Alan Nieki

Cashflow rolling forecast on a weekly basis, quarterly VAT return for group and over 140 partnerships, Yearly partnerships tax return., assist and deputise the head of tax and treasury on various tasks.

Bank account administrator, assigned permissions, transferred funds from different company accounts ensuring leverage to allow diverse transactions.

Maintain inter-company loan schedule and prepare quarterly loan agreement for CFO signing.

First point of contact for HMRC, treasury and branch partners queries on related matters

Overhead analysis and reporting for period ends, month end, quarter end and year-end and input into the budget and forecast process. Meetings with different department heads in preparing period ends, budget and forecast on expenses and variance analysis.

Reconciliation of assigned accounts (overhead-related, P&L and Balance sheet)

Responsibility for the VAT compliance of the UK group c.140 branch partnerships.

Support The Head of Tax and Treasury with corporate Tax compliance and reporting group companies and the preparation of the Branch Partnerships return, Senior Accounting Officer (SAO) and Corporate Criminal Offence (CCO) process and controls

Finance transition operations from France to Poland shared service, responsible for France holding company and distributions.

Period Close, Accounts review and analysis, Corporate and Group reporting, Inter-company reporting, Statutory accounts preparation and support, Audit support, Entity Dashboard preparation, Loan accounting for France, VAT preparation and review, Current tax and deferred tax preparation, HFM forms preparation, support and analysis.

Deputised for RTR Team Lead for 3 months and assisting GBS on various issues with various entities

Maintaining Ledgers for UK, Benelux and Nordics entities, Balance sheet and P&L monthly, quarterly, and year-end review and reconciliation.
Statutory reporting for UK, internal and external audit management

Month-end responsibility for closing periods for assigned countries and entities to ensure completeness and review before submission. P&L and cash flow analysis and reporting
Assist and prepare Quarterly Variance Reporting and analysis of discrepancies (budget vs actual vs forecast)- responsible for responding to any questionnaires from corporate.

Coordinates the activities of junior accountants, direct report 2, and indirect report 3.

Manages relations within Europe South &West Region and specifically working on Luxembourg and France.

Performing monthly VAT returns for France, Belgium, Spain and Luxembourg and monitoring Shared service on VAT accounts reconciliations

Country Controller duties for Luxembourg (dealing with internal and external auditors, compiling management information packs and overseeing monthly close process, periodic reviews i.e. BS and P&L)

Creating Transfer Knowledge documents and files for tasks to be transferred to the shared service centre

Manages close process for France, Belgium and Iberia (two entities)

Ensures GL-related policies & controls (SOX & otherwise) are adhered to (France, UK, Belgium and IBERIA). Conducts Balance sheet and P&L reviews country Finance (CFO&FP&A France and Belgium)

Participate in projects (Procurement with PO implementation in France, finance transitions and transformation in Iberia and Belgium), and oversee relations between Hub, local finance, and outsourced providers.

Monitoring outsourced provider’s operations and providing technical expertise and guidance to outsourced providers and Country Finance

Responsible for the integrity of all GL entries including accruals, prepayments, reserves, inter-company, fixed assets, etc (France)

Manages the close process for the respective country, ensures GL-related policies & controls (SOX & otherwise) are adhered to (France and UK)

Prepares Balance Sheet reconciliations at month end (France)

1st point of contact within the SSC for country Finance Manager(s) (France)

Regularly conducts SSC reviews with country Finance Manager(s) (France & UK)

Provides technical expertise and guidance to AP and AR persons regarding individual transactions and processes within their areas,

Maintenance of the General Ledger, and reconciliation of balance sheet accounts.

Payroll integration and reconciliation, Accrual/Prepayment/Expense Schedule

P&L analysis and Quarterly Reporting, Variance Analysis,

Budget, forecast and statutory support.

Assisting In GAAP Reconciliation (US/French/IFRS)