CURRICULUM VITAE
Brian Weaving
Personal
Height 6’0”, in good health. British Citizen. Clean driving licence.
Qualifications
Degree University of Birmingham B.Ed. Mathematics (Honours) Class 2 Division 1
Professional A.C.M.A. C.G.M.A.
Current study University of Leicester Masters in Business Administration, successful first time passes core Modules 1-7 & Leadership Elective Module. Awaiting result Branding & Communications Elective.
Achievements
- Led management accounts team to delivery of process enhancements to improve quality of data & to accelerate reporting to the business by 2 working days, including key control account reconciliations accelerated to pre-month end close to improve accuracy of reporting.
- Moving Treasury banking systems to Online solutions.
- Identified & delivered immediate Treasury card acquirer cost savings of £100k per annum across NWS existing Wolseley business, & £300k per annum across all WUK group once all companies migrated to Nat West.
- Bathstore.com ERP systems implementation team member with successful Go Live.
- Integration of acquired companies into Wolseley systems.
- Identification & delivery with Commercial Industrial Division Leadership Team on specific areas of GP improvement through POS & contract claims process & training improvements, cost saving efficiencies including overtime reduction targets 20% year on year achieved, & working capital enhancement through targeted overstock & debtor reductions
Work Experience
Aug12- Seconded to New Financial Systems Project (ongoing)
- New Business Reporting performance reports & KPI’s.
- New Oracle Financials System Transaction, Integration & User Acceptance Testing.
- In conjunction with Oracle/Essbase developers & WUK Project Team members.
- Hyperion reporting validations & verifications for Branch, Network & Area Managers Accounts Packs.
- Oracle Cash Management Project Stream Leader.
Nov10-Jul12 Management Accounts.
- Managing team of 6 accountants to deliver accurate & timely production of all reporting packs from UK Board Level; Commercial Brand Director Packs; Area, Network & Branch Manager Reports.
- Empowerment of team to aid their CDP, through technical & personal development, liaison with operational staff & key relationship suppliers, & cross-role training to develop within team efficacy, adaptability & pro-activity, resulting in high performing multi-skilled team members.
- Control of all inputs to the Nominal ledger
- Development & delivery of financial training sessions to Branch & Network Managers around the UK
Jan08-Oct10 Treasury & Projects.
- Taking on additional responsibility for team of 8 Treasury and cashiering staff. Building close relationships with Banking Partners and Wolseley PLC Group Treasury Function.
- Successful implementation with PLC of new cash pooling system.
- Dial-up to Online (Lloydslink / Nat West Streamline) & Upgrading BACS software.
- Electronic Payment Cards Single Acquirer Project with core WUK Brands provider Nat West Streamline (NWS). Project to migrate all WUK acquired companies onto single platform with NWS to maximise efficiencies & minimise transaction costs.
- Lead Finance member of PCI-DSS electronic card payments compliance team.
- Kerridge ERP implementation (Mar10) into Bathstore.com
Aug-05-Dec07 Security & Projects.
- Changed roles at Ripon having opted not to relocate to Midlands new build Commercial HO.
- Lead finance member of Stock Leakage Reduction team, changing processes & reporting of stock adjustments, reducing losses in these areas year on year.
- 4 major large company acquisitions during the period Oct05 to Apr06. These included William Wilson Group, Encon, AC Electrical & Brandon Hire where these companies retained their own Head Offices & systems; hence my responsibilities were to develop strong relationships with Finance team members at these entities to ensure their accounts successfully integrated with WUK Consolidation & Reporting Systems to PLC Group policies.
Nov01-Jul05 Commercial Industrial (CI) Division/Pipe & Drain Brands.
- Promoted to a commercial Finance Manager role in the UK business of a FTSE-100 company responsible for all areas of financial management within a c. £300 million turnover division, comprising almost 200 branches, 2 distribution warehouses, head & area offices.
- Control of Divisional Accounts, KPI’s & reporting & presenting to CI Divisional Directors, Senior Management Teams, and branch network.
- Identification, measurement & improvements to divisional performance.
- Preparation of budgets, forecasts, variance analysis and interpretation.
- Similar activity as below to integrate acquired Industrial Plastics and Valve Build businesses into Divisional systems & reporting.
Jun00-Nov01 Acquisitions Project Accountant.
- Initial 4 months producing Parts Center management accounts, KPI’s and reports.
- Following acquisition of 12 branch builders merchant (Sep00), role to maintain integrity of assets, & to control accounts production and reporting from acquisition head office over 9 month period prior to implementation onto Wolseley systems.
- Similar role in 2 further major acquisitions, firstly NRS a 26 branch air-con & refrigeration business (Mar01) including head office and distribution feeder, and RK Timber 12 branch merchant (May01).
OTHER
Feb00-Apr00 Portakabin Ltd, Management Accounts (Temporary Contract).
- Recently installed SAP system analysis, matching high data volumes from costing, sales order, and billing system modules postings to GL as modules being brought on-line separately to assess order profitability.
Apr99-Jan00 Career break RTW Travel.
- Incorporating Europe, Far East, New Zealand & USA.
LLOYDS CHEMISTS GROUP
(Distribution: Group Turnover c. £1bn)
(Distribution: Group Turnover c. £1bn)
1995 - Apr99 Barclay Pharmaceuticals Ltd (Distribution Division).
- Management Accountant responsible for control and reconciling nominal ledger, fixed asset and warehouse systems, vat returns, preparation of monthly management accounts and year-end stat packs.
- Supervision of 15 accounts staff; purchase ledger, sales ledger, overheads ledger.
- Budgeting & variance analysis producing control info for warehouse managers and divisional controllers.
- Consolidation and integration of Barclay Pharmaceuticals systems into AAH Pharms following takeover of Lloyds Group by Gehe Gmbh, & running down accounts of other subsidiary companies where operations were either discontinued or sold.
1992 – 1995 Lloyds Chemists Plc (Group Head Office).
- Group Accountant. Production of weekly KPI (financial & non-financial) data presented to Board.
- Nominal ledger control, budgeting, inter-co & reconciliations to Management Accounts production.
- Treasury deposits and borrowings, group daily cash reporting & P11D reporting.
PPG INDUSTRIES UK LTD
(Manufacturing: Site Turnover c. £60m)
(Manufacturing: Site Turnover c. £60m)
1985 - 1992 PPG Industries
- Manufacturer of paints & related products. Customer Services dealing with full range of customer requirements. Promoted to supervisor within 18 months, & then advanced to Commercial Services, focusing on projects, purchasing and stock control, forecasts, budgeting and expense controls.
- Promoted to Financial Accountant. Preparation of monthly accounts, sales figures/analysis and balance sheet reconciliations. Responsible for billing control, including new system development/training, and control of stocktaking procedures and activities.
Interests
Voluntary Work
- Treasurer of Royal British Legion Leyburn Branch (2007-current), and assisting in fundraising activities for local branch and National
Poppy Appeal.
- C.I.M.A.Teesside Branch Committee (2005-current), providing with other committee members a variety of events of interest for the local membership, including technical, soft skills & site visits.
Social activities
- Most sports, in the past been player/manager of amateur league teams over many years, golf, & swimming having attained Advanced Swimming Teachers Certificate.
- Attending live events; music concerts, sporting events, theatre.
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