Gary Taylor Email & Phone Number

Edinburgh City, Scotland, United Kingdom

Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom

Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom

As the Group Head of FP&A within Embark the overarching objective is to spearhead and steer the FP&A offering to bring greater clarity to the financial and non-financial performance of the Group and the eight commercial business entities that form the Group. Achieving this will involve the design, preparation and distribution of good quality commercial MI.

Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Successfully transformed the MI offering, introduced excellent communication of financial performance across the organisation, enhanced the precision and engagement of the annual budgeting process and established a finance business partnering function. At the same time, led the finance function, and supported the wider organisation, through the sale of the.

Edinburgh, United Kingdom

• Promoted to leading the SLI Business Performance & Planning team, who have responsibility to provide high quality and timely management information (MI) and strategic business plans to support the decision making.
• Provided direct, hands-on advice and support to the SLI CEO and other senior executives on all matters to do with business performance, strategic planning and decision supportPeople… Show more Promoted to leading the.
• Provided direct, hands-on advice and support to the SLI CEO and other senior executives on all matters to do with business performance, strategic planning and decision supportPeople Management
• Effectively led, motivated and coached a team of 18 to meet its objectives amidst the fast-paced environment of conflicting demand and deadline pressures Management Information and Reporting
• Continually developed and reviewed the MI that informed the executive and senior management teams on the progress of the business to highlight key and emerging issues
• Ensured that appropriate MI was prepared to drive the right actions on a day to day basisStrategic Business Planning

Edinburgh, United Kingdom

• Business Performance Manager for both the Global Client Group (GCG) and Standard Life Wealth Business areas. Main responsibilities included:Business Partnering
• Enabled the team to efficiently provide advice and support across each business unit on all matters to do with business performance and decision support
• Worked with the GCG leadership team and other senior stakeholders to provide them with commercial insight into the performance of GCG, highlighting key issues and… Show more Business Performance Manager for both the.
• Worked with the GCG leadership team and other senior stakeholders to provide them with commercial insight into the performance of GCG, highlighting key issues and suggesting remedial actionsPeople Management
• Effectively managed a small team (2 direct reports) to meet its objectives
• Mentored two TOPPS students helping them progress through their work careers and studies MI and Reporting

• As the business partner for the GCG and Standard Life Wealth functions of the business this role was to provide direct, hands-on advice and support to the management teams of these areas on all matters to do with.
• Worked with the business, from budget holders to GCG leadership team, to deliver robust and well-grounded budgets and forecasts
• Finance lead on the Igniting Asia project
• Finance subject matter expert for the… Show more As the business partner for the GCG and Standard Life Wealth functions of the business this role was to provide direct, hands-on advice and support to the management.
• Finance subject matter expert for the Single Client View data warehouse project
• Streamlined many processes in order to spend more time providing commercial insight into the performance of GCG and communicating this to the relevant management teams

• Managed the small Wealth UK and RBS Asset Management team (3 direct reports).
• This team undertook the financial reporting associated with the Wealth division’s central business units together with carrying out full financial support to two asset management companies
• Ensured that all deliverables to the Board of Directors of these entities, and all other senior stakeholders, were met and that the RBS financial control ethos was present in all of the team’s outputs

Within the newly formed Finance Centre of Technical Accounting this role was to provide support to the businesses within the UK in order to ensure that all month-end activities were carried out in line with a common process model. While a very month-end orientated role, it did allow some time to monitor and correct processing inconsistencies and support.

Associate Chartered Management Accountant

Ba Hons, Accounting And Finance

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