Warren Currie
Accounts Payable Manager
Oxspring, Sheffield
Summary
Highly experienced Accounts Payable Manager with 30+ years of experience. I am constantly looking for efficiencies while ensuring that the job still gets done. I like to enthuse my staff so that they can embrace change with a positive attitude. Although Accounts Payable has been my main focus I do have experience in Credit Control, Accounts Receivable and Payroll.
During my 35 years at Gist I have worked on projects to roll out a Purchase Order System (in SAP), delivered and rolled out a new Time & Attendance system (Kronos) and been the lead trainer for both systems.
I consider myself to be hard working, loyal, and driven and I believe my colleagues would agree.
I have seen and embraced a lot of changes in my career. I have also seen the value that a new set of eyes can bring to an organisation. Now may be the time for me to be that set of eyes for your organisation.
Overview
35
35
years of professional experience
Work History
Accounts Payable Manager
Gist Limited
04.2021 - Current
- Managing 8 staff to ensure swift and accurate payment of over 25,000 Invoices and 3,000 Expense Claims per year
- Manage and 1st authorise various payment runs each week. Payments are by BACS, Faster Payment, SEPA and CHAPS. All from 2 different banks, and in at least 3 different currencies
- Manage Company Credit Card reconciliations and Payments
- Ensure all Vendor and Employee Expenses master data is accurate and up to date
- Have constantly looked for process improvements and helped to mentor staff
- Have become the 'go-to' person for any Excel queries from all departments
- Produce daily cash forecasts to ensure payment runs can go-ahead without issues
- Have experience working with Lloyds, BNP Paribas, HSBC, and JP Morgan banks, facilitating file uploads as well as one-off payments
- Work with data from SAP and CreditSafe to produce a monthly Credit Risk Report on behalf of the Credit Control department
- Produce a range of regular and one-off reports to track KPI's for Accounts Payable
- Manage and mentor staff and encourage them to embrace change
Process Development Manager
Gist Limited
09.2005 - 04.2021
- Viewing and analysing processes at various Gist sites then create and implement a plan for improvement
- Took a leading role in a project to introduce an electronic Time & Attendance system to Gist
- Had to tailor the software to meet the needs of each site
- I trained the users and managers at each site
- Once complete it was decided to centralise the Payroll function, that had previously been carried out at each of the 40+ sites
- I was heavily involved in setting the department up and creating the procedures and workflows
- During Covid I was a driving force in facilitating Work From Home systems in Finance and to remove the reliance on paper
Purchase Ledger Manager
Gist Limited
08.1992 - 09.2005
- Worked with colleagues from IT to view, test, and install SAP Finance for Purchase Ledger and Sales Ledger
- Created training documents and trained the Clerks
- Worked on part 2 of the SAP project to train 100's of Order Raisers around the country so that PO's were no longer raised on paper
- During these years started to hone my Excel skills and have been involved in creating and updating Excel Reports for both Purchase and Sales ever since
Purchase Ledger Clerk
Gist Limited
10.1989 - 08.1992
- Physically matching paper Invoices to paper Goods Received Notes and paper Purchase Orders
- Physically batched all paperwork together as back-up for a monthly payment run
- Over 50% of time spent on the phone to Suppliers and Order Raisers to resolve queries
- Once a month used the paper Purchase Orders to create an accrual listing on the only computer in the office
Education
BTEC National Diploma - Business Studies And Finance
Barnsley College
Barnsley, United Kingdom 04.2001 -
Skills
SAP Finance
SAP Success Factors
Microsoft Excel
Multi-Currency Payments
Accounts Payable
Business Process Management
Financial Reporting & Analysis
Training & Mentoring
Cash Flow Forecasting
Team Management