Temitope Adejumo

Responsibilities: • Finance Business partnering with John Lewis Partners Ltd & Carpetright Ltd implementing Concession agreement, reporting on sales commissions, royalty fees and monthly reporting pack • System Implementation and configuration on D365 F&O, COA & approval workflow • Cost Center creation of the 34 Concession stores in John Lewis and 1 stand-alone store • Preparation of store P&L, balance sheet & cashflow • Recruitment of 5 Finance staff • Prepared and build up effective Forecast & Budgeting • Company & Vat registration and preparing monthly Vat returns • Setting up IFC provider, FCA approvals and due diligence • Cashflow build-ups, Balance sheet review and reconciliations • Preparing the weekly Monday sales & trade report • Intercompany recharges with Transfer Pricing (TP) calculation • Capex – Working capital build-up • Monthly Payroll preparation and Month end Journals, accruals & prepayments • Supplier set up, contracts negotiation terms, due diligent etc, • Defining and implementing new financial controls and procedures • Building Management Pack to include KPI's and Central P&L analysis • Business Partnering with various workstreams and stakeholders

Responsibilities: • Finance Business Partner to various departments - Operations, Property, Indirect Procurements, Courier Growth, Operation Expansion, and Fleet Operation Teams, understanding all fixed and variable cost drivers and addressing all financial queries. • Financial lead on controls & risks involving all operation costs, including supply chain, logistics, and store operations. • Preparing forecast and Budget for all department and reviewing actual vs budget • Ensuring timely preparation and presentation of management reporting and business performance metrics • Review and analysis of P&L, Operations KPIs and monitoring Cashflow • Ensure effective financial close process, including review of journal entries, and accounting reconciliations within the established timeline. • Performing working capital improvement projects and the preparation of operation expansion and capital expenditure business cases • Improve the accounting processes and controls, ensuring all financial transactions are properly recorded and reported. • Analyzing various spending against budget and forecast and its profitability. • Provide insight into and use of financial KPIs and business drivers • Timely reporting, building a new reporting template, thereby collaborating effectively with the various stakeholders. • Performing various supplier reconciliations to ensure correct billing and adequate bookkeeping records. • Performing detailed reviews (and challenging) of all new business cases & investment proposals • Monthly and weekly analysis of business performance, identifying areas of improvement and discrepancies. • Property Portfolio Management, IFRS 16 Accounting for lease and rent-free period schedules

Responsibilities: • Prepare monthly management accounts including cash flow and commentary on key variances. • Clearly summarize the key financial information for monthly reporting • Producing monthly key deliverables on 4 Projects sites and entities • Manage working capital requirements of the 4 entities, including producing flash reporting and drawdown process. • Financial modeling of revenue expenditure to support decisions and predict future outcomes based on assumption lead inputs to assist with the formulation of strategic business plans. • Helping project team leaders and external consultants manage the professional fee budgets of the projects. • Ensure compliance with the management agreement and SLA in relation to property management services. • Finalize the annual statutory accounts and manage the audit process. • Review, update and analyze financial models/appraisals working in concert with all parts of the business to ensure numbers are understood and agreed. • Preparation of budgets/forecasts for construction projects. • Manage the accounts receivable and accounts payable process on all 4 sites. • Bank and Balance sheet reconciliations. • VAT and CIS returns with HMRC and liaison with tax advisors to produce corporation tax comps. • Preparing ad hoc key information and insightful analysis for the CEO • Build strong relationships with the planning, construction, and development teams.

Responsibilities: • Managing and coordinating all technical duties in the Financial Accounting section and the preparation of the statutory financial statements for the year ended. • Prepare necessary files and other required documentation for the year-end audit and liaise with the auditors to ensure a successful audit with no management points or misstatements. • Improved processes and strengthen financial controls to be more efficient • Reviewing and implementing accurate recording of accounting entries • Performed detailed reconciliations of the control accounts and company balances. • Management of Cashflow, checking all transactions are recorded accurately. • Reconciliation of payroll calculations and liaising with HR and budget holders on related matters • Created process notes, policies, and effective relationship-building with other departments.

