Glen Harte
Accounting Director Uk @Coveris Group
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WORK HISTORY
Accounting Director Uk @Coveris Group
Coveris UK is a private equity (Sun Capital Partners) backed £450m revenue business supplying multiple packaging products to the UK Retail Fresh and Chilled sector.Key Responsibilities include:• Day to day leadership of transactional finance function (23 FTE’s) across 20 locations (14 different ERP systems)• Ownership of month end close process with direct reporting responsibilities to the global Chief Accounting Officer• Owning the delivery of statutory accounts preparation and liaison with auditors throughout the process• Developing accounting policy to remain compliant with latest accounting UK and International standards• Developing and leading the implementation of processes and procedures to ensure consistent application of accounting policies across UK sites• Main contact for banking relationships including asset based lenders and credit insurers• Co-ordinating budget completion and consolidation to agreed timetables.Key Achievements• Integration of 9 individual businesses to form 1 business unit. Driving consistency of reporting, forecasting and business management processes whilst at the same time reducing the month end close process from 6 to 4 days and increasing reporting accuracy• Lead the centralisation of the AR and AP functions across multiple ERP solutions and reduced slow moving debt from £4.3m at its peak to less than £0.6m• Successfully supported the acquisition and integration of 9 businesses into the weekly and monthly reporting cycle• Managed the transition of Asset Based Lending providers within tight deadlines, across 10 aged debt ledgers, replacing credit insurers and supporting customers through the transition• Delivered a group simplification process which eliminated 33 companies and reduced the global cash tax burden by £1m on an annual basis• Built, developed and coached a young accounts payable team to maximise cash whilst keeping the factories supplied with a total positive impact on cash of £3.5m.
EDUCATION
Long Road Sixth Form College
A Level in Economics, AS Levels in Human and Social Biology, Design and Technology
SKILLS
ABOUT GLEN HARTE
A driven operational Group Financial Controller with a commercial mindset who thrives on…
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