FINANCIAL REPORTING MANAGER

□ Group financial reporting – combined PLC and 20-F report for FTSE 100 company; IAS 34 interim financial statements

□ Liaison with international teams to review submitted regional data for consolidation with detailed interrogation and reporting to senior management on findings

□ Re-write of Group Financial Reporting Manual

□ Projects to review impact of introduction of new/revised accounting standards and policies

□ Key focus on controls with strict compliance to Sarbanes Oxley legislation

FINANCIAL ACCOUNTANT

□ Financial reporting – statutory accounts for European Group and Overseas Entities

□ International Projects Branch Accounts, Foreign Currency Translation, Management Accounts and Consolidation

□ VAT returns in four countries; Investigation and resolution of HMRC enquiries

□ Corporation Tax provisions

□ Budget & forecasting collation, preparation and review

FINANCE MANAGER

□ Responsible for Four Key Business Divisions - Commercial Focus with Monthly Management Accounts preparation

□ Balance sheet interrogation & resolution of ledger issues

□ Detailed review of results against budgets & forecasts

MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTANT

□ Month end procedures for Retail & Head Office management accounts for all companies; Board pack narrative to include variance analysis

□ Quarterly flux analysis of Group P&L and Balance Sheet for submission to US Parent

□ Quarterly production of individual P&Ls for each Retail Outlet

□ Liaison with Senior Management for provision of ad-hoc Management Information

□ Management of Purchase Ledger function

SKILLS

□ Knowledge of UK and International GAAP (IFRS, AIFRS) and Auditing Standards (IAS)

□ Knowledge of UK, New Zealand, Swedish, Irish & Dutch VAT rules

□ Analytical ability – able to diagnose and resolve issues

□ Advanced Microsoft Excel skills (macros, pivot tables, formulae, modelling)

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Claire Wilkins BSc(hons) ACA Dip

□ Fast track □ Challenges □ Communicative

□ Technical □ Analytical □ Diagnostic

□ Commercial □ Bottom line focus □ Market understanding

□ Man-management □ Coach □ Inter-personal skills

□ Other IT systems: MS Office, Hyperion/HFM, Lotus Notes, COINS

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CAREEREMPLOYER: Bridon International LtdDATES: February 2015 – May 2015POSITION: Group Financial AccountantRESPONSIBILITIES:

Preparation of Group Consolidated Financial Statements and financial statements for relevant subsidiary undertakings under the new group structure implemented in November 2014 on.

Fair value review of fixed assets for acquisition accounting. Input of new corporate entity transactions into the accounting system, Avalon and

the reporting system, Developing working papers for maintenance of the corporate entities on a

monthly basis. Liaise with Auditors and other Professional Advisors directly in relation to work.

ACHIEVEMENTS: Identification of requirements in monthly reporting and setting up of relevant

working papers that can be used each month for efficient processing to minimise time spent each month.

EMPLOYER: Thermo Fisher Scientific Ltd (c/o Michael Page)DATES: August 2014 – January 2015POSITION: General Ledger Accountant (Contract)RESPONSIBILITIES:

Monthly reporting of Sweden trading entity profit and loss and balance sheet to management, including posting of monthly journals.

Maintenance of Sweden entity general ledger, including interrogation into balances and reconciliation of balance sheet accounts.

Calculating Swedish VAT payable and directing the lodgement of the VAT return on a monthly basis.

Compiling the intrastat reporting figures to send to Group. Review and approval of purchase ledger payments. Calculation of intracompany recharges. Involved in the new finance software roll out project, taking part in training and

parallel running and responsible for reconciling/mapping balances in the new system.

Ad hoc management requests.ACHIEVEMENTS:

Review of backdated logistics invoices for VAT reclaim purposes, identifying amounts to be reclaimed and errors to be corrected.

EMPLOYER: IHG PLCDATES: September 2013 – August 2014POSITION: Group Financial Reporting Manager (Maternity Cover)RESPONSIBILITIES:

Quarterly review of submitted regional financial accounts for consolidation into Group financial accounts to be reported to management. Involves detailed interrogation of balances to obtain adequate explanations and support and to adhere to controls and procedures in place.

Preparation of half-yearly technical commentaries to support financial statements. Preparation of disclosures for published Annual Report and IAS 34 Interim

Financial Statements. Liaison with Group Auditors to answer and resolve queries with respect to both

the Statutory Audit and Sarbanes Oxley compliance. Liaison with Internal Audit regarding quarterly reporting and ongoing controls and

procedures. Other projects including the update of the Group Finance Manual, merging of the

Annual Report and the 20-F for the 2013 year-end, the impact of IFRS 12 on the Annual Report, review and update of the controls matrix for Group Financial Reporting and quantifying the effect of a change in accounting policy of amortisation of enhancement contracts.