Responsibilities: • The preparation of budget and forecast estimates for all subsidiaries, joint ventures & associates. • Business partnering with stakeholders to give insight on performance vs target. • Capital accounting and Management reports on property sales and forecasts. • Prepare assigned notes to the accounts for the Financial Statements • Preparation and collation of audit evidence and working papers within the agreed time • Processing Sales and calculations of monthly Cost of Sales • Maintaining Fixed Asset register for all Fizzy Living entities • Maintaining accurate records and journals of all Handovers, Completed schemes & Grant tenures. • Preparing the management accounts for the subsidiaries, joint ventures, and associate entities • Managing and reconciling the positions in the I & E and the balance sheet for the subsidiaries • Preparing & distributing monthly management reports to Budget Holders • Point of contact for MHT & Joint ventures associate queries • Preparing cost analysis, spending, and reconciliation of all fizzy entities • Maintaining point of contact for MHT & Joint ventures associate queries • Maintaining Joint ventures and subsidiaries' drawdown and loan repayment • Monthly preparation of accruals and prepayments journals • Providing financial information for the business to enable financial position analysis. • Identifying, investigating, and ensuring appropriate recharge is carried out where needed. • VAT and CIS computation and submission

Responsibilities: • Budget preparations, forecasting, and sourcing out KPI information. • Managing various projects cost, analysing expenditure and capturing cost per head via timesheet, invoices, & expense claim, supporting project managers and reporting on a weekly/monthly basis • Cash flow analysis and monthly spending review with departmental heads • Responsible for the Fixed Asset Register, accounting, and reporting • Production of monthly management accounts and pension reports. • Performing bank and balance sheet reconciliations monthly for month ends • Calculating and posting accruals, prepayments, and other journals at the year/month end • Preparation of monthly Vat Returns and EC sales list. • Calculation and posting of period-end journals and intercompany transaction reconciliation. • Managing the fixed assets register including capitalization and Ascertaining capital accruals. • Identifying capital expenditures & assisting in cash flow movement for revenue recognition • Working closely with Sales, Events, and CRD teams to correctly record sales and assess the impact on revenue recognition with determination of deferred revenue. • Working with the external auditors, providing support to aid the audit functions as required. • Maintaining Grant register from Innovate UK and all European Grants received. • Support payroll activities liaising with HR and external provider and uploading the payroll journals • Responsible for all aspects of the purchase ledger and fortnight payment run. • Supervising, preparing and issuing customer invoices and solving any billing queries or questions. • Matching, coding, and posting invoices including foreign invoices for fortnight payment run. • Processing and reconciling credit card, all expenses including directors' expense claim • Implementing and reviewing internal controls to improve processes and output.

Responsibilities: • Reviewing cashflows and forecasts, also performing periodic management reports including budget to actual variance analysis and their commentaries. • Processing Accruals & Prepayments and any reversal of journals • Managing 16 stores, preparing their P&L, forecasting, budget preparation, and cost of sales • Month-end management reporting and analysis on daily cash flow forecast and the actual figure. • Sales reporting, actual vs budgeting analysis, and maintaining store Margin % • Preparation of year-end audit files and statutory account including liaison with the external auditors • Liaising with the store managers on financial-related issues and discount margin application • Responsible for accurate reporting of accounts payable transactions and monthly movements • Performing weekly payment runs through BACS and CHAPS and raising manual cheques.

Achievements: • Acquired 65% of all outstanding debts within 5 months, following dedicated follow-up procedures. • Introduced the concept of "suspense accounts", effectively ensuring compliance with standards and accounting principles.

Achievements: • Streamlined the accounts payable system by restructuring old accounts payable procedures. • Led a series of training sessions, providing solid accounting background to trainees and accounting interns.