Chetan Patel
Willenhall,West Midlands
Summary
I am an experienced business minded Finance professional who has worked across a wide range of industries including services, automotive, manufacturing, utilities and wholesale & retail of electrical supplies. I am an accomplished communicator, with excellent organisational, decision making and leadership skills who has a proven track record in delivering value across the businesses that I have worked in. I have excellent reporting and analysis skills gained through my experience across Financial management, business partnering, management accounting and financial and operational reporting roles. I have excellent commercial experience working alongside probably all functions within an organisation including bidding, business development, contracts management and Sales.
Overview
23
23
years of professional experience
7
7
years of post-secondary education
Work history
Finance Manager
Amey Plc
11.2018 - Current
- (Approx Annual Turnover £2.2bn, 17,000 employees) 19/, Responsible for the accounts of Consulting New business/Property/Overheads and TI (Rail) overheads
- All accounting and reporting for New business, Property & overheads
- Business planning, budgeting and forecasting and producing Strategic plan
- Business partnering with business directors and Group to ensure their deadlines are met by engaging with local Finance heads
- Ownership of Finance section of MD/Board report
- Coaching/Mentor management accountant/Assistant Management accountant
- ACHIEVEMENTS
- Implemented Utilisation model to drive strategic decision making particularly regarding acquisitions and mass recruitment
- Identifying resource efficiencies and cost savings to ensure business Unit margins are maximized
- Implemented capex schedule to improve visibility of this to include amounts & timing
- Proactively identified costs which can be recovered on contracts
- Developed bidding report to show future opportunities and impact of their bid costs against budget
- Proactively modify and develop balance sheet accruals report to make it clearer for the non-finance community to understand
- Worked with MI to drive improvement in reporting to give managers better visibility of certain opex costs.
Veolia
06.2018 - 11.2018
- UK : (Waste Management services , Approx 14,000 employees UK) MA (Interim
Finance Manager
Ansaldo Nuclear Limited
01.2017 - 06.2018
- (Manufacturing, Approx Annual Turnover £40m, 400 employees), I was responsible for preparation of the accounts both internally and to group as well as production of statutory accounts
- Principle duties include
- Producing reliable management accounts, ownership of group consolidated reporting
- Responsible for all aspects of budget and forecasting from planning to delivery
- Proactively engage with commercial teams and external clients to ensure cash targets are met
- Undertake regular project review meetings to identify/understand margin risk
- Develop and motivate management accountant
- Preparation of board packs and supporting reports
- ACHIEVEMENTS
- Developed cash flow model which was built into tender models
- Delivered on the year end audit requirements whilst new to the role by managing all requests and ultimately submitting the accounts in a timely manner.
Finance Business Partner
Severn Trent Services
03.2014 - 01.2017
- Ops UK : (Utilities, Approx Annual Turnover £60m, 250 employees), I was responsible for providing business partnering support to key areas of the business
- This involves producing MI reports which identifies key drivers to help stakeholders target key areas of revenue/expenditure
- Support the month end process in respect of project accounting and financial review
- Produce monthly MI packs and supporting analysis and present to senior stakeholders
- Post month end review meetings with workstream leaders to explain performance and understand future impact
- Ensuring operational processes are robust and financial accuracy is maintained
- Ownership of the budgeting and forecasting process at functional level
- ACHIEVEMENTS
- I supported the re-pricing of an existing contract which delivered c£100k to bottom line
- Diligent project accounting led to identification of c£100k of unbilled revenue which was recovered
- Creation of new report for Water Hygiene to show the PBIT by customer
- Responsible for implementing and driving improvements in the project and account code structure to improve internal controls and enable a better understanding of costs across different areas of the business.
UK Operational Accountant
03.2013 - 03.2014
Wholesaler
Rexel UK
07.2008 - 03.2014
- Approx Annual Turnover £850m, 3500 employees) 22
Financial Analyst
07.2008 - 03.2013
- I was responsible for the consolidation of UK budgets and forecasts and I had sole ownership for the Budgeting and forecasting of Parkers (Rexel subsidiary)
- Producing UK monthly commentary packs
- Supporting analysis to understand sales channel/product trends
- Balance sheet and cash flow reconciliations and advising of financial threats
- Working capital management and advising of implications for the business
- ACHIEVEMENTS
- Implemented sales reporting tool for Parkers banner which has realized savings to the tune of £28000
- Implemented cost saving solutions for reducing the amount of paper consumption resulting in savings of around £8000/year
- Implementation of cost saving blueprint which helps managers identify key vendors and budget holders of main profit and loss lines
- Identified cost saving opportunities relating to utilities
- ACHIEVEMENTS
- Developing product segment reporting for the Parkers banner as well as develop and improve existing reports for N&E
- Created a new model for calculating projected bonuses for Sales team
- This led to the regional sales managers and sales executives becoming more engaged with the reports.
Power Forecasting Analyst
Npower Retail Ltd
09.2006 - 07.2008
Group Procurement Analyst
Delphi Diesel aftermarket
01.2006 - 09.2006
Supply chain Analyst / Commercial analyst
Outokumpu Stainless
01.2003 - 01.2006
09.2000 - 12.2002
- I undertook various temporary roles between, which also included completion of my MSc.
Education
2013
CGMA: All exams passed at first attempt
MSc - Industrial Logistics
09.1999 - 02.2002
BSc (Hons) - Maths and Management
09.1996 - 06.1999
A-Levels - Maths, Physics & Economics
09.1994 - 06.1996
Skills
CORE SKILLS
- Reporting & analysis
- Business Partnering
- Financial systems & controls
- Leadership
- Budgeting & Forecasting/5 yr Plans
- Financial planning & Analysis
- Due diligence
- Working capital management
Languages
Gujarati
Fluent
Work availability
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
morning
afternoon
evening
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Timeline
Finance Manager - Amey Plc
11.2018 - Current
- Veolia
06.2018 - 11.2018
Finance Manager - Ansaldo Nuclear Limited
01.2017 - 06.2018
Finance Business Partner - Severn Trent Services
03.2014 - 01.2017
UK Operational Accountant -
03.2013 - 03.2014
Wholesaler - Rexel UK
07.2008 - 03.2014
Financial Analyst -
07.2008 - 03.2013
Power Forecasting Analyst - Npower Retail Ltd
09.2006 - 07.2008
Group Procurement Analyst - Delphi Diesel aftermarket
01.2006 - 09.2006
Supply chain Analyst / Commercial analyst - Outokumpu Stainless
01.2003 - 01.2006
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09.2000 - 12.2002
UCE - MSc, Industrial Logistics
09.1999 - 02.2002
UMIST - BSc (Hons), Maths and Management
09.1996 - 06.1999
Wood Green Academy - A-Levels, Maths, Physics & Economics
09.1994 - 06.1996
CIMA - ,
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