ACHIEVEMENTS:

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Building relationships within the Group Financial Reporting team and beyond into the Regional Financial Reporting teams based around the world.

Developing IFRS 12 disclosures that were published in the combined Annual Report and 20-F for the year-ended 2013.

Developing a tool to enable current and future interests in other entities to be assessed in a transparent way under current IFRS 12 rules.

Contributing chapters on ‘Consolidation’ and ‘Investments in Joint Ventures and Associates’ to the Group Finance Manual.

Creating working papers that have improved the quarterly review process: e.g. implementing operating lease reconciliations, automating fixed asset tables for insertion in technical commentaries.

EMPLOYER: CSE Global UK LtdDATES: May 2013 – August 2013POSITION: Interim Financial Planning AnalystRESPONSIBILITIES:

Supporting role for UK Finance Director, Managing Director and Chief Financial Officer.

Projects involve reviewing the budgeting and forecasting process of the UK Group Companies and building a new, robust uniform model to be applied for the Q3 forecast that will also be in line with the new information being input by project managers into the finalised project management system when that is completed.

Other projects involve reviewing the impact of financial reporting changes in the UK applicable from accounting periods commencing on or after 1 January 2015.

ACHIEVEMENTS: Establishing a new budget and forecasting model/tool that is being implemented

across all subsidiary businesses.

DATES: December 2012 - PresentPOSITION: Career Break

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EMPLOYER: Balfour Beatty Rail Projects Ltd DATES: June 2010 – November 2012POSITION: Financial AccountantRESPONSIBILITIES:

Responsible for International Projects based in Europe, South America, Singapore, Australia and New Zealand.

Preparation of monthly management accounts:o Liaison with overseas based Project Accountants re guidance on

preparation of monthly financial information and to resolve queries;o Preparation of Individual Project Accounting Statements;o Long-term contract accounting;o Consolidation;o Cash flows; ando Monthly management reports.

Project performance analysis for Commercial Meetings. Preparation and submission of New Zealand VAT return. Quarterly variance analysis: actual versus budget and forecast, including

narrative. Bi-annual fiscal accounts for Group reporting. Preparation of Statutory Accounts for Australian, New Zealand and Singapore

entities. Corporation Tax provisions, including deferred tax analyses. Forecasting and budgeting. Investigation into local accounting issues, including payroll taxes and related

provisions.ACHIEVEMENTS:

ICAEW Diploma in International Financial Reporting Standards. Good working relationships built. New systems (Hyperion and COINS) embraced and learned quickly; Super User for

implementation of upgrade to Hyperion system. Incorporation of additional monthly reporting schedules to enhance Project

Performance analysis for both Financial and Commercial Meetings.

EMPLOYER: Melville Exhibitions & EventsDATES: September 2009 – May 2010POSITION: Finance ManagerRESPONSIBILITIES:

Responsible for four core divisions within the business. Preparation of monthly management accounts. Close working relationship with Divisional Managers & Directors to provide

ongoing management information and focus on strategy and improving performance.

Weekly forecasting and in-depth quarterly forecasts presented to Senior Management.

Detailed monthly review of performance against forecasts and budgets, presented to Finance Director.

Training and management of one General Ledger Accountant (their role as a support to the Finance Manager), involving directing and reviewing their work.

ACHIEVEMENTS: Good working relationships built. Involved in Procurement Project for Panels, estimated to save the business c.

£200k per year. Resolved a number of ledger issues through detailed analysis of transactions.

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EMPLOYER: Badenoch & ClarkDATES: December 2008 – August 2009POSITION: Contract Auditor for the Audit CommissionRESPONSIBILITIES:

Interim audit work, documenting key systems and performing risk analyses for Local Authorities and Primary Care Trusts.

Final accounts audit work. Grant verification work.

ACHIEVEMENTS: Identified weaknesses in a key system of a Unitary Authority, recommending a

number of efficient controls that were subsequently implemented.

EMPLOYER: Smith CooperDATES: September 2008 – November 2008POSITION: Accounts SupervisorRESPONSIBILITIES:

Planning audits, both internal and external. Completing audits, including accounts review/preparation Leading on-site audit teams and reviewing assistants’ work Preparation of reports for management Preparation of training materials for planning audits and to complete analytical

proceduresACHIEVEMENTS:

Completion and delivery of training materials for audit planning procedures and detailed analytical procedures, including a number of templates that were rolled out across the department.

