David Applegate Email & Phone Number

Iwade, Gb

Iwade, Gb

London, England, Gb

London, England, Gb

Gb

Short term (rolling 13 week) cash forecasting and liquidity management between the numerous group companies.Approval of manual payments and transfers (non-AP and salary payments)Member of the Counterparty Security Committee, inc. writing the financial DD reports on counterparty banks, insurers and introducing agents.Review due diligence submissions/data and feedback on potential acquisitions. Act as a treasury BP for the integration for new or potential acquisitions. Review of group performance against financing covenants including forward projections to highlight where there was a risk of non-complianceFrom January 2017 I took over management of the Treasury Operations team dealing with the day to day banking administration. Originally this was just for Towergate Group but now includes Price Forbes Group and Minton House Group. Management of banking relationships with RBS, Lloyds and Barclays including quarterly performance reviews. Investment of surplus cash to maximise returns and provide counterparty risk mitigation. Transformation project input - mainly the legal entity rationalisation and policy administration system consolidation projects. Treasury sign off of any new Terms of Business Arrangements with insurers for Towergate Group to ensure obligations concerning the handling of client premiums are in line with FCA expectations and operational processes I was part of the team that responded on the FCA client money review of Towergate including three interviews by the FCA Client Asset and Remediation Department on the Treasury and wider control environment.

Gb

Improvement of internal controls. This included the identification a legacy (2007-2011) shortfall in client money and designing controls to prevent any reoccurrence. CASS/client money planning for M&A and business intergration.Project manager for the Group Treasury department for the finance change programmeMember of the Client Money Review CommitteeManaging the relationship with the auditors for the annual reports on the assurance of systems and controls to the FCAKPI reporting including development of new MI packs/SLAsSubject matter expert on FCA CASS 5 & CASS 8 compliance

Gb

Forecasting group cashMonitoring cash generation from buinsess unitsEnsure Treasury compliance with FSA rulesConsolidating cash and managing the balances in the groups 800 bank accounts.

Gb

Subject matter expert on FSA CASS 5 complianceManage external client money auditsFinancial ControlsAssist with Internal Audit

Statutory accountsGroup AccountsFinancial and scenario modelling, including for M&A activity. Ad hoc projects, including FSA TC4 modelling work. This project involved chairing meetings with the CCV executive team to gain thier direct input into the senario planning. CASS complianceRegulatory and tax returns, including solvency returns (RMAR), VAT and Corporation Tax. Management accountsAdvanced excel work including coaching and up-skilling the other finance team members.

Management accountsRegulatory and tax returns, inclucing VAT and Intrastat

London, England, Gb

Funds under management reporting for £1.6bn of investmentsManagement accounts

London, Gb

Consolidation of the operations acquired from GHLTraining

London, Gb

Management accountsInternal audit

Meng, Engineering

Physics, Mathematics, Design, Law