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Seller 254909 - Kingston Upon Thames, Surrey, UK

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Overview:Finance professional with strong financial, analytical and, IT skills. Worked in large commercial organisations. Manager with experience in business processes, finance and telecommunications.
: Hourly rate shown includes a discount of 20% for registered charities.

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Experience gained in BT and other large commercial organisations in preparing company accounts with balance sheet, group consolidation, preparing business plans, budgets and, forecasts.

Preparation of projects and capital expenditure plans and, reports.

Developing five year planning and product reporting models.

Investment analysis and review techniques.

IT skills in Hyperion, Oracle, Excel, Power Point, Access and, Word.

Employment History

(Jan 2004 to Dec 2007)

Finance Manager, Reporting Planning and Analysis

London

Key Responsibilities:

¨ Develop review process for monthly profit and loss accounts of business units in global services.
¨ Coordination of business plans and budgets across a matrix organisation for functional units and, management and, legal entities.
¨ Preparation of Budgets and forecasts for business units in global services.
¨ Develop reports for actual capital expenditure against budgets and forecasts for acquisition in network infrastructure in global services division. Include all outstanding commitments for acquisitions. Detailed reporting of capital expenditure by project. Consolidation of capital expenditure reports for all entities.
¨ Completion of all monthly transactions and journals in preparation for monthly close.
¨ Consolidation and monthly reporting of profit & loss account by business unit in global services, reporting and explanation of variances against budgets and forecasts.
¨ Monthly review of variances against budgets and forecasts with senior executives.
¨ Investigation of variances and follow up with operational and business insight teams.
¨ Reporting gross and net costs with reference to internal trading.
¨ Develop profit and loss account and capital expenditure reports in Hyperion environment.

Major Achievements:

Developed a process for reviewing monthly P&L and, variances against budgets and forecasts for business units. Set up a consolidation process for P&L and, capital expenditure reports. Developed planning, budget and, actual reports in Hyperion. Became a super user of Hyperion systems.


(Jul 1997 to Dec 2003)

Finance Manager

London

Key Responsibilities:

¨ Developing product reporting and planning models for use in Global Services five year plans based on volume metrics.
¨ Preparation of budgets and plans for capital and operating expenditure.
¨ Detailed review of fixed asset register for the joint venture (Concert) to identify assets to be considered for impairment. Review of useful lives of assets in the register and follow up computation of depreciation in the register.
¨ Reviewing and, analysing investment proposals in the joint venture between BT and AT&T.
¨ Regular reporting and analysis of actual and budgeted expenditure on projects.
¨ Preparation of high-level divisional reports and, analysis of revenue by product type.

Major Achievements:

Developed five year planning models to provide feed to Hyperion planning system. Developed product reporting models and, process for review of investment proposals in the joint venture.


(Apr 1995 to Jun 1997)

Investment Analysis Manager

BT Plc, London

Key Responsibilities:

¨ Provide analysis on major network and systems investment proposals and implement financial controls on programme expenditure.
¨ Work on the financial approval process for a major investment programme of c. £300m in intelligent networks.
¨ Prioritisation and recommendation of major investment proposals for introducing new developments in intelligent networks for approval on the basis of cost savings.
¨ Identify budget savings in expenses associated with programme development expenditure.

Major Achievements:

Led to successful approvals of investment proposals on major programmes in core networks of c. £4bn and, intelligent networks of c. £300m.


(Apr 1991 to Mar 1995)

Manager Financial Analysis

BT Plc, London

Key Responsibilities:

¨ Prepare product plans for apparatus supply business with a turnover of c. £1bn. Introduce balance scorecard for this business.
¨ Off line reporting on gross margin analysis by product and by revenue streams. Off line analysis of district data to produce product profitability reports. Investigate, identify and remove accounting anomalies in accounting practices across the business.
¨ Analyse new customer payment options as a major change in the business. Develop a model for evaluation of conventional rental schemes.
¨ Produce profitability reports and monitor product profitability against targets.
¨ Work on standard delivered costs as a change in the business process for stock items valued at c. £300m in the business.

Major Achievement:

Developed product profitability reports.


(Aug 1987 to Mar 1991)

Senior Financial Analyst

BT Plc, London

Key Responsibilities:

¨ Reporting and analysis on monthly trading performance of territories based on actual spend vs. budgets.
¨ Cost analysis of networks and apparatus products for use in the pricing proposals from product lines.
¨ Work on product business cases with detailed costs and overheads. Demonstration of return on investment.


(Oct 1984 to Jul 1987)

Business Unit Consultant

BT Plc, London

Key Responsibilities:

¨ Develop reporting systems for sales and operating costs.
¨ Prepare budgets and plans for the business unit.
¨ Financial and Management Accounting for the trading unit. Product profitability reports.


(Jul 1982 to Sep 1984)

Head of Financial Planning

Zambia Consolidated Copper Mines Ltd, Zambia

Key Responsibilities:

¨ Review of divisional project plans. Evaluation of investment proposals.
¨ Develop planning models for projects with expenditure of c. £200m and, company plans with turnover of c. £1bn.
¨ New processes for reviewing and monitoring capital expenditure requirements of c. £200m.


(Oct 1979 to Jun 1982)

Head of Management Reporting

Roan Consolidated Mines Ltd, Zambia

Key Responsibilities:

¨ Consolidation of cost and management accounting information and capital expenditure reports.
¨ Monitoring and review of capital expenditure proposals.
¨ Consolidation of reports on metal processes, stocks and trade debtors.
¨ Develop a stock valuation and reporting system for metal processes valued at £300m.
¨ Develop Fixed Asset Register with total asset values at c. £500m. Prepare current cost accounts.


(Aug 1977 to Sep 1979)

Senior Consolidation Accountant

Roan Consolidated Mines Ltd, Zambia

Key Responsibilities:

¨ Prepare annual report and accounts for a c. £1bn company quoted on London Stock Exchange.


(Jun 1975 to Jul 1977)

Management Accountant

BOC Plc, London

Key Responsibilities:

¨ Management accounting service to marketing managers in gases division including five year plans, budgets and, forecasts.
¨ Review of investment projects and, product profitability reports.
¨ Standard management accounting reports for 15 branches in the division.
¨ Work on a commercial proposal for a major gas production plant.

Professional Qualifications

Fellow of Chartered Institute of Management Accountants

Education

(Sep 1971 to Sep 1972)

Cranfield University

MSc in Air Transport Management


(Sep 1967 to Aug 1971)

Loughborough University

B Tech (Hons) in Aero Engineering


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