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Finance & I.S. Director

Finance & I.S. Director

Work Experience

EXPERIENCE:
CURRENT EMPLOYMENT: IVAX PHARMACEUTICALS UK LTD
(Formerly Norton Healthcare Ltd)
Pharmaceutical Manufacture - Sales £197m
Ivax Inc (Group) Global Sales us$1.2bln

October 1999 to Finance & Information Services Director
April 2002
Responsible for all Finance, Legal & Information Services departments across 3 sites in UK & ROI, managing a staff of 79, and full accountability for Revenue spend of £5m and Capital of £1.5m within functions.

Key achievements:

Successfully negotiating with the Department of Health with respect to the Pharmaceutical Price Regulation Scheme (PPRS) for 10 years
Implementing SAP/R3 systems across all sites in 1997 and subsequently upgrading to version 4.0c in July 2001
Restructuring corporate entities and resolving legal, tax and reporting matters arising. Direct negotiations with the Inland Revenue to clear historical tax issues from 1991 to 1997.
Incorporating new companies in France, Poland and South Africa
Building robust transfer pricing structures within a large Group with a significant international and complex supply chain.
Trustee of pension schemes including winding up of defined benefit schemes
Engendered a culture both within Finance and the business as a whole to minimise costs through continuous improvement and elimination of non-value added activities.

January 1992 to Group Financial Controller
September 1999
Consolidation of subsidiaries in UK, ROI & Branches in France and Poland in respect to Strategic Planning, Capital and Revenue budgeting and Forecasting, Management reporting, Financial Accounting and Statutory accounts under both UKGAAP and USGAAP to US Parent company.
Central Transaction accounting of sales & purchase ledgers and payrolls for all UK companies.
Credit and Treasury management for the Group as a whole including Foreign Currency Hedging
Acquisition of products and businesses including overseas distributor in Poland
Responsible for preparation and negotiation of Annual Financial Returns to DOH and price modulations for Branded products under the UK PPRS.
Responsible for Risk management, contingency planning, disaster recovery and insurance and led the project to avoid business continuity for Y2K.
Staff management of 28 including 6 qualified accountants.




PREVIOUS EMPLOYMENT: JAMES CARPENTER & CO
Chartered Accountants

February 1991 to Consultant and Business Advisor
December 1991
Advisor to small and medium size businesses
Business Plans and Cash Flow management
Financial and statutory accounting including some audit work
Company Formation and returns
Management accounts
System analysis and Implementation
Investment review and capital expenditure evaluations


AVENTIS
(Formerly Rhone-Poulenc Rorer Group)
Pharmaceuticals and Chemicals
Sales UK £150, Zone £254, Group us$2bln

May 1990 to Finance Director Northern Europe
January 1991
Board member of Rhone-Poulenc Rorer following merger
Responsible for 34 staff covering all financial management activities for all companies within the Zone – UK, Ireland, Nordic and Benelux countries plus South Africa.
Prime accountability for Strategic Planning, Mergers and acquisitions, Treasury and foreign currency management, costing and manufacturing accounting, statutory and corporate accounts, capital investment appraisal and approval.

January 1986 to Divisional Finance Manager Healthcare
April 1990
De-consolidated the Pharmaceutical business from the corporate entity of Rhone-Poulenc in order to create the merger with the pharmaceutical business of Rorer Pharmaceuticals Inc.
Appointed to Executive Committee in April 1989
Control of 12 staff including 2 qualified accountants
Financial expert in operating division with sales of £120m, advising business managers on alternative strategies, 5 year plans and budgets.
Capital expenditure project review and world-wide control of working capital
Responsible for product costing, transfer pricing and tender business.
Presenter of divisional budgets and financial results to RPR Board in Paris
Systems development, installing IBM 4341’s for batch and on-line systems, utilising and exploiting ‘Wizard’ modelling systems from ‘Comshare’ and PC links with subsidiaries to improve reporting efficiencies.





