Samantha Walker

Chief Financial Officer at The Bart Ingredients Company
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(386) 825-5501
Location
Gloucester, England, United Kingdom, UK
Languages
  • English Native or bilingual proficiency
  • French Limited working proficiency
  • German Limited working proficiency
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Sarah Girling

Samantha was briefed to develop a KPI measurement tool on behalf of one of our clients. The project was delivered to the great satisfaction of both our client and ourselves. We are already planning future projects where she can work as our associate. We would highly recommend her services.

Antony Smith

A very strong intellect with a good attention to detail. Gets things done!

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Experience

  • The Bart Ingredients Company
    • United Kingdom
    • Food and Beverage Manufacturing
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Chief Financial Officer
      • Jul 2022 - Present

    • Finance Director
      • Jan 2018 - Jul 2022

    • Group Financial Controller
      • Apr 2016 - Jan 2018

      Management of the Bart finance team, with a wide-ranging set of responsibilities including commercial finance, supply chain finance, management accounts, budgets/forecasts, sales/purchase ledger, FX trades, MS Dynamics NAV (ERP system) and other IT projects, company secretarial, banking, insurance, energy contracts and recent involvement in VDD process during the sale of the business.

    • Interim Finance Manager
      • Feb 2014 - Apr 2016

      Various projects including setting up a commercial finance department, and setting up financial processes and controls/integrating a newly acquired site.

  • Maternity
    • Career Break
      • Oct 2011 - Feb 2014

      Following the birth of my second child I took a career break, during which time I relocated to Gloucestershire, studied for ATT examinations and freelanced. Following the birth of my second child I took a career break, during which time I relocated to Gloucestershire, studied for ATT examinations and freelanced.

  • Premier Foods
    • United Kingdom
    • Food and Beverage Manufacturing
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Projects Finance Manager
      • Jan 2009 - Sep 2011

      Project Finance Manager for implementation of Standard Costing and SAP Orders to Cash.

    • Operations Finance Manager Bread Bakeries
      • May 2006 - Dec 2008

      Responsible for financial analysis and all accounting/admin/payroll for 15 bakeries, £360million cost-base. Additionally had responsibility for £20m capital expenditure and analysis of procurement savings.

  • RHM (taken over by Premier Foods)
    • Windsor, Berkshire
    • Commercial Finance Manager Baking
      • May 2005 - Apr 2006

      Manager of commercial finance team supporting £500million turnover business. Manager of commercial finance team supporting £500million turnover business.

  • Procter & Gamble
    • United States
    • Manufacturing
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Senior Finance Analyst Babycare UK
      • Oct 2004 - May 2005

      Finance support to the commercial team for £400million business.

    • Site Stewardship Manager, London Plant
      • Apr 2003 - Oct 2004

      Responsible for internal controls and financial stewardship, central accounting functions, non-direct production cost analysis and accounts payable. Managed external audit.

    • Senior Finance Analyst, Commercial Products Group UK
      • Apr 2002 - Apr 2003

      Responsible for financial support to £70million category.

    • Finance Analyst, Commercial Products Group, Western Europe
      • Sep 2000 - Apr 2002

      Responsible for initiative investment analysis for commercial cleaning sector, consolidation of monthly profit forecast for division, and annual planning and budgeting processes.

Education

  • Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA)
    ACMA, Management Accounting
    2001 - 2004
  • Association of Taxation Technicians (ATT)
    Certificates of Competency in Personal Taxation (May 2013) and Business Taxation (Nov 2013)
    2012 -
  • University of Oxford
    MPhys 1st Class, Physics
    1996 - 2000

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