Mr. Phelim Crossan has over 20 years of experience as a qualified accountant working with small to large multinational companies. He has expertise in financial reporting and tools to improve transparency, accuracy and profitability. His experience includes roles in telecommunications, technology and local government. He is seeking a role to leverage his skills and experience to effect change and improve stakeholder engagement.

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Mr. Phelim Crossan FCCA (Membership No: 1676724) Email: phelim.crossan@gmail.com
Profile
I am a qualifiedaccountantwithovertwentyyearsexperience workingwith smalltolarge multinational companies
supportingseniormanagementandboardreporting.
My areaof subjectmatterexpertise is the enablementof leadersandtheirteamstoachieve greatertransparency,
accuracy and profitabilitythroughthe creationof financialtoolsandreporting.Outputincludes monthly
management,statutoryaccountingandconsolidation,ProfitandLoss,Balance SheetandCashFlow,AuditLiaison,
Business DriverAnalysis,Budgeting,ForecastingmodellingandProcessreview.
Supervisionof staff includes upto3 directreportsand24 indirectreports.
I am seekingarole inmediumtolarge organisationswheretheywillleverage myskillsandexperience toeffect
change and retainstakeholderengagement.
Sector Experience:Telecommunications, Technology(FMCG),Local Government.
Professional Qualification
FCCA: FellowMemberof the Associationof CharteredCertifiedAccountants(ACCA) whichisUKbasedandalso
recognisedandestablishedprofessional accountingqualificationworldwideinover180 countries withalmost
800,000 members.The ACCA isalso affiliatedwiththe CharteredAccountantsAustraliaandNew Zealand (CA ANZ)
withcross membershiprecognition.
Software
ERP systemsinclude SAP,IBMAS400 - JD Edwards and bespoke NVSESA (OS390) on IBMfor general ledger, Agresso,
Sage,Pegasus,Hyperion, IBMTM1(Table Management),Excel (advancedwithPowerPivotBusinessIntelligence and
VBA),Word,PowerPoint,AccessandLotus5.
Key Skills & Achievements
Leadership: Leaderof teamsupto 27 witha historyof recruitment,performance managementandtraining.
Forecasting& Budgeting:Innovative approachtoinformationgathering andassessment,introduced new forecasting
and budgetingmodels(adoptedthroughothersistercompanieswithingroup),reducingworkloadsbycirca10% and
increasingaccuracy.
Loss Turnaround & Profitability:Changedmanagementfocus tohelpturnaroundlossmakingdivisions,lowered
borrowingcostsas well asoperational costs,improvedforecastcustomerprofitabilitypipeline databases,introduced
new managementinformation reportstohelpbetterunderstandandcontrol costs.
Financial Systems & Software: Integrity of data reportingandsystemupgradesincludingAgresso,SAPand
Hyperion.
Reporting& Modelling:Streamlinedaccountingprocessreducedreportingdeadlinesandimplementednew models
to reduce controllertime reviewingresults andenablinggreaterfocus onthe businesstodrive successfuloutcomes.
BusinessAdvisor:Providedaccountingandprofessional servicestoavarietyof small local businesses,suchas
preparationof financial statements,businessmodelling,forecastandcashflow planningtoidentifyandunderstand
businessdriversandopportunities.
Negotiations:Liaisonwithlegal professionalsandattendance andpresentationatmeetingsandofficialproceedings
providingadvocacy,negotiationsandcorrespondence withbothstatutoryauthoritiesandappealsprocedures.
Career Summary
Spark Digital (formerlyGen-i) SeniorFinancial Analyst December2013 to present
Competenz ProjectAccountant September2013 to December2013
TelecomNewZealand –Gen-i SeniorFinancial Analyst September2011 to June 2013
BusinessAdvisor(selfemployed) IndependentConsulting March 2008 to July2011
Donegal CountyCouncil ProjectAccountant May 2005 March 2008

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RobertBosch Limited Divisional ControllerReporting June 2001 to March 2005
BritishTelecomplc Finance Manager October1998 to June 2001
BT Cellnet Limited(nowO2) ManagementAccountantIT April 1998 to September1998
Black & Deckerplc Financial AnalystEurope April 1996 to October1997
VariousCompanies Contract Roles March 1989 to April 1996
Career History
Spark Digital (formerly – Gen-i) (Auckland, New Zealand) December 2013 to present
Senior Financial Analyst - Telco
Supportingthe Telcoareawhose mainactivitiesare traditional mature complex telecommunicationsservicesand
productsincluding Collaboration(FixedVoice),Infrastructure andNetworks(FixedData) andMobility(Mobile).
Responsible forthe monthlypreparationandreportingof the operational resultsinsupportingthe General Manager
and directreports(mainlythe ProductManagers).
Key Achievements:
Developmentof reportingtoolstogaininsightintocomplex businessdriversandissuessurroundingthe
performance of the business.
Software:
SAP,IBMTable Management1 and Excel 13.
Competenz (Auckland, New Zealand) September 2013 to December 2013
Project Accountant
Contract role to helpsupportthe General Managerof Finance andInformationTechnologytodevelopappropriate
reportingtoolsforeachbusinessunittoenable greaterfocusonrelevantissuesincludingdevelopingdashboards.
AlsoimplementedCashFlowreportingtool toenable bettercashmanagement/budgetingandBoardreporting.
Spark Digital (formerly – Gen-i) (Auckland, New Zealand) September 2011 to June2013
Senior Financial Analyst - Gen-i - Professional Services
Supportingthe ProfessionalServicesarea whose mainactivitiesare projectanddesignmanagement alongwith
supportengineers,consultancy change managementand specificindustrytraining.Responsibleforthe monthly
preparationandreporting of the operational resultsinsupportingthe General Manager anddirectreports.
Key Achievements:
- Introducedmechanismstoenableaccountability:introduced new forecastingmodelstoenable budgetholders
to take active involvementandresponsibilityfortheirbusinessunits andalsostreamlinedthe timetakenby
providingconsistentendtoendprocess.
- Enabledprofitableoutcomesthroughrobustreporting:provided detailedandrelevantreportingtohelp manage
on an on-goingbasisandturn aroundand manage underperformingbusinessunitsachieveprofitableoutcomes.
Software:
SAP,IBM Table Management1,BusinessObjectsandExcel 7.
Business Advisor (County Donegal, Ireland) March 2008 to July2011
Businessadvisorprovidingaccountingandprofessional servicesto a varietyof small local businesses which
comprisedof preparationof financial statements,businessmodelling,forecastandcashflow planningtoidentify
understandingof businessdriversandopportunities,liaisonwithlegal professionalsandattendance and
presentationatmeetingsandofficial proceedingsprovidingadvocacy,negotiationsandcorrespondence withboth
statutoryauthoritiesandappealsprocedures.

