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RETAIL FINANCE FORUM POWERED BY COOPER PARRY & HALFORDS
THURSDAY 18TH JULY at COOPER PARRY’S SKY VIEW OFFICE – 9.30AM – 1.30PM
This is an opportunity for finance professionals from some of the UK’s biggest retailers to get together and talk about the hot issues affecting them.
After breakfast pastries and coffee on arrival, there’ll be the ever-popular round table discussion. Providing finance leads in the retail sector an opportunity to get together for an informal collaborative roundtable event. Full of content and useful insight.
Want to know a bit more about what type of things are discussed? Well, take a look HERE at this article from our last event.
This event is invite only, however if you feel you would really benefit from attending, register your interest below and we’ll get back to you.
Agenda
09.30am - 10.00am
Arrival, Drinks & Networking
10.00am - 10.10am
Welcome
10.10am - 12.30pm
Roundtable Discussion
12.30pm - 13.30pm
Food, Drinks & Networking
13.30pm
Finish
CAT KELLY
HEAD OF RETAIL & RELATIONSHIP PARTNER - COOPER PARRY
Cat is Head of Retail and a Partner at Cooper Parry. Cat joined Cooper Parry in 2004 and has spent the last 20 years working with a particular focus on retail clients. She speaks regularly at industry events, including co-hosting the Halfords IFRS 16 Forum for Retailers, and until recently was the Chair of the ICAEW’s Retail Advisory Group. Cat leads the special projects team at Cooper Parry, working alongside management teams on financial reporting projects, reviewing subsidiary audits, looking at royalty and rebate recovery, helping with IFRS transitions and implementing Internal Audit programmes. She brings a commercial approach to projects, identifying areas of business improvement and explaining them in a clear, simple way to manage and exceed stakeholder expectations.
JENNI SMITH
HEAD OF GROUP FINANCIAL REPORTING & CONTROL - HALFORDS
Halfords is the UK’s leading retailer of motoring, cycling and Leisure products and services. Jenni has been their Head of Group Financial Reporting for over four years. Though she started on her career path as an engineer, Jenni has been an auditor at KPMG. Providing valuable experience as an adviser to business, many from the retail sector. She has personal experience of grappling with the challenges facing finance leads within automotive and manufacturing companies having also worked at Jaguar Land Rover and JELD-WEN.
PRITHY PATEL
GROUP FINANCIAL ACCOUNTANT - HALFORDS
Prithy has been Halfords Group Financial Accountant for over two years, now moving across to a new challenge in Commercial Finance. Prithy began her career as an auditor at EY, working on several large PLC’s understanding the fundamentals of how business’s work. During her time at
Halfords in the FR team she has led on retail stock, group IFRS 16, finance business partner and subsidiary statutory reporting.