Experience

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  Chesapeake Pharmaceutical Packaging

  • Consolidation Accountant

    • 1999 - 2011

    As part of the head office team reporting to the Group Finance Manager I was responsible for the preparation of the monthly financial and management accounts.I was involved in Forecasting, Budgeting, Statutory Accounts and Ad Hoc Projects.I also had personal responsibility for the monthly reporting of capital expenditure to the senior management team on a factory-by-factory, project-by-project basisKey projects and achievements included: – Accounting System Development:- Key part of the small team responsible for implementing Hyperion HFM as the Chesapeake financial consolidation tool. This included key roles in design, testing and parallel running.- Responsible for the design and testing of new features in Hyperion HFM going forward. This included the development of Budget and Forecast scenarios and the conversion of the Actual scenario from US to UK Gaap.- Design a Capital Expenditure reporting system for HFM to integrate with the Forecast scenario.- Converted the Group’s FDC based management reporting Excel spread sheets to use Smartview (retrieval of HFM data through Excel)- Assisted in the development of data collection for Comshare FDC using excel.- Assisted in the conversion of the consolidated data for a change in accounting date and conversion to the euro.Project work:- Establish systems to consolidate the accounts following two major acquisitions and the requirement to report in US Gaap.- Additional reporting was required during a prolonged refinancing process, transitioning from a US listed company to a Private Equity funded group headquartered in the UK. New group and legal structure put in place for the companies acquired by the new sponsors.

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  Hussmann Europe

  • Corporate Accountant

    • May 1989 - Dec 1997

    JAN 1995 TO DEC 1997 - FINANCIAL ACCOUNTANT (MANUFACTURING)Responsibilities included:- Timely and accurate production of the monthly accounts of the manufacturing division for submission to the holding company.- Preparation of balance sheet reconciliations.- Provision of financial information to managers to assist in controlling the business.- Development of accounting processes including taking advantage of the latest computer technology.- Forecasting results for the current year and budgeting the next year and monitoring any variances. - Ad Hoc accounting projects.APR 1989 TO DEC 1994: CORPORATE ACCOUNTANT (HEAD OFFICE)Responsibilities included:- Consolidation and review of Divisional accounts, forecasts and budgets for transmission to the holding company to set deadlines.- Preparation of accounts, forecasts and budgets for the head office division.- Internal audit assignments at divisional accounts offices and at service branches.- Liaison between the holding company and operating divisions on accounting matters.