Business Support Manager / Finance Analyst
Elan / Thomson Reuters
Total years of experience :19 years, 1 Months
RESPONSIBILITIES
•Support the UK Recruitment Account Director on the £30m Thomson Reuters account. Based on-site at this key account, provide various financial and managerial reports including budget vs. actual revenues; spend and trend analysis; cost savings analysis; headcount and churn, etc.
•Provide a superior level of service to the client Thomson Reuters, across multiple business units and departments, regarding all Elan related finance matters, in conjunction with prompt and accurate management reports (including spend, accruals and cost savings reports); managing and auditing cost allocations; dispute resolution, etc.
•Manage the account’s transactional operations to ensure processes function efficiently and accurately.
•Project manager for multiple large and small scale projects relating to the outsourced recruitment service.
ACHIEVEMENTS
• Identified problematic operational processes, systematically improving their efficiency and accuracy by implementing simplified and robust processes.
Significantly improved the collection period of receivables, bringing the Days Sales Outstanding from 53.3 to 26.8 days.
•Resolved all aged debt disputes from a peak of £4m, through analysis, effective negotiation with senior finance and sourcing managers, and from working closely with the procurement and finance teams.
• Managed and controlled data to ensure the availability of accessible and reliable information used for management reporting purposes and as evidence for dispute resolution.
• As project manager, worked with and managed global teams to successfully design and prepare the UK deployment of an online recruitment system.
Responsibilities
•Investigate and resolve legacy payment disputes with the company’s key recruitment agent, Elan.
•Provide financial reports to various managers working in multiple busiess units.
Achievements
•Resolved £2.8m of payment disputes by successfully analysing data, identifying the root-causes of problems, working with cross-functional teams to rectify issues, and providing recommendations to resolve the key issues.
Responsibilities
•Undertake accounts payable duties, including processing and payment of invoices and inter-company recharges.
•Assist the financial controller with a range of accounting duties, including financial year-end reporting and auditing.
Achievements
•Ensured supplier invoices and inter-company recharges were paid when due.
•Successfully delivered reports to the financial controller accurately and on time.
Responsibilities
•Manage the accounts payable duties for three agencies in advertising, public relations and digital media.
•Receive, code and process a high volume of invoices and employee expenses.
•Liaise with suppliers and staff with regards to outstanding bills and expenses.
•Produce reports for the Finance Manager, including aging payables and daily bank reconciliations.
Achievements
•Systematically brought structure to a previously disorganised accounts payable ledger and filing system.
•Reduced all outstanding payables to less than 30 days for all three entities.
The Graduate Certificate of Chartered Accounting Foundations (GCCAF) has been developed to meet the requirements of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia (ICAA). The course is designed for individuals who hold a non-accounting bachelor degree and who wish to pursue a career in chartered accounting. The course is a pathway to the ICAA's Chartered Accountants Program. The scaling system is: High Distinction = >80% Distinction = 70-79% Credit = 60-69% Pass = 50-59% Fail = <50%
Business Degree with a major in Marketing and International Marketing. The first year core business subjects include accounting, economics, finance, law, management, marketing and human resources. The following years are subjects from the majors.