Chris Lundie
Finance Business Partner @SThree
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WORK HISTORY
Finance Business Partner @SThree
SThree Plc is a leading multi-national recruitment company providing specialist contract and permanent staffing services in the STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) sector. SThree’s revenue is over £1.5 billion and operates in 16 countries with approximately employees worldwide.Responsibilities:• Ownership of budget and forecast process for global support divisions, providing insight and concise analyses with recommendations to senior stakeholders (up to CFO) on a timely basis, reviewing and challenging internal processes and controls• Accurate and timely reporting of monthly management accounts for support service functions including P&L review, posting correction journals, accruals & prepayments, writing commentaries and business partnering budget holders
EDUCATION
ICAEW
Reed Business School
University of Paisley
BSc (Hons) , Chemistry
Strathclyde Business School
Master of Science, International Accounting and Finance
ABOUT CHRIS LUNDIE
A commercially astute qualified accountant with a strong blue chip background having gained a wide variety of experience from working both in practice with start-ups and SMEs to industry, primarily with large multi-nationals, across a range of business sectors. Successfully switched from chemistry to accountancy early in career upon working for a world leading pharmaceutical company due to an interest in the commercial aspects associated with bringing a new pharmaceutical drug to the market.Enjoy working collaboratively in multi-disciplined and cross-cultural teams with experience gained in leading and coaching small teams. Able to demonstrate a successful track record of achievement in delivering multiple projects within a matrix structure to challenging timescales and possessing an invaluable range of transferable skills.Passionate about curating data to deliver insights, aid commercial decisions and derive effective solutions that create value for the business. Accomplished in distilling complex information into clear messages and communicating effectively with non-finance audiences. Pro-active individual with a great learning agility evidenced by a commitment to continually develop professional skills and embrace new technologies.Adept at combining excellent analysis, a commercial outlook and conceptual thinking with system skills to produce innovative and effective outputs. Customer focused, outgoing and highly motivated with strong financial acuity and business partnering skills. Ability to partner with, constructively challenge and influence senior stakeholders.Trained skills:• Lean Sigma Green Belt certified (projects undertaken with Shell, GlaxoSmithKline and BAA)• Financial Modelling using recognised industry standard (FAST)• Business Intelligence & Data Analyst (BIDA) certified• Highly developed analytical expertise and trained in applying statistical data analysis & multivariate modelling techniques such as Design of Experiments (DoE)• Advanced Excel and experienced using BI and Planning & Reporting tools (Workday Adaptive Planning, QlikView, SAP BPC & Cognos)• ERP systems SAP, Oracle and Workday • Financial Reporting - IFRS & FRS 102 (CPD courses)• Digital Marketing Professional Diploma (Digital Marketing Institute)Areas of interest- FP & A- Process Improvement- Performance Management- Commercial /Financial Modelling- MI Reporting- Budgeting / Forecasting- Business Strategy- Cost Management / ABC Costing- Financial Management / Corporate Finance- Data Analytics- Digital Marketing
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