Gary King Email & Phone Number

London, Gb

London, England, United Kingdom

London, United Kingdom

London, United Kingdom

• Business partner to the Hardlines licensing sales team, I conduct financial analyses to support and influence strategic and commercial decision-making. I have developed an exceptional awareness of the fast-paced global business environment and competitive landscape in which Disney operates.• Significantly advanced my commercial acumen through my client-facing responsibilities including attending client pitches, business reviews, and forecast and business plan discussions.• Analyse client business plans and make commercial recommendations to the sales teams which have resulted in increased contractually guaranteed revenue for Disney.• Played a key role in supporting the decision to change licensee for a crucial part of the business, and successfully increased the new licensee's business plan by presenting an analysis of the current business and growth opportunities.• Raised awareness of the foreign exchange rate risk following the recent devaluation of the euro. Presented my findings to senior finance stakeholders and my analysis was included in the EMEA forecast presentation to the Global team. • Contributed to the post-acquisition integration of LucasFilm; conducted a post-investment review of the European licensing rights purchase, worked with the largest licensee’s accounting team to align its royalty reporting with Disney’s requirements, and regularly analysed new versus legacy business.• Support the wider finance team throughout the forecast, close, annual operating plan and strategic plan processes, and challenge sales managers on performance versus forecast.• Utilise internal and external data to conduct benchmarking exercises. Apply my brand and franchise knowledge to identify relevant revenue opportunities for new and existing franchises.• Demonstrate excellent mentoring skills when developing the Finance Intern. My dedication to their progress resulted in them meeting ambitious targets and contributing to the team’s strong performance.

London, United Kingdom

- I worked in the Emerging Markets (EM) Financial Planning and Analysis team of the Consumer Products division. - Provided financial information to various stakeholders in the EM region (Middle East, Turkey, South Africa, Israel and Greece), and prepared financial budget and forecast presentations for the EMEA leadership team. - P&L management: forecasted $1m of costs across 3 sales teams, as well as reviewed, challenged and consolidated the EM forecast P&L. - Monitored revenue and operating expenses across the region and presented the actual P&L for the quarter to the regional finance and accounting teams, demonstrating commercial awareness when providing business explanations for variances versus forecast. - Conducted a cross-divisional investment appraisal regarding the cost of dubbing a new TV series. Liaised with senior employees in each division and presented the forecasted break-even P&L to the EM CFO. - Reduced workload by designing and building a standardised revenue analysis report, providing thorough benchmarking across the region. - Mentored and developed the finance intern, setting their objectives and holding performance reviews.

London, United Kingdom

- Developed my project management skills to coordinate a key Board submission, the ‘Final Application Pack’, to Lloyd’s of London regarding the company’s compliance with the incoming Solvency II directive. - Demonstrated time-management skills by planning and communicating internal deadlines to various business owners, ensuring sufficient time for internal reviews prior to the Board sign-off of the submission. - Worked closely with the actuarial team to build the P&L Attribution report which allocated P&L variances to a risk type. This increased the focus on accuracy throughout the budget and forecast processes. - Enhanced my communication and team working abilities through liaising with senior members of the accounting, actuarial, claims and reinsurance teams regarding data requirements of regulatory reporting under Solvency II, and steps to take in order to meet these requirements.

London, United Kingdom

- Liaised with senior management to build the annual budget and quarterly forecast presentations. - Updated, maintained and improved revenue reports held on the SharePoint, for use by employees across EMEA. - Became the main finance contact for the franchise team, something unprecedented at my level. - Following the acquisition of Marvel, I worked with the legal team to carry out a competitive analysis to understand the market share which Disney would have post-acquisition. - Gained experience within the audit team including pre-field work, licensee visits and finalising the audit.

1St Class Ba (Hons), Accounting And Finance, 1St

IBM Universities Business Challenge 2010/11 - 1st place Institute for Securities and Investment prize 2010/11 - awarded for highest mark.

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