1. DIAGEO 2000 – 2004
Diageoisthe leadingworlddrinkscompany,ownerof brandssuchas Guinness,Baileys,Smirnoff,
JohnnyWalker,Gordons,etc.Ithas 28,000 employeeswithapresence inover180 countries.
Finance Manager (Duty Free division) 2002 – 2004
Reportingtothe Finance Director(Global DutyFree) Ihad responsibilityfor1memberof staff.
Global DutyFree turnoverwas£100m for 100 membersof staff.I workedonthe whole of Europe
and America(NorthandSouth) ina veryanalytical andcommercial role with complexfinancial
modeling.
Key achievements
 Promotedwithin24monthsto Finance Manager
 Responsibilityof the Finance Analyst.Responsible forFinance Analystrole planningand
delivery,resourcing,performance management,coaching,traininganddevelopment.
 Involvedinthe successfullaunch of SmirnoffIce
 DesignedandimplementedaconsolidatedreportingpackforSmirnoff Ice Worldwide Duty
Free
 Involvedinthe managementof the transitionof the whole backoffice fromLondonto
Budapestandthe passage from BPCSto SAPsystem.Thisinvolvedanimplementationwith
creationof procedures,work-flows,training,etc.
Key responsibilities
 PreparedmanagementaccountsforEurope andUS
 Producedinternational businessbudgetingandforecasting
 Provide financialadvisetothe decisionmakingthroughthe understandingof marketdrivers
Other
 InvolvedinHyperionconsolidation
 ImplementationontoSAP
Finance Analyst - Duty Free Division 2000 – 2002
Role functional toEurope,NorthandSouthAmerica,Singapore andAustralia.Iworkedinthe
Worldwide HeadQuarterof the UK companyand reportedtothe Finance Manager forthe Global
Duty Free division.
Key achievements
 Designingandimplementinganew model tomanage internationalrebates
 Responsible forthe implementationof Siebel software includingsystemdesignandsystem
implementation(datacorruption,validation,migration,testing) embracingmanagement
accounts,salesandmarketing.Thisbecame abespoke meaningful datacapture tool
Key responsibilities
 Managing rebates
 Preparationof AdvertisingandPromotionsreports
 Cost control
 Monitorbusinessperformance
 Loadingof budgets
 Balance sheetreconciliations
 Capturingall Europeanoutletsalesinformationformarketingandsalesstrategy
 Interface reconciliationssub-ledgertogeneral ledger