Darren Barton Email & Phone Number

Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia

Birmingham, England, United Kingdom

• Gowling WLG is an international law firm with a reputation for innovation in client-focused service delivery. Home to more than 1,500 legal professionals in 19 cities across nine countries and three continents..
• Day-to-day management of the Commercial Finance team
• Develop and challenge financial / business plans with legal group(s) and Business Services
• Delivery of the detailed budgeting & forecasting process for the relevant legal group(s) and Business Services teams
• Evaluate, challenge and build business casesSupport and challenge the legal group(s) and Business Services teams
• Support, evaluate and challenge key decision makers in tenders, pricing, discount structures, commercial terms

Maidenhead, Berkshire, United Kingdom

• Capita is UK’s leading customer, business and professional support services company with a growing international footprint. As Interim Financial Controller for Capita Resourcing, responsible for providing financial.
• Lead the month-end process, prepare and present business results
• Manage a finance team of 15 (including 5 Finance Manager direct reports)
• Ownership of monthly forecasting and annual business planning process
• Identify and advise on trends and variances
• Support Divisional and Group reporting

Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR

• Returning to the Hong Kong head office and parent group of China Fishery (previously employed in 2008 & 2009), Pacific Andes International Holdings Ltd is one of the world’s largest fully integrated seafood companies.
• Reporting to the Group FD and the Vice Chairman and Managing Director, 2 direct reports and local finance leads reported to me functionally
• Member of the Group General Management Committee responsible for coordination and providing the financial lead at meetings and strategy implementation
• Developed and implemented management and financial reporting at subsidiaries
• Supporting major restructuring projects, asset sales and M&A due diligence, including coordinating with external advisors and conducting pre-acquisition site visits on behalf of shareholders
• Restructuring projects and synergy implementation strategies

City Of London, England, United Kingdom

• A member of the executive team and employed as Head of Finance & Commercial with overall responsibility for the commercial and financial function of Serco’s Business Link in London contract (£25m funded contract).
• I reported directly to the CEO of the contract and functionally to the Finance Director of the business unit, I managed a finance team of 4 which included a Commercial Manager, Accountant, Assistant Accountant and.
• Financial owner of the P&L (revenue, profit, cash)
• Responsibility for all financial and commercial governance including internal and external audits
• Providing financial, reporting and analysis, to the Executive and wider Serco senior management
• Support to the business unit Finance Director in achieving group objectives

Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR

• Finance Manager at the head office for Asia's foremost vertically integrated Singapore listed seafood company having responsibility for the financial management, cost control and reporting of three geographical.
• Reported to the FD of China Fisheries Group
• Design and implementation of financial, management and cash flow reporting
• Monitoring and reviewing monthly and annual financial reporting
• Review, analysis and advise on key business areas to top level management
• Critically review budget submissions prior to management or board approval

United Kingdom, Hong Kong, Germany, Cyprus, Holland

City Of London, England, United Kingdom

• Worked on one of the largest Private Finance Initiative (PFI) Projects in the UK to rationalize tri-service training. Responsible for costing, financial analysis and bid evaluation of 3 training streams representing.
• Investment appraisal and data analysis
• Risk & uncertainty NPV modelling
• Financial evaluations on preferred bidders
• Analytical financial review
• Review bid proposals

Brunssum, Limburg, Netherlands