Chris Steele Email & Phone Number

London, Gb

Control Risks is a global risk consultancy of c.4,000 employees across the globe. Its services range from traditional risk consulting and high growth technology services through to to physical security and transportation in hostile territories such as Iraq.Business remit $55m revenue across Consultancy, SaaS, Commoditised product Due Diligence and tech services.Innovate, partner with the business to foster new ideas develop products from idea to operations, incubate startupsDynamic pricing implementation in order to maximise market shareImplementing commercial target operating models which have led to revenue and gross margin improvement through global change programmes and technology enabled efficiencies. Organic Growth in established products +15% YoY and gross margin improvement +5%.Co-Developed a complex 7 year business plan for a SaaS AI concept and gained Executive approval for $USD multimillion investment in the product.Closely business partnered Global Operation Startup within the business from proposal generation through development and into operation achieving $1m+ ARR

London, Gb

• Developed a Global Commercial Finance team operating model including recruitment of key senior hires and lead a team of 35+ including 10 at HQ plus 25 dotted-line global Commercial Finance team.• Led the Global Strategic Planning exercise global business successfully implemented a new “stretch” objective • Implemented a Global Budgeting, Planning, and Forecasting Platform (Tagetik) which led to a higher degree of cost control, data and metric driven approach and moved the finance team away from offline spreadsheets• Lead a Commercial Health Check on the Consultancy business to diagnose revenue leakage and team efficiencies and subsequently developed a new operating model for optimised performance for the business based on increased commercial control (Closed loop cost and utilisation model).• Lead a Commercial Improvement Change management programme across the consultancy business to address issues identified from Health Check • Implemented global commercial tools Pricing Models, Project Profitability and Utilisation Dashboards in order to enable Partners and Business Leaders to track, measure and manage their commercials using dependable KPIs and better commercial decisions. • Led change management on use of the tools and increasing commercial awareness and in order to shift mindset away from the status quo and instead to drive behaviours to optimise commercial decision making.

London, Gb

• Corporate finance role for capital restructuring, complex transaction transition from Limited Company to Employee Ownership Trust, fundamental group restructuring. 2 year project, $150m debt and equity raise, maintained and new key relationships with banks, auditors• $142m Joint Venture divestment including leading with the Banks on Plan B Funding arrangements• Managing the Group’s financial reporting requirements to provide accurate, timely and relevant reports including monthly consolidated management accounts and annual consolidated statutory financial statements• Management of the Group Treasury function including coordinating, aggregating and reviewing the group’s cash flow forecasts, hedging arrangements, monitoring compliance with bank covenants, and forecasting compliance headroom.• Ensuring that local statutory accounts for subsidiary companies are filed.• Initiated and adopted new group tax planning strategies including successful implementation of new Group Transfer Pricing Strategies • Interface with group’s auditors and manage external and internal audits

London, Gb

London, Gb

London, Gb

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London, Gb