St Albans, England, United Kingdom
Finance Graduate at Britvic Soft Drinks, having graduated with First Class Honours in Economics from the University of Surrey. Studying to become a CIMA qualified Accountant.
· Responsible for the Business Partnering of the Asda and Value Retail accounts within GB Retail Business, becoming a critical member of the Cross Functional Teams. · Responsible for Month End financial delivery, Balance Sheet ownership and multiple short- and long-term forecasting measures within these accounts. · Supported and influenced key account Joint Business Plans to aid financial delivery whilst protecting Britvic Investment. · Led the Finance workstream related to the Britvic launch into Aldi, modelling impact of launch, managing stakeholders across finance and leading risk modelling. Leading to a GB Outstanding Award. · Led and supported key commercial projects, including Hierarchy Change project and ADF Evaluation projects. · Created new methods of modelling CPI, including designing a new modelling tool and cascading to the Retail business.
- Business Partnering across Britvic’s GB Manufacturing sites and Indirect Procurement, aiding in budget delivery, financial management and forecast creation. - Responsible for delivery of month end processes, leading financial results presentations and day to day business partnering of production sites. - Accountable for partnering GB Supply Chain Capital team, supporting the tracking and management of in year Capex delivery and leading future year Capex budget planning. - Supported key long term planning processes including Strat Planning, AOP and Budget. This included bottom-up budgeting with production sites. - Supported key Supply Chain projects including preparation and analysis of Business Cases for New Lines, Production Equipment and other broader projects. - Acted up into Senior Finance Business Partner role for six month period, resulting in the award of a GB Outstanding Award in 2021
September 2017 - July 2018, Accounts Receivable Graduate: Responsible for reporting of AR Performance Completion of Project Work in AR Support and Leadership of Cash Allocation/Sales Ledger Refund processes July 2018 - December 2018, International Overheads Graduate Analyst Responsible for reporting and analysis of Overheads Performance in International Business Unit Creation and Posting of Month End journals. Support in Budget process for Overheads. Support of Record to Report project work in International BU. January 2019-November 2019, GB Reporting Analyst Member of the Financial Control team responsible for creation of P&Ls, Balance Sheet and Cash Flow for GB Business Unit. Responsibilities included; Reporting and Preparation of GB results including creation of Management Information Pack, P&L, Balance Sheet and Cash Flow Analysis of Balance Sheet Reconciliations and improvement of Balance Sheet Control. Analysis of Other Costs and Other FX lines of P&L Posting of Month End Journals Analysis of Working Capital Movements. Creation of reconciliations between systems including BW/BPC/SAP. November 2019 - Present, GB FP&A Analyst Responsible for analysis of Business Unit performance and preparation of Short and Long Term planning metrics. Role includes support for wider Finance teams including Supply Chain finance and Commercial Finance. Specific responsibilities include; Preparation of GB Exec Decks on P&L Performance, including analysis of Channel/Brand performance. Preparation and consolidation of monthly P&L Outlooks and subsequent Deck. Support in preparation of Longer Term planning, including Annual Operating Plan. Analysis of Working Capital Performance Creation of Performance and Inventory Dashboards Approvals of Commercial Finance Customer Claims and leading Ways Of Working/Process Improvement sessions with wider teams. Experience gained in BW/SAP/BPC/Hyperion.
GTS UKI RS F&P Analyst, responsible for the reporting and analysis of financial data in the Global Technology Service department of IBM. Including the creation of large profit and loss analysis files, producing ledger entries using accounting systems and the tracking and validation of signings.