Jonathan Gratte Email & Phone Number

London, United Kingdom

• Head of Finance / Finance Director role, responsible for all statutory and management accounting functions, including AP/AR, Treasury, tax and pension for LGA Group of companies and associated bodies (including.
• Director – Local Government Mutual Limited (FCA authorised person – registration: JAG01206) – representing the interests of the LGA as Founder Member.
• Director – LGA Digital Limited (Teckal compliant service company) – vehicle for supply of IT services from Brent Council under a service agreement.
• Accountable Officer – Anti-Fraud, Bribery and Money Laundering.Line management responsibility for ten staff (part and fully qualified).Achievements:Restructure of Finance department to split management and statutory.

London, United Kingdom

Business Advisory role, advising, guiding and challenging the Chief Operating Officer, Finance Director and Business Unit Senior Management team. Leading the quarterly forecasting and annual Business Plan processes for the Business Unit. Challenging the forecast and resource plans and co-ordinating submissions from the support functions to ensure plans are.

London, United Kingdom

• Achievements:Lead review and implementation of new ExCom and Board MI reports - improving the quality, consistency and layout of key reports, making output more user friendly, insightful and tied in with operational.
• Business Advisory role, challenging and advising the Chief Operating Officer and Senior Management team
• Leading the quarterly forecasting and annual Business Plan processes. Own the forecast models and resource plans utilised by FSCS and prepare the consolidated view for long term plans, budgets and forecasts, working.
• Providing continuous improvement ideas and innovation, driving operational change and ensuring delivery of value for money outcomes for stakeholders. Monitor market/industry best practice to provide insight into how.
• Representing Finance on the Programme Boards with the Director of Operations as the Sponsor, understanding the numbers and the commercial impact of the project, challenging and advising where necessary, defining and.
• Working closely with Procurement, Legal and IT on new and re-procurement initiatives, setting out commercial assessment criteria, analysing and scoring submissions, supporting commercial negotiations

St Albans, United Kingdom

Taking time out with the family, and working with my local Primary School, helping to organise celebrations for their upcoming 50th anniversary, and leading charitable fundraising as they look to expand their teaching space and provide the best environment for the pupils to excel for the next 50 years.

London, United Kingdom

• Business Advisory role partnering, challenging and advising the Business Unit (BU) Managing Director and Senior Management teams as a ‘local Finance Director’, setting the financial strategyLeading the.
• Decision Support role providing challenge and support to the FSA COO, the BU Senior Management team and Divisions, interpreting cross functional information of the operational issues facing the business
• Accountable Executive for the successful implementation of Remote, Flexible & Home-Working remote laptop solution and Project Board member providing oversight of significant IS Department transformation
• Leading an initiative, reporting to the Audit Committee (AuditCo) on enhancing the compliance culture of the FSA, through the identification and implementation of key reporting indicators
• Contribution to developing a Consolidated Risk Assessment tool, moving internal risk management to a holistic view of inherent risks and an assessment of the mitigating key controls, from a framework of disparate.

London, United Kingdom

• Achievements:Led the reinvigoration of Global WIP & Debt process for the business, reporting to the main Board on progress against stated improvement targets. Within 1 year, Global Debt was reduced by over £20m..
• Business Partner role providing Divisional Senior Management insightful and useful analysis, arising from the preparation of monthly MI packs, monthly variance analysis, yearly budget and periodic forecasting.
• Provision of ad hoc financial analysis to Divisional Heads and other sales leaders, enabling the early identification of issues and trends, providing a critical financial review of individual client jobs and sales.
• Finance Officer for the Group’s FSA registered subsidiary, including responsibility for the preparation and filing of monthly management accounts, quarterly FSA accounts and returns
• Policing working capital management and line management for Credit Control function, running a team of 3 staff

London, United Kingdom

• Achievements:Took responsibility to co-author (with a sleeping Partner) the updates of the chapter relating to Solicitors accounts in the Butterworths Tolley book “Accounting and Audits of Specialist.
• Managing the audit and preparation of statutory accounts for companies, with particular emphasis on the Insurance industry (including Lloyds of London “names” and “syndicates” accounts), and companies’ Occupational.
• Negotiating outcomes and required redress actions arising from audit findings with Firm Senior Management teams
• Managing job budgets and negotiating with clients for fees, extensions and rate changes, and running teams of up to 15 staff

London, United Kingdom

• Achievements:Developed specialisms in the audit of Occupational Pension schemes, Solicitors Accounts and Charities. Wrote peer briefing papers on process changes arising from legislative updates.Responsibilities:
• Managing the audit and preparation of statutory accounts for companies, sole traders, partnerships, multi-national PLCs (including UK subsidiaries of US companies), Charity Accounts and companies’ Occupational Pension.
• Managing job budgets and negotiating with clients for fees, extensions and rate changes, and running teams of up to 10 staff

Economics And Actuarial Studies, Economics, Actuarial

Activities and Societies: American Football

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