Hodgens Global

Chief tax adviser at Hodgens Global providing international citizens with support on their personal UK tax matters.

Chief Tax Adviser

Created to support your tax reporting and compliance needs, regardless of location., Hodgens Global exists exclusively for the private individual who is obliged to declare worldwide income for taxation purposes. If you are planning to transition from one tax regime to another, or need guidance and tax agent support to manage your tax concerns, we are here to provide you with a dedicated service.

Director

EDA Professional Services Ltd

Specializing in US and UK expat taxation, providing a wide range of services including self-assessment tax return preparation and filing. Providing tax planning advice in full compliance with both IRS and HMRC guidelines and reporting requirements ranging from basic income tax to reporting on far reaching issues such as inheritance tax, trust taxation, capital gains and the territorial tax issues.

Senior Tax Advisory Manager

Various international companies

Following the great recession of 2008, there followed a tumultuous period of job changes as I tried to navigate a future in employment while maintaining a stable home environment for the family as an expat, working with many other expats in a similar situation.

Senior financial management and consulting services

Halcrow, a CH2M Company

A leading UK multi-disciplinary firm of civil engineering and infrastructure development specialists (later acquired by CH2MHill who were then acquired by Jacobs) where I oversaw a rapid period of growth in revenue, headcount and profitability in the region, with improved commercial management of projects and the working capital employed in these long term projects, building focused and improved relations with the banks, providing greater visibility of the business. Arranged banking facilities that led to improved trade finance deals, an increase of personnel in the region from 400 to 1,300 and tripling regional turnover. Continual long range forecasting and planning.

Regional Head of Finance - Middle East

V.Ships

A diverse international ship-management consultancy business overseeing several large scale acquisitions of the company during a strategic program of growth. Responsible for monthly and annual consolidated financial reporting and analytical reviews in co-operation with international finance teams throughout the group. Key successes included the sale of a UK based entity within the group, a new company set up for a JV with Radisson Seven Seas Cruises in the UK, in full compliance with CAA regulations, and a reorganization of Italian based entities into a tax efficient holding structure.

Group Financial Controller

Galaxy Energy Group

A privately owned $3billion trading business responsible for monthly executive reports of marked to market trading results, consolidated financial data for the group, with analytical reviews. Developed internal controls, finance teams and banking relations in Geneva, Monaco, Houston and Singapore.

Fisons plc

Initially appointed as Group Internal Auditor, based at head office in London, of this listed multi-billion dollar pharmaceutical/scientific equipment corporation, later assigned to a permanent role as the Nordic Financial Controller for the Group in Sweden where key successes included controlling a multiple currency transaction base to successfully protect the balance sheet, creating an effective management of the taxation issues arising on cross border transactions in the Nordic territory. Set up strong systems to ensure all after sales service activities of the high value instruments sold to universities and biotechnology companies were correctly monitored, reported and analysed - such as warranties, provisions for installations of the instruments and implementation of analytical software programs, stocks of spare parts, and working with the engineering teams providing the customer support.

Nordic Financial Controller / Group Internal Auditor

Sea Containers

Internal auditor, based at Group HQ, of this listed international container business with port operations throughout the world. Subsidiary activities included a leading passenger ferry shipping business, SeaLink, with operations between the UK, Ireland and continental Europe and Venice Simplon-Orient-Express transport and hotel operations. In 1989 the shipping business was acquired by Stena Line which was later acquired by P&O, a company which has since been acquired by DP World.

Group Internal Auditor

CLB Littlejohn Frazer

Audit senior, with ICAEW training, at this City of London based firm of chartered accountants, specializing in Lloyds of London insurance syndicates and Members' agents. Other clients were engaged in large-scale freight forwarding operations.

Audit Senior

I like to provide solutions, to help expatriates progress with their lives and their careers without having any uncertainty about their tax position. I am happy that I get to resolve problems for so many people, and to resolve tax worries that needn’t have existed in the first place.

I am inspired by others who make a success from their opportunities to pursue an expat life. The Hodgens Global business was created in Scotland with the expats' needs for clarity and tax agent representation in mind. We now have a representative office in the UAE.

Hodgens Global represents an international client base providing tax advisory support, enabling them to be fully tax compliant, preparing and filing tax returns and advising on various taxation issues including capital gains, trusts and inheritance tax. We are client focused with a professional, international expat background. No matter where you are located, or the nature of your enquiry, you will receive courtesy, respect and swift professional assistance. 

Having been an expat for most of my career, I can relate to most of the concerns where people often need help.