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Donegal County Council (Lifford, County Donegal, Ireland) May 2005 to March 2008
Project Accountant
Responsible formanagingthe financial accountingactivity functions toenable the productionof the Annual Financial
Statement. Responsible for3directreportsand 24 indirectstaff (AccountsPayable,AccountsReceivable,Payrolland
Administration).
Key Achievements:
- Responsible foroverseeingandprojectmanagingthe successful introductionof the Agressoupgrade forthe
County Council androllouttothe Urban DistrictCouncil areas.
- Reviewandimplementationof the Council’sloanbookidentifyingareasforrefinancingandachievementof cost
savingstothe Income andExpenditure Account.
Software:
Agresso, Excel 7.
Robert Bosch Ltd (Denham, Middlesex, UK) June 2001 to March 2005
Divisional Controller – Reporting
Responsible forUKconsolidationof six divisions andqualitycontrol.Providedmonthlymanagementreportstohead
office inGermany includingreportingof the Blaupunktdivisioninthe UK,preparationof consolidatedUKannual
budgetandyear-endfinancial reportingforbothUKGAAPand GermanGAAP.
Key Achievements:
- Increasedthe accuracy of UK reportingandreducedreportingtimestakeneachmonthfrom10 to 5 working
daysby the introductionof new reportingspreadsheetmodelsandreview of workingpracticesamongthe other
controllers (whichwasasavingsof 20 man daysper month).
- Introducednewoverheadrecoverymodelsforthe service andinformationtechnologydepartmentsenabling
managersto focustheirattentiontocost driversandtherefore made itpossible toidentifyareasinwhichto
reduce costs.
- Introducedanddevelopedreportsuitestoaidthe Financial Directorandthe General Managerto helpanalyses,
track and measure tomeetcorporate and businesstargetsandKPI’s.
- Assistedwithimplementationof newSAPsysteminconjunctionwithGermanHeadOffice.
Software:
SAP,Hyperion,PowerPointandExcel software
Various Contract and Permanent Accounting Roles March 1989 to June 2001
(London,UK)
British Telecomand Concert CommunicationsLtd - Finance Manager October 1998 to June 2001
British Telecom(BT) CellnetLtd(O2) – ManagementAccountant IT Finance April 1998 to September 1998
Black & Decker plc – Financial Analyst Europe April 1996 to October 1997
Waste ManagementInternational – Assistant Financial Controller March 1994 to April 1996
InterfocusNetwork Limited – Assistant Accountant July1993 to February1994
International Distiller& Vintners(now Diageo group) – CreditController February 1992 to June 1993
J. Trevor & Sons – Assistant Accountant September 1991 to February1992
Manufacturers Hanover – AssistantAccountant April 1990 to June1991
Harmonia Mundi – AssistantAccountant March 1989 to April 1990

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Key Achievements:
- Introduced newreportsenablingmanagementtounderstandissuesinrelationtocustomerprofitabilityanalysis,
introducedforecastrevenue pipelinedatabasestoimprove the accuracyof forecastedstreams.
- PresentedGBMBankingSectorannual financial resultstothe managementandemployees (approximately500
employees) of the BTbankingsectoronroad show throughthe UK withthe top managementteam.
Key Responsibilities:
- Monthlymanagementaccounts withreviewandcontrol of the monthlyEuropeanHeadOffice (and foreign
branch) managementaccounts,treasuryoperations,Securities&Exchange (22F) includingstatistical andtax
information reportingtothe Financial Controllerandthe Finance DirectorEurope.
- Forecastingof Profit&Loss, Balance Sheet(fixedassets capital expenditure),CashFlows,assistancewiththe
purchasingsystemandprovidingfinancial informationtothe project managers’.
- Implementedrecoveryof headoffice coststhroughtothe operatingunits.
- Supervisionof staff (5directreports) andtraining.
- Liaisonwithexternal andinternalauditorsfortwoyearendswithnoauditweaknesseshighlighted.
Software:
JD Edwards andLotus 3, CFACSGeneral Ledger,Excel 5,BusinessObjects, bespokeNVSESA (OS390) on IBMfor
general ledger,Lotus5,Hyperion.
References available on request