Christopher Bates Email & Phone Number

London, Gb

Key member of the Company’s global finance team, reporting to the CFO/Global Controller with frequent interaction with global heads of functional areas, regional and global senior management, and the Audit Committee.Responsible for the preparation of the global consolidation, under US GAAP, of over 50 legal entities across 16 countries. Responsible for review of external SEC filings (10Q/10K) and preparation of footnotes and other disclosures.Member of the disclosure committee, valuation committee, internal controls and risk committee.Managed the maintenance of the company’s Oracle ERP and Hyperion systems, as well as systems-related training, liaising with internal IT support and external hosting teams. Maintained static data, charts of accounts and related hierarchies across all finance systems.Created the non-compensation expense forecasting process.Created a detailed expense reporting and drilldown process for back office/functional areas.Created a finance best practices team to implement automation and data quality initiatives for finance. Key contact for other functional areas and regional management for finance related questions. Managed a global team of 21 people.

 Reporting to the CFO/Chief Accounting Officer. Led the core finance team that implemented the Oracle ERP (General ledger, accounts payable, accounts receivable, fixed assets and intercompany modules) and Hyperion (HFM, HP, HPCM, Essbase) applications globally. Implemented in record time in North America (10 months), Europe (3 months) and Asia (6 months). Delivered on time and within budget. Managed the core team of 11 team members, as well as consultants, vendors, other functional areas and support teams. Led the implementation of the new Accounting Rules Engine, Oracle Financials Accounting Hub (FAH).

Key member of the corporate finance team that prepared the company for its initial public offering in July 2007. Migrated the company’s financial reporting from IFRS to US GAAP and prepared the consolidated carve-out accounts under US GAAP. After the IPO, worked with senior management to build out key finance functions for the newly formed corporate head office. Implemented a new Cognos Controller system for the company’s consolidated reporting requirements and disclosures. Post IPO, created the new management information pack to cover new requirements, including departmental results and balance sheet data, customer data and comparison to external indicators.Led the implementation of a single global chart of accounts to standardize reporting across all legal entities.Responsible for the review of the US GAAP accounting treatment of significant business transactions, including acquisitions, as well as the impact of new US GAAP pronouncements. Worked with local finance teams to implement new policies and disclosure requirements.Key contact for other functional areas and regional management for finance related questions, as well as co-ordination with tax team on transfer pricing issues.Managed a global team of 6 people.

Managed a department of 30 people, reporting to the Finance Director.Key participant in due diligence work as part of the acquisition of GNI by Man Group.Managed the integration of the GNI finance team into Man Financial, combining processes, staff and systems. Updated and integrated the two companies’ charts of accounts.Migrated pre-existing MF management accounts from Lotus to Excel and merged with GNI information to create management accounts for the global brokerage division of Man Group.Managed the monthly divisional reporting process and discussed monthly results with departmental/desk heads, divisional management and Man Group (the parent).Updated and amended back office cost allocations to trading division, allowing management a clearer view of departmental profitability.Led the annual budgeting and forecasting process for the division.Key member of the Man Group IFRS conversion project team.Key member of Man Group’s regulatory reporting team, implementing a global regulatory capital reporting system for the group.Key contact for Man Financial divisional finance teams reporting into Man Group.Production of statutory accounts under UK GAAP and IFRS.Integrated the acquisition of Refco into the division’s reporting systems and applied purchase accounting under IFRS and US GAAP.Member of the New Products Committee, responsible for assessing the accounting and regulatory impacts of new products and business initiatives.

Managed a department of 15 people, reporting to the Finance Director.Managed the monthly management reporting and close cycle.Created the monthly executive committee pack, incorporating departmental results, actual, budget, customer information and KPIs, as well as detailed expense analysis.Implemented a back office cost allocations process, analysing between attributable and allocated costs.Seconded to CFD desk, working with desk head as a business partner.Streamlined the regulatory reporting process to the FSA by combining several disparate processes into one.Created a unique, internal counterparty risk reporting system to cope with the then recent Basel capital adequacy directive.Produced statutory accounts under UK GAAP.Assisted in the transfer of fund administration to a third party.

Supervisor and manager of various financial services and industrial audits, including public and non-public companies.Selected for inaugural fast-track partnership program.

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