Building the Bank’s newly established FP&A function to include financial planning, business partnering, stakeholder reporting, business analysis & insights, and government finance liaison. A member of the Finance Leadership Team reporting directly to the CFO, managing seven direct reports and working with senior stakeholders (product MDs, Executive Committee, Board members, and government representatives).• Ownership of the long-term financial planning through the five year business plan process, coordinating across product and central teams to develop a budget that delivers on the strategic vision while complying with pre-determined government budgetary controls.• Manage short-term financial reforecasting and ad-hoc planning projects, partnering with Policy & Strategy colleagues on new initiatives to build the finance case for government Spending Review bids and other fiscal announcements.• Responsible for stakeholder financial information and analysis, presenting papers for product and central team MDs, Executive Committee, Board, and government shareholder meetings.• Utilising the business partner network as the primary finance connection across the Bank’s product and central teams, and invested government bodies (Department for Business & Trade, UK Government Investments, and HM Treasury).

An investment group operating in multiple territories across Europe, America, and Asia, with a sports-focussed portfolio including digital media agencies, production studios, Leeds United Football Club, and previously Eleven Sports television network whose media properties were recently acquired by DAZN. A short-term contract role to implement best practice financial control, governance, and reporting processes, managing the group’s high growth ambitions through a rolling pipeline of investments and modelling the launch of a new streaming service

A Private Equity backed marketing group with revenues of c.£500m, consisting of four divisions and agency offices worldwide.A new and evolving role leading the Group reporting, financial systems, and central accounting teams (six people), reporting directly to the Group CFO, providing valuable insight to stakeholders and business support including:• Consolidation and detailed review of agency results, KPIs, cash flows and working capital management.• Production of management report and board papers for presentation to the Executive Board, private equity owners and lenders; primary contact for any stakeholder queries.• Advising on the financial implications of acquisition integration and providing financial data to support M&A activity.• Launching the Chime Finance Manual for best practice accounting policies, procedures, and internal control.• Strategic development and improvement of the Group’s reporting system, IBM Cognos TM1.• Transforming central accounting and treasury processes through simplification and automation

Responsible for all financial, operating, and legal aspects of the membership body of the UK fitness industry, including:• Financial reporting, payroll, balance sheet investments, long-term planning, external audit process, managing a team of seven.• Negotiating commercially beneficial deals on behalf of the members for discounted music licensing fees.• Facilities management, steering the IT hardware upgrades and digital transformation projects.• Regulatory requirements – HMRC submissions, Companies House and Charity Commission filings, corporate structure and governance, workplace pension implementation.• Reporting directly to the CEO and Board, driving initiatives across the Executive.

Short term role ensuring effective operation of the Management Accounting function and providing expertise on financial matters surrounding the organisation of the most successful Rugby World Cup tournament, including:• Cost control and dissolution of the Venue Hire Agreements, the organisation’s most complex and largest value contracts.• Focussing budget risks and opportunities to determine realistic cash flow forecast for weekly submission to the Rugby Football Union (RFU).

Recruited as an international expert to support the delivery of the inaugural European Olympic Games in Azerbaijan and upskill local workforce capabilities for hosting future major events (Formula 1, Euro 2020 and Europa league football games).Budget Management and Reporting• Developed detailed budgets and processes for business partnering five Directorates (Technology, Ceremonies, Communications, Finance & Legal, and Press Operations) with responsibility for over $500m of cost.• Financial management of the Ceremonies’ Production Company Agreement (CPA) worth over $100m: working closely with the Production Company’s Head of Finance and COO in designing the overall governance of the finance & procurement processes, coordinating cross-functional support budgets, and agreeing Production Company’s deliverables.Procurement, Contract Management, and Dissolution• Supporting Functions with their procurement needs: completing initial requisition, attending supplier tender meetings, commercial bid evaluation & recommendation, submitting the expenditure approval form, assisting Legal with commercial aspects of the contract, managing contract changes, and contract close reconciliations.

Creates, markets, and distributes entertainment software and hardware (namely Sony PlayStation).New role created to interrogate data from the business, to design value adding reports and drive understanding.• Devised a new management reporting pack to incorporate a KPI dashboard and the PlayStation Network.• Building relationships with the European territories to understand and analyse their profitability.• Working with the Group Finance Systems Manager to align reporting tools with the business needs.• Proficient use of SAP NetWeaver including Business Information Warehouse.

LOCOG was responsible for overseeing the planning and development of the 2012 Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games with a core budget of £2bn.Secondment opportunity from InterContinental Hotels Group as part of their value-in-kind sponsorship.Financial Systems, Budget Change Control, and Reporting • Responsible for budget change control process: understanding updates, challenging non-conforming proposals, system upload, ensuring integrity of data, and providing finance leadership team with reconciliation of movements.• Managing the month end reporting timetable, consolidating information, and preparing executive summary for report distributed to Board, IOC, and UK Government.• Ownership of the Anticipated Final Cost report, focusing Functional Areas to mitigate risks and crystallise opportunities to keep the Games within budget; coordinated weekly forum of CEO, CFO, Director of Games Operations, Head of FPL, and Directors of presenting Functional Areas.• Implementation, roll-out, and super-user of key financial reporting systems: Microsoft Dynamics, Microsoft Access SharePoint Databases, and IBM Cognos.

InterContinental Hotels Group is one of the world’s leading hotel companies, listed on the FTSE 100 index.Manager on the Group FP&A team supporting board reporting, business planning, and investor announcements.Trading Analysis and Budget Process • Performing regional trading analysis using Oracle Hyperion Essbase, collaborating with regional finance teams, and consolidating information into a monthly report used by the CEO and CFO.• Preparing Microsoft PowerPoint presentations of the monthly trading results for use by the CFO at Executive Committee and Board meetings, and ownership of the trading section of the monthly Board report.• Coordination of the annual Group budget process; challenging budget and quarterly forecast submissions based on industry outlooks, competitor guidance and knowledge of the business.Investor Relations• Proactive support to Investor Relations and preparing the trading section of Stock Exchange Announcements; providing commentary and analysis on competitors’ results to key decision makers within the company including the Chairman, CEO, and CFO; extracting information from Leisure & Tourism City Analysts’ models to update consensus data.

• Significant team leader experience providing audit services to a number of FTSE 100 clients within the Consumer, Manufacturing and Service industries, gaining exposure to a wide range of business issues.• Clients include: Marks and Spencer, John Lewis, BAA, GSK, Rexam, Raytheon, and CHEP.