Finance Manager
Tesco plc
Total years of experience :16 years, 9 Months
• Key liaison for all planning related cycles from Group and managing the communications across the Group for Strategic planning and annual budgeting processes
• Responsible for managing all key information requests required to deliver insightful reports to the Exec and Board
• Regularly liaise with Investor Relations, Corporate Finance, Treasury, Tax, Property and Technical accounting teams as a part of the strategic planning and budgeting queries
• Finance transformation - Involved in key design decisions for Oracle’s planning system from a Business perspective. Currently on a project role managing transformation and change across the Group. Leading the discussions on system testing, reporting requirements for end-state, resource management and Go-Live champion for Group.
• Booker - Assisted in Prospectus verification work on the Booker acquisition. Also involved in integrating Booker’s budget into Tesco
• Involved in a number of ad-hoc Exec reporting analysis
• Portfolio of audit and assurance clients with fees in excess of £1m - Managed team sizes from a minimum of 3 in smaller clients up to 15 in certain larger audits.
• Experience of leading the audit of AIM listed, SEC affiliates and subsidiaries of large European and Japanese groups as well as small and medium entities.
• Involved in Internal audit and assurance reporting on large FTSE listed clients - Performed in-depth analysis of key controls within the business and prepared reports for the Exec/ Board with recommendations.
• Performed a number of IFRS and FRS101/102 GAAP transition projects
• Performance and appraising manager
• Audit Quality and Compliance champion (departmental role) and also involved in Learning and Development trainings
• Sector experience includes automobile, aircraft leasing, wholesalers, manufacturing, employee benefit and restaurant/ pub clients
• Six month secondment to KPMG’s Transaction services division - This project involved doing due diligence work on companies looking to raise finance, IPO or acquire/ dispose businesses.
• One year secondment to Stuttgart audit practise - Involved in the Group IFRS audit of Mercedes-Benz
• Office champion for KPMG’s off-shoring business (KPMG Global Services) - Instrumental in identifying tasks and increasing utilisation of staff at Gurgaon and Bengaluru offices. Recognised by the Head of Audit (UK) for delivering high quality audit using KGS.