PREVIOUS EMPLOYMENT (Cont.) AVENTIS (Cont.)

July 1983 to Group Financial Accountant
December 1985

Development and co-ordination of financial accounting policy throughout the group to comply with UK, French (EEC) and American accounting standards
Directly managed 5 staff plus functional control of finance managers in20 subsidiaries
Preparation of monthly Group financial accounts and management reports to board and Rhone-Poulenc corporate
Review of financial posture of branches and subsidiaries in respect of gearing, capitalisation levels and dividend policy.
Computerised consolidation process on Apple computers.
Full experience gained within a multinational organisation with 60% business overseas, impact of exchange exposure, political risk and tax rate differentials on control of funds flow.
Formed export company for VAT purposes to give interest savings in excess of £120k per annum.
Finance represent on working party which acquired the Generic company Approved Prescription Services Ltd
Led special assignment for 2 weeks in Bangladesh to enhance existing financial and control systems prior to computerisation.

October 1980 to Financial Accountant
June 1983
Management of 23 staff responsible for Company accounting and preparing statutory accounts of holding company with 3 overseas branches
Control of payments to suppliers for raw materials, services and engineering components to value of £10m to 315m per month.
Introduced new MSA general ledger and accounts payable packages.
Responsible for VAT, trial balance and monitoring departmental performance against budget.

March 1979 to Head of Factory Accounting
September 1980
Direct management of 26 staff and co-ordination of UK production site accounting and chemical costing in Dagenham and Norwich.
Responsibilities included transport costing, stock control, building and engineering capital and revenue cost control, chemical manufacture and packaging standard costs, variance analysis and fixed asset register
Introduced computerised works cost data base and batch control system from manual Chemists’ ledgers
Transferred all accounting and costing from old Burroughs computer system to IBM hardware and in-house customised software






EARLIER EMPLOYMENT: BRYANY & MAY LTD
Match Manufacturer Sales £13m

January 1975 to Assistant Chief Accountant
February 1979 Cost accountant

Joined company as Cost Accountant to install and develop costing systems to generate credible pricing structures for colour printed book matches.
Computerised budgets and performance tracking using shared-time terminal links to Boeing Computer mainframe
Achieved six successful applications to the Price Commission
Member of new products / projects team as matches range was extended into toy & modelling products
Promoted to Assistant Chief accountant controlling whole financial department including sales ledgers, purchase ledger, payroll, general & private ledgers through to trial balance. Assisted in preparation of management and financial accounts.


FORD MOTOR COMPANY
Car Manufacturer (Engine Plant)

February 1970 to Budgetary Control analyst
December 1974 Cost analyst
Data Control Officer

PLESSEY ELECTRONICS
Telecommunication Systems

May 1969 to Contract Costing
January 1970 Wages Analysis


Education

School: Hornchurch Grammar School 1962 – 1969
2 ‘A’ levels – Chemistry / Physics
8 ‘O’ levels – Maths & English taken one year early

Professional: Chartered Institute of Management Accountants

Affiliate (TFA) 1977
Examinations (ICMA) 1978
Associate (ACMA) 1979
Fellow (FCMA) 1986

Gen. Mgmt: 2-year programme with CEDEP
May 1991 at European Business School – INSEAD France

PQE: Institute Courses: Accounting in the EEC
Inflation Accounting
Report writing
Company Courses: Treasury Management
Time Management
Counselling & Appraisal
External Courses: Kepner Tregoe Strategic Planning
Effective Communications
Effective Presentations
Intensive French
UK & USGAAP Accounting


Skills

People Management
Communication at all levels
Analytical
Project Management
Delivers on time in full

Languages

Basic French

Other

INTERESTS: Swimming, Tennis, Motor Racing, Family, Local community, and contributing to the development of the Royal Docks London in my capacity as a Director of RODMA. (Royal Docks Management Authority Ltd)

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