Hannah Fitzsimmons

Full Month-End Ownership: Exercise full control of month-end processes for US-based entity, ensuring 100% on-time reporting.
Balance Sheet and Ledger Integrity: Manage complex balance sheet reconciliations and variance analysis with a focus on maintaining high-integrity, audit ready accounts, with a record of zero prior period adjustments.
Technical Compliance: Ensure strict adherence to SOX and internal CDV requirements, maintaining audit ready financial records at all times.
P&L & Business Partnering: Act as a proactive business partner to Business Unit Financial controllers, delivering deep dive P&L reviews.
Process Improvement: Researched and implemented a more efficient voucher upload process in IFS and enhanced Good Received Not Invoiced reconciliation backups to improve data usability and team efficiency.

Multi-Currency Treasury Ownership: Full ownership of multiple cashbooks across various global entities and currencies, ensuring daily accuracy in a fast-paced environment.
Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partnered closely with AR and AP teams to reconcile bank statements and clear complex variances.
Payment Governance: Managed the preparation of manual payments, ensuring strict adherence to DOA before submission to global payments team.
Intercompany: Managed complex Intercompany AP and Loan Notes reconciliations, leading the investigation and clearance of global intercompany matching differences.
Fixed Asset and CIP Management: Took full control of the Fixed Asset Register, managing and processing additions and disposals. Proactively managed the Construction in Progress account by auditing received invoices against project budget to ensure timely capitalisation.
Segment Accounting: Managed accruals and prepayments, ensuring 100% accuracy in month-end bookings through validation and review.
Strategic Business Partnering: Built high-trust relationship with Business Unit Controllers across GBS segments, acting as a primary point of contact to ensure all financial risks were captured and accounted for.
Problem-Solver Mindset: Developed a reputation for solution first accounting, consistently identifying ledger discrepancies and presenting viable resolutions to senior management.

Multi-ERP Cash Allocation: Managed high-volume AR cash postings and allocations across multiple entities and currencies using Oracle, Sage, and Pronto.
Service Level Excellence: Acted as a primary point of contact for customer queries, consistently resolving issues within a strict 48-hour turnaround to maintain strong global business relationships.
Credit & Collections Partnership: Collaborated closely with Credit Collectors to secure missing remittances, ensuring accurate ledger reconciliation and reducing unallocated cash.
Training & Mentorship: Entrusted by management to onboard and train new staff members to a high technical standard, providing performance feedback to ensuring team consistency and accuracy.