Richard Kendall

Manage the UK Sales Company Planning & Control Team, including directly managing twelve (12) Business & Financial Analysts. I oversee and support their development, including guidance towards achieving professional qualifications, annual & quarterly objective setting, and performance management. In addition i have gained experience of team structure design / re-organisation, including recruitment, interviewing, and selection of candidates.

My primary remit is controlling and delivering to the UK Sales Company the Monthly Actual P&L, made up of annualised figures as follows:
Net Sales of 1.15bn (GBP)
Channel Marketing of 35m (GBP)
A&P of 50m (GBP)
SGA Excluding A&P of 70m (GBP)

As part of this remit we provide actual P&L Analysis (Sales, GP, Expenses, Divisional, Product Group), Monthly Actual P&L Reporting (Hyperion, Essbase, Internal Reports), and review with Key Stakeholders incl. Sales Company P&L with Senior Management.

In addition i am responsible for:
Annual Budgeting Co-ordination
Monthly Forecasting Co-ordination
SOX & Audit Requirements
Supporting SUK Management in Financial Decision Making
Process / Reporting Development

Sector: Consumer Goods

People Management:
Directly managed two (2) Business & Financial Analysts.
Oversee and supported the development of a further four (4) Junior Financial Analysts.

Direct Responsibility for controlling and delivering to the UK Sales Company:
Annual Budget (P&L, Inventory, Balance Sheet) – 1bn (GBP) Net Sales, 100m (GBP) SGA.
Monthly Forecast (P&L).
Monthly Actual Reporting & Analysis (P&L).
Process / Reporting Developments.
Experience of working within pressurised environment, incl. exposure to Sales Co. Mgt.
Experience of challenging deadlines and requirement to produce high quality financial figures.
Exposure to MRP process and budget / target objective setting.

Sector: Consumer Goods

Supported the Planning & Operations Finance Manager.
Supported the Co-ordination of the Annual Sales Company Budget, including establishing timetable and supporting Divisional input into consolidated Sales Co. budget.
Supported the Co-ordination of the Monthly Forecast, including preparing for and attending the monthly review with Sales Co. Directors and Product Group General Managers.
Actual & Forecast Inventory Reporting incl. Analysis & Balance Sheet Reconciliations.
Inventory Audit Controls incl. Audit Review (internal & external).
Designed, Implemented, and Responsible for Inventory SOX Controls.
F&O Cost Centre Management incl. Balance Sheet Reconciliations.
SUKL Platform Dept. Cost Centre Management incl. Budget Holder Reviews.
Played a key role of one of three newly appointed central finance managers in implementing a Finance Restructuring project, involving a dramatic re-shaping of the finance support provided to the business, from Divisional to Centralised support. The project delivered new structure, approach to SOX, and use of Management Information.

Sector: Consumer Goods

Supported the Operations Finance Manager and Service Division General Manager.
Supported the Service Division Departments with day-to-day operational finance support e.g. invoice processes, reporting, variance analysis, purchase requests, capital requests, etc…
Co-ordination of Service Division Annual Budget, approx. six (6) department budget holders (150 employees) plus variable Warranty Costs.
Financial Modelling of Warranty Costs (annual cost £12m).
Warranty Provision Reporting incl. Analysis & Balance Sheet Reconciliations.
Warranty Audit Controls incl. Audit Review (internal & external).
Service Division Cost Centre Management (annual cost £15m across 20 cost centres).
Service Cost Allocations to Product Categories impacting Product Profitability.
Provided financial analysis support to Service Division Restructuring Project, resulting in site closure and the implementation of Corporate Centralised Repair Strategy.

Sector: Consumer Goods

Prior to commencing my career with Sony UK Limited (SUKL), spent 18 months overseas. First stop was New Zealand (12mth working holiday visa), before moving on to Australia, Singapore, Malaysia, Tai-land, Cambodia, Vietnam, Laos, Nepal, and India.