Graham Robertson Ca Email & Phone Number

Aberdeen, Gb

Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom

Management of Group month end, including intercompany and internal management reporting to CFO; technical accounting support including detailed IFRS 17 impact analysis and technical paper, preparation of subsidiary annual financial statements and support of the external audit process.Supported delivery of the Group's first ever external shareholder distribution and a wider restructure allowing several entities to enter liquidation, freeing up significant reserves for future distribution. Delivered a significant joint venture project to reconcile historical funding for the Group’s largest North Sea asset.

Implementation business lead for new fund profitability dashboards (using Power BI), based on new cost allocation methodology to support FCA assessment of value regulation and internal MI. Partnered with programme manager to manage delivery plan and prioritisation, drive upstream process change and solutions to improve data quality, escalation and resolution of key issues. Review and sign off dashboards, oversight of user acceptance testing, business-wide stakeholder management, resource planning, sign-off and go-live with initial 9 months of data with comprehensive handover to BaU team.

Remote leadership of team based in Philadelphia, covering all financial reporting processes and transformation activities for the USA, Canada, Brazil and Colombia. Delivery of annual plan, monthly results packs, implementation of Oracle ERP for the region, including redesign and acceleration of month end processes, review and sign off new cost transfer pricing model, ownership of banking and capital management, quarterly reporting to Group, preparation of forecasts and technical accounting papers for corporate transactions, ownership of internal control environment and management of external audit relationship.

Design and implementation of target state month end timetable for the Group in partnership with Finance Leadership Team, including significant acceleration from current state. Build of task level steps to perform the close, identification of key dependencies and critical path, drive delivery and continuous improvement through Finance Transformation transition states as part of phased go-live of Oracle ERP and target operating model. In addition, performed role of Record to Report (R2R) business lead for regional implementation of Oracle ERP, partnering with each finance team to agree design, and approach to migration.

Delivery of financial and regulatory reporting as part of the ASI Group Reporting team, co-ordinating regional submissions, overseeing the preparation of consolidated reporting, managing the impact of new technical requirements, monitoring currency exposures, and dividend and capital planning. Subject matter expert in consolidation and reporting systems, driving and supporting the integration of processes, systems and reporting following the merger between Standard Life and Aberdeen Asset Management.

Process and system design for new CRD IV regulatory reporting requirements, management of consolidated regulatory submissions, implementation of new technical accounting requirements across global teams and external financial reporting. Ownership of functional administration of finance systems (Oracle Hyperion and Unit 4 CODA Financials), including controls, user training, change management and upgrades, managing a team of systems accountants.

Developed and implemented processes and policies to support consistent MI across the Group, working with leadership team. Supported selection and implementation of new Oracle EPM tools, and design of business data model.

Preparation of head office budget and payroll review

Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Co-ordination and performance of pre-acquisition financial due diligence, vendor due diligence, vendor assistance and support for investigating accountant's reports for public offerings across the rail, utilities, mining services, airline and travel industries.

External audit of captive and commercial insurance companies, controls testing, preparation and review of standalone and group financial statements under US GAAP and IFRS

External audit, accounts preparation and tax for small to medium size sole traders, partnerships and limited companies.