EMPLOYER: Holland & Barrett Retail LtdDATES: September 2007 – August 2008POSITION: Financial Accountant/Management AccountantRESPONSIBILITIES:

Preparation of Management Accounts across all areas of the European Group, including commentary on variances to budget to be included in the Monthly Board Pack.

Detailed variance (Flux) analysis for quarterly reporting to US Parent Company. Preparation of Statutory Financial Statements for European Group Companies. Preparation of VAT returns for the UK Group, Irish and Dutch companies. Calculation of Corporation Tax provisions for the European Group, including liaison

with the Company Tax Auditors. Liaison with Group Auditors, to provide information and answer queries for both

the Statutory Annual Audit and the Quarterly Sarbanes Oxley Compliance Audits. Review and development of Procedures and Controls within the Business, in

accordance with Sarbanes Oxley legislation. Management testing of Procedures and Controls in preparation for Audit. Ensuring National Statistics questionnaires completed accurately and timely. Management of European Group Sales Ledger, including regular review of aged

debt position and strategy to collect overdue debts. Management of European Group Purchase Ledger. Three direct reports with eleven indirect reports.

ACHIEVEMENTS: Identification of onerous sign off procedures and development of more efficient

controls subsequently implemented. Implementation of a contra procedure between Sales & Purchase ledger to reduce

delays in both payments received and paid, resulting in fewer disputes with suppliers.

Review of management expense claims highlighted that the business was not reclaiming VAT on business miles; proposal put forward for procedure required to enable this.

Detailed analysis of input VAT claimed for Dutch business to satisfy Dutch VAT authorities that all input VAT claimed was genuine.

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EMPLOYER: RSM Bird Cameron (Australia)DATES: July 2006 – August 2007POSITION: Audit SupervisorRESPONSIBILITIES:

Planning audits, both internal and external. Leading on-site audit teams. Reviewing assistants’ work. Completing audits, including accounts review/preparation. Preparation of reports for management. Completion of small due diligence assignments. Involvement in Internal Audit Assignments. Project work in relation to monthly management reporting for a listed entity.

ACHIEVEMENTS Completing a listed Company’s first set of AIFRS accounts by the deadline which

subsequently had a minimal number of technical queries, which had been identified as standard across the Practice.

Full Internal Audit of the Cash & Treasury procedures for an Organisation that had recently experienced AU$4m fraud; the Government Official brought in to oversee management of the Organisation in the interim implemented a number of my recommendations.

Development of a Consolidation Model within Excel for a Listed Entity that was implemented by the business.

Excellent feedback on my coaching and mentoring skills both from Managers and via the upward feedback process.

EMPLOYER: RSM Robson RhodesDATES: September 2001 – July 2006POSITION: Audit SeniorRESPONSIBILITIES:

Planning audits. Leading on-site audit teams, including:

o Onyx UK, a high profile waste management business part of the Veolia Group. Also involved in system reviews, contract reviews for incineration-to-power contracts and landfill site visits in addition to annual statutory audit and interim reviews, which were subject to tight deadlines;

o BNB Recruitment Consultants, a high profile AIM listed recruitment and advertising business based in London and Edinburgh. Also involved in pension audits as well as the annual statutory audit and interim reviews;

o Allenbuild Ltd, a high profile construction business. Reviewing assistants’ work. Completing audits, including accounts review/preparation.

ACHIEVEMENTS: ACA first time passes. Progressing to Audit Senior within 9 months of qualification. Building of good working relationships, both within the practice and with clients.

In particular, building these relationships over a number of years and different assurance assignments for key audit clients as I progressed from Audit Junior to Audit Senior.

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EDUCATION & PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS

Professional Qualification: Diploma in International Financial Reporting StandardsDate of Qualification: July 2012Awarding Body: ICAEW

Professional Qualification: ACADate of Qualification: September 2004Training firm: RSM Robson Rhodes

University: Loughborough UniversityDates: 1998 - 2001Degree & Grade: BSc(hons) Mathematics with Economics, Upper Second Class

School: Paget County High School, Burton-on-TrentDates: 1991 - 1998‘A’ Level Subjects & Grades: Economics (A), General Studies (A), English (B),

Mathematics (C)GCSE – Number & Grades: 11 A* - C grades.Other: European Young Enterprise Examination

REFERENCES

References are available on request.

CONTACT DETAILS

Name: Claire Wilkins Tel: +44 (0)1246 852780Address: 98 East Street Mob: +44 (0)7738 288831

Doe Lea Email: nynaeve2k@gmail.comChesterfieldDerbyshireS44 5DLUnited Kingdom

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