Ariane Burnett

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EDUCATION

ABOUT ARIANE BURNETT

I am passionate about working with Finance teams and Executive Leadership to provide concise and relevant business intelligence in order to inform strategic business decisions and drive business goals as well as promoting confidence in strong professional relationships.I am a dynamic and results-driven leader with 12 years of post-qualified experience. I focus on efficiency and analytical problem-solving, guiding stakeholders through complex decision-making with clarity and enthusiasm.I excel at managing the wide variety of responsibilities associated with senior leadership with an open and approachable attitude, including pushing back on the multitude of ideas involved in dynamic business decision-making.• Commercially astute and financially focused, quickly identifying priorities to focus activity and get results• Strategic, action orientated thinker adept at recognising key long-term issues and developing operational plans to address them • Expert in delivering concise, accurate and relevant reporting• Charismatic people manager trained in coaching and leadership, and a fundamental believer in motivation at all levels• Proactive communicator across all organisational hierarchy levels, articulating complex financial data in a way that is understood by non-financially trained stakeholders • Highly experienced in finding efficiencies and improving process to create time and cost savings• Positive and easy to work with, demonstrating a progressive outlook with a constant drive to bring a culture of continual improvement to the organisationEXPERTISE: Commercially astute, Results-driven, Business goals focused, Detail-oriented, Strategic thinker, Considered, Confident well-reasoned decision-making, Creating financial processes, Highlighting process improvement, Implementing positive change, KPI development, Managing controls ad compliance, Responsibility for treasury and legal authorities, Clear communication, Multi-stakeholder management and communication, Collaborative across departments, Hands-on active team leader, Integral member of Senior Leadership, Training and CPD tracking, Management accounting, Statutory accounting, HMRC responsibilities, Financial planning and analysis, Budgeting, Forecasting, Cashflow forecasting, Group accounting, Leading audits, Experienced with ERP systems including Sage, Xero, Quickbooks, Oracle, and with data analytics tools including Power BI