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Julie Hill

Location - Cork, County Cork, Republic of Ireland.

Summary

Strategic and innovative finance lead with extensive expertise in financial accounting, management reporting, and financial planning & analysis. Demonstrates strong line management capabilities to challenge, inspire, and support teams while fostering collaboration with diverse stakeholders . Skilled in driving operational efficiencies and introducing new financial systems and processes.

Overview

24
24
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Head of Finance

Kilkenny Design
Cork, Retailer
10.2023 - 05.2025
  • Strategic Financial Leadership: Collaborated with the CEO and Heads of Function to develop and execute financial strategies to align with business objectives.
  • Budgeting & Financial Control: Led the development and management of the company's annual budgets, ensuring strong financial controls and target-setting were implemented.
  • Financial Reporting & Compliance: Oversaw and improved the accurate and timely preparation of monthly accounts for senior management and board members.
  • Cash Flow & Risk Management: Played a key role in managing cash flow to ensure financial stability and sustainability.
  • Regulatory & Compliance Oversight: Worked closely with senior leadership and external partners to ensure full compliance with legal, accounting, and regulatory standards.
  • Team Leadership & Culture Building: Built, led and mentored a high-performing finance team, fostering a positive culture and strong organisational structures.
  • Stakeholder & External Relations: Maintained strong relationships with auditors, insurers, banks, and regulatory bodies to safeguard the company's financial interests.
  • Board Contribution – Presented the financial performance of the business to the board members every quarter.
  • Business Acquisition - Key project member for legal and finance support which led to the successful acquisition of 3 new retail units, increasing annual revenues by 25%,


CFO

Procam Take 2 Limited
London/Cork, Camera and grip rental for TV & film industry
11.2020 - 07.2023
  • Finance lead (reporting to the CEO) for the Procam group based in the UK and USA with an annual turnover of £10m and asset fleet of £6.5m.
  • Key member of the Procam Board; responsible for the preparation, presentation and ongoing improvement of the monthly board pack.
  • Management of the finance team (4 headcount) who prepared daily/weekly/monthly cashflow, monthly management reporting, monthly payroll, annual budgets & ongoing forecasts, KPI reporting, statutory reporting and any other value added analysis as required.
  • Finance team recruitment and performance management.
  • Drove continual improvement in the department processes and workflows, introducing and improving daily, weekly and monthly KPI information.
  • Involved in varied projects to maximise system functionality and introduced new finance systems (Concur & Sage Intacct) to deliver accurate and timely data to support data driven strategic decision making and streamline other finance processes.
  • Oversaw cost saving initiatives (including staff restructuring program) which resulted in annual savings of £1m.

EU Commercial Finance and Operations Director

IDT Global Limited
London/Cork/Dublin, Multinational provider of communications
01.2016 - 04.2020
  • Key stakeholder in building and implementing strategies, working in partnership with the commercial and legal teams to advise and support the Managing Director of the European Retail Business.
  • Responsible for the financial accounting, management reporting, operational finance, annual budget and ongoing forecasting functions for the European retail business.
  • Management and restructure of the operations team who were responsible for call centre management; product enhancements, promotions and updates; stock management & fulfilment; and product pricing.
  • Ongoing review of processes to streamline and find efficiencies and synergies between the finance and operational functions.

Head of Retail Finance

IDT Global Limited
London/Cork/Dublin
01.2013 - 01.2016
  • Responsible for the monthly accounting and management reporting for the European retail business including the billing and credit control functions who supported up to 500 live accounts.
  • Co-ordination of the budget and forecasting process for the European retail business which generated annual revenues of up to $78 million.
  • Monthly presentation of the financial results to the management team in the US.
  • Annual presentation of the European retail budget to the CFO and CEO.
  • Purchase order and invoice approver for European retail business.
  • Key business partner for commercial team, creating business cases and KPI's as required to enable informed strategic decisions to be made.
  • Responsible for co-ordination and review of all legal contracts for business customers in the European retail division.

Senior Finance Manager

IDT Global Limited
London
11.2008 - 01.2013
  • Management of a team of accountants based across Europe for 15 entities.
  • Responsible for ensuring the timely and accurate reporting of monthly and quarterly consolidated results.
  • Monthly and quarterly review of balance sheet.
  • Responsible for co-ordination of statutory compliance for European entities including VAT, annual accounts and any other local compliance as required.
  • Key finance contact for finance teams based in the US for queries on European financial reporting and internal/external group audit queries (including SOX compliance.)
  • Ongoing review of month end timetable and tasks.
  • Implementation of balance sheet reconciliation process and templates. Review and investigation of historic balances.
  • Introduction of new month end process for intercompany accounting.
  • Key stakeholder in finance projects including accounting and consolidation software upgrades (introduction of Oracle and HFM.)

Finance Manager

MVCI International Limited
London, part of the Marriott group (travel industry)
09.2006 - 11.2008
  • Reconciliation of intercompany relationships and investigation of historical differences.
  • Secondment to the Irish office for 6 months; management of a team of three.
  • Key project during the secondment was to set up the payroll function for a Marriott office in Cork.

Cashier/ Management Accountant

First Choice Holidays
Crawley, part of the TUI group (travel industry)
09.2001 - 09.2006
  • Weekly reconciliation of 10+ European bank accounts.
  • Management accountant for one product.

Education

Bachelor of Arts - History 2:1

University Of Aberystwyth
Aberystwyth
1999

A-Levels - History , Italian , Mathematics

Hills Road 6th Form College
Cambridge
1996

Skills


  • Advanced Microsoft Office skills including word, Power-point and Excel
  • High level of systems knowledge including but not limited to Oracle/PeopleSoft, HFM, Concur, SQL, Exact, Sage, Oasis, Brio, Looker, Tomcat, Slack, Tableau, Jira and Power BI

Certification

ACCA qualified 2005

Timeline

Head of Finance

Kilkenny Design
10.2023 - 05.2025

CFO

Procam Take 2 Limited
11.2020 - 07.2023

EU Commercial Finance and Operations Director

IDT Global Limited
01.2016 - 04.2020

Head of Retail Finance

IDT Global Limited
01.2013 - 01.2016

Senior Finance Manager

IDT Global Limited
11.2008 - 01.2013

Finance Manager

MVCI International Limited
09.2006 - 11.2008

Cashier/ Management Accountant

First Choice Holidays
09.2001 - 09.2006

Bachelor of Arts - History 2:1

University Of Aberystwyth

A-Levels - History , Italian , Mathematics

Hills Road 6th Form College

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