Primary Responsibilities include:• Production and review of monthly cash flow hedge forecasts• Monthly balance sheet review for placement of economic and net investment hedges• Liaison with FX traders for deal placement• Production of hedge accounting documentation• Review of accounting requirements for compliance with FAS133 and IAS39• Quarterly regression analysis• Quarterly and Annual review of financial statement footnotes relevant to hedge accounting• Assisting the Currency Risk Manager with analysis/decisions on new hedge strategies• Liaison with external and internal Auditors• Production of daily and monthly management reports on Net interest income• Assisting the EMEA Treasurer with adhoc projectsAchievements:• Change of hedge strategy from local to global top of the house hedging programme• Implementation of new Treasury system (Reval) to manage hedge accounting• Development of Net interest Income and Spread business reporting for Senior Management

Responsible for the management of a small team of financial accountants whose remit is the day to day management of a number of the European domiciled legal entities, covering asset management, securities lending, foreign exchange, cash management and global custody businesses.Responsibilities included:• Team Mentoring, Training and Performance Management• Production and review of monthly balance sheet and profit and loss reconciliations• Production and review of monthly financial reporting packages• Review and sign off of manual journals• Quarterly sign off on SOX requirements• Review of hedge forecasts and liaison with FX Traders to place hedge deals• Monthly close out of P&L long/short positions • Hedge Accounting (IAS39 & FAS133)• Hedge gain/loss allocation - project to revise allocation methodology• Production and review of financial statements (UK GAAP/IFRS) • Liaison with Auditors on Group audit requirements/issues• Involvement with business units/project team on new product/business line accounting requirements (local and US GAAP)• Liaison with tax and regulatory teams to ensure correct external reporting• Assisted on project to upgrade the general ledger (Midas) and implementation of new consolidation reporting tool (Hyperion) • QA Testing of new GL – Peoplesoft

Responsible for all aspects of Financial Risk and Reporting and Legal Entity Risk control and co-ordination.Legal Entity Risk aspects included: • Line management of a team of two permanent staff in London and for a ‘virtual’ team based in Glasgow.• Co-ordination and training of 40+ legal entity controllers to ensure compliance with best practise• Facilitation of legal entity due diligence reviews• Reporting and compliance on statutory account filing requirements • Escalation of issues to Senior Management as required• Liaison with the Firm’s External Auditors• Liaison with other controller project teams (Basle, Sox etc) to assess impact on the legal entity control framework and make enhancements as necessaryFinancial Risk aspects included:-• Balance Sheet risk reporting using Firm’s in house application (3Rs)• Writing, communication, and training of policy for 3Rs• Monitoring of compliance of policy via tertiary reviewsAchievements:• Development in the UK, and subsequent enhancements, to the legal entity control framework to standardise the programme across all regions• Assisted with the transition of legal entity controllers team to Glasgow• Project management on two major projects – entity closure and metrics reporting• Business advisor on three major projects – CSE certification, legal entity due diligence, and systems enhancements

Responsible for providing financial support to the Investment Management Business:-• Provision of monthly management reports – profit and loss analysis, sales reporting, expenses reporting, budget reporting• Provision of adhoc reporting requests to the Business Unit• Production of quarterly and annual Regulatory returns to the FSA• Calculation of regulatory capital requirements• Ownership of seventy balance sheet accounts requiring reconciliation and sign off on a monthly basis• Preparation of VAT returns• Liaison with Legal on wording of client fee schedules for client contracts• Calculation and preparation of performance fees for clients• Preparation of annual budgets• Production of the Financial Statements for Investment Management

Responsible for all aspects of the Employee expenses section of the Accounts Payable Department.