strategy, producing impact statement for FRS 102 conversion. Head of financial reporting process for multi national UK group. Lead contact for audit relationship. Managed and streamlined consolidation process. Implemented financial process and accounting policies, and devised internal accounting manual. Technical research and audit papers for acquisition accounting. Planned, researched and proposed to board the UK GAAP conversion strategy, producing impact statement for FRS 102 conversion.

  • Springer Healthcare Ltd
    • Financial Controller
      • Oct 2010 - Jan 2014

      Responsible for coordinating global group monthly reporting pack in HFM for non SAP entities, Europe and Asia Pacific. On integration project team to migrate accounting and processes of legacy business into SAP. Project manager for purchase ledger migration, including planning of new procure to pay system embedded in SAP, and end user training and support. Key role in the calculation of final purchase price allocation and net working capital adjustments, involving detailed reperformance of the purchased entity year end accounts at the sale date (23 December), and comparing legacy group accounting policies to Springer group policies to track adjustments. Show less

  • Wolters Kluwer Health
    • United States
    • Information Services
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • European Financial Accountant
      • Apr 2007 - Sep 2010

      • Responsible for designing and implementing best practice processes across offices in France, Germany, Italy and Spain, including roll out of month end reporting timetable to ensure accuracy and timeliness of group reporting. • UK stats production and manage external audit. In my first year managing the audit I successfully achieved a completed deliverables list with no follow up points after two week planning and fieldwork visits, considerably improved from previous years. • Performed local GAAP to IFRS reconciliations across Spanish, French and Italian accounts, as part of due diligence pending sale of the Wolters Kluwer division. • Devised purchase order coding crib sheets and a presentation aimed at the business requisitioners, successfully reducing finance time spent correcting coding errors, and missed accruals at year end cut off. Show less

  • PwC
    • Professional Services
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Audit/Forensic Services
      • Sep 2000 - Dec 2003

      Whilst in audit I largely specialised within the manufacturing sector, although have also had experience as a team leader within a number of other industries, such as media and entertainment and the service sector. Assignments in specialist fields such as fraud and SEC investigations, insurance claims disputes and quantum, professional negligence claims and business valuations. Whilst in audit I largely specialised within the manufacturing sector, although have also had experience as a team leader within a number of other industries, such as media and entertainment and the service sector. Assignments in specialist fields such as fraud and SEC investigations, insurance claims disputes and quantum, professional negligence claims and business valuations.

Education

  • University of Leeds
    Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Psychology and Business Management
    1997 - 2000
  • Grange School, Hartford, Cheshire
    1990 - 1997

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