CIMA qualified and experienced Finance Manager with a strong management accounting background and excellent business analytical / IT skills. 

• Responsible for all financial and management accounting functions and systems. 
• Completed annual budget setting totalling £20m and updated the standard costing system including bills of materials and routings through consultation with operational colleagues.
• Assessed and documented financial procedures and processes for the Finance function.
• Designed a process to review and clear redundant items within the "Goods Received Not Invoiced" account, reducing the Balance Sheet liability from £600k to £200k.
• Managed and organised the foreign currency hedging by arranging forward contracts valued up to $750k with the company bank.
• Co-ordinated and led the completion of the year end statutory accounts and liaised with external auditor to a successful audit.