Responsibilities:• Integrated FX business with Equities, Fixed Income and Commodities expanding responsibilities from £0.6bn to £1.7bn revenue. Guiding and influencing leadership team through revenue and expense planning, performance reporting and in-depth analysis.• Coordinated incorporation of FX regulated entity (£50m revenue, Net Assets £18m). Appointed to Board as CFO; driving financial planning and performance, audited statutory accounts and regulatory reporting.• Influence strategy through prioritisation on £30m investment portfolio presenting business with financial projections and investment returns, driving them to optimal investment allocation.• Advising leadership team on financial implications of £200m acquisitions and £2.5bn value disposals. Building valuation models, profitability allocation models and scenario analysis to guide strategy.• Negotiating £150m commercial partnerships and recommending £100m commercial promotions to leadership team. Developing and presenting partnership valuation and price sensitivity models to influence senior management.Achievements:• Appointed Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of FX regulated entity.• Promoted to Director of Finance after two and half years.• Awarded three Outperforming ratings (4 out of 5) in six performance appraisals.• Received monetary award for contributions on Project Bedrock (disposal of FX business - £2.5bn valuation).• Achieved savings of 10% or £6m of 2020 costs through coercing senior management.• Developed team of three (one internationally) driving efficiency savings of two days per week through cross-training and knowledge share.

Responsibilities:• Restructured and centralized £40m CE&SM function negotiating budget transfers and designing new reporting and processes to drive strategy.• Produced and presented market event returns analysis to Chief Marketing Officer, recommending investment in events that were generating positive leads and sales.• Influenced leadership team through CE&SM expense planning, performance reporting and analytics to drive both operational and strategic decision making.Achievements:• Attained savings of 15% or £6m of 2013 costs via production of headcount, T&E and events dashboards driving greater scrutiny from leadership team.• Secured £7m off-cycle budget for Global Marketing Surge Campaign; media campaign to promote product awareness of Eikon (flagship product).• Drove successful request of £12m for Single Customer Portal investment; consolidation of legacy websites into one single online experience.

Responsibilities:• Influenced and guided the Executive Committee through production of weekly finance committee papers highlighting financial performance, market exposures and opportunities.• Coordinated Investor Relation deliverables, producing quarterly results announcements, competitor analysis and market exposures enabling adaptive thinking by the Board.• Responsible for major projects involving complex financial modelling, advising senior management on forecasting on £10bn revenue and £100m expense, profitability allocation and stress testing.Achievements:• Promoted to Assistance Vice President after year and half, managing one direct report.• Delivered efficiency savings of one day per week through production of weekly finance dashboard highlighting P&L financials, sales credits, risk metrics and market indices.

Responsibilities:• Responsible for driving the monthly reporting for EMEA Equities (£750m revenue and £50m costs), posting journals, P&L flash, balance sheet reconciliations and performance reporting to senior management.• Established an Equity forecast model using macros to streamline planning, saving two days in process time. Model incorporated revenue and expense projections to challenge and drive operational and strategic decision making.Achievements:• Promoted after two years to Business Finance Analyst.• Awarded two Outperforming ratings (4 out of 5) in three performance appraisals.• Advised the Central Reporting team, identifying inefficiencies and simplifying their processes saving one day a week.