Laurence Hodgens

NEC Europe

Responsible for supporting the development and implementation of change, communications and training strategy, methodology and plans in line with the S/4HANA programme plan and implementation timeline.

Western Hemisphere - Change & Communications Manager

Muuto Consulting

As a PMO team member, provided integrated planning and internal communication support to a $billion-dollar S/4HANA implementation programme, for a major oil and gas company based in the UK.  The role involved maintaining the integrated plan, ensuring workstream plans were aligned and were managed collaboratively to ensure delivery as per the plan and achievement of targeted outcomes.

Principal Consultant 

Saudi Aramco

•	Deliver change management and communication strategy and solutions for people, process, system and structure related changes in a highly complex and multicultural organisation.
•	Deliverables include stakeholder analysis and management, change impact assessment, issues, risks and resistance management as well as communication, change sponsorship and training using best practice methodologies such as Prosci, ACMP, ITIL, Lean and Six Sigma.
•	Transformation in technology development strategy and function that includes ensuring critical behaviors and culture change.
•	SAP S/4HANA implementation: awareness and training of the end users across the company to endure their readiness and ability to use new and enhanced features and functionality. 
•	Digital transformation leveraging digital technology and new ways of working to gain new business insights, enhance employee experience and business results.
•	Finance transformation enhancing SAP based finance system and processes covering detailed planning, forecasting and profitability reporting at corporate, segment and business unit levels.
•	VAT implementation: in finance, sales, law and supply chain functions. Challenges included a new concept in the region, laws were still being refined and explained by the authorities while VAT was being implemented. 
•	Corporate transformation: included culture and behaviour change. Led behavior change involving several thousands employees. Delivered boot camps to prepare rollout teams to implement the program in their departments. Combined traditional change management processes with behaviour change concepts to engage formal leaders as well as informal networks and influencers. 
•	Delivered change management on several SAP projects in finance, HR, healthcare and supply chain using SAP's ASAP methodology along with other CM techniques.
•	Deliver Change Management training workshops based on Prosci’s change management methodology.
•	Mentor and supervise junior consultants.

Senior Change Management Consultant

Atos Origin Middle East

•	Developed and delivered SAP FICO courses and other support material as part of end user readiness before SAP go-live

•	Provided post go-live support to end users using FI and CO modules

SAP FICO Consultant

Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC)

Large global IT Consultancy firm 
Project: Dupont Belgium, chemicals manufacturer
Carried out business and technical analysis of cost accounting system requirements.
Worked on the SAP R/2 to R/3 4.6c migration project. 
Analysed the existing SAP R/2 costing solution and designed the R/3 solution. 
Carried out FI/CO configuration. 
Prepared SAP prototype and presented in workshops to the project team and super users.

Senior SAP Controlling Consultant

Nestlé UK & Ireland

Supply Chain Management (SCM) team member
Developed SAP product cost revision solution to show actual product costs and savings due to recipe revisions.
Worked with SAP AG, to test new costing solutions developed by them to fill the gaps identified by Nestle' in the standard SAP functionality.  
Other projects undertaken included budget reporting, production variance reporting and cost of goods sold reporting.

SAP Development Accountant

Tate & Lyle Sugars

Collected and documented user requirements, system design documents and developed implementation plans. 
Carried out SAP CO configuration including Cost Planning, Product Costing and Production Order Costing. 
Performed system testing, system demonstrations and training for managers and users. 
Prepared procedure documents for the users and delivered end user training.

Business Analyst

DALGETY SPILLERS FOODS LIMITED

Duties included standard cost calculations of all the products and their varieties to ensure desired cost reductions are being achieved.
Prepared product costing and month-end reports for month-end accounts.
Performed end-user testing on the Promix accounting system.

Motability Operations Ltd

Finance arm of the Motability charity owned by major UK banks with the Queen as the patron.

• Cash flow forecasts, calculating funding requirements for new business, profitability reports, lease evaluation and HP pricing.
• Cost centre reporting, variance analysis, capital expenditure reporting, business volumes, KPIs, other statistics, profit and loss account and balance sheet.
• Cost centre reporting, VAT returns, accounts and cash book posting, inter-company accounts reconciliation, maintaining fixed assets register and bank reconciliation.

Assistant Treasurer, and Assistant Management Accountant

Experienced transformation specialist with proven ability and track record of delivering changes in large organisations. Capable of implementing transformational changes across a range of operational areas to improve business performance in large multinational companies in UK, Europe and Middle East.

Skills include organisational change management, behaviour and culture change, business consulting, SAP implementations, communications, project management, systems improvement, process optimisation, business analysis, financial and management accounting and reporting.

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