Daniel Baller Email & Phone Number

Newcastle Upon Tyne, GB

Sage is a British multinational enterprise software with an operating profit of over £450m and annualised recurring revenue of >£2bn. Listed on the London Stock Exchange and a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index, Sage is a market leader for cloud-based accounting, financials, enterprise management, people and payroll software for both Small and Medium.

Newcastle Upon Tyne, GB

• Enhance and effectively run the annual Budget and monthly Rolling Forecast processes for the Group, actively engaging and managing stakeholders throughout
• Partnering with the Corporate Development team to set the strategic ambition for the Group and developing a 3-year financial plan/model reflective of the Group’s strategic priorities
• Lead role in developing a detailed financial target setting model for the operational budget process ensuring there is interlock with the Group’s medium-term planning
• Assessing business cases to inform investment decisions, allocating investment across Global functions based on ROI and alignment with the Group’s strategic priorities
• Articulating key Risks & Opportunities to senior Finance executives with levers identified and recommendations to manage financial performance
• Develop strong, trusting relationships with business partners, FDs and senior stakeholders, and leverage the combination of business knowledge and data-based analysis to influence decision-making

Newcastle Upon Tyne, GB

• · Managing the Monthly Performance Review process, interlocking with regional Go-To-Market stakeholders to present financial and operational performance to C-suite in order to drive successful commercial outcomes·.
• Contributing to the continuous improvement of financial processes including planning, budgeting, and rolling forecasts processes
• Supporting Commercial Finance Performance Director and Product Segment Finance Directors - Cost / Headcount / Cost Efficiency / Budget / Forecast / Strategic Planning work – driving optimisation of P&L, Product.
• Providing high quality forecasting and commercial insight to improve business predictability, as well as challenging and analysing regional results

Newcastle Upon Tyne, GB

• Supporting and managing the monthly business review processes across regions and interlocking with all relevant teams and stakeholders
• Supporting the transition to a SaaS focused business by integrating SaaS performance metrics and analysis and leveraging internal tools across regions (i.e. Einstein) to enhance business reviews
• Leading and coordinating the budgeting and rolling forecast processes for both Small and Medium Product Segments
• Delivering high quality insight into the KPIs driving the Go To Market and Product Segment functions and understanding how these lead to, and impact, financial outcomes
• Driving the standardisation, automation and enhancement of processes and analysis to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the Finance function
• Supporting the Commercial Finance Performance Director and two Segment Finance Directors in the delivery of BAU and ad-hoc projects that drive strategic outcomes

Upon repatriating from New Zealand with my wife and 2-year-old daughter in June 2019, we welcomed our second daughter to the world in October 2019. I took the decision to take a career break for the year to help my family settle into life back in the UK and spend some quality time with my two daughters over this period.

Auckland, NZ

• Bank of New Zealand (BNZ) is part of the National Australia Bank (NAB) Group of companies with earnings of circa NZ$1.5bn. With over 5000 employees and 180 branches nationwide, it is among the biggest 4 banks in New.
• Being a valued and trusted advisor to senior management of the business banking division
• Understanding performance drivers within the business bank to provide specific insights/analysis and assistance in achieving the financial goals of the division
• Presenting and articulating the financial performance of the business bank to the senior leadership team
• Challenging and influencing the business and senior stakeholders on their performance with an emphasis on driving through change
• Preparing and scrutinising the financials on business cases/investment proposals

Auckland, NZ

• Owning, facilitating and managing the month end, forecast and planning processes for the business banking division
• Producing timely reporting, analysis and insights for key stakeholders in the business bank
• Developing strong and trusting relationships with both front line sales and senior leaders in the business bank
• As a key contact for the business bank division, demonstrating an ability to understand and talk to the numbers and issues across the business when called upon
• Producing complex financial models to help senior sales leaders identify key opportunities and risks for both revenue generation and cost management in their respective businesses
• Identifying and leading initiatives to improve key reporting objectives within the wider Finance team

London, England, GB

• BPP is one of Europe’s leading providers of professional education and university courses. In a growing company of >1000 employees, I worked in a London based Finance team of 65 people.
• Detailed calculation and reconciliation of deferred revenue, accrued revenue and long term debtors
• Preparing monthly management accounts pack through posting month end journals, reconciliations and variance analysis/commentary
• Key role in monthly forecasting and annual budgeting of University revenue (annual turnover £60m)
• Producing Sales Flash and meaningful KPIs for the US based parent company for decision making
• Preparing detailed revenue rationalisation to meet Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) requirements and liaise with auditors and other compliance officers

London, England, GB

• Producing monthly actuals and posting necessary cost accruals based on information received from the business
• Producing required variance analysis (vs budget, forecasts, prior year etc.)
• Monthly intercompany reconciliations
• Preparing/posting current & non-current prepayments & maintaining the group prepayments schedule
• Reconciliation of numerous BS and P&L accounts
• Detailed analysis of property portfolio, provisions and recharges

London, England, GB

• Validating and posting all invoices for the University subsidiary to the sales ledger
• Maintaining invoicing reconciliations & schedules
• Preparing month end credit control reports for senior management, such as aged debt and bad debt reports
• Preparing quarterly cash flow forecasts through analysis of student volumes and prices
• User Acceptance Testing (UAT) for AR system upgrade
• Ensuring all relevant SOX controls are adhered to and liaising with auditors and other compliance officers

London, England, GB

• Managing the accounts of all colleges/bookshops in Asia & the Middle East
• Customer service and order processing via telephone and email
• Coordinating the return of learning materials with all students and national colleges/bookshops
• Adhoc administrative duties

Associate Chartered Management Accountant

Bachelor Of Science (Bsc), Mathematics With Economics