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NAME:
Anthony Brown
ADDRESS:
100 The Street, Town, County, POST CODE
CONTACT DETAILS:
Home Tel.) +44 (0) etc.
Mobile Tel.) +44 (0) 797 etc.
E mail: [email protected]
DATE OF BIRTH:
01/01/68
STATUS:
Married, two children
EDUCATION:
1986-1989 University of ……………
BA (Hons) …………… Class 2:1
4 A Levels, Maths A, French A, Physics B, General Studies B.
10 O Levels
PROFESSIONAL
QUALIFICATIONS
ACA (ICAEW) 1994 First Time Passes
LANGUAGE ABILITY:
Conversational French
CURRENT EMPLOYER:
123 Plc
CURRENT POSITION:
Financial Controller
SYSTEMS SKILLS:
SAP implementation, Oracle, Excel, Access
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY:
January '97 - Date 123 Plc
123 Plc is a top 250 LSE listed company employing around
7,000 staff with an annual turnover of approximately £500m.
June 2000 - Date
123 Biscuits Limited
123 Biscuits Limited is a manufacturing division of 123 Plc,
employing around 2,000 staff with a turnover of approximately
£ 130m. There are two manufacturing sites with a central
warehousing facility.
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Position:
Financial Controller
Responsibilities:
• Responsibility for all financial reporting, budgeting and
forecasting.
• Control and administration of all capital purchases.
• Reviewing and reporting performance to senior management
• Responsibility for VAT, PAYE , NICs, Fixed Assets and
Insurance Administration.
• Control over sales ledger including the maintenance of
service levels with Shared Service Centre.
• Implementation of new SAP accounting software within the
Group Finance Project.
Achievements:
Jan 1997- May 2003
• As Project Sponsor led the successful implementation of SAP
in October 2001 to timescale and budget.
• Initiated and managed the sale of a subsidiary in January
2002
• Undertook the lead role in the development of a Shared
Service Centre.
• Strengthened accounting practices to improve the robustness
of the weekly/monthly accounts.
• Managed and co-ordinated profit improvement plans to
underpin a weakening sales performance
• Restructured the Finance function, revised roles and
responsibilities and reduced headcount.
123 Frozen Foods Limited
Position:
ABC Frozen Foods Limited is a manufacturing division of 123
Plc, employing around 1,000 staff with a turnover of
approximately £80m. The product range is diverse,
specialising in ready meals.
Accountant
Reporting directly to the Financial Controller this position was
created with the launch of a new division set up in January
concentrating on servicing the needs of the 'own label' sector.
A finance function did not exist in this area previously, so the
emphasis was on building and developing the accounting
reporting systems.
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Responsibilities:
• Month end accounting, including all journals, reconciliations,
production of the monthly pack and control of UK reported
profit
• Co-ordination of twice yearly budgets in conjunction with
sales, marketing and supply chain.
• Management of two clerical staff and supervision of a
graduate trainee.
• Production of customer and product profitability information,
i.e. relevant costs and revenue regarding product addition,
pricing and deletion.
Achievements:
Jan 1990 - Dec 1996
• Represented finance in Oracle software review project.
• Investigation into product sourcing and rationalisation of
suppliers.
Coopers & Lybrand (Now PricewaterhouseCoopers)
Position:
Audit Manager
Jun 1989 - Jan 1990
Trained within the audit function and qualified as a chartered
accountant in 1994. Promoted to Manager shortly after
qualification, reporting to a number of assignment Partners and
managing a portfolio of major audit clients, such as 123 Plc.,
Etc., Etc.
Interests:
Travel in Australia and Asia and various temporary jobs.
The Guitar, Running (One full Marathon.), golf 14 handicap,
football, walking and reading.
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