David Vardy Email & Phone Number

Netherlands

• Director FP&A for multinational hotel asset management portfolio company (Revenue 700m USD) Key achievements and business outcomes include:
• Set-up of asset management of newly-acquired portfolio for NYSE-listed investors, including creation of budgets, presentations and submissions meeting legal requirements, as well as focus on increasing valuation of the.
• Creation of automated and detailed KPI analysis which has been rolled out across the company, and allowed comparisons between best-practice and most cost-efficient areas of the business, resulting in significant.
• Lead the team to better financial performance – there were many accounting errors when I took over and these have been eliminated, improving the reputation both internally and with the investors, and allowing.
• ESG introduction and reporting for entire Westmont portfolio - the result is finding significant savings through energy reduction and other supplier sources, as well as a focus on staff satisfaction and local community.
• Implementation of FP&A system Fairmas within company resulting in automation of areas of month-end as well as accurate reporting. Additional training provided to all hotel managers throughout Europe.

Amsterdam Area, Netherlands

• Finance Director FP&A and Reporting for multinational hotel management company (Revenue 24m EUR) Key achievements and business outcomes include:
• Transformed the way in which the business makes decisions through providing the company for the first time with sophisticated levels of financial analysis through the installation of an ERP (Microsoft Dynamics.
• Launched quarterly deep-dive with the operations directors to significantly increase profitability in the hotels, by driving revenue through marketing strategies and reducing costs, based on the MI packs produced. The.
• Initiated a 5-year model for P&L and Cashflow guiding the company through pandemic, the result of which was a long-term planning model used for understanding funding needs throughout the pandemic, and where we could.
• Decided to implement a highly efficient, multi-currency / country cash weekly pooling system, which resulted in significant interest and overdraft saving.
• Directed the French and Belgian hotels due to fluency in French, as well as liaising with local legal advisors and suppliers.

London, United Kingdom

• Head of the Finance department for a Financial Services company, representing the department on the Weekly Executive meeting (Revenue 12m GBP)Key achievements and business outcomes include:
• Led relations in Structured Finance and Reporting for credit facility with high-street bank, resulting in a 35m GBP credit line agreed with low interest. This allowed us to clear an existing debt with high interest.
• Creation of budget, forecast and 5-year model, which had not existed previously. Directed other department heads to create strategies for the year, including my pushing back on sales targets and costs areas to produce.
• Built a Treasury Management Tool to manage various funding lines daily.
• Created an expanded management monthly reporting pack with various KPIs, analysis etc.
• Set up Sales analysis matrix to allow Sales team to quickly understand profitability of products when applying price changes during negotiations.

London, United Kingdom

• Responsible for financial advice and support for Senior Managers in largest areas of OrganisationKey achievements and business outcomes include:
• Weekly reporting and presenting for the Finance involvement of the biggest project of Visa Europe to the board (project Apple Pay, Samsung Pay, Cloud-Based Payments etc.)
• Led monthly meetings with senior stakeholders to help understand numbers and accurately forecast and budget.
• Regular support for team around Europe in the Digital and Business Operations divisions in both French and Italian.
• Reduced time to issue monthly Investment Committee report to Senior Management from 2 days to 30 minutes through creation of new Excel file linking various internal systems
• Fully-audited doc as finance liaison for Visa US takeover for costs associated with the deal

London, United Kingdom

• Responsible for financial leadership within a world-leader in oil & gas and consultancy services
• Appointed as Financial Controller (including FP&A and Treasurer), based in the London office
• Full accountability for the UK, French and South American entities, with total revenues of $24m
• Acts as Lead for external audits, engaging with 3rd party auditors, ensuring clean audits & reports
• Creation of business plans, budgets, schedules & forecasts, engaging with local country managers
• Leadership, management & motivation of a team of 3 staff within the finance & accounting function

• Responsible for all aspects of financial and accounting control with a NYSE-listed toy manufacturer
• Full accountability for four entities (Canada, France, Asia, Mexico), with total revenue of over $90m
• Heads-up the company finance and reporting functions, acting as key point-of-liaison for Directors
• Provision of financial reporting and analysis, improving decision making to enhance core profitability
• Leadership, management and motivation of 3 personnel, including two qualified members of staff
• Championed a strong information exchange with local Directors, ensuring achievement of budgets

• Responsible for all aspects of financial & management accounting with a provider of financial data
• Joined a US multi-national, provider of information & data to banks to maximise their investments
• Oversaw accounts for two business entities, Italy & France, with total revenue of in excess of $21m
• Engaged with key executives & managers in Italy and France, providing in-depth financial reporting
• Reported on financial results, margin analysis, profitability, schedules & general performance levels
• Conducted budgetary processes, business forecasting and month-end functions for the businesses

London

Management Accountant for Retail firm of 8 stores.

• Responsible for all aspects of financial management & accounting with an Italian-based hotel chain
• Appointed as sole accountant with accountability for financial reporting, month end reports & KPIs
• Prepared regular financial and business reporting / commentary on financial performance of hotels

Multinational American firm specializing in cameras, film and motion pictures.Treasurer; Italy, Spain and Portugal

Ba, International Business

Inc. final exam TOPCIMA mark 73%

Ba, International Business; French

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