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London, Gb

London Area, United Kingdom

London, England, United Kingdom

• Responsible for all aspects of treasury for the Americas and Europe – Banking/cash, pooling, acquisitions/disposals, insurance, guarantees, leases, insurance, i/co loans, dividends, recapitalisations.• Bank relationship management.• 13W cashflow forecast review for regions with appropriate challenge.• Organising regular repatriation of cash via dividends, cash pooling or intercompany loan, with hedging as appropriate.• Acquisitions/disposals activity planning and organisation.

Recruited to set up the Treasury function at Kantar following Bain Capital's 60% purchase from WPPPivotal role liaising with reporting, tax, legal, Bain Capital, ratings, debt agent, external legal advisors and banksQuarterly financial covenant reporting and monitoringFX, interest rate and liquidity management and associated adviceTreasury control framework oversightTMS steering committeeDebt, cash and derivative reporting and disclosure

Welwyn Garden City, England, United Kingdom

Migrated treasury entities to Oracle Fusion from Oracle 11i, as part of Treasury transformationIFRS9 implementation – Swap basis opening adjustments on cross currency portfolio.Commodities hedging steering committee (butter, cocoa, diesel)CVA/DVA calculations for the Group’s complex financial instruments (>100)Hedge portfolio IRS/CCS/commodities/IL swaps - high value and complexQuasi Equity and Net Investment Hedge treatment and calculationsDerivative disclosures for Group and at entity levelRegular bond buyback, swap monetisation and associated complex bond accounting5 year Strategic Treasury plan, budget & forecast.

Stoke Poges, England, United Kingdom

Advised on €1.4bn debt hedging using cashflow and net investment hedges - EUR to USD via GBP EMTN programme (€3bn) update liaising with external and internal lawyers and banks.Part of the team dealing with a €750m bond issue and €136m bond buybackOwnership of complex Group interest, debt and FX numbers and reportingLead for the Group’s IFRS9 conversion completed by 1/1/2018Design and operation of cashflow hedge recharge mechanism to identify gains/losses/ineffective/effective by derivative, by entity. C€2.5bn nominal, c€200m liability.Close working with Group Tax regarding their initiatives particularly with regard to hedging, restructuring and disallow regulations.EMTN programme (€3bn) update 2016Ownership of substantial sections of the AR&A under IAS39/32/7/IFRS9/13.Frequent meeting with relationship banks regarding bilateral loans, RCF, bond issues, FX, deposits and site tours.

Hemel Hempstead, England, United Kingdom

Ownership of Treasury controls, overseeing front office activity and compliance with policyHeading up the back office function, including all aspects of accounting and paymentsHedge accounting and effectiveness testing in compliance with IAS39 IRS/CCS/Cashflow hedgesAll interest, derivative, debt and sensitivity analysis disclosure in Group accounts (IAS32/39 & IFRS7)

Birmingham, England, United Kingdom

13 week cashflow forecasting for the GroupCovenant calculations and tracking initiatives to reduce net debtCommodity (fuel), FX and IR hedge accounting and associated adviceReporting of interest debt and derivative, monthly, quarterly forecasting and budgetingIAS 32/39 & IFRS7 disclosures

Hemel Hempstead, England, United Kingdom

Ownership of Treasury controls, overseeing front office activity and compliance with policyHeading up the back office function, including all aspects of accounting and paymentsHedge accounting and effectiveness testing in compliance with IAS39 IRS/CCS/Cashflow hedges.All interest, derivative, debt and sensitivity analysis disclosure in Group accounts (IAS32/39 & IFRS7)

London, England, United Kingdom

• Leading the cash bond administration team of four - Promoted within one month of joining• Overall responsibility for thirty complex, high value >$10bn SPEs• Overseeing quarterly interest and capital payments to note holders and hedge counterparties• Review, control and interpretation of RMBS offering circular documentation • Relationship management of third parties (Wells Fargo, Bank of New York, Barclays, Lloyds)

London, England, United Kingdom

Managing the back office and accounting functionResponsibility for the Group’s interest line, derivatives and debtQuarterly forecasting and budgetingTreasury disclosures under IFRS7, IAS32/39Accounting for periodic tax reorganizationsStatutory accounts for all treasury entities

London, England, United Kingdom

Writing the monthly Treasury commentary for the Treasury DirectorOverseeing monthly and statutory submissions to Group for forty-five Treasury companiesQuarterly forecasting, annual operating plan and three year plan for Treasury companiesMaintenance of IAS39 documentation and on-going hedge effectiveness assessmentWriting Treasury disclosure notes for the annual report and accounts with the Treasury Controller.

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