Carrie Bull
Gibraltar
Summary
Dynamic Finance Manager with extensive experience at Aon Insurance Managers, excelling in financial reporting and budget preparation, cash flow management & leading successful audit coordination. Recognised for fostering collaborative relationships and driving team engagement, ensuring timely collection of debts and enhancing financial performance.
Overview
19
19
years of professional experience
Work History
Finance Manager & Appointed MLRO (May 25)
AON Insurance Managers
06.2021 - Current
- Company Overview: AON Insurance managers Gibraltar provides insurance management services and support to a number of client companies which include financial management, underwriting, compliance, administration and corporate governance.
- Review of monthly & quarterly management accounts and client reports
- Prepare and submission of annual budgets and monthly forecasts
- Preparation of the annual Audited Financial Statements and liaise with auditors and assist with the audit requirements for interim and year - end audit
- Preparation and presentation of the various Financial Reports at Board of Director Meetings
- Prepare the annual regulatory reports, such as the Own Risk & Solvency Assessment Report, the Solvency & Financial Condition Report, and the Regular Supervisor Report, for consideration by the Board of Directors.
- Monthly and quarterly completion of internal compliance reports, and financial analysis management reports.rts.
- Final review of all payments prior to authorization, and maintenance of banking controls.
- Review aged debtors on a weekly basis, and ensure all debt is collected in a timely manner.
- Review fiscal submissions and payments to relevant tax authorities.
Assistant Finance Manager
AON Insurance Managers
02.2018 - 06.2021
- Final review of all payments prior to authorisation and creation of the weekly debtors to ensure debt is collected on a timely basis.
- Manage cash balances on a daily basis to ensure payments and receipts are acted upon accordingly
- Preparation and presentation of weekly status meetings with the Finance and Insurance Teams to ensure both teams are fully co-ordinated to complete the relevant tasks
- Participation in maintaining and adhering to the corporate governance platform, in particular in relation to check lists, supporting information, authorisations, sign-offs and time scales.
- Prepare quarterly and annual fiscal submissions and payments to relevant tax authorities.
- Assist with the audit requirements for interim and year - end audit
- The lead for AON Gibraltar to assist with the global initiative to test and create the payment system to outsource all payments to our team in Poland.
- Further to the success of the payments transition to Poland. I was given sole responsibility for the transition of the remaining “day to day” tasks to our shared service team and continue to oversee and manage the deliverables
- Building Integral relationships within Aon offices around the globe, to ensure collaborative engagement between domiciles
- Nominated to be part of the Engagement Committee, organising events and well being activities to boost staff morale and keep our team engaged.
Finance Manager
Publicis Chemistry/VividBrand
10.2013 - 01.2018
- Company Overview: Publicis Groupe UK is a marketing and digital transformation business. Within Publicis there are separate divisions. Publicis Blueprint specialises in producing Digital and Non Digital magazines for clients including Asda, Orange and Hewlett Packard Publicis Chemistry specialises in customer relations management with a focus in online advertising including social media and Vividbrand is an agency specialising in enabling clients with marketing techniques in order to provide their customers with the ultimate shopping experience.
- Review of monthly management accounts and preparation of Financial reports for monthly management meetings
- Preparation and presentation of annual budgets and monthly forecasts for management meetings
- Revenue recognition on a project completed basis
- Monthly Work in Progress meeting with the commercial team, presenting Aging Statistics and report potential issues/risks to senior management
- Prepare and present balance sheet reconciliations on a monthly basis
- Review aged debtors on a weekly basis and ensure all debt is collected on a timely basis
- Assist with the audit requirements for interim and year - end audit
- Following a takeover I became sole accountant of the Vividbrand division
- Pro-actively created weekly revenue meetings which led to the commercial teams taking ownership of their revenue and costs
- Embedded myself as an effective part of the commercial team which enriched my knowledge and allowed me to communicate detailed information to the CEO
- Created a revenue dashboard for senior management
Client Accountant
Publicis Chemistry
08.2011 - 10.2013
- Manage a team of 3 to ensure Work in Progress reconciliations and projects are closed on a timely basis
- Weekly meetings with the team to discuss issues and ensure sufficient communications with the commercial team
- Approving new clients and new vendors following due diligence
- Approving POs and expenses based on project proposals
- Prepare and submission of annual revenue budgets and monthly revenue forecasts
- Uploading all information into Hyperion (budgets, forecasts, client profitability) for group consolidation
- Assist with the audit requirements for interim and year - end audit
- Following a series of changes within the organisation, I proposed and executed a new and effective finance structure with Publicis Chemistry
- Engaged with a challenging employee and helped motivate from unsatisfactory to a valued member of the team
- Promoted to Finance Manager
Finance Assistant (Client Accountant Mar 08)
Publicis Blueprint
03.2006 - 01.2011
- Monitoring, maintaining and reconciling Work in Progress and ensure projects are closed on a timely basis
- Preparation of invoices
- Prepare and submission of annual revenue budgets and monthly revenue forecasts
- Preparation of monthly management accounts and Financial reports for monthly management meetings
- Uploading all information into Hyperion (budgets, forecasts, client profitability) for group consolidation
- Assist with the audit requirements for interim and year - end audit
- Involved with preparing the finances for New Business Proposals
- Covered maternity leave which included supervising of a junior member of staff and producing the monthly management accounts
- Promoted to Client Accountant
Education
ACCA -
Skills
- Financial reporting
- Budget preparation
- Regulatory compliance
- Financial analysis
- Cash flow management
- Audit coordination
- Payment processing
- Team collaboration
- Debt collection
- Forecasting
Qualifications - Professional
ACCA, Qualified
Career Break
Jan 11 to Aug 11, Backpacking around Australia and South East Asia
Timeline
Finance Manager & Appointed MLRO (May 25)
AON Insurance Managers
06.2021 - Current
Assistant Finance Manager
AON Insurance Managers
02.2018 - 06.2021
Finance Manager
Publicis Chemistry/VividBrand
10.2013 - 01.2018
Client Accountant
Publicis Chemistry
08.2011 - 10.2013
Finance Assistant (Client Accountant Mar 08)
Publicis Blueprint
03.2006 - 01.2011
ACCA -
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