Daniel Balmer Email & Phone Number

London, Gb

London, England, Gb

• Lead a team of 10 with responsibilities including pricing and profit delivery and Finance partnership to Commercial teams encompassing Category Management, Procurement, Innovation/Product Development and Marketing.

Amsterdam, Amstelplein, Nl

• Led Financial Planning & Analysis team of 17, reporting into the CFO. Responsibilities included all financial management reporting and analysis/insights with key stakeholders including management Executive Committee, the Board and KKR. • Remit also includes strategic planning, annual planning and forecasting, steering group resource allocation and in-year P&L and cash delivery.• FP&A team spans the full breadth of FP&A, including Group FP&A; Overheads and Marketing investment control and decision support; functional business partnering for global marketing and IT; Supply Chain Finance FP&A (Gross Margin drivers and analysis); Cash and Working Capital performance management; Markets FP&A driving connectivity with business and in-market commercial decision support.

Amsterdam, Amstelplein, Nl

• Finance leadership for M&A activities including integration and business plan development/due diligence for target companies.• CFO for Food Service division (€300m revenue).• Finance leadership for business & functional transformation activities, including Finance lead for ERP implementation, post-ERP optimisation programme and global Finance functional reorganisation.

Amsterdam, Amstelplein, Nl

• CFO for a €700m region at Upfield, which was created following the acquisition of part of Unilever’s Foods business by KKR (a private equity firm) in mid-2018. Total business €3.0bn.• Responsible for end-to-end Finance for the region including driving performance (sales, profit, cash), financial controls, accounting.• Full P&L, Balance Sheet and Working capital ownership, as well as responsibility for tax/legal compliance and statutory reporting. Company Director for 4 legal entities across UK and Ireland.• CFO on regional Leadership team with dual reporting line into group CFO and regional CEO. Lead a team of 20 with Head of Finance direct reports based in the UK, Sweden, the Netherlands and Australia.Key Achievements:• Key leadership role in standing the business up (creating a regional Finance team from scratch; implemented Upfield business processes, tax/legal/statutory requirements set-up; cash funding and banking arrangements in-place). Defined (and started delivery of) a 5-year strategic and financial plan for the region to deliver growth and value creation.• Turnaround in ANZ and Nordics with markets back in growth after years of decline and driven a +€10m profit improvement in the UK/Ireland through pricing actions and supply chain savings programmes.• Leadership of wide-ranging Unilever separation/transformation programme with aggressive timelines (encompassing successful ERP implementation in Europe & ANZ, factory closure, warehouse changes, M&A).

Zug, Ch

• Global Financial Controller for €1.0bn (€2.5bn in ‘system’ sales) Joint Venture between Unilever and PepsiCo for sale of Lipton and Pure Leaf Iced Tea, covering 70+ markets, 2 legal entities and 3 subsidiaries. Interim CFO in Q1 2017.• Led a team of 13 (including Greater China Finance team and global Shared Services Centre).• Led P&L and cash performance management for the business, including communicating analysis and insights to Board of Directors and driving subsequent action plans. Provided oversight to commercial agreements with franchise partners.• Responsible for maintaining robust control environment, accounting, tax and treasury and shared service management. • Responsible for JV governance including management of Board of Director and Audit Committee content and compliance.

Blackfriars, London, Gb

• Part of Internal Audit Leadership Team, who are responsible for assessing Unilever’s controls and approach to risk management across all geographies and business processes.• Reported directly into Unilever Chief Auditor (who in turn reported to Unilever’s CFO). Engagement with Unilever Leadership Executive members. Team of 14 Audit Managers.

Blackfriars, London, Gb

• Business Partner to Supply Chain Director for €3.0bn Foods business. 2 direct reports.• Supply Chain network design and optimisation across 14 factories, covering restructuring and capital investment in order to meet market development and innovation requirements. • Steered Supply Chain savings delivery and Working Capital improvement across factory network.

Blackfriars, London, Gb

• Business Partner to Customer Operations Director (Trading Director), CD Operations Director (business capability) & Customer Marketing Director. 5 direct reports.• Led performance analysis and Board results review for £1.6bn UK division of Unilever.• Finance-lead to business Sales & Operational Planning process and company pricing and promotional evaluation process.

Blackfriars, London, Gb

• Finance Manager to Personal Care Marketing Director and team (£350m Turnover).• Led performance analysis, innovation business cases and contributed to strategic choices and resource allocation.

Blackfriars, London, Gb

• Led team of 4 Finance Analysts responsible for control and analysis of pricing structure and £200m promotional and trade investment spend.

Blackfriars, London, Gb

• Number of placements including Port Sunlight factory and secondment to Home & Personal Care European HQ in Brussels.

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), History

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