Experience

Addleshaw Goddard

• United Kingdom
• Law Practice
• 700 & Above Employee

• Divisional Finance Manager

  • May 2019 - Present

  Overall1. Business partnering to the DMPs and Divisional Partners as well as building solid relationships with support teams (HR, Marketing and Finance).2. Providing commercial insight into the division's financial performance to Partners (and others) in order to improve financial performance. 3. Undertaking own specific projects such as client profitability reviews, pricing and tendering, finance process/controls and building complex business models.4. Proactively identifying and challenging issues, supporting change management and gaining commercial insight.Financial Reporting and Management1. Review of the Divisional monthly financial performance (income and cost drivers), providing insight to the CFO, DMPs and wider business.2. Monitoring key financial targets (e.g. billing, chargeable hours, realisation, WIP and debtor days).3. Driving better working capital performance within the Divisions (driving down lock-up days) by partnering the with business and resolving issues. 4. Working in conjunction with the Management Information (MI) team to establish best practice.5. Implementing sector reporting in line with the firm strategy. Regular review of sector performance and partnering to the Sector Heads.Business Planning & Decision Making1. Divisional business planning process as part of the annual budget/quarterly forecasting including financial modelling, written commentary and displaying a clear understanding of business drivers.2. Review Divisional and sub teams performance, and the formation of action plans.3. Business partnering to Partners on tenders and pricing requests to maximise client profitability.4. Succession and promotion planning while liaising with colleagues in HR.5. Assisting with the recruitment of individuals into the finance department.6. Delivering finance training to other departments and new starters. Show less

• Finance Business Partner - GCC and Sectors

  • Jan 2017 - Apr 2019

• Divisional Finance Accountant - Finance and Projects

  • Jan 2015 - Dec 2016



EY

• United Kingdom
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 700 & Above Employee

• Executive (Audit Senior)

  • Sep 2011 - Jan 2015

  Client responsibilities 1. Effectively managing the Audit process with appropriate consideration of audit risk issues and accounting technical matters. 2. Leading and managing fieldwork on clients sites including liaising with other departments to ensure the smooth delivery of the Audit process. 3. Application primary accounting frameworks (UK GAAP or IFRS) and in related financial reporting matters 4. Ensuring the application of EY audit methodology when performing assurance engagements in compliance with auditing standards 5. Identifying areas requiring improvement in the clients business processes and possible recommendations; prepare and deliver Management Letter to be provided to the client People responsibilities 1. Influencing, changing and shaping the direction of particular activities, either internally and/or externally 2. Coaching other less experienced staff through sharing experience and knowledge appropriately. 3. Contributing to effective team work in internal engagement situations. 4. Provide on-the-job training for developing auditing skills and familiarity with the firm’s audit methodology. 5. Work closely with staff, managers, and partners on all phases of the project. 6. Managing teams of 2 - 5 people on audit engagements. Show less



Vauxhall Motors Ltd

• United Kingdom
• Motor Vehicle Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Finance Analyst

  • Jul 2009 - Aug 2010

  1. Contribution margin analysis. 2. Administration of the company’s employee car and fuel card schemes. 3. Month-end processes including journals, balance sheet reconciliations. Projects: 1. Assessing the impact a new system had on the Fleet Finance Department and implementing measures to ensure there were no disruptions in operations. 2. Designed and implemented various margin analysis tools to speed up the decision making process when evaluating fleet deals. 3. Using VBA and advanced excel, I also implemented various automated time saving measures that allowed time to be reallocated to more value adding activities. Show less