Catherine Drysdale Fca Email & Phone Number

Ireland

Dublin, Ireland, Ie

Dublin, Ie

ESW is a +€1.5 billion global eCommerce business that powers cross-border eCommerce for the world’s best-known brands. The business has achieved exceptional growth of +€500million in 2019 to targeted +€1.5 billion in 2022• Built, developed and led a finance function of +80 finance professionals during a period of rapid growth & remote working across the areas of Revenue, Financial Operations, Accounts Payable, Finance Optimisation & FP&A• Developed & implemented a reporting structure delivering monthly reporting in a fast, clear and reliable fashion to include significantly enhanced revenue, margin, overhead & payroll detailed analysis & commentary for the CFO• Led the implementation of Finance Optimisation initiatives to significantly improve business processes. Examples include UI Path (+120 projects, +1.2k hours savings per month), Alteryx (+300 reconciliations, month end accruals), Centiro (carrier costs & revenue billing)• Drove improvements in margin analysis across key revenue streams including development of expected margin to include country, price & volume impact. In addition, continued focus to ensure any opportunities for margin enhancement were leveraged and implemented• Key advocate for employee engagement & development to drive retention and growth in a competitive market. • Delivery of annual budget / quarterly forecast with a particular focus on overheads and payroll (+700 headcount)• Preparation of quarterly Board Papers delivered to CFO / COO • Attend & present at quarterly Audit Committee meetings, focusing particularly on Finance transformation & future state roadmap• Acting as finance Business Partner in the areas of Legal, Commercial & Operations, Technology, HR, Risk & Compliance• Delivery of statutory audit program for ESW legal entities, within Group reporting timelines (year-end 31st December, reporting end of January)

Dublin 24, Ie

A Financial Controller in a well-run, fast-paced finance function. United Drug, part of UDG Healthcare plc provides logistics services to healthcare companies, pharmacies and hospitals in the UK and Ireland. • Coach, mentor and develop finance team of 12 (5 direct reports)• Monthly Balance Sheet and P&L reporting to Group finance within tight deadlines, across 7 companies within the UD SCS group structure• Monthly review of Operating expenditure against budgeted levels and driving cost reduction through collaboration with various areas of the business including the Operations & Procurement Directors• Working capital management; analysing and improving working capital and cash-flow generation for half and year end cash targets• Management of A/R through in depth customer analysis and reducing debt exposure, including management of insolvent customers and the company’s ability to recover outstanding debt• Review of key customer financial statements on a periodic basis to review current profitability and liquidity levels against industry standard• Internal control reviews and management of Balance Sheet reconciliations • Delivery of annual budget and twice yearly forecasting across each business unit (Wholesale, Distribution, Consumer, Cost Company)• Monthly KPI reporting to allow the business to assess achievement of key business objectives• Management of internal and external audits • Support Finance Director & Senior Management team in all aspects of financial reporting• Supporting the ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) team to ensure a smooth transition to a new ERP IT system, being rolled out across each business unit of UD SCS

New York, Us

• Managed finance team of 5 with one direct report• Managed AUM from a global revenue perspective in excess of $70billion, across 30+ legal entities (Europe, America's, Far East Asia, East Africa)• Demonstrated leadership skills and ability to work on my own while also leading a Finance team to achieve targets and deliver to tight deadlines in a multinational environment• Developed strong interpersonal / communication skills in working directly with all levels of senior management at a local and international level and across multiple business functions• Critical support provided to both regional and product CFO’s, incorporating management of revenue for each region, variance and cash flow analysis• Monthly compliance reporting • Built and maintained relationships with internal and external auditors• Implemented transfer pricing model across all PineBridge Investment entities during 2011• Lead role on two general ledger system migrations over a five year period (In-house General Ledger system (Platinum) to SAP - 2006, SAP to Microsoft Dynamics - 2010) • Worked extensively with local IT system development team in all aspects of business analysis, system development, User Acceptance testing, deployment to live environment (relating to the in house revenue system) • Lead role in re-engineering of general ledger coding for revenue and revenue related expenses (incorporating transfer pricing requirements), to provide greater transparency across multiple revenue streams• Lead role during migration to new Revenue system “Revport”, involving all aspects of billing categorisation, data mapping and configuration.• Excellent ability to manage in a challenging / changing environment. Key member on the management team tasked with preparing for the sale of AIG Investments to Pacific Century Group. Managing the impact of this sale on the global revenue function (IMA restructuring, rebranding, split of operational data, full UAT testing for the global revenue system)

New York, Ny, Us

• Acting Department head during 2009 overseeing all functions of the finance team with team of 11• Managed AUM from a global revenue perspective in excess of $425billion, across 30+ legal entities (incorporating Europe, America's, Far East Asia, East Africa)• Automation of AUM data extraction from Operational Systems (internal operational systems and external Administrator data sources: including StateStreet, HedgeServ, BNY Mellon, Citi, HSBC)• Managed recording and settlement of revenue share to both internal and external recipients• Global AUM & Revenue Reporting for all entities by asset class & investor type • Client invoicing and client liaison, incorporating Cash management• Lead role in migration and centralisation of various AIG Investment entities from a revenue perspective to Dublin and management of any risks that arose as part of those migrations• Extensive documentation of Procedures and Internal Controls across all sites• Standardization of Billing work flow across all sites ensuring that the required standard is adhered to within each region• Demanding and flexible review and amendments to internal process flows, internal procedure and internal controls to ensure adherence to Dublin / Global standard of Internal Audit Rating• Demonstrated career progression throughout my career in AIG / PineBridge Investments • Selected as a member of the 2006 Project AIGGIG initiative, which brings together talented employees to research and analyse some of AIG Investments pressing issues. The teams work in addition to their normal jobs, across multiple time zones, to present solutions to the senior management team

New York, Ny, Us

Worldwide, Oo

My role within the financial services department involved carrying out the following duties:• Planned, executed and completed assignments within a specified timeframe and budget• Reviewed clients’ business and operational systems and internal controls • Identified potential areas of weaknesses and thus improvements in business processes• Analytical review of the client’s financial statements to identify any pre-audit risks• Prepared annual financial statements, final audit report and audit summary memorandum• Coaching, supervising, co-ordinating and motivating staff in the completion of audits• Client Portfolio: Insurance Services and Risk Management firms, Life and Pensions Brokerage firm, and Non-UCIT funds, Open and Close Ended Funds• Secondment to the Business Services Department, where I was involved in preparing the financial statements for a number of small/medium sized owner-managed businesses

Chartered Accountant

Prince2 Practitioner

Diploma In Insolvency

Bachelor Of Business Studies, Finance, General