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A highly experienced financial accounting professional with an extensive track record across large, global multinationals, spanning broad industries and markets. Exceptional technical financial expertise spanning financial modelling, development of regular management information and providing reporting to non-financial managers. Experience is further enhanced by strong communication skills, having influenced vastly improved financial management by business managers.

SELECTED ACHIEVEMENTS

Consider and quantify four or five key successes and impact on business or team. These can span the last eight to 10 years of career, allowing the reader to gain a snapshot of key career successes in a strong, opening summary. Examples:

• Developed and implemented quality financial reporting and management information across five countries; recognised by senior management as providing value adding data used in critical business decision making.

• Selected to financial system implementation team with role to migrate data between existing and new platforms, successfully achieved within original timeline and without any adverse impact to business.

• Achieved recognition in all roles during career through promotions, positive internal client feedback and selection to business projects commensurate with skills, experience and contributions.

• Identified $00,000 cost saving opportunity through removal of duplicative controls, resulting in headcount reduction.

CAREER (limit to approximately eight to 10 years’ work experience; anything earlier than this should be included in Earlier Career section below)

Date, Company, Turnover
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Be careful not to simply list responsibilities; other candidates with similar backgrounds will look exactly the same. Focus on the points that show how effective you were in the role, key delivery areas and differentiators. Examples:
• Appointed to provide critical financial management within a £00m newly formed division and implementation of all budgeting, forecasting, spend and resource analysis to support aggressive growth plans.
• Implemented all new financial systems, controls and reporting to support (eg) heavily regulated, European, multi-site (etc) business, including selection and development of a team of three financial analysts.
• Advised business on formulation of business plans and strategies, successfully securing £00m additional funding.
• Consolidated all financial analysis for division and prepared monthly head office and board reporting and commentaries to demonstrate business performance.

Date, Company, Turnover
Role

• Reviewed and overhauled financial systems and reporting, mitigating risks and vastly enhancing profile of finance team as a value adding business partner.
• Adapted reporting in line with changing business strategies whilst developing assumptions and forecasting within a volatile external market.
• Developed financial models for sales directors to conduct budget reviews, including analysis to support pricing strategies and new product pricing.
• Provided challenge and advice to business stakeholders on pricing models and product performance to ensure all contracts commercially viable; reviewed low-margin lines to advise, identify and agree corrective actions.
• Supported £100m new business-critical contract; established financial models and databases to provide business with tools to devise local charging structures whilst ensuring contractual obligations.

Date, Company, Turnover
Role

• Headhunted to support new European business with UK regional headquarters in key role establishing local systems, controls and reporting.
• Seconded to subsidiary business to adapt and roll out financial systems in recognition of earlier successes and contributions to business.
• Scoped in-depth market analysis and financial modelling critical to business decision making and entry into new territories.
• Coordinated all reporting to demonstrate comparisons and variations across six countries and in excess of 250 operations.
• Accountable for all monthly reporting including P&L, balance sheet, cash flows, spend and resource allocation.

EARLIER CAREER

This section allows capture of anything earlier which is worthy of note. Mention names of relevant companies, roles and any key successes.

CONTINUED PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Professional training such as ACCA, CIMA, AAT
Degree
Secondary (A levels and GCSEs)
Financial IT skills such as SAP, Hyperion, JD Edwards, etc.
IT skills such as Excel, Word, PowerPoint, etc.
Any additional personal skills training such as management skills, interview training, change management, project management, etc.

References